Indigenous manufacturing, and fuel-efficient equipment will drive the infrastructure

Dimitrov Krishnan Managing Director, Volvo CE India. In an Interview with B2B Purchase.

Can you brief us about the products being launched and displayed at Excon? For Volvo Construction Equipment, we are exhibiting our recently launched excavators as a very viable option for coal mining. It’s a 50-tonne excavator, an EC480DL, with a Vibro Ripper installed on it. It allows excavation without the need for blasting under specific conditions. We are also launching the EC300DL BH, a 30-tonne excavator that boasts of a high ground clearance and robust undercarriage. In the road equipment segment, we have a 9-mt sensor paver known as P7320 D. It’s an indigenously manufactured product at our facility in Bangalore. We are also looking to launch the SD110CD. It’s a drum drive variant of our current Soil Compactor primarily used for irrigation applications. We are also launching the EC200D Tunnel Excavator variant that is fit for tunnel jobs and demarking jobs. 

Please elaborate on the smart and sustainable features of your products. 

Volvo engines are all electronic and the most fuel efficient on the market. They are designed with the aim of reducing fuel consumption by installing efficient engine control systems. Further to this, all our wheeled machines will be CEV-IV emission non-certified. All our wheeled machines will also be CEV-IV four non emission certified products. Our hydraulic systems, excavators, and electronics are all engineered to be exceptionally fuel and energy efficient. In the market, this makes them smarter, greener, and more productive.

Which of the latest technologies have you adopted recently? 

In terms of technology, one of the most significant recent advancements is the introduction of CV-IV engines in the majority of our homologated products. 

We’re also launching several services centred on our softer offerings, which are essentially uptime services. This will be officially launched & operational at the Volvo CE Peenya plant from 17th May 2022.

How is Volvo moving towards meeting the changing client requirements? 

India is the world’s third-largest construction equipment market, and Volvo is particularly interested in this present market. We’ve been in this market for more than 23 years, and we’re dedicated to creating solutions for India. When it comes to presenting innovative technology to the market, we will also be market leaders. We were among the first in the country to implement telematics technologies. Our present focus is on meeting market demands by incorporating as many India-specific designs and solutions as feasible.