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ROAD & ROAD CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT
for India. Compared to the suboptimal long-lasting trouble-free operation. We will
“Despite being a late entrant we have been
garnering more market methods used in road construction, the shortly introduce two of our new vehicles
share over the years. RoadMaster G75 is 180 per cent faster, in the market, designed to o er maximum
Our marketing strategy single-handedly handles the work of 30 vehicle uptime and enhanced driver comfort
has been to focus on labourers, has reduced road construction at a lowest cost of ownership. ”
the performance of our cost and higher operator comfort. As AK Jindal, Head – Electric Vehicles &
products and to keep compared to the conventional Motor Defence Vehicles, Commercial Vehicle
constantly improving Grader, the RoadMaster G75 has 50 per Engineering, Tata Motors, said, “For the
them. We are working hard cent the productivity at 35 per cent the first time in India, heavy first time in India, heavy
on pruning the overall product cost and 40 per cent the operating duty tipper applications
cost of ownership. We
meet customer challenges in the product cost without compromising on the quality have been developed
development stage itself. By Listening to of work. e RoadMaster G75 is powered by with rubber bushings as
his feedback and requirements, by using the powerful performance of the Mahindra against metal bushings
the Knowledge thus gained, and developing DITECH engine and is designed to have used in the conventional
Expertise, to build Best-in Class products. the lowest maintenance and operating cost suspension. This will
Our tagline is ‘BUILT BY, LISTENING, in its class leading to increased productivity reduce road shocks and improve driver
KNOWLEDGE, EXPERTISE.’ In short we and pro tability for the owners. comfort thereby enhancing productivity.
offer, ‘Unmatched Power, Performance, and e RoadMaster comes with a 3000 mm Additionally, the Ultimaax suspension
Productivity.” blade that is perfect for construction and system will offer advantage of higher
Amarnath Ramachandran, maintenance of small and medium roads payload of approximately 250kgs due to
President & Director, in addition to being suitable for expansion low weight of the system over standard
LeeBoy India Construction Equipment
work of state and national highways. e bogie suspension. Taking into consideration
use of the RoadMaster will lead to better customer feedback and expectations, our
quality roads being constructed at a much teams worked extensively to tailor make this
faster pace. Additionally, the roads being suspension suitable for the Indian o -road
of a superior quality will result in less terrains. State-of-the-art techniques were
maintenance requirements and expenses. deployed during the development stage by
Plus,good quality work on time will result collecting eld data on loading conditions
in good credibility for the contractor with and the terrain of the vehicle. ”
both government o cials and locals leading
to increased work contracts. Prospects growing & growing…
Tata Motors introduced rst of its kind Construction of national highways in
4th generation Ultimaax suspension India hit a record 10,000 km in the year
system for the HCV heavy-duty tipper ended March 31 after the government
range. e Ultimaax suspension has been stepped up the pace of implementation and
developed jointly by Tata Motors along awarding contracts. e total investment
with Hendrickson, (a joint venture partner in constructing national highways by both
of Tata Autocomp, that deals in suspension the government and private investors was
systems for commercial vehicles. about `1. 5 lakh crore, of which almost `1
Rajesh Kaul, Head - Sales and Marketing, lakh crore came from budgetary allocation,
Medium & Heavy Commercial Vehicles, ploughing back of toll collections and
“Our machines are Tata Motors said, “This borrowings by the National Highways
said, “This
built with foresight year, our focus is on mining Authority of India. In FY19, the
and the technology
that is integrated into and road construction expenditure on national highways is likely
the machines and are industry as there is a to exceed `2 lakh crore, of which about `1
determined by our positive movement lakh crore will come from extra-budgetary
assessment of how and in macro-economic resources (including NHAI borrowings and
where our machines indicators in these monetisation of existing national highways)
will be working over the segments. The products on display will and more than `70,000 crore through
long-term. This is our biggest differentiator. be equipped with globally renowned budgetary grants and tolls.
In addition to Cat Product Link™, some of Cummins SCR technology, heavy duty With all the renowned playerscoming
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the cutting edge technology featured in our Ultimaax Suspension System, factory ahead to set the pace of growth and the
machines are Cat Grade, Cat Compact and tted comfortable AC Signa cabins and government’s fact paced thrust on road
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Cat Payload.”
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Amit Bansal, Director Sales & Marketing light weight but stronger tipper bodies. infrastructure, it’s time for India to script a
- Building Construction Products India We are also working on various aggregates new history in the road construction space
Region, Caterpillar India like engines, axles and suspension systems and realise the dream of making it par with
to reduce maintenance costs and provide a the global standards.

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