Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), India's Premier Industry Association is organising Excon 2009 -- The 5th International Construction Equipment and Construction Technology Trade Fair between November 25th - 29th, 2009 in Bangalore International Exhibition Centre, Bengaluru, India. Indian Earthmoving & Construction Industry Association Ltd (IECIAL) is the Sector Partner for the event.

Excon 2009 will be an ideal platform to showcase equipments, innovative technologies, and solutions to investment decision makers and users from all over the world. The Excon 2009 exhibition will be the South Asia's largest trade fair on Construction Equipment & Construction Technology. The 5-Day Exhibition will showcase the latest advancements in construction engineering with emphasis on latest products, equipments & technology with specific emphasis on efficiency, productivity, safety, environment protection and construction quality.

India - The Oppurtunity

The key to sustaining India's growth rate lies in developing India's infrastructure. With this as the background, the Government of India is targeting an investment of US$ 20.38 billion over the next two years in the infrastructure sector. The government has requested the Infrastructure Investment Finance Company Ltd (IIFCL) to put together a corpus of over US$ 8.15 billion for this purpose.

IIFCL plans to provide US$ 1.2 billion for infrastructure projects during 2009 - 10, which is nearly double the amount disbursed by it during 2008 - 09. The Company had disbursed US$ 640.8 million for various projects during 2008 - 09. The Company had disbursed US$ 640.8 million for various projects during 2008 - 09. India's key strengths, from the point of view of the Infrastructure Equipment Industry, includes a large and growing domestic market, availability of skilled labour, presence of global players and strong supporting institutions like Infrastructure Equipment Industry.