The Exclusive Interview Highlights with Mr. V.G.Sakthikumar, Managing Director, Schwing Stetter India Private Limited, Convenor for Membership committee, ICEMA, Chairman of Mechanisation committee, Builders Association of India.

1) What has motivated your company to participate in regional exhibition like this?
Construction equipment fairs holds great potential for customers and exhibitors alike. While it offers customers a one-stop-destination for all their specific product needs, it provides exhibitors a chance to build their visibility and showcase their unique solutions, apart from interacting with leading industry participants. This successful outreach will in turn equate to potential buyers and bolster our own image as a leading brand to be reckoned with in the industry. Product diversification and customer review are the key accomplishments we have achieved through our new product launches in Earthcon in the past. We had similar results in the current edition also.
2) What new product/services your company has launched in this exhibition?
We are on a continuous process improvement bringing out new products, services and making strategic partnerships. We did not launch any new product at the exhibition. Stetter self-loading mixer SLM4000 and Schwing stationary concrete pump SP1807 are the products that were on display.
3) Gujarat is region of many MSE serving Infrastructure segment, how do you face the competition in this region?
In a country like India, it is quite natural the fairs are attended majorly by the local and neighboring states. Even Excon is predominantly attended by visitors from South and Bauma conexpo India by visitors from North. Western India so far did not have a good exhibition.
Secondly, it is always important to see the organizer behind such exhibition and their credibility. We are completely convinced about the return on investment on Earthcon as West is not represented with a good exhibition in the past and the organization have very high reputation.

4) How much is the sales contribution from this region? Do you have specific numbers from Gujarat? Which product is moving fast?
The customers in Gujarat do not hesitate to buy equipment with high quality and reliability even it is from another region or from outside India. They are the best example for supporting organization which are service oriented and ensures the customers receive 24x7 service and parts support. Gujarat contributes very high percentage of business in India. In fact, all our products like Stetter concrete batching plant, Schwing concrete pump, Stetter concrete transit mixer and Stetter self-loading mixer are fast moving in Gujarat and also in the neighboring states. The patronage is so high that we have two offices in Ahmedabad and in Surat to service our customer better. Many states bigger than Gujarat, we have only one branch office. Very soon, we plan to expand with a third office in Gujarat to give better service to the customers.
5) Any breaking news from the company?
You can also expect many newer products from the group in 2019. Schwing Stetter India (SSI), one of India's leading concreting equipment manufacturers' recently signed a strategic partnership with global leader Rubble Master HMH GmbH, to enter the mobile compact crushing business. The partnership follows both the companies' recent participation in Bauma 2019, Munich. This is the re-entry of Rubble Master in the Indian market with a new cooperation partner, SSI.
Schwing Stetter India will be the exclusive distributor to sell and service the complete range of Rubble Master HMH GmbH products from Austria in India through its 29 sales and spares offices, 9 service centres and a strong 400 service personnel. With this product, Schwing Stetter India will be able to provide solutions for the customer for aggregate crushing and recycling applications. Schwing Stetter's concreting line of equipment uses aggregates and sand as the main ingredients for concreting. Rubble Master range of products mainly the aggregate crushers and screeners will complement Schwing Stetter India's concreting equipment which in turn will provide total concreting solutions to the customer.
Rubble Master HMH GmbH is a market leader in the field of mobile compact crushers and offers a range of top quality and high performance mobile crushing, screening and conveying solutions for recycling, demolition, quarrying, mining and contracting applications. The company focusses on the development and marketing of machines for the conventional processing of stone and earth. The company also innovates machines for the economical reuse of construction waste like building debris, asphalt and broken roads on site, particularly in inner-city construction sites. As part of the new deal, Schwing Stetter India and Rubble Master HMH GmBH will launch a product (RM60) in India at present followed by RM70, RM90, RM100 and RM 120 whose output range varies from 80 t/hr to 300 t/hr. The company also provides an exclusive machine, RM V550 for manufactured sand processing.