What MAP Group does

MAP Group (trading as Mining and Plant Group) is a privately held Australian heavy equipment manufacturer founded in 2005 by Alan Ryde and headquartered in Mandurah, Western Australia. The company designs, fabricates, and delivers custom water carts, service trucks, flatbeds, and tippers for the mining and construction industries, operating from a 3,000sqm in-house workshop that allows end-to-end control of fitting, fabrication, and quality. Its core technical differentiator is a trademarked pretensioned tank side design used across its water cart range, alongside ground-accessible service truck cabinets intended to eliminate working-at-heights risk.

The company's product portfolio consists of three customizable core offerings: Water Carts featuring pretensioned tank technology for structural strength, Service Trucks equipped with high-grade flexible hoses and ground-accessible cabinets, and Flatbeds/Tippers built for load capacity and durability. All products are made to comply with Australian standards, are completely bespoke to customer specifications, and are manufactured in-house using metals sourced from approved suppliers. Management cites over 50 years of combined industry experience across the leadership team.

MAP Group operates a B2B enterprise field-sales model with quote-based pricing, selling directly to large resource companies including BHP, FMG, Rio Tinto, Alcoa, Woodside, Boddington Gold, AES Equipment Solutions, and ORH. Revenue is generated through one-time equipment sales with repeat orders from established enterprise customers. Distribution is domestic-only, with the company concentrated in Western Australia and Australia-wide. Customer acquisition is driven primarily through direct relationships, a company website with quote-request functionality, and professional networks; the firm has no disclosed software products, APIs, digital platforms, or AI/ML capabilities.

Name

MAP Group

Legal name

MAP Group

Website

https://mapgroupinternational.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

MAP Group is a privately held Western Australian fabricator founded in 2005 that designs and builds custom water carts, service trucks, flatbeds, and tippers for enterprise mining and construction customers including BHP, FMG, Rio Tinto, Alcoa, and Woodside.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mining Equipment Manufacturing

NAICS

Motor Vehicle Body and Trailer Manufacturing (33621), Mining Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing (333131), Agriculture, Construction, and Mining Machinery Manufacturing (3331), Construction Machinery Manufacturing (333120)

SIC

Truck & Bus Bodies (3713), Mining Machinery & Equip (No Oil & Gas Field Mach & Equip) (3532), Construction, Mining & Materials Handling Machinery & Equip (3530), Construction Machinery & Equip (3531)

akta.pro primary industry

Truck Body & Upfit Manufacturing (Box/Dump/Service/Refuse) (IMACAGAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Truck Body & Upfitting Manufacturing (Box Bodies/Service Bodies/Cranes/Liftgates) (IMACABAI), Mining & Quarry Haulage Vehicle Manufacturing (Dump Trucks/Haulers) (IMACAFAC)

Keywords

• Heavy equipment manufacturing
• Mining equipment fabrication
• Water carts
• Service trucks
• Custom vehicle fabrication

Headquarters

HQ city

Perth

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Custom Equipment Manufacturing: MAP Group manufactures custom water carts, service trucks, flatbeds, and tippers to customer specifications. Each product is completely customisable. Revenue is generated through one-time equipment sales with potential for repeat orders from established customers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

MAP Group designs, develops, and manufactures custom water carts, service trucks, flatbeds, and tippers for the mining and construction industries. All products are fabricated to customer specifications using high-grade materials from approved suppliers, with water cart tanks featuring trademarked pretensioned sides for superior strength. Manufacturing is performed in-house at a 3000sqm workshop in Mandurah, Western Australia.

Product overview

MAP Group is a mining and construction equipment manufacturer specializing in custom heavy vehicles. The product portfolio consists of three core offerings: Water Carts featuring trademark pretensioned tank technology for superior strength, Service Trucks designed with ground-accessible cabinets and flexible hoses for safer maintenance operations, and Flatbeds and Tippers built for durability and load capacity. All products are completely customizable, manufactured in-house at the 3000sqm Mandurah workshop, and comply with Australian standards.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Water Carts Customisable water carts featuring trademark pretensioned tank sides for unrivalled strength, designed for exceptional longevity and futureproof performance. Used by mining and construction companies for dust suppression and water transport at remote sites.
• Service Trucks Service trucks equipped with high-grade flexible hoses and ground-accessible open cabinets eliminating working at heights. Completely customisable to customer specifications for maintenance and service operations in mining and construction.
• Flatbeds and Tippers Heavy-duty flatbeds and tippers built with strength, safety, and durability for material transport. Available in various capacities and lengths, tailored to customer requirements for mining and construction use.

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly 100 modules delivered to major customers including AES Equipment Solutions and ORH.

Named customers8 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Others

• MACA Mining: MACA is a large Australian mining contractor providing load-and-haul, equipment hire and light-vehicle services to Tier-1 miners across WA. It is thematically related as a customer-channel partner for mining vehicle procurement in the same geography, though its core business is contract mining rather than equipment fabrication.

Broad incumbents

• Komatsu Australia: Komatsu Australia supplies a full range of mining and construction equipment, parts and service to Australian resource operators, with established relationships across the same major miners as MAP Group. It is a broad incumbent with overlapping demand drivers but a much wider product range than MAP Group's custom-fabricated water carts and service trucks.
• CJD Equipment: CJD Equipment is the Australian distributor for Volvo Construction Equipment and a major supplier of heavy machinery to mining and construction. It competes broadly with MAP Group in supplying equipment to the same Tier-1 Australian mining customers, but at a much larger scale and across a broader product portfolio.
• Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology Australia: Sandvik supplies mining and rock processing equipment, parts and services to Australian resource customers. It is a broad incumbent in the same mining-equipment space as MAP Group, but at much larger scale and with a different product mix (drilling, crushing, materials handling).
• Hitachi Construction Machinery Australia: Hitachi Construction Machinery Australia is a major supplier of excavators, dump trucks and mining equipment to Australian resource customers, including many of the same Tier-1 operators. It is a broad incumbent serving overlapping end markets to MAP Group but with a fundamentally different OEM product model.
• Bell Equipment Australia: Bell Equipment manufactures and supplies articulated dump trucks and other heavy mining equipment globally, with an established Australian dealer and customer network. It is comparable as a supplier of haulage and support vehicles to Australian mining operators, although focused on larger OEM equipment than MAP Group's custom-fabricated light vehicles.
• WesTrac: WesTrac is the largest Caterpillar dealer in Australia and supplies heavy equipment, parts and service to mining, construction and infrastructure customers including the same Tier-1 miners that buy from MAP Group. It is a broad incumbent competing for the equipment wallet share of the same Australian resources customer base.

Direct peers

• AES Equipment Solutions: AES Equipment Solutions (formerly Action Mining Services) supplies water carts, service modules and light mining vehicles and is also an existing MAP Group customer that has adopted MAP's design as its standard. It is a direct comparable as an Australian mining-vehicle supplier with overlapping product lines and channels.
• Plantman: Plantman is a Western Australia-based custom manufacturer of light vehicles for the mining, construction and agricultural sectors, including water carts, service trucks, tippers and flatbeds. It is the most directly comparable Australian private fabricator to MAP Group in product mix, customer base (Australian mining operators) and B2B custom-build model.
• Coolamon Steelworks: Coolamon Steelworks designs and fabricates truck bodies, tippers, water carts and specialised trailers in regional Australia, with a strong presence in resources, transport and agriculture. It is comparable to MAP Group as a custom heavy-vehicle body fabricator serving mining and rural industrial customers, with a similar one-off build model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/MAP_Group_INT
• Facebookfacebook.com/miningandplantgroup

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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