Escorts Construction Equipment Limited (ECEL) has signed up with IHI Construction Machinery of Japan, the $ 8 billion manufacturer of crawler cranes, for marketing of its crawler cranes in India.

ECEL has also signed up with Weihai Huata Building Machinery of China, the largest manufacturers of tower cranes, whereby ECEL will be marketing its range of tower cranes in India. Weihai Huata is a specialised company with leading product of "Huata" tower cranes.

ECEL, a subsidiary of Escorts, is a dominant player in the material handling, construction equipment and road construction equipment sectors. With over three decades of presence, ECEL is the pioneers and the largest manufacturers of the pick-n-carry cranes worldwide. It has a wide range of products like pick-n-carry cranes, slew cranes, loaders, vibratory soil compactors and tandem vibratory rollers.