In the coming years, usage of AWP will be growing more rapidly.
Anirban Ghosh, Founder, Nexa Global Infra Solutions (Safeticon)
What types of Aerial Work Platforms (AWPs) does your company manufacture?
Nexa Global Infra Solutions, under brand name of SAFETICON, is a newly set up company in 2023 with a vison to provide safe, efficient and suitable solution to jobsites. With our more 25 years of industrial experience of which 11 years in AWP industry, we represent Platform Basket Srl, Italy & Multitel Pagliero SpA, Italy, they are one of the very best and globally well-known AWP OEM’s who designs and manufactures high quality Spiderlift, Truck Mounted Aerial Work Platforms for all sectors and Railroad Boomlift for mainly use in railways.
Can you provide a brief overview of the features and specifications of your AWP models?
We provide wide range of AWP’s from 10 to 77.5 meter working height to meet wide range of work at height need.
Platform Basket Spiderlift’s ranges from 13.5 to 54 meter are offered in both articulated and telescopic in different height ranges All spider lifts are provided in hybrid version powered by both electric motors and diesel engines. Also, with same machine with a winch can become a mini crane for lifting materials up to 1000 kgs. Also, our fully built and globally railways approved railroad solutions for various railways and high-speed rail electrification height work during construction & maintenance are offered from 9 to 19-meter height having maximum horizontal outreach of 13 meter on railway tracks. Same machine can used for all railway gauges.
Started in 1911, Multitel Pagliero produced its first truck mounted AWP back in 1959 since then Multitel has started to focus on developing its capability to create own differentiation by providing most reliable truck mounted platforms for decades. Our range starts from 10 to 77.5 meter with both option for telescopic and articulated. In India right now, we are offering our first assembled in India model MX250 - 25.3-meter truck mounted AWP, with its boom sections fully made out of aluminium extrusions. MX250 once on road they will be creating new benchmark in the segment with maximum working height, reach and basket carrying capacity. Rest of the models we will be slowly introducing in due course. However, from 32 to 77.5 meter working height range we are currently offering our customers fully built in Italy only.
What safety features are integrated into your AWP designs to ensure operator safety? What kind of operator training do you provide for the safe operation of your AWP models?
All our products from Multitel and Platform Basket comes with host of safety features - basket overload system, fully proportional controls, radio remote controls to ensure smooth operational experience. We provide operational and maintenance training to the operators and technicians to ensure they have right skills to operate and maintain our AWP’s, in many cases our OEM’s also comes to train which becomes added advantages for our customers.
What are the innovative technologies or features, advanced control systems incorporated into your AWP designs for enhanced performance or efficiency?
Each Multitel is made inside Multtiel factory with almost 95% component made in-house makes our truck mounted AWP’s unique in the marketplace in India. Multitel Pagliero Evolved Electronics (EVE) A whole series of proprietary technologies completely developed and realized by our engineers to ensure maximum precision and the highest levels of comfort and safety for operators using our platforms.
How do you look at the rental market for AWP?
India has a very vibrant AWP rental market, from small to medium to large rental companies each one is focussing on delivering their customers – construction companies, electrical, mechanical contractor’s suitable equipment for working at height. Rental of self-propelled AWP’s have increased immensely over the last decade rapidly due to increased awareness related to its benefits over traditional methods. I feel, some of the factors that contributed to this growth are:
• Construction companies have realised how it can make work at height much more productive and safer.
• Many rental companies are adding AWP into their fleet to increase diversity in their product offering to meet customer needs and rental companies preferring AWP since it requires less repair and maintenance comparative to other conventional construction and material handling equipment.
• Awareness are also being created by OEM’s and its dealer, APAOI (Aerial platform association of India) to increase usage of AWP.
AWP rental market sees huge opportunities both in construction and facility maintenance segment Sectors Airports, metro-rails, high speed rails, convention centres, commercial buildings cement, steel, chemical, engineering, manufacturing industry overall either setting up new factories or expanding capacities.
What type of customer support do you offer, both pre-sale and post-sale?
While our Spiderlift and Railroad boom lifts are fully imported and ready to use, in case of Truck Mounted Platform 25.3 meter working height model, we are importing significant chunk of the machine and then assembling them for mounting on Indian truck chassis.
How do you differentiate your AWP products from competitors in the market?
We represent some of the most technologically advanced AWP brands each one has its uniqueness over its competition in terms of design, build quality and our focus on delivering customer centric after sales product support.
