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       Could you talk about the product innovations and launches   What are the organizational surprises we can expect from you in
       during this year and also on any additions planned to your existing   EXCON, Are you launching any new innovative products or new
       product lines?                                      breakthrough technologies at EXCON? Are you also looking for
       Schwing Stetter India has its own In house R&D Set up, which is   new collaborations and tie - ups?
       recognized by the Govt of India. It’s no surprise that we will   We will be launching new products during the Excon show , and
       continue to innovate on the existing products and include the latest   since the customers will be back to the physically present after
       technologies in our stable of new launches during the Excon 2021.  a long gap, we are focusing on show casing the new offerings
       Our focus to improve the Equipment performance, monitoring, and   and do better Customer engagement at the venue to provide a
       maintenance through IOT & telematics will be brandished during   complete engaging experience.
       the show. We have planned to introduce 2 to 4 new launches in the
       Earthmoving equipment sector and 2 new launches in Concrete   What is your feedback of business from previous editions of EXCON
       Pumps Sector.                                       and what is your gut feeling from the current one?
                                                           While there has been some apprehensions due to the Covid
       Briefly give us an understanding about your manufacturing units   situation earlier, it has now been thwarted as can been seen in the
       – location, size, production capacity, technologies used etc?  current situation. Hence, we are preparing ourselves to do a grand
       Schwing Stetter India has its manufacturing bases located near   show and this Excon 2021 will be a great success and one of the
       Chennai and in Cheyyar, Tamil Nadu.                 biggest shows to be launched since the pandemic out break. We
       It has Totally 5 Production units out which 4 are based in   look forward to the event.
       Irungattukottai SIPCOT which houses the following production /
       Assembly lines                                      What is your outlook for the CE industry and your company going
       –  Batching Plant Assembly and production           forward?
       –  Truck mixer fabrication, Assembly and production  We at Schwing Stetter believe that the CE industry will be a Major
       –  XCMG Compactors and HDD assembly base.           contributor to the National GDP , by witnessing the rate at which it
       –  The Global manufacturing Hub, in Cheyyar, a 52 acre mega   is poised to grow. The ambitious Vision of the Industry to become
          plant caters to the Domestic and the International Market   the second largest producer of CE in the world will be realized and
          worldwide with production and assembly lines for Stationary   platforms such as Excon will be a catalyst in this mission.
          Pumps, Boom pumps, Self loading mixers , Shotcreting pumps   As already mentioned, we are one of the largest among the
          and Excavators along with a huge fabrication Shop which   Schwing group of companies and our Smart manufacturing facility (
          houses the longest double column boring machine in the   Global manufacturing Hub ) has the Capacity and Infra to cater not
          Country. Also it houses the Longest & largest paint shop booth   only to the domestic market but a Hub for supplying construction
          in the country for Boom Pumps.                   Equipment World wide.


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