Committed to India’s growth story

Sharwan Agnihotri
Head, Corporate Sales & Export, Hyundai Construction Equipment India

Hyundai CE India is an embodiment of the ‘Make in India’ program and has remained committed to India’s growth story. We have efficiently and effectively contributed to the building of world-class infrastructure in the country. Aligning our strategies with those of Government of India, our key initiatives encompass the core philosophy of ‘Bringing World’s Best to India, and Providing India’s Best to the World’.
Hyundai CE India today has state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Chakan, Pune. We manufacture a wide range of world-class excavators for India and also for the global markets. All Global HCE factories operate on same platform on the principles of ‘Zero-defect’ and ‘One Global Quality’. Our philosophy of excellent workmanship ensures at par performance with global products and assures the customers with ‘Big Savings and High Profitability’.
With a plan to achieve 20% of the company’s revenue through exports, Hyundai CE India has been successful in consistently exporting over 600 units of excavators year-on-year to over 30 countries. Hyundai CE India is currently No. 1 in exports of crawler excavators, with growing demand for its excavators in SAARC, the Middle East, Africa and ASEAN countries.
The key strengths of HCEI lies in quick order to delivery cycle, competitive logistics cost, global quality practices and skill development. HCEI has a strong focus on creating a progressive ecosystem for infrastructure development and skill development of its stakeholders through manpower deputation for on-site training, virtual trainings using real-time software technologies and extensive on-job training at its world-class training facility in Pune. HCEI’s training center is affiliated with IESC (Infrastructure Equipment Skill Council), the apex body for spearheading the skilling of workforce in the infrastructure equipment sector.
In its journey of successful operations in India and globally, HCEI has grown to become a full-range construction equipment partner, offering indigenous, innovative and versatile solutions of One-Global Quality. This has helped us gain a strong position for ourselves in the global arena. To maintain our position in the market, we will be investing more and more in automation, defect free products, SMART factory project and in diversifying our product portfolio.

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