There´s no doubt about it - opportunities for tunnelling specialists are growing. ´With the Central Government focusing on improving infrastructure, especially in the less connected north and northeast to pave the way for more industrial activity, we expect opportunities for tunnelling to grow,´ says Prabhat Mittal, Associate Vice President, Sandvik Mining.

We will be exhibiting both our group companies at the expo, ElectroMech and Zoomlion-ElectroMech. At the ElectroMech booth, visitors will get to experience our huge range of industry-leading material handling equipment and get to interact with our solutions experts.

When the previous edition of BAUMA CONEXPO INDIA (then bc India) was held in 2014, Achche Din was the talk of the town. From then to now, change has been the only constant, with the mood more optimistic, investments increasing and a more positive progress report, especially in roads, followed by traction in railways, airports and smart cities, among others.

We will be launching a slew of new products for different needs: Batching, transporting, pumping, recycling and shotcreting concrete. Addressing the key focus areas of the government - Swachh Bharat and Skill India - we will be displaying the Smartec sludge pump, which will be of great help in projects like cleaning of the Ganga, metro rail construction, wastewater management and smart cities

We are displaying our new model, LTM 1250-5,1, which is a 300-tonne-class All Terrain Hydraulic Mobile crane. The crane has several special features - VaroBase, VarioBallast, Eco Mode, and Single Engine Vario Base - giving the option to rig the crane with individual outrigger extended as per the space available at site and crane software calculating crane capacity in each direction as per the outrigger extension in that direction.

We have recently introduced some unique patterns like EXR-300 for earthmover and grader, Giraffe XLW for telehandlers, Rock Max for dump trucks, and Rockmine Lug for tippers.

Since January 2016, the industry has seen a growth of close to 40-45 per cent as compared to the previous year.

'At the expo, along with our co-exhibitor ASTEC Industries, we will focus on the ASTEC-TIL product range. We will be displaying a model of ASTEC Voyager 120, a highly compact and portable hot-mix asphalt plant, unique in its class for its ability to run up to 30 per cent RAP, backed by TIL's unmatched service support.

Of all mining equipment globally, surface mining equipment enjoyed the highest market share, around 31 per cent, in 2015. Mineral processing equipment, underground mining equipment, mining drills and breakers, crushing, pulverising and screening equipment, and other mining equipment lagged behind.