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INDUSTRY NEWS
The combined company will be run by an
executive management team from both
Teletrac and Navman Wireless.
TJ Chung, Navman Wireless president and
chief executive officer, will lead the joint
company. The company will continue to
operate under both the Navman Wireless
and Teletrac brands and support all current
customers and platforms.
“It became clear in our race to become
the predominant global GPS fleet and
asset tracking solution, the leverage of
combining Navman Wireless and Teletrac
was in the clear best interest of both
companies’ current and future customers.
We realised both companies were highly
synergistic and we had the opportunity
to leap forward by partnering strength on
strength,” TJ Chung said.
The combined resources of Navman
Wireless and Teletrac will expand the
company to a more geographically diverse
Teletrac and Navman Wireless combine
Navman Wireless and Teletrac, two leaders in the GPS fleet
and asset tracking space, have merged to create one of the
world’s largest global telematics organisations.
market, with offices in the UK, Australia,
New Zealand, Mexico and the US.
“With the strength of a combined research
and development capability, budgets and
a world-class engineering team we will
be paving the way for future innovation.
The merger of two leading telematics
companies will allow customers to benefit
from a further enhanced feature offering,
setting us apart in the industry,” Ian Daniel,
Vice President Asia Pacific, Teletrac said.
Teletrac and Navman Wireless GPS-
based fleet optimisation products and
services, include real-time vehicle tracking
and analytics that enable companies to
monitor, measure and improve operational
costs and efficiencies. The joint company’s
technology currently tracks more than
500,000 vehicles owned by over 40,000
organisations on five continents.
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It will be held on Friday, 21 August, 2015
in Brisbane. Current Forklift Champions
will be looking to defend their title from
the championships last year at the
Construction Training Centre in Brisbane.
According to AusWA, many organisations
requested a championships date earlier
in the year so it doesn’t conflict with the
Christmas rush and gives everyone time
to prepare.
AusWA also notes companies can
organise in-house events and use the
information kit provided by AusWA on
request.
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(AusWA) has set the date
for the final of the National
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