Dheeraj Panda of Sany: Restarting govt flagship programmes will lift up excavators market in 2021

27 May 2021 CW Team

Incorporated in 2002, Sany India and offers the widest range of construction machinery in India and South Asia. The company operates in four business verticals – excavator, heavy equipment, concrete machinery, and renewable energy. Presently, Sany India offers products like excavators, truck-mounted cranes, all-terrain and rough terrain cranes, crawler cranes, transit mixers, batching plants, boom pumps, trailer pumps, piling rigs, motor graders, pavers, compactors, reach stackers, rubber tyred gantry cranes, rail-mounted gantry cranes, mining equipment, wind turbine generators and many more.

Speaking on the present size and growth rate of the hydraulic excavators market in India, Dheeraj Panda, Director – Sales, Marketing and Customer Support, Sany Heavy Industry India, said, “Over the last couple of years, the hydraulic excavator market has picked up a pace with the growing urbanisation and infrastructural activities in the country. The government focused on the national infrastructure pipeline and the increasing number of large scale mining-related projects and road construction is also further boosting the market.”

He added, “The demand for hydraulic excavators is on surge due to infrastructure development and mining reforms in the country. Considering the prevailing situation, Sany India envisages unprecedented growth and ample of business opportunities for hydraulic excavators amidst stiff competition and uncertainties.”

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