Chennai, January 11, 2016, Mtandt, the trusted leader in providing world class solutions for lifting people and material at height, has joined hands with the world renowned construction equipment manufacturer XCMG for their fire truck business in India. Through this partnership, Mtandt will have exclusive sales and service rights for entire range of XCMG fire truck in the territory of India.

“Mtandt Group is pioneer in the Indian safety industry. Today the most influential and greatest companies are using Aerial Work Equipments and Safety Systems supplied by the group to reach and work at height safely,” said Mr Rakesh Modi, Managing Director, Mtandt Group. “We are delighted to be partnering with XCMG for distribution of world class Fire Trucks in India and this venture opens up a huge opportunity to tap the market which has potential to reach 3bn INR in 2016-17” said Mr Pradeep Agarwal, Associate Director, Mtandt Group.

“We are set to increase our penetration in the Indian Market with the planned launch of various models of XCMG fire trucks throughout 2016. Currently we have fire trucks starting from 22m platform height till 100m in our portfolio and this range covers the majority of working height requirement in India. The Indian customers are familiar with both Mtandt and XCMG and of their strong commitments toward quality products, partnership with Mtandt is the crucial piece of our channel portfolio and this agreement will add a strong mix of both specialist and market penetration,” said Mr H V Kulkarni, Director, Marketing operations XCMG India.

“XCMG is the 5th largest construction machinery company in the world. It is ranked 119th in the list of China's Top 500 Companies, 44th in the list of China's Top 100 Manufacturing Enterprises, and 2nd in the list of China's Top 100 Machinery Manufacturers. XCMG holds 90% market share of China's Fire Truck Business,” said Mr Liu Bin Managing Director XCMG India and Country Head for XCMG Group.