The urbanisation in India is growing at an unprecedented level due to migration of people from smaller towns and villages to bigger cities in search of jobs and a better life.

In India quite many enterprises from 1990 have undertaken lean manufacturing or lean production, which is a systematic method for waste minimisation dealing with (Muda) within a manufacturing system without sacrificing productivity.

A mobile concrete batching plant ensures that your concrete is of high quality as it is shielded from undesired environmental factors such as dampness and heat.

India will do better by concentrating on improving expertise in underground mining and logistics, if the rising cost of coal needs to be mitigated in the future.

With the momentum that SDLG has gained in India, Mehta is focused on meeting customer needs to ensure that the company’s machines continue to play a role in India’s infrastructure growth.

Jayakumar Krishnaswamy was appointed as Managing Director for Nuvoco Vistas Corp Ltd (formerly Lafarge India Limited). He will be responsible for its three business divisions; cement, ready-mix concrete and aggregates.

French cement giant, VICAT Group, said it has invested Rs 300 crore this year out of Rs 1,700 crore of investment it had announced to expand cement capacities to meet growing demand in south and eastern parts of the country and launched its VICAT brand in India.

The April-June 2018 (Q1) report card of some major cement companies is out, and it has highlighted the major and persistent structural concern affecting the industry - the absence of price hikes.

VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity) is an acronym that is presently being increasingly used to describe or reflect as a terminology impacting enterprises and how various functions of the enterprise cope in handling the same, says Dr Rajen Mehrotra.