JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #121 - May 2018 - 47

LAND TRANSPORTATION
railway

lncreasing the share of composites
in the lndian mass transit segment
All big cities across the globe, must address the problem of quick commute for
millions of people every day. Kineco has commenced to innovate with composites
to tame this unprecedented challenge. As it collaborates with various government
projects, the solution still remains a tall challenge though.

interview
ravi shrivastava,
Vice President,
Kineco Group

JEC Composites Magazine: Could you tell us
briefly about Kineco Group and your current
responsibilities?

Ravi Shrivastava: Kineco is a mul-

What is the vision of Kineco Group for the
mass transit sector?

R. S.: Kineco has an enviable track record for the supply of composite parts to

Tell us about your key products. What is
Kineco Group's USP in the mass transit
business?

R. S.: When it comes to mass transit, I

feel Kineco has competency and track record for every product by far available in
the Indian sub-continent. We are in interiors, and we also make exterior parts. However, our core focus has been the railway
business within the mass transit segment.
Out of the wide range we supply, our
mainstay products are locomotive front
sections, interior panels for rolling stock,
hard seating systems, toilet cabins and cab
interiors.
However, our activity in mass transit is not
limited to the railway business. We have
also worked on some specific projects for
buses, including front- and rear-end sections.
With regards to our unique selling proposition (USP), we keep on investing in
human capital and technology, hand-inhand. Along the years, our home-grown
technology has achieved many milestones.
We have competency to manufacture 8m
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long products in a single piece using the
infusion technology and our shops are capable of delivering world-class products.
Considering our available team of experts,
process technologies and newly developed
infrastructure, Kineco is a one-stop-shop
and a turnkey solution provider for its customers.
Could you tell us about the key achievements of the "Sky Bus" project?

R. S.: The Sky Bus is an urban mass

transportation system conceptualized by
Konkan Railway Corporation Limited
(KRCL), which is a Government of India
enterprise. The concept is based on an elevated set of tracks with electrically-propelled twin cars (sky bus) that move above
the city roadways. As this is a suspended
coach mass transit system, low weight was
a pre-requisite that resulted in the selection
of composites as an obvious choice for the
construction of the entire coach.
Kineco undertook the innovative project for the development of the composite Sky Bus coach in association with the

Fig. 1: The Sky Bus mass transit
system

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Land Transportation

ti-dimensional composites manufacturer
based in Goa, India. We have over 20 years
of performance history in the composites
industry, with several accolades bestowed
upon us for the development of innovative
products.
Our group caters to diverse industry segments such as railways, defence, aerospace,
industrial and automotive. We have comprehensive expertise across the value chain
in manufacturing, which includes product
design, tool manufacturing, prototyping
and serial manufacturing of composite
parts using glass, carbon and aramid reinforcements in combination with a wide
range of resin systems, namely polyester,
vinyl ester, epoxy and phenolic.
I am responsible for the company's Railway business. We had a very modest beginning when we decided to foray into
railways but we are now recognized as one
of the pivotal contributors in the railway
business segment.

the mass transit segment in India. Many
of our products have been applauded and
received well by buyers/system integrators
and users.
As we garner further opportunities in this
segment, our team has harnessed itself
to propel Kineco as a leading supplier of
composite assemblies. In the near future,
we would like to become a turnkey solution provider in this business segment. In
the long run, we would definitely like to
capitalize on opportunities in the electric
vehicles segment.

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