JCB expects to maintain double-digit growth in India with the rollout of a new range of emission norms, stage 5, ready construction equipment.
As per JCB India CEO and managing director Deepak Shetty, the new machines will help customers save fuel cost of up to Rs 18.5 lakh over five years. "We are very excited to launch Stage 5 ready range of machines. These machines will be better in fuel efficiency from 10 to 15 per cent. They are more productive, have less maintenance cost, and overall, they will have less total cost of ownership for our customers, for the operators will operate these machines," Shetty said.
The company will discontinue production of the old models with the launch of new ranges of machines. But, JCB will continue to support existing equipment throughout their lifetime. The new range of machines comes with Roll-over Protective Structure (ROPS) compliant technology which will protect the operators in case the machine topples.
JCB plans to make machines 'greener' by reducing fossil fuel consumption. Elaborating on the fuel efficiency due to new emission norms compliance features in the machine, Shetty said that the savings will differ from equipment to equipment. Also traditionally, the cost increases in the industry by 8 per cent and beyond but JCB has tried to limit it lower than 8 per cent and closer to 3.5- 4 per cent.
