Ammann India Pvt Ltd, one of the market leaders in road construction equipment, manufacturing asphalt mixing plants, pavers, and concrete mixing plants recently concluded Techno Days 2018 from 14-15 April at its manufacturing facility at Ditasan near Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
The two-day industry gathering witnessed huge participation from company’s channel partners, employees and key customers from India and globally. The event was marked by inauguration of its stunningly transformed and technologically upgraded Apollo manufacturing facility. The state-of-art facility boasts of technology being advanced into the manufacturing process, as well as increased use of modern robotics and the manufacturing of several new product lines.

Hans-Christian Schneider, CEO, Ammann Schweiz AG welcomed the guests and addressed about new manufacturing facility and future plans of the company in India. The officials from Ammann took the congregation through an informative journey about the company and its advanced product portfolio for the infrastructure sector in the country.

The company has also set up one-of-its kind Ammann Academy, with an aim to internally make optimum use of resources and technology for training operators for handling advanced equipment’s and upgrades their skill set to next level. The company believes that it does not only offer manufacturing process but also aims to provide complete package to the customers by training their operators and enhancing technical skills.

Ammann India also launched two new indigenous products as addition to their existing product portfolio for Indian road construction sector. The product includes the new Apollo Value Tecasphalt mixing plant and Ammann AFT 500 paver.

Speaking on the inaugural event of state-of-the-art manufacturing facility, Hans-Christian Schneider, CEO, Ammann Schweiz AG says, “The important driving factor behind setting up of Indian manufacturing facility is the rising demand for technologically advanced products in the Indian market which is likely to augment in the upcoming future. The company intends to bring world-class quality to the Indian market and supplement to the competitiveness of the Indian infrastructure players. The other key factor is our focus on deploying impetus on ‘Make in India’ by manufacturing locally for the Indian as well as global markets. We believe that, India today is seen as one of the attractive production sites and an important future factory for competitive output. The company looks forward to tap on these market prospects.”

The company has made substantial investment in setting up the facility. There has been strategic investment made into building offices for manufacturing machines, setting up modern robotics for wielding processes and so on, he asserts.

Acknowledging the role of technology in manufacturing process and on-site implementation, Schneider says, “The company is convinced that technology plays a crucial role in Indian manufacturing sector in terms of connectivity and optimisation of resources for increased productivity. This will only lead to upgradation of local manufacturing to competitive international standards. The gap between manufacturing process and the output can only be addressed with deployment of enhanced technology.”

Talking about Ammann-Apollo collaboration, Schneider observes, “One of the reasons behind the collaboration is that Apollo has developed products that are exactly at the right spot between the technology, quality and at attractive price. Compared to Ammann in Europe, we are into high–end technology and quality as well as premium price. We add additional value to product offering for the Indian customers because; we bring and integrate elements into our products that we think are necessary for the customers in the forthcoming future at attractive price, thus adding to the competitive advantage. This is the exact matching point for the two companies, making it perfect market fit, thus making products of Ammann India unique and valuable for its customers.”

Recognising Ammann Academy, as one-of-its-kind training centre in the county, Schneider states, “The aim behind setting up Ammann academy is to internally use the platform to train our employees and upgrade their skills for future. We look forward to offer our customers not only technology processes but a complete package which includes training the customer’s operator and optimising their knowledge for optimal use of machines, because we believe that the best machine is only as good as the operator can operate it. The academy aims to create future-ready operators for meeting tomorrow’s operational demand for technologically-advanced machines in an efficient way.”

Commenting on the future plans of Ammann India, Schneider claims that the company aims to grow its market position substantially in the near future. There are plans to introduce several pioneer manufacturing and product technologies with 70-75 per cent growth in productivity. The company is ready and looks forward to promising and highly competitive Indian as well as global market. It aims to be preferred partners for customers in future.

The important driving factor behind setting up of Indian manufacturing facility is the rising demand for technologically advanced products in the Indian market which is likely to augment in the upcoming future.
Hans-Christian Schneider, CEO, Ammann Schweiz AG