KARALAINI TAVI, SUVA

SCHWING Stetter, one of In­dia’s leading concrete pump­ing companies has shown interest in partnering with Fiji by providing world class concreting equipment.

The company was part of the in­augural Best of India’s Show at the FMF Gymnasium in Suva last Fri­day and Saturday.

SCHWING Stetter chief repre­sentative- Indonesia Operations Shailendra Haibe said the trade­show has been a success and they have gotten positive responses from the local businesses.

“We are looking for partnership in Fiji’s infrastructure development in areas like building contractors and construction equipment,”Mr Haibe said.

“We had excellent response from the businesses and we are hopeful of building a new relationship with Fiji.”

Mr Haibe added they are trying to explore the Fijian market and get a better understanding of the demand.

“This is the first time that we are here and it is more of the explora­tion of the market and who can be our prospects to customers and partner,” he added.

“Fiji market is mainly dominated by suppliers from Australia so we would like to know more on the market demand and how it fluctu­ates.

“Fiji has the mechanism and effi­ciency of construction.

“If it needs to be improved we can go for the sophisticated equipment so construction can be done with lesser man power.”

About the company:

SCHWING Stetter India, the sub­sidiary of the Schwing Group of companies GMBH, was incorporat­ed in 1998 in India.

Being the pioneer of Concrete Construction equipment manu­facturing in India the company ensures to cater for customers. It has successively dedicated manu­facturing bases for its three core product range namely concrete batching plant, concrete pump and transit mixer.

It employs more than 1600 experi­enced and skilled personnel work­ing all over India catering to the diverse customer needs from its centralised world class design cen­tre.

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