Fraikin and Masternaut team up in Europe to offer an innovative commercial telematics solution

Suresnes,January 9th, 2015, PRNewswire – Fraikin, a European leader in the industrial and commercial vehicle rentals, has announced a new commercial telematics offering, developed in partnership with Masternaut, Europe’s largest provider of telematics solutions.

Since 1944, Fraikin has supported its customers in their choice of hire vehicles by offering solutions tailored to their needs, and offers a wide range of associated services together under the Full Service banner.

To enrich its service delivery in a highly competitive industry, Fraikin has launched mySmartFleet by Fraikin®, an innovative telematics offering, enabling customers to optimise the management of their fleets and increase productivity. Using Masternaut’s patented CANbus data acquisition technology, Fraikin is offering a smart approach to telematics, enabling customers to enhance how the data that is collected is used.

Fraikin has set up a dedicated team to support customers in the use and customisation of the platform. Customers will have tailored monthly reports made available to them to help synthesise key data and prioritise corrective actions. With five years’ experience on a multi-brand fleet of over 1,000 vehicles, Fraikin will provide a benchmark for customers to compare performance to that of th eir competitors.

Companies will be able to track and manage their fleet in realtime, making decisions based on the data, establish an eco-driving policy and ensure compliance with the cold chain. Customers will have the tools necessary to achieve fuel savings, reduce downtime of vehicles, increase the safety of their drivers, and reduce their carbon footprint.

“Today our customers are, more than ever, looking for a better control over their fleet spending,” commented Hugues Rougier, CEO of Fraikin. “As a premium player in the contract hire market for several decades, it was key for us to offer our customers a completely innovative, useful and tailored service. Working with Masternaut – a partner for more than seven years and the largest European provider of telematics solutions – was the obvious choice. Masternaut’s expertise and technological innovation allow us to bring real value to our offering.”

Martin Hiscox, CEO of Masternaut, added: “This partnership with Fraikin represents a real opportunity for Masternaut. Beyond the strong relationship we have had with them for seven years and our shared values, the leading position of Fraikin and the power of its network will allow us to reach other markets that Fraikin has access to. This collaboration will also enable our R&D teams to benefit from the knowledge and expertise of the Fraikin business for future solutions that perfectly meet the needs of the market. This partnership reinforces our commitment to enhance the development of our indirect sales channel.”

About Masternaut

Masternaut is Europe’s largest provider of telematics solutions. Founded in 1996, the company now employs over 600 telematics specialists and has more than 10,000 customers.

Masternaut provides a SaaS-based Mobile Resource Management (MRM) application suite for businesses of all sizes to help them achieve greater operational efficiencies through a lowering of vehicle fuel consumption, effective tracking of assets, productivity increases in workforce, reduced vehicle wear and tear, improved management of driver behaviour, and a reduction in CO2 emissions. These solutions drive tangible savings and service improvements for customers across all parts of an organisation; from finance to HR, operations to customer service. 

Our suite modules range from driver performance management, fleet and consumer insurance, traditional vehicle tracking and specialist services for the transport and logistics industry, including remote digital tachograph download and temperature monitoring. Masternaut also provides highly-configurable solutions to the public sector for highways maintenance and infrastructure support.

Masternaut has the largest telematics R&D team in Europe, continuously innovating to deliver the most reliable and scalable platform available. The company has over 300,000 assets, vehicles and people connected to its SaaS solutions. Over 15,000 users interact every hour with the systems, and over 50 million data transactions are processed and configured into 20,000 reports every day. 

With customers in 32 countries, Masternaut has multiple offices and partners throughout Europe, North America, South America and Asia. 

Website: www.masternaut.com

Masternaut Press contact
FIREFLY COMMUNICATIONS
Laurane Vassor
[email protected] - +33 1 47 43 05 02

About Fraikin

Created in 1944, the Fraikin Group is the European leader in contract hire of industrial and commercial vehicles. Fraikin owns and rents the largest multi-brand and multi-function industrial and commercial vehicle fleet in Europe (61,500 vehicles, including 51,000 owned vehicles and 10,500 managed vehicles via its fleet management service department). Fraikin operates the largest dedicated and integrated network, with 180 agencies across Europe (France, Belgium, Luxembourg, the United Kingdom, Spain, Switzerland, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Morocco and Hungary). Fraikin 3,000 employees help customers identify and operate the best solution for their transportation and service needs, through unparalleled know-how on industrial and commercial vehicles.

For more information: www.fraikin.com

Fraikin Press contacts
WELLCOM
Delphine Lobry and Stéphanie Piere
[email protected] - +33 1 46 34 60 60