17th AsiaConstruct International Conference & Exhibition 2011

The 17^th AsiaConstruct to beheld in New Delhi from 13^th to 15^th December 2011 includes an International Conference & Exhibition with the theme "Asian Economic Overview 2011 & Outlook 2012". The event is focused on Infrastructure and Construction verticals and will give opportunities to showcase new and emerging technologies, best practices, equipment and machinery, products, material, and services.

The conference will include presentation of country reports, theme paper presentations, interactive sessions between country commissioners and corporate bodies from across Asia and global construction industry stakeholders. Key takeaways include fostering cooperation through B2B interactions and knowledge sharing. The conference will have parallel tracks on various themes like housing & real estate, steel in construction, non-ferrous metals in construction, hydro-power, construction equipment and materials, consultancy, and so on.

The 3-day exhibition will provide opportunities to display products, equipment, services and prowess in the construction domain. Country representatives and delegates from 17 Asian countries and scores of Indian Construction Industry stakeholders will hopefully attend this event.

Being supported by the Planning Commission, Govt of India and members of AsiaConstruct like - Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) Malaysia, Korea Research Institute Human Settlement (KRIGS), the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, Building & Construction Authority, Singapore, Research Institute of Construction & Economy (RICE), Japan etc., the 17^th Asiaconstruct is sponsored by C&C Construction, SEW Infrastructure, SREI, Simplex, HUDCO, Engineers India Limited, Shiwalik Associates, L&T, Airport Authority of India, WAM India Pvt. Ltd., Engineering Projects (India) Ltd. Universal Construction Machinery & Equipment Ltd., Lanco Infrastructure, ARSS Infrastructure, MN Dastur & Company Ltd., Govt. of Chhattisgarh etc.

"AsiaConstruct-Construct Asia-Building Capacities through Cooperation", the 17^th Asiaconstruct Conference & Exhibition offers focused themes like country reports B2B opportunities and the deliberation will be revolving upon the good practices, adoption of latest technologies, regional regulatory issues and interalia, showcase products & services and initiate B2B interactions for reciprocal benefits.

This major Pan Asia event seeks to promote integration of regional and international construction activities and also enables the stakeholders to have a glimpse of the latest development and the best practices being adopted by other nations.

A large number of leading Indian construction companies, material manufacturers and suppliers, service providers, government bodies, developers, architects, consultants, industry practitioners, and members of academia will participate in the event.

A potent forum to showcase emerging construction technologies, best practices and to facilitate business building amongst Asian neighbors, the event gives an opportunity to participating nations and organizations for B2B opportunities, and network with a plethora of stakeholders to ensure the best supply of capital, manpower, materials and machines for development of the construction sector in their geographies.

It is a strong platform to showcase ones capabilities, products, projects and service offerings to the target audience for business building. The companies participating at the show are: Gypsum Structural India Pvt. Ltd., Werm India Ltd., Trident International (P) Ltd., United Marathan Engineers, DCI India, SREI Infrastructure Finance Ltd., SCHWING Stetter (I) Pvt. Ltd., Universal Construction Machinery & Equipment Ltd., C&C Constructions Ltd., Simplex Infrastructure Limited, and so on.

Mr. Anand Sundaresan, Managing Director, SCHWING Stetter about his platform avers that AsiaConstruct 2011 is an excellent opportunity to meet existing and new customers to showcase our new products & strength and most importantly we get excellent first-hand feedback about our products and industry. At the event, we aim to target everyone from small customers to large corporate across various segments and would demonstrate the next level of mechanization of concreting.

We have experience and expertise of being a part of the development in many countries like U.S.A, Germany, etc. Understanding the need for mechanization and at the same time not sending the Construction workers out of Job, we always introduce new products with higher level of mechanization only after our customers realize the need for increased level of mechanization.

He stated that SCHWING Stetter India equipment are packaged for specialized applications like temperature controlled concrete with the higher sized aggregate for hydro power and dam projects and to meet the special needs of nuclear power projects, road infrastructure, housing requirements, airports and ports, and so on.

On the participation at the event, Mr. Abhijit Ahuja, Marketing Head, United Marathan Engineers said, since there is an upsurge in the markets worldwide, India is proving to be the silver lining in construction industry. As a result, our focus remains to be in partner with the big guns of the construction industry. Thus exposing our company to the requisite platform which is not only Indian in nature but also an epiphany of the ever growing south Asian markets.

Adding further he stated that a recessionary market impetus is laid upon the good marketing and the economic marketing and at this summit there is both. If one has to pep up the marketing then this is the best platform where one can get with due respect to the number of companies coming to visit the summit.

Talking about their products range, he elaborated that since there is genesis of new structures in an upcoming market, our products are the soul of any structural engineering because the fitting range we are providing is used for racking, solar panel mounting, hydro electric plants, piping, metro stations, architectural engineering etc. We have developed a holistic range which would meet the needs of an ever holistic construction market. Our products have multifaceted usage in any structure where erection is taking place. We have an exquisite range of approximately 300 plus products and the newest products which we have added in our plethora are scaffolding and cable trays.

Mr. Ehteshamul Haque, General Manager of DCI India Pvt Ltd stated that are participating at this event to meet and greet our customers & other stakeholders from the HDD Industry and to showcase our new Locating system F5. He said adding that we will also launch "TensiTrak", a tension monitoring tool at the show and are looking forward to see the contractors, consultants and project owners from the following segments including water and sewerage, city gas, oil & gas, and power transmission.

Dwelling on the functioning of the company he said, we are leading manufacturer of "Tracking Equipment" for the Horizontal Directional Drilling Industry with our flagship brand "Digitrak". Our popular "Walkover Locating Systems" are F5, F2 & SE. We also specialize in Magnetic Guidance System (SST), Cable Locating System, Pullback Force & Fluid Pressure Monitoring System (Fluid Pressure Transmitter & Tensitrak). Currently, we have our HQ in Seattle, USA and international offices in Australia, China, Germany, Russia, and India, he added.