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INTERACTION POST EXCON 2019

We are here to provide the best quality products

Yanmar Co Ltd. is a Japanese diesel engine manufacturer founded in Osaka, Japan in 1912. Yanmar
manufactures and sells engines used in a wide range of applications, including Industrial Engines,
seagoing vessels, pleasure boats, construction equipment, agricultural equipment and generator
sets.In an exclusive interaction YASH PAL WADHWA, BUSINESS HEAD- INDUSTRIAL ENGINE BUSINESS,
YANMAR INDIA PVT. LTD., spoke to CONSTRUCTION OPPORTUNITIES, about the company and its offerings,
cutting edge technology offered, views on the current market scenario and the outlook for 2020.

Can you give us a brief about the company and its offerings? Tell us about your aftersales services.
Yanmar is a 107-year-old company based originally in Japan. We We have a network of service distributors and FIEshops. Also there
have a turnover of US $7.2 billion. Yanmar manufactures and sells are satellite service outlets All trained from the team back in
engines used in a wide range of applications, including seagoing Japan. There are also OEMs who maintain the machines. This is
vessels, pleasure boats, construction equipment, agricultural a kind of dual service we provide for our customers.Yanmar is a
equipment and generator sets. The Indian edition of Yanmar started proven product and it has been used by global OEMS who now
in 2011 and currently we have started focusing on the industrial set production base in India. They know the quality of our products
engine section with a factory being set up in Chennai. and our features tell the tale.
As Indian industry is going for the change in the emission norms Going ahead, how do you look at 2020 as a year for the industry?
this year, we are expecting demand for the higher quality product. We are quite positive looking at the financial packages and the
This is where our offerings and products can play a key role in the initiatives undertaken by the government. That is an important
Indian market. reason why Japan has invested heavily in India and the Indian
market.
What is the cutting edge technology in your products which are
your USP’s ? How was your experience while participating at EXCON 2019?
Every engine manufacturer has come up with their own specific Considering the current condition of the market there are positive
technologies. At Yanmar, we have DPF, DOC and SCR kind of signs that we could see. The entire industry is looking positive.
technologies that are already proven. We have sold numerous We could see visitors and potential customers attending and
machines in the US market and also in the European market. These enquiries taking place with the hope of revival. We too had a good
Industrial Engines are currently being imported from Japan. experience during the entire event.

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