Reputed Player of the Crane Industry

Reputed Player of the Crane Industry

Indian market started accepting the crane technology in the light of the infrastructure project development in the country.  Last two years have been good and the market is steadily growing and the demand has started gearing up with acceleration. The challenges faced are getting the right material at the right time. 

“We are a growing Organization.  Though our background has been in the field of manufacturing cranes with experience of more than 20 years, but the Indian setup is just 10 years old and gaining the importance over competition being the “Made in India” product.  Design and technology are in collaboration with and European technology partner who are pioneers in designing and manufacturing of the truck mounted Cranes. We have been manufacturing the cranes indigenously only with few critical components being imported from Europe. The major factor is that we have been manufacturing 80-90 percent of the parts required, in-house. Also, some of the raw materials which are critical to the operations are of European origin.  Keeping the costs low over our competitors has given us an edge into this segment”, states Clifford Sanctis, Managing Director, Hydrolift.

Hands on Technology

Apart from manufacturing the truck mounted Knuckle Boom Cranes and T-Cranes, the company has been concentrating on Tailgates for Material handling, Block Grabs for brick and concrete block application, Wreckers and Recoveries for handling the accident vehicles or break-down vehicles, Wheelchair lifts for transportation of physically disabled persons.  We also manufacture cylinders for various applications including customized as per customer requirement and specifications.

“Tailgate is a new concept which is mounted on the vehicle which helps the driver to single handedly load and un-load the cargo from one point to another.  This reduces the manpower, eases the operation and speeds up the output.  Block Grabs has been extensively used in the construction industry for faster transportation including loading and unloading with less damage to the blocks and bricks during the handling.  Wreckers and Recoveries are not new to the Indian market, however, the previous models used were very conventional and did not have any safety built into it.  The ones, we manufacture are of international standard and has safety features, limiting the misuse by the operator. India is now moving towards providing aid to the physically disabled persons and helping them to have an ease in travelling or their movement.  These wheelchair lifts are fitted on to the buses, personal vehicles, Taxi’s, ambulances, etc. which help in smooth transportation of the persons or patients”, says Clifford.

Future Vision

Hydrolift has a team of dedicated engineers spread throughout the organization for technical support.  The team is backed up by R&D to improve the product and making it more and more price competitive. 

“Currently we have cranes ranging from 1 tm to 50 tm in our product range.  The plans are to introduce 60 tm, 70 tm and 80 tm in the year 2026-27.  The design and drawings are ready and in finalization stage and will be ready for the proto by end of 2026 in order to introduce them in the market by 2027.  The factory expansion is also on its way to increase the production capacity by threefold by end of 2027”, concludes Clifford.

There are plans to get in to newer products synonymous with our existing product range which helps in catering to the defence, railways, etc. for specific purposes.  Due to its confidentiality, we are not in a position to disclose the details of this product.  We are currently known in the Indian market as well as some middle-eastern market and Pan-Asian market.  The company intends to have certain certifications required for placing ourselves in the European market with international norms of safety for the cranes as required globally.