# Maestrano Group appoint distributor in the USA and update on contract with Meitetsu in Japan

- Link: https://www.directorstalkinterviews.com/maestrano-group-appoint-distributor-in-the-usa-and-update-on-contract-with-meitetsu-in-japan/412846372
- Published: 2020-07-27T07:08:22+01:00
- Author: Giles Arbor

**Maestrano Group plc** (LON:MNO), the Artificial Intelligence platform for transport
corridor analytics, has announced the appointment of a distributor in the USA and
an update on its contract with Meitetsu in Japan.

Nextcore, a subsidiary of Maestrano Group plc, designs and manufactures a lightweight
UAV (drone) based LiDAR (Light Direction and Ranging) unit under the model name 
RN50, which is used by digital survey companies worldwide and is sold via a network
of specialist distributors.

**USA Distributor Appointment**

Nextcore is delighted to announce the appointment of MODUS as its first North American
distributor.  MODUS is a pioneer in military and commercial remote sensing drone
technologies and a leading solution provider to the surveying, construction, forestry,
environmental management and mining industries.  Further information on MODUS can
be found at www.modus-ai.com

> **Ashley Cox, Chief Operating Officer for Maestrano, said, **“We have focused 
> on growing the Nextcore distributor base around the world, to increase sales. 
> The UAV based Lidar unit, the RN Series, is gaining a reputation as a high performance,
> reliable and low-cost system.  We are excited by the partnership with Modus-ai
> and the opportunities it will bring.” 

Nextcore’s distribution network has expanded significantly in 2020, with new agreements
with Marvel Geo-spatial in India, Intec in Malaysia, Skymec in Russia and D1 Store
in Australia.  Further information on Nextcore can be found at www.nextcore.co

**Meitetsu Update**

Maestrano’s subsidiary, Corridor Technology, has successfully completed Phase 1 
and 2 of the Meitetsu paid pilot project announced on 15 January 2020.  The customer
has approved progression to a new Phase 3 with an increased scope and term. The 
requirements definition has been refined and Corridor Technology will create an 
additional four Machine Learning models and deploy these during Phase 3 of the project.

> **Nick Smith, Vice President Sales for Maestrano Group, said,**
> “We are making excellent progress working with Meitetsu and the evolution of our
> Machine Learning platform in the Japanese rail network environment.  It has been
> particularly pleasing to see the applicability of developments from Australia 
> and the UK in Japan and vice versa.”

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