Mtandt is a manufacturing and rental company for mobile access platform, aerial work platform, and material handling equipment. The group prominently focuses on providing safe and economic solutions to the industrial and infrastructure segments.

Mobile Access Platform System (MAPS) technology
The MAPS technology is a light weight and easy to use work at height solution that is already employed heavily in many industries and applications to reduce maintenance costs and minimise downtime. MAPS technology is dramatically changing the way mall managers handle marketing display campaigns and maintenance cycles at malls. It empowers mall management teams to carry out large scale maintenance work, reach more marketing display spaces and update them more frequently, all this, at a reduced cost and time to both the mall’s management and its stores, claims the company. MAPS technology is revolutionary; it not only allows mall management to better maintain their facilities and serve their clients in-house without having to deal with third party logistics vendors but also creates a new revenue stream.

Advantages
• MAPS technology in modular in nature.
• Can be used by anybody with little training.
• It is completely fool proof in terms of safety.
• No more do you need skilled climbers to reach those tough spots.

Low cost knock-off products appeal to price conscience customers but end up in disastrous failures leading to loss of property and life. This being  an un-standardised space as of yet in India, at least in the consumer facing space, mall management teams are unaware of industry standards that are typically used in manufacturing and production based applications. Due to the lack of Indian norms European and American design norms (look for both CE certification and EN1004 conformance) are typically followed by manufacturing and production industry insiders who understand due to the nature of their work how important it is to have a safe, durable product which saves them maintenance and repair operations costs and minimises downtime.

Product quality can be gauged by international certifications and quality Aardalloy material.

Another aspect of the issue that tends to slow down the adoption of such technology in the mall space in India is the fact that this is a paradigm shift in work at height solutions.

Product quality
Working at heights has some risk involved in them. With the use of MAPS technology, the dangers at heights will be eliminated. Thus it will make sure that the market is efficient by allowing people to add more value but whenever such a huge change comes in people have trouble adjusting.

The MAPS technology industry is making things more transparent and clear by certifying mall personnel on the use and maintenance of these products regularly, conducting surprise safety audits and ensuring a good level of after sales contact and feedback.

Authored by _
Rakesh ModiManaging Director
Mtandt Limited
A-512, Sagar Tech Plaza, Andheri Kurla Road,
Sakinaka Junction, Andheri East,
Mumbai – 400072
www.mtandt.com