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besides OEMs, Components manufacturer, Tyres, IT & Software, by the potential of AI solutions and services.
Lubricants, Attachments and other allied industry organizations The global artificial intelligence in construction market is
are some of the leading organizations participating at the event. anticipated to reach US$1831 million by 2023 and USD 3.5 billion
ICEMA is the sector partner and the National Highways Authority by 2027.
of India and Builders Association of India are supporting Partners The global construction and engineering market is predicted
for Excon 2021. to reach $10.5 trillion by 2023, with India’s construction sector
Ramesh Ramadurai, Chairman, CII Karnataka & MD, expected to be the world’s third largest, growing at a rate of 7.1
3M India Ltd, said that Karnataka is an percent per year. The industry employs 51 million people and
emerging hub for construction equipment, accounts for 9% of India’s GDP.
component outsourcing base and design Against this backdrop, CII will be hosting an exceptional pavilion
base. The state presents huge business on AI, IoT & Automation during this 11th edition. AI, IoT & Automation
opportunities for the construction industry, Pavilion endeavors to showcase technology & innovation across
as it is embarking on major infrastructure the value chain of C&E industry, attract global players to highlight
development projects in roads & flyovers, their bespoke solutions and products, latest smart technologies
industrial infrastructure and power, he being used in infrastructure development across the world. It also
added. aims to demonstrate India led innovation for India & the world
EXCON has been playing a catalytic role in showcasing and promote India as an outsourcing destination–aggregate and
innovations in the construction equipment and related industries component manufacturing.
which is supporting the infrastructure development of the country
and it is a platform to connect all infrastructure stakeholders, Women in Infra
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including policymakers, investors, and developers, with the exciting Being in the 11 edition, EXCON is keen to explore the current
growth story of India’s infrastructure. Over the last 10 editions, the relationship between Infrastructure as a sector and its inclusion
event has grown into one of the topmost construction equipment of women in the workspace. CII hopes to initiate this dialogue
exhibitions in the world. through special initiatives launched at the EXCON 2021, titled
“Women Building India”. One part of the initiative is the Women
Glorious past Building India- Equal Opportunity Awards. The award looks at
The 10th Edition of Excon, which was held from 10 – 14 December recognizing companies from the Infrastructure sector who have
2019, just before the pandemic, was supported by the Ministry of taken proactive steps to enable women to participate in the
Road Transport and Highways, Government of India and National workforce
Highway Authority of India (NHAI), Government of India. With over Alongside, large industry conferences addressing Infrastructure,
60,000 visitors and 1250 exhibitors and spread over an area of Defence, MSME, Components, Green Buildings, Smart Cities,
3,00,000 sqm at BIEC with large OEMs like JCB, Larsen & Toubro Urban Development, Logistics, etc., will be organized as part of
– Komatsu, Tata Hitachi, Caterpillar, SANY, Schwing Stetter, BKT, Excon 2021.
Kobelco, CASE, Doosan Infracore, Hailstone Innovation, Hyundai
Construction Equipment, Propel, Puzzolana, BEML, SREI, KYB What’s in store?
Conmat, Atlas Copco, Ajax Engineering, ITR, Action Construction, EXCON 2021 takes place at a time when the government is
Volvo, Ceat, Apollo Tyres, J K Tyres, Leeboy, Tata Motors, Simem, focusing heavily on the construction and infrastructure sector to
Zoomlion and many more…. Showcased a wide range of implement regulations that will enable the timely establishment
machinery and equipment at the exhibition. of world-class infrastructure in the country. The sector has seen
amazing expansion in the last few years, from motorways to
AI, IoT & Automation Pavilion railways to airports and other smart-city efforts.
In the construction industry, the use of technologies (AI, IoT, Big Roads and highways, airport projects, ports, power plants, rail &
Data, ML, Deep Learning, NLP, Cloud computing, and so on) has urban metro, dams & bridges, hotels & resorts, Schools, Hospitals, IT
risen dramatically to support initiatives such as smart cities, urban parks, retail malls, hypermarkets, multiplexes, integrated townships,
air mobility, and climate change programs, as well as to generate real estate, and more will be covered during the event.
new revenue streams, improve internal operating efficiencies and With the demand for construction equipment in India set to grow in
performance, identify costly mistakes, lower costs, reduce injuries, double digits, at least over the next three to five years, supported
increase margins, and improve training, logistics, and customer by the Union government’s strong focus on the infrastructure sector,
relationship management. The increasing demand for AI-based this is the poised platform to lead the growth bandwagon and
solutions and platforms in the construction business is being driven reap gains.

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