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to 1 Tonne of CO2. Moreover, embodied ere is an intense competition in this sector. How are you planning to increase your
energy of the concrete is decreased by market share?
reducing the production and transportation Our vision comes with a tag line – “We promise, We deliver” which is ingrained in every INTERACTION
footprint of cement. Likewise, the use employee’s psyche, who in turn sells it to customers, thereby acting as a brand ambassador
of Ground Granulated Blast Furnace of the Company. We are successful in making all our employees understand and internalize
slag(GGBS) which is a waste product of Company’s vision as part of their existence by conducting DISHA Workshops all over
steel industry is usedto replace Cement India every year, in March.
by as much as 70 per cent. It is bene cial RDC Concrete has a proven reputation for delivering cost-e ective and innovative
in harbour construction, underground building solutions to meet diverse concrete requirements of customers. We meet customers
construction, underground structures, to understand their requirement and o er solutions, creating a win-win situations.
civil water conservancies, road bridges and
high rise buildings, owing tohigh resistance customers to this technology? including testing, suggestion for reuse,
to sulphate and reduced chloride-ion We have a huge product portfolio & tailor recycling and co processing. RDC
penetration. Another product, ermocrete made solutions to cater the customer’s very aims to have non pollution, Zero waste
is designed to provide thermal comfort in speci c requirements. RDC is known to manufacturing plants by using advanced
building. A layer of this product is usually o er various business models for the long technology and equipment like lter press.
applied over the top layer of the roof slab term association with the customers. We are In terms of per plant productivity, we are
to prevent external heat of cold from now o ering crack free concrete, exclusively among the best in the industry that is only
penetrating into the building. It reduces the developed by RDC’s R&D team for our possible with continuous monitoring of all
energy consumption required to keep rooms customers. We are planning to come up energy parameters. By focusing on e cient
at a comfortable temperature. with the dry & wet concrete bags to address use of energy and reducing the idle time of
the small repair work requirements. ese plant, our aim is to be the leader in green
ere is a paucity of skilled manpower. bags will satisfy the need of quality concrete requirements.
What are the steps you have taken to in remote locations and inaccessible
increase skill manpower? construction sites. What are the latest features incorporated in
e problem to overcome is of addressing your concrete equipment and machinery?
the issue of Talent Crunch. Since this What is the total market size of concrete RDC Concrete has a robust fleet
industry requires 24/7 presence, capable equipment and machinery in India? management system and has the most
and competent people refrain from joining Concrete equipment is mainly used for efficient distribution and supply chain
this industry. Getting Right People with mixing, transporting and placing of management in the industry. All Transit
Right Mindset is tough to get in this concrete, ese include batching plants, mixers & Concrete Pumps are GPS enabled
industry as it is an extremely disorganized concrete pumps, transit mixers, trucks, which helps us in real time tracking,
segment. We are having campus recruitment aggregate crushers, oaters, tower cranes on time delivery and better customer
from renowned colleges and better growth etc. India is currently in the midst of satisfaction. We have launched RDCTrak.
opportunities are given within company to biggest ever infrastructure growth asGovt. com in which all the eet at 40 plants can
the performers in their respective eld, thus is launching various schemes like Smart be monitored on a single platform. Clients
creating talent pipeline for future. Cities, Bharatmalaetc, and our country is are being given tracking link for monitoring
becoming one of the key market for concrete the transit mixer once it is dispatched from
What are the key challenges ‘policy as well equipment. The emergence of concrete the batching plants.
as operational’ faced by your organization handling and processing equipment has
and how are you overcoming these been one of the most important happenings What would be the company’s growth
challenges? in the recent decades in the construction agenda for the next three years? Are there
Today’s key challenge is the traffic industry. The market for concrete expansion or product launches in the
restriction in cities with very limited time Equipment is estimated to be growing at o ng?
available to supply concrete in the main an estimated 30 per cent. In next three year We are growing at 53 per cent YoY and
consumption centres. RMCMA has also or so, it is expected to continue at the same our vision is to continue this growth rate
approached concerned department to growth rate thus creating hige opportunities for next three years. Our expansion in
reduce the restriction time. Paucity of for more innovation and technology brown eld and green eld projects would
trucks and pumps is another area as many development in this area. continue with addition of new footprints
infrastructure projects are in full swing in in various cities particularly tier II and tier
various parts of India. We are increasing How are your concrete Plants addressing III cities. Product launch is continuing with
vendor base for these equipment operators the ‘green’ requirement in terms of fuel new innovative products and also to meet
and also looking at Lorry own drivers for efficiency, productivity and minimal speci c customer needs, e.g. like high early
trucks for improved e ciency. downtime? strength concrete, roadwork which can be
Company actively promotes the use of opened for tra c in 24 hours, lightweight
What are the latest technological trends alternative fuels and raw materials and concrete, stamped concrete and coloured
evolving and how receptive are the o er total solution for waste management concrete etc.

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