Our 25 years of experience and the newly commissioned state-of-the-art manufacturing facility with IOT and Industry 4.0 helps us to understand and meet market requirements for all weather and soil conditions says RJ Williams, Managing Director, Hailstone Innovations Pvt Ltd.

In the current scenario, what kind of growth do you foresee in mobile crushing and screening solutions? What kind of innovations are being sought?
In our 25 years of experience in Indian and international crushing industry this time we are seeing an increased demand for mobile crushing and screening solutions. More infrastructure push in roads and bridges, more localised project-based crushing for short time period etc has made mobile crushing widely preferred and accepted. Our nationwide expansion and increased focus on developing countries with enhanced technology-based innovations helps those markets have access to a better product at an optimum price. This in turn enables easier and faster ROI. More so because all our products are outcome of high-end R&D and rigorous continuous improvement processes.

Currently what products are you banking on? What are some of the premium features of these products?
We commissioned our latest state of art manufacturing facility spread over two lakh square feet floor area with an “Agile Assembly Line” system to manufacture our products like “fixed shaft cone”, jaw crusher, VSI and washers. 

The core technical features as also our optimum pricing, I can undoubtedly say are the premium features of our machines. Value for the capex and the ROI from the same brings more joy to the customer and they continue to bank on us for future requirements as well. Moreover, the fact that we make available the latest technology in the market via our machines makes the customer happier.

How much of a role does weather conditions and soil play in selection of crushing and screening product?
Having a strong machine fleet working across the different geographical areas in the Indian subcontinent as also abroad combined with a wide working experience of more than a decade in areas prone to natural catastrophes like floods, cyclones and draughts has allowed our R&D team to devise proper solutions. The designs based on such inputs have made our machines versatile enough to work in and type of weather and soil conditions. Also, we carry out surveys and advanced studies as part of our R & D to understand what kind of machine design will correspond to the different weather and soil conditions. 

The GOI has tried to expedite grant of mining leases, as an industry stakeholder, what impact will this move have on your future business prospects?
Our agile approach towards doing business and rigorous branding, marketing and business development have helped us to gather a huge market potential. GOI initiatives have facilitated corporate investments in the mining industry. Also we have been requested by many groups all across India to associate as channel partners and official dealers to ensure a pan India representation.

What kind of changes have you implemented in your existing workflow and supply chain to conduct your business smoothly in the current period?
Post the pandemic, we have taken some serious measures for self-sustainment of our supply chain management. As mentioned, we have commissioned our new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility which has separate assembly lines and tracks for all our heavily banked products which has reduced the TAT to the bare minimum possible. Maximizing the use of IoT and Industry 4.0 have enabled us to reduce our dependency on human manpower. Development of a good bunch of suppliers with capacity of JIT and latest manufacturing arts like Kaizen and 5S have enabled us to improvise our inventory turnout and thereby attain a better and more efficient manufacturing process during this period.