In your views share with us your assessment on the opportunities the year offered for CE segment.
The long term potential for the construction equipment industry is very bright. Therefore, revival is a key factor. India has got a lot to do on rural road connectivity and improvement of road quality in the rural area. So across India, various states have different level of road development and if India has to have similar type of road connectivity across, it gives us a great opportunity for rural roads and national highways through various projects announced like Bharatmala, Sagarmala, coastal roads, horizontal and vertical national highway corridors crisscrossing the country. Same is true for railways, ports and other infrastructure projects, etc. So, India’s potential for infrastructure business is unquestionable.
Give us an assessment on the demand-supply scenario. How much has the situation improved in regards to clearing of the stock-loads?
The situation is slowly improving. The slowdown has created a stock pileup in the construction machinery manufacturer’s end. For the real production activity to pick up, we have to wait till all these stocks clear. However, for that to happen and the market to revive, we have to see actual sale of machines to pick up in good volumes which we are hoping will happen in the months from October – December. The current issue is majorly a sentiment issue. Even though a combination of factors such as increase in NPAs and liabilities along with shrinking funds of NBFC’s have adversely impacted sales in automotive and construction equipment sector. Contactors payments, delay in allotment of new projects has also contributed to slowdown which we are hoping will all get sorted one by one.
Which has been the major demand puller for the sector in the year 2019?
Our businesses of self-loading concrete mixer, wheel loader have joined our traditional successful products of concrete batching plants, concrete pumps, concrete transit mixers and piling rigs.
Tell us about your recent tech-upgrades and new product launches?
Schwing Stetter India has launched its new generation of XCMG crawler hydraulic excavators - XE80C, XE140I and XE215 C in July 2019. Schwing Stetter India further strengthen its partnership with Mahindra Powerol to launch its new premium variant of Stetter concrete truck mixers “Super® 7”. Stetter Super® 7 concrete truck mixers were conceptualized based on the current customer need in this segment and will be powered by the Mahindra Powerol 625 DI engine. Stetter Super® 7 concrete truck mixers have undergone several extensive trials to meet the industry requirements of smart, premium and intelligent products. Super® 7 is available in two variants Stetter Super® 7 concrete truck mixers with IoT in / IoT ready and Stetter Super® 7 concrete truck mixers with Schwing Smartrack / standard. Significant features of Stetter Super® 7 concrete truck mixers are large loading volume, optimum drive characteristics, best-in-class spiral geometry, Stetter T-protect wear protection, large clearance for concrete discharge, easy to clean and service, highest resale value, best in class fuel efficiency resulting in lowest lifecycle cost which helps the customer to save “7 lakhs in 7 years” and future ready engines. The significant features of Schwing IoT Ready are CAN based controller and multi-color display, elimination of conventional gauges, battery voltage, drum loading/ unloading status with graphical representation, drum RPM (Revolutions per minute) monitoring for increased drum life., no of drum rotations in CW & CCW (Clockwise and Counter clockwise) direction, critical alarm messages in display, maintenance scheduling, and IoT Integration for data analytics (Optional). And significant features of Schwing IoTIn device are reduced downtime, proactive maintenance, integrated GPS for live tracking, data analytics for machine efficiency monitoring, data storage with traceability / statistical reports and productivity status on cloud.
Schwing Stetter India (SSI) has also recently signed a strategic partnership with Rubble Master HMH GmbH, to enter the mobile compact crushing business. This is the re-entry of Rubble Master in the Indian market with a new cooperation partner, SSI. Schwing Stetter India will be the exclusive distributor to sell and service the complete range of Rubble Master HMH GmbH products from Austria in India through its 29 sales and spares offices, 9 service centres and a strong 400 service personnel. As part of the new deal, Schwing Stetter India and Rubble Master HMH GmBH will launch a product (RM60) in India at present followed by RM70, RM90, RM100 and RM 120 whose output range varies from 80 t/hr to 300 t/hr. The company also provides an exclusive machine, RM V550 for manufactured sand processing.
What are your expectations from Excon 2019 and the opportunities brought along with it? Are you planning any product launches?
We expect Excon 2019 to be revival for the CE sector. A whole range of new products will be launched at the Schwing Stetter India’s outdoor stall OD21 and OD 37 at Orange lot in 3344 sq meters space. We will be displaying most of our equipment with smart technologies. We realized that we need to spend more time with the customers on the technology itself. We have booked for the very first time, a 12 sq m indoor stall, AI 20 in Hall 4 to demonstrate our capabilities in digitization and automation. Incidentally this hall is dedicated for Smart i – Tech – Next Gen India @ 75 theme being intelligent, internet, interconnected, innovation and infrastructure.
Schwing Stetter India will be displaying 15 new products at Excon 2019 along with existing product innovations of SSI, XCMG, GOMACO, USA and Rubble master HMH GmBH products with a grand total of 52 products. The new products to be displayed at the outdoor stall are Schwing concrete line pump SPL1420, Stetter concrete batching plant CP21, Stetter self-loading mixer SLM bee 2.0, Stetter self-loading tunnel mixer SPM4000, Stetter concrete recycling plant RA6, Schwing light mast, Gomaco concrete paver GP2600 with IDBI, Gomaco cylinder finisher SL450, Rubble master crusher RM 70GO! 2.0, XCMG crawler crane XGC55 T, XCMG excavator XE380 C, XCMG motor grader GR1003, XCMG truck crane XCT50, XCMG truck crane XCT60, and XCMG truck crane XCT80.
What will be your selling point/strategy of display in Excon 2019?
Our selling points and strategy of display in Excon 2019 will be Automation and IoT.
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