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INTERACTION

We help our clients to enter into precast

sector in a seamless way

Elematic India, a part of Elematic Oyj based in Finland, is a world leader in manufacturing of
precast concrete plants and production lines. With nearly 60 years of operations, the company
has supplied technology to over 100 countries and to every continent. In an exclusive interview
SHRIDHAR RAO, SALES HEAD INDIA, ELEMATIC INDIA speaks with CONSTRUCTION OPPORTUNITES, about
the response at EXCON 2019, current market scenario, USP of the products and more.

How was EXCON 2019 in terms of participation? conceptualization and discussion. Our strength is in the insights we
We are optimistic about the opportunities that we have in the bring through our Engineering division. We set up the plants, perform
market and a good number of customers, clients and prospects the complete installation at the site and support the client with
have visited us here at EXCON. However, it would have been even supervision of production and execution. This seamless service helps
better if we could get our targeted clients here which was expected our clients to avoid all pitfalls associated with the learning curve.
to be a higher turnout.
How is the current market trending for the precast industry?
The market has faced a slowdown since June. With tough There is going to be a good growth for the precast sector in the
conditions prevailing, how was the past year for the company? coming years. This has been talked about a lot as to how the
As you know that the market growth is not conducive for the capital precast technology and construction will offer solutions to problems
investment that we had targeted in terms of growth and expansion. such as the availability and cost of labor, time for construction and
It is a well-known fact that it usually takes time and confidence for the wastage.
people to migrate into new areas of growth. Even though this year There is no better technology than precast when it comes to
was challenging, we expectthe year 2020 will be a better and we building construction. This is because precast provides the customer
are optimistic about it.
with RCC structure which is the cheapest raw material that can be
In terms of the precast technology, which was the highlighting made and in comparison, with any other form of technology offers
point for Elematic equal or better speed.
The release of our new extruder E9 2019 was the highlight of this Hence it meets both- expectation in terms of cost and speed of
year. We have come up with an extruder which is over 50 per completion. We have tremendous opportunity in the coming years
cent faster than our existing version and in comparison, with our both in residential projects and the commercial ones.
competitors. This is one of the major breakthroughs in the precast
technology. Our EDGE lines in both Wall and Slab production has Any projects that you are currently participating in?
found a good response
The core area that we cater to is the building segment. However,
What makes Elematic products stand out from the competitors? we are looking at some of the project areas wherein we can cater
Elematic is not just a machinery supplier. Elematic is a to the infrastructure companies like installation of boundarywalls,
technology partner and come at the very initial phase of project noise barriers, roads etc.

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