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All major OEMs today are offering telematics and the latest Has your company adopted Industry 4.0 in your manufacturing
technologies. What are your company’s USPs and how do you operations? What benefits have you reaped by adopting
plan to stay one step ahead of the competition? Industry 4.0? What challenges have you faced, especially in
While telematics is becoming common, our unique approach terms of integrating legacy systems/software/machinery?
lies in the integration of AI and predictive analytics, offering Yes, we have fully embraced Industry 4.0 in our manufacturing
insights that go beyond basic monitoring. Our USP is not just in operations, particularly at our Global Manufacturing Hub in
the collection of data, but in turning that data into actionable Cheyyar, Tamil Nadu. By integrating advanced robotics, IoT,
intelligence that drives decision-making for the user. We also and data analytics, we have automated several processes,
offer customized solutions for different industries and project sizes, significantly improving efficiency, reducing errors, and increasing
ensuring that our customers have the right technology for their output. One of the major benefits has been the real-time
specific needs. monitoring of production lines, allowing us to identify bottlenecks
Additionally, our strong focus on customer support, including and optimize performance. However, the integration of legacy
training and after-sales services, gives us an edge over systems has been challenging. We have addressed this by
competitors. We are constantly innovating and upgrading our developing custom interfaces that allow our older machinery to
technology to ensure that we remain at the forefront of the communicate with new systems, ensuring a smooth transition into
industry. the Industry 4.0 framework.

Unmanned machines are already in existence in countries Future technology trends and how geared up is your company
abroad. Is your company planning to launch any in India and to make your machines more smart and intelligent?
by when? The future of construction machinery lies in further automation,
The future of construction is heading towards automation, AI-driven insights, and enhanced connectivity. We are already
and we are closely monitoring developments in unmanned gearing up by investing heavily in R&D to make our machines
machine technology. While these machines are already in use smarter and more intuitive. The next phase will focus on machine
in certain countries, the Indian market is still evolving in terms of learning capabilities that allow our equipment to self-optimize in
regulatory frameworks and infrastructure readiness for unmanned real-time, adapting to different operating conditions. Additionally,
operations. However, we are actively working on prototypes and we are looking into energy-efficient technologies and ways to
plan to introduce semi-autonomous solutions in the near future, integrate renewable energy sources to reduce carbon footprints.
with a focus on safety, reliability, and cost-efficiency. Full-scale Our goal is to stay ahead of technological trends and ensure
unmanned machines could become a reality within the next few that our machines not only meet current demands but are also
years as the market and technology mature in India. ready for the future.

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