PeopleNet and PressurePro Partner to Bring Integrated Tire Pressure Monitoring Capabilities to Market
Partnership helps fleets optimize vehicle performance efficiency with greater MPG, improved safety and lower maintenance costs
MINNEAPOLIS, April 13, 2010 - PeopleNet, the leading provider of innovative Internet-based and integrated onboard computing and mobile communications systems for effective fleet management, today announced that they have partnered with Advantage PressurePro, the provider of market leading PressurePro Tire Pressure Monitoring products and technology. The partnership enables PeopleNet to integrate PressurePro's advanced remote Tire Pressure Monitoring capabilities with its legacy systems beginning with BLUTM In-Cab PC.
PeopleNet's Vice President of Integration Randy Boyles explained, "As the first PeopleNet system with fully integrated remote Tire Pressure Monitoring, BLU In-Cab PC will provide fleets with yet another tool for optimizing vehicle performance efficiency with greater MPG, improved safety and lower maintenance costs. Partnerships with leaders in complimentary technologies help us provide our customers with an increasingly comprehensive array of tools they need for minimizing cost drivers across their businesses."
Utilizing the PLC network for communication between the trailer and tractor, this integration will add Tire Pressure Monitoring to PeopleNet's existing capabilities which include tracking, electronic onboard recording, vehicle and driver performance management, automated driver workflow, electronic hours of service and more. In addition, it will add trailer management capabilities. The enhancement will be available by the end of second quarter.
"PeopleNet not only remains the leading mobile communications and onboard computing provider, they are consistently known for their customer-driven innovation and leading edge technology," stated Phillip Zaroor, President and CEO of PressurePro. "As pioneers of TPMS we couldn't be happier to begin working with PeopleNet to add new capabilities, including top-of-the-line remote Tire Pressure Monitoring, to their already advanced line of products."
About PeopleNet
PeopleNet is exclusively focused on providing innovative Internet-based and integrated onboard computing and mobile communications systems to improve North America's trucking industry's fleet management. Its products are used by nearly 1,500 truckload, LTL, private, and service fleets in the United States and Canada, including several Fortune 500 companies. Reputed for its customer-driven technological innovation, unparalleled flexibility and proactive customer care, PeopleNet was the first major technology provider to offer Internet-based communications to the transportation industry 15 years ago. Since then, the company annually reinvests 100 percent of its profits into the business for aggressively developing new products that continue to improve fleet management. Industry recognition of the company's leadership includes: Inbound Logistics Top 100 Award; Food Logistics' 100 Top Technology Solutions and Service Providers; Frost & Sullivan Market Engineering Award; M2M Value Chain Award and Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. For more information about PeopleNet and its products, call (888) 346-3486, or visit www.peoplenetonline.com.
About Advantage PressurePro, LLC.
Advantage PressurePro, LLC. is the developer and marketer of the PressurePro Tire Pressure Monitoring System, one of the leading aftermarket TPMS systems in the world. Involved in the TPMS industry since 1991, Advantage PressurePro is noted as a pioneer of TPMS Technologies and the TPMS market. Provides many advanced monitoring options, PressurePro was the first TPMS company to add RS232, J1708 and J1939 communications capabilities as standard across their product line, and were the first TPMS company to offer remote monitoring options and fully automated monitoring for drop-and-hook applications. The only TPMS company to design, develop and manufacture in the USA, PressurePro remains dedicated to adding to the safety and savings of the transportation industry. For additional information, visit www.advantagepressurepro.com. To request information contact Vanessa Zaroor, Director of Marketing, at (816) 887-3505, email: vzaroor@advantagepressurepro.com.
