At an event held recently in the premises of Komatsu India Pvt. Limited’s Chennai Plant, the symbolic key of the mammoth 100 ton Dump Truck was handed over to Mr. Ujjal K. Upadhaya, Chairman & Managing Director, EMTA Group of Companies, by Mr. N. Kawanishi, Vice-President, KIPL. Commemorating the occasion, Mr. S. K. Mittra, Executive Vice-President & Head - Construction Machinery SBG, L&T, presented a plaque to Mr. Upadhaya, while Mr. Koji Yamada, Managing Director, KIPL, handed over a model of HD785 Dump Truck to him. Mr. Purajit Roy, Vice-President, EMTA participated in the event.
This HD785 Dump Truck has been manufactured and assembled at KIPL’s advanced facility in Chennai. Mr. Arvind K. Garg, General Manager-Construction Equipment Business, L&T; Mr. Dipankar Banerjee, Head-Mining Equipment Business, L&T; Mr. Sandip Ghosh, General Manager-Marketing, KIPL along with senior executives and the workforce from KIPL’s plant also took part in this event.
EMTA is the single largest private coal producer in India, and owns the largest fleet of 100 ton Dump Trucks in the private sector. In addition to these machines, EMTA Group owns a large fleet of various other models of Komatsu mining machines supplied and serviced by L&T. EMTA group of companies is a diversified conglomerate with interests in coal mining and power generation.
