Compact Equipment To High-Capacity Power Generation

At the 13th edition of CII EXCON 2025, South Asia's largest construction equipment exhibition held at the Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC), the Mahindra Truck and Bus Division (MTBD), alongside Mahindra Construction Equipment (MCE), presented a comprehensive and strategically aligned portfolio on display.

- Ashish Bhatia

This is aimed at the next infrastructure cycle. Mahindra's EXCON presence reflected a deliberate, system-level approach to India's infrastructure. The message blended higher power-to-weight ratios, assured uptime, lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), sustainability compliance, and digital intelligence into a single operating philosophy. From heavy-duty tippers and concrete mixers to graders, compactors, engines, gensets and site-support vehicles, the spotlight was on engineering productivity across the lifecycle.

At the heart of Mahindra's display were its construction-focused truck offerings, seamlessly integrated with earthmoving equipment and power solutions. The visual coherence of the stand made one thing clear. MTBD and MCE are no longer operating in silos, but as interlocking pillars of a broader infrastructure ecosystem.

At the booth, front and centre was the Mahindra Blazo construction series, including the 35-tonne tipper configuration in an 8x4 axle configuration, flanked by a 28-tonne RMC powered by Schwing Stetter. These vehicles exemplified a clear industry shift towards higher payloads, faster cycle times and improved gradeability, especially in demanding applications such as mining, aggregates and RMC movement. A defining differentiator, however, remained Mahindra's longstanding uptime-led assurance model. The brand reiterated its commitment to keeping vehicles on the road through clearly defined service guarantees with a 36-hour assured workshop turnaround. Rs. 3,000 per day penalty if commitments are not met, and the 48-hour vehicle-on-road assurance, failing which a Rs.1,000 per day penalty applies This confidence-backed model reinforces Mahindra's positioning around "time on road equals revenue", a metric increasingly critical for fleet operators facing rising capex and operational pressures.