At Excon, we showcased the CT Smart 15, compact crane with 6 m turning radius. The second product we launched is a compactor, which basically addresses clients looking for 12-tonne class compactors.

Gmmco is a CK Birla group company, in existence for over 50 years. The company has been representing Caterpillar for over 31 years. This has been one of the strongest partnerships in the industry. Caterpillar has a product portfolio to provide solutions for construction, power and the mining industries.

October 2017 witnessed the largest ever outlay of road construction in India: Bharatmala. The programme involves around 83,000 km - including the first phase of 24,800 km - of national highways development by FY2022. It aims to bridge the critical infrastructure gap through corridor-based development, add to the country's overall GDP by 3 per cent, and unleash massive employment opportunities.

Sagarmala, the flagship programme of the Ministry of Shipping, hinges on capacity expansion and modernisation of ports along India's coastline, enhancement of port connectivity to the hinterland, port-led industrialisation to promote trade, and sustainable development of coastal communities.

India is touted as one of the biggest IT destinations in the world, and it was one of the first countries to benefit from the outsourcing trend that originated in the early 1990s. With a significantly large English-speaking workforce and technically skilled manpower available at relatively affordable costs, India rose to fame as an offshoring hub.

The real estate space in India is estimated to reach US$ 180 billion by 2020. The sector is attracting FDI that’s unseen and unheard of before. With the potential and expectations from this sector being massive, the coming year will see a growing demand for independent project management and engineering consultancy services who can guarantee transparency, international benchmarking and unbiased technical advice towards quality and cost management on such investments.

WorkAmp Spaces has launched their maiden endeavour in Mumbai with their state-of-the-art work space in Andheri East. This would be the first among a series of office spaces planned to be opened in Mumbai.

The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, is leading an Indo-UK consortium working on addressing the problem of peak demand reduction by aiming to eliminate peak demand of power in buildings.

The Logistics Skill Council (LSC) has launched the first apprentice programme under the National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS) that will give a big boost to train three lakh youth in the next three years.