Supplies to Public Sector Organisations and reputed corporate houses are usually secured from payment hassles with credit period averaging 15-60 days.

Range of products for the industry
Maini group of industries has contributed extensively in the area of scaffolding and formworks. Sharing about the contribution of Maini, Ashok Mandal, Director of Ajay Maini Group of Companies says, “We design, manufacture, market and service complete range of Steel scaffolding and staging systems, Maini Aluminium Formwork System (MAFS), Cable Trays and Solar Structures (MMS).”

Why Maini?
Mandal also spoke about the salient features of Maini. He said, “Our products and systems are innovative, cost-effective, safe and supported by good pre- and after-sales services. We offer technical solutions coupled with economy.” The company’s vast manufacturing bases at Pantnagar (Uttarakhand) and Bawal (Haryana) add to the  prompt supply and timely completion of projects.

Recent innovations
Some of the innovative approaches made by major formwork companies of the world are core automatic climbing formwork. Sharing his take on the same, Mandal says, “These are specially designed for high-rise building cores with medium to large dimensions, and the attempts are made  to reduce formwork removal time while meeting the strength requirements, development of a hybrid adjustable telescopic prop, which is  a combination of an external aluminium tube and a tubular steel threaded spindle. This is all for facilitating option of elevation and reinforcement with aluminium stiffening  frames.”

Procurement practices
“While procuring all raw materials and components for all our scaffolding and formwork products, we lay stress on the fulfilling of various requirements of the IS Code,” speaks Mandal about procuring raw materials.

Periodic testing of key raw materials at reputed third party test houses, further consolidates the companies resolve to provide sound quality of products and systems.

Payment concerns
“We always review financial credibility of a customer. Long business association helps doing smooth business. Supplies to Public Sector Organisations and reputed corporate houses are usually secured from payment hassles with credit period averaging 15-60 days,” says Mandal.

In addition to all this, the systems such as Maini Aluminium Formwork System (MAFS) are always supplied with secured payment terms such as firm Letter of Credits or advance payments. “Needless to say, there are cases, when we get struck with payment failures from some of our customers,” says Mandal.

Crossing hurdles
In construction, a lot of times, scaffolding and formwork materials are used to the last minute requirements with very tight delivery schedule. “We, therefore, try to keep us well planned with some stocks of raw materials and alternative resources for carrying out production,” winds up Mandal.