Ramesh Babbar, President & Director of Columbia Machine Engineering (I) Pvt. Ltd., mentioned the unique Columbia Vibration Technology, saying, “We pioneered the first semi-automatic, hydraulically operated block machine over 85 years ago (CVT).”

Columbia Machine is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of concrete products and equipment, with customers in over 100 countries. They manufacture a comprehensive line of equipment to outfit the entire concrete products plant, from mixing and batching to automatic cubing and splitting.

Innovative features concrete equipment with a competitive edge
With over 15 years of local manufacturing in Vadodara, Gujarat, we now offer the industry’s most versatile and innovative concrete products and equipment. In India, our existing Concrete Product Machine Model SPM20 offers our customers  a plant that combines a high-tech machine with medium capacity and low investment in pallet and product handling. Its ease of installation and disassembly make it an ideal solution for project work. The Model SPM20 can make various high-quality concrete products, including hollow blocks, paver blocks, retaining wall blocks, fly ash bricks, and kerbstones.

These features have resulted in significant profits and a quick return on investment for over 200 users in India alone. No other concrete equipment supplier can match Columbia’s versatility, economy, and quality.

Opportunities and challenges in the concrete equipment market
Hiring skilled and educated workers in the construction and equipment industries remains a challenge in India. As a result, producing products and getting work done at the site becomes difficult. This impedes the project’s quality and progress. Therefore, it is advisable to manufacture precast concrete products in a controlled environment under the supervision of trained and skilled workers. This also ensures increased productivity and consistently better products. Our customers have recognised this and  are implementing it in their plants. We share the success stories of one customer in one location with another customer in another location across India. This increased awareness of India’s latest technology and trends, even in remote areas.

Managing construction and demolition waste
Production of building materials from recycled construction and demolition waste is the latest trend in the  industry. Major players use Columbia plants for producing building materials  and precast products for infrastructure from these waste materials.

Products and solutions complementing sustainability
Significant contractors, soil stabilising companies, and sub-contractors use the state-of-the-art Columbia Equipment Segmental Retaining Wall Blocks (SRW) to construct approach roads to flyovers in MHI projects throughout India. The silent characteristics of SRW blocks manufactured by Columbia Machines are high strength, dimensional accuracy, and superior aesthetic finish. Furthermore, contractors and subcontractors use Columbia Machines’ high-strength single-layered pavers to construct shoulders on road projects that are intended to last
longer.