Wirtgen: Advanced Road Construction, Crushing & Screeing Equipment

Wirtgen India, Ramesh Palagiri - MD & CEO

The Wirtgen Group launched electric machines, both from HAMM and VOGELE brands, and is working on various smart and sustainable technologies. Going forward, the market will see more Wirtgen products with alternate fuels and advanced technologies.

With its various product brands WIRTGEN, VÖGELE, HAMM, KLEEMANN and BENNINGHOVEN, the WIRTGEN GROUP covers the entire road construction process chain from processing, mixing, paving, compacting, and road rehabilitation to plants for mining and processing minerals, recycling material, and for the production of asphalt. The group has five specialized production facilities in Germany; three local production facilities in Brazil, China, and India; a large number of its own sales and service companies; and a global dealer network.

Sustainability a social commitment and an opportunity for furthering brand value

Sustainability is a firmly rooted element in our corporate principles and a guideline for our day-to-day actions. For us, sustainability is a social commitment and simultaneously an opportunity for furthering the success of our company and the business activities of our customers.

Sustainability is integral in our product design and construction and a key factor in all the phases of the value chain including the use of the machines in projects around the world. Our aim is to make road construction safer and more sustainable.

Enhancing productivity, efficiency, and safety

We aim to assist customers in fast and cost-efficient ways in meeting the continuously growing demands for infrastructure and the fulfillment of specific criteria relating to environmental protection and safety of workers and environment. Our solutions, therefore, are not for individual machines and their engine and drivetrain technologies, but also for complete production systems in the road construction sector.

Alongside machine efficiency and alternative applications and methods, digitization and connected system solutions are important drivers in the development of the overall road construction process chain. The Wirtgen Group has developed application-specific core technologies as well as digital solutions and technologies of tomorrow which are already available for customers.

Outlook for construction sector

The Indian infrastructure development is going at a hectic pace since the last few years and is expected to go up threefold over the next five years. This will drive the construction equipment industry growth alongside in executing the infrastructure projects. There may be a temporary slowdown due to elections, but the overall outlook is very positive.