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The Chinese construction equipment major XCMG has launched its first amphibious excavator designed in China. The XE215S amphibious excavator is an innovative multi-purpose excavator designed for working on beach, soft soil and climatic environment.

Liebherr has delivered a new LTR 1220 telescopic crawler crane to NCC Ltd Hyderabad for its Nagpur metro project. In this project, the crane hoists girders for the two new metro lines which have a total length of 38 km, thereby the pick-and-carry characteristics of telescopic crawler crane are a great advantage. Liebherr is convinced that the use of such a crane, first time in India, will give a big opening to this technology.

The Tractor Manufacturers' Association (TMA) has pointed out that the proposed GST rate of 28 per cent for tractor components would lead to an increase in input cost by Rs 25,000 per tractor. TMA has requested the government to reduce the duty for all tractor components to 18 per cent from 28 per cent.

MAN Trucks India inaugurated its 64th dealership at Chennai. Set up by its new partner Vijai Earthmoving Equipment Pvt Ltd, this is the fourth dealership inaugurated since January 2017, besides Solapur, Pune and Vijayawada.

Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) announced the newest release of its ControlEdge™ Programmable Logic Controller (PLC). This release, combined with Honeywell’s Experion® distributed control system (DCS), provides a significant reduction in integration efforts and project costs as well as increased security and availability through enhanced cyber security for industrial facilities.

More than 370 experts and decision makers met at this year's MiningForum held recently to learn about the latest trends in the raw materials industry, exchange views and expand their network for future cooperation.

The Manitou group, worldwide leader in all-terrain handling equipment, inaugurated its new entity Manitou Equipment India Private Limited, following the recent acquisition of Terex Equipment Private Limited. In doing so, the group underlines its commitment to develop backhoe loaders and skid steer loaders markets in India and in other emerging countries.

Dassault Systèmes, the 3DEXPERIENCE Company, world leader in 3D design software, 3D Digital Mock Up and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, commenced its first ‘Manufacturing in the Age of Experience’ event in India.