JCB India’s 11-tonne class soil compactor, JCB116, is finding good success. Adding to the company’s road compacter portfolio, the machine comes with a modern JCB diesel max engine, which is claimed to offer fuel-savings of up to five to 10 per cent. Equipped with German vibration technology that provides more compaction per litre, the JCB116 soil compactor is claimed to[Read More…]

Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC) has inducted BS IV emission compliant Volvo coaches. These include the 9400 multi-axle coaches with a length of 13.7 m and 14.5 m respectively. Powered by a 370 hp (for 13.7 m coach) and a 410 hp (for 14.5 m coach) 11-litre engine, the 9400 coaches are claimed to offer superior performance and fuel[Read More…]

FAG Bearings, a Schaeffler Group company, is optimistic about growth in India. There is a rider though, that the key initiatives to implement operational excellence are accelerated, and executed such that it helps to build a long term competitive advantage. In line with its strategic concept, ‘Mobility for Tomorrow’, the company continues to focus on four areas – eco-friendly drivers,[Read More…]

The union minister for road transport and highways, Nitin Gadkari, in his address at an educational institution at Pune recently, is known to have announced that electric buses, cars and two wheelers will gain more visibility next year onwards. This would also apply to ethanol and other bio-fuel buses. Gadkari is said to have reasoned that seven-lakh crore litre of[Read More…]