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INTERACTION POST EXCON 2019

I believe that the worst scenario for the industry is over

KYB Conmant, one of the leaders in the CE industry has always been in the forefront of designing and
innovation. With an aim to take products from an idea all the way to the end consumer the company
has a trusted name in the market. PREM RAJ, MANAGING DIRECTOR, KYB-CONMAT PVT LTD in an
exclusive interview speaks to CONSTRUCTION OPPORTUNITIES, about the new launches at EXCON 2019,
technical innovations and his outlook for the new year.

Tell us about the products launched at EXCON 2019. also requires little amount of fuel.
This year we have launched four new equipments- Self loading How was 2019 as a year for the company?
Mixer which is specially designed for the canal applications and the The year was not as good as the previous years. We have seen a
low slum concrete. Traditionally the self loading mixer is difficult to Y-o-Y of around 45-50 per cent consistently for the last 10 years.
handle low slump concrete. This is due to varied terrain conditions However, this year, we will be ending on a flat scale and the sales
in India. Also, most of the self loading mixers are designed in Italy. will be the same as that of last year.
We have thoroughly studied the Indian market and the requirement
of the concrete in India and based on those inputs we have Technology has upgraded over the years. How do you keep up
developed this mixer, completely in-house R&D facility. There are with the changing technology?
two variants for it- 4 and 4.5 cubic meter batch. Technology and innovation is our hallmark. We have a well quipped
state of the art R&D center in Baroda where we use the best systems
Another product that we have launched a D bucket conveyor of design and testing. We make a digital prototype and test the
plant. we have used the best of technologies, ruggedness and machines before working on the physical prototype. We have
the production capabilities. Due to the steep angle of the bucket added a lot of technical features in the control system, IoT in the
conveyor which is around 50◦ we can reduce the overall length by machines. The customer can make use of the in built IoT system for
half. In this way we can save evaluation and better maintenance of the machines.
of space and also time can
be saved due to the short Going ahead, how do you look at 2020 and the path ahead?
cycle time. There were a series of elections and the public sentiment is slow.
India needs a lot of infrastructure. The decisions need time to be
We have also launched the materialsied and I am sure that the worst is over and there will be
tower plant in the 60 cubic better times than 2019. KYB as a company will be growing and
meter capacity. the plant is there is no looking back at it.
developed for the vertical
space reducing the horizontal Do you face the liquidity crunch?
footprint to 6*6 meter. In case Like any other OEM we are facing the similar situation, where in the
of the conventional plant, lot orders are booked but the customers do not want delivery of the
of space is required. The plant product due to low sentiments. Even in this situation I am confident
causes very less pollution and that the situation will change.

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