Universal
Construction Machinery, an active solutions provider in the field of
manufacturing construction equipment offers Construction Opportunities, the
construction equipment magazine an understanding of its superlative product
range and wide spread sales and service network and global reach. The company
has strived to provide world-class construction equipment backed by fully
equipped integrated manufacturing process. RAJESH KAWOOR, VICE PRESIDENT
(CONCRETE BUSINESS), UNIVERSAL CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT LTD, fielded
questions from Construction Opportunities, the construction equipment magazine on
the aforesaid subject
Current order book position and sales:
Currently our order book is comfortable compared to our
existing production capacities. In the Small and Medium capacity equipment
sector our growth was not very significant, but we were able to maintain the
figures of last year. In the bigger capacity equipment category, our
performance was not comfortable compared with our targets, but our growth rate
was positive compared to the figures of last year.
Expectation from launches in 2014 and new product features:
We are planning to launch different variants of Concrete
Batching Plants which were not manufactured by Universal in the past.
We will also be launching stationary as well as mobile
concrete pumps of range, which was not earlier available in our portfolio.
These concrete pumps will be newly designed and developed for the Indian market
considering both current and future requirements. We will also be launching
additional products other than our existing range.
Construction Opportunities, the construction equipment Tell
us about the projects where your concrete equipment products are being used?
Our range of small, medium and bigger concrete equipment
are being used in most of the big projects being executed in India. To name a
few, our bigger concrete batching plants and concrete pumps were used in the
construction of major metro rail projects such as Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and
Chennai.
Your strategy to market products:
Our strategy for the future is to maintain leadership
position in the small and medium equipment category and to establish ourselves
with Corporates and medium size clients for bigger concrete equipment. We also
have plans of reaching the position of top three bigger equipment manufacturers
with total concrete equipment solutions.
How does working closely with contractors in different
projects have an impact on your R&D?
Our R&D team is continuously engaged in the improvement
and development of products as per the market demand. Because of this, they are always working very
closely with our clients for up gradation of existing products and development
of new products. The company overall has
invested substantially in R&D. I would say the budgetary allocations to our
R&D is comfortable and does not impede our efforts.
Construction Opportunities, the construction equipment
magazine gains an understanding of the company’s outlook for 2014:
We do not expect any positive changes in the concrete
equipment market in the first half of 2014. We expect the concrete equipment
market to start opening up in the latter half of 2014. Our activities are
planned accordingly. The concrete
equipment market will start growing at a steady pace from 2015 onwards.
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