The company is part of Hindmarsh (www.hindmarsh.com.au), a diverse Canberra-based group operating Australia wide and overseas in construction, development, car-parking management, aged care facilities and venture capital. We are located in Hindmarsh’s head office in Canberra
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The Mi-Trek tracking system uses GPS to locate the vehicles and GPRS to transmit the location data to the central server. Users can track their vehicles in real time through the sophisticated interface, accessible through any web browser with Java™ loaded.

The extensive reporting functions and the possibility of exporting data for users in other applications allow users to efficiently manage their fleet. The product also has anti-theft capabilities.

One of the distinguishing figures of the Mi-Trek product is the fact that the company can fully customise it for the specific needs of customers. This allows Mi-Trek to offer advanced Telemetry/Telematics solutions.


Mi-Trek’s Customers

The Mi-Trek system has been used Australia-wide and in New Zealand since 2002. Our Customer base is very varied, using our system for a number of different applications, as shown in the examples below. Our customers include:

• BHP Billiton Iron Ore: In September 2005, BHPB Iron Ore (WA) approached Mi-Trek in search of a GPS system that could accurately detect if a locomotive had entered an exclusion zone, and then if it had entered an exclusion zone to automatically apply the emergency brakes, avoiding a potential incident.

Mi-Trek implemented a system, based on its current remote vehicle tracking system allowing geofences to trigger an output switch – connected to the emergency brake in the locomotive. In consultation with BHPB, Mi-Trek also implemented two failsafe options so that the switch could be overridden when required, timeout function, and a driver acknowledgement button for the driver to press so that the locomotive could be moved out of the exclusion zone.

BHPB Iron Ore also uses the Mi-Trek Real-Time Vehicle Tracking System on its selected locomotives and compressor cars to provide valuable logistics data to help prevent delays in the Iron Ore supply chain.

• Department of Main Roads of Western Australia: In late 2006, the Department of Main Roads in Western Australia issued an open tender for a GPS Fleet Management system for collecting road usage information and provide fleet management analysis data.

Mi-Trek won this tender due to the excellent quality of the system, including its innovative data compression technology, keeping operating costs low, particularly important for the significant amount of road usage data collected and downloaded from each vehicle.

• Hillmans Transport: Hillmans operates nationwide long distance haulage services for large distribution companies such as NQX. Hillmans require real-time information as well as detailed historical data to manage their customer relationships as well as compliance with Government transport authorities.

• WhyWait Plumbing: WhyWait operate a significant plumbing service business in the Gold Coast area of Queensland. WhyWait utilises mi-Trek’s detailed trip reports to accurately invoice their customers for time on site.

• Parkinson Asphalt: Parkinson operate a large fleet of road plant equipment throughout the Melbourne metro area. Parkinson utilises mi-Trek’s real time tracking system to monitor the location of their entire fleet to ensure equipment is always available at the right location at the right time.

Support

Mi-Trek will supply spare parts from its Canberra head office through its distributors around Australia.

Mi-Trek uses high quality European tracking equipment, made in Spain, with 12 month warranty and technical support.

Mi-Trek has an ongoing Research and Development programme designed to provide its users with increasingly better features Mi-Trek’s firmware upgrades are implemented periodically through seamless remote upgrades.

Key Contacts

• Paul McKinney - Server Software Development and Technical Support
Paul has over 14 years of software development, database systems, and extensive vehicle tracking experience with Mi-Trek.

• Jason Chen - Tracking Unit Software Development (Firmware)
Jason has over 7 years of software development, embedded systems, control system experience in China and Australia.

• Michele Troni - General Manager
Michele is the General Manager of Mi-Trek with sound financial and investment management experience for Hindmarsh and Mi-Trek. Michele is Chief Investment Officer of Australian Capital Ventures - A Hindmarsh Company.

Michele grew up in a number of different countries and his international experience, coupled with formal accounting, applied finance and investment qualifications, allows him to offer a solid contribution to internationally-oriented early stage companies. Michele has built a solid investment management experience both in Australia and overseas and has actively supported a number of fast growing ventures.

• Stephen Hardy - CEO
Stephen is the CEO of Mi-Trek with significant business investment and management experience for Hindmarsh and Mi-Trek.

Stephen has over 35 years of experience in development, project management, planning, administration and technical services within the property and construction industry.

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