Mitsubishi Fuso Announces Exclusive Partnership with Telogis to Make Telogis Telematics Standard Equipment on Future FUSO Medium-Duty Commercial Trucks
INDIANAPOLIS and Logan Township, NJ — Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America, Inc. (FUSO) and Telogis, a Verizon Company, have announced an exclusive partnership that will lead to installation of Telogis telematics systems as standard equipment on all FUSO medium-duty, diesel cabover trucks.
According to Jecka Glasman, FUSO’s president and CEO, “The Telogis software will help provide FUSO owners and fleet operators with improved safety, better logistics control and more efficient operations. The selection of Telogis as our telematics partner followed extensive study of the systems available to satisfy our customers’ needs, and we felt Telogis provided a superior level of technology, customer service and a record of continual innovation. We look forward to a long and fruitful partnership.”
The two firms will work together to integrate Telogis telematics capabilities seamlessly into all of FUSO’s future class 3 through 5, turbocharged diesel commercial trucks.
“By adopting Telogis telematics solutions,” said Susan Heystee, senior vice president, OEM business at Telogis, “FUSO will be bringing the highest quality vehicle connectivity and advanced technologies to its future customers. The Telogis software platform is designed to improve fleet operational efficiency, help keep drivers safer and reduce costs, and we continue to carry on an aggressive program of software innovation.”
For more information about this new partnership, visit the FUSO booth, #5159, or Telogis booth, #2525, at the Work Truck Show at the Indianapolis Convention Center, March 15–17, 2017. Or visit our website at mitfuso.com.
About Mitsubishi Fuso
Headquartered in Logan Township, NJ, Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America, Inc. (MFTA) is a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America, Kawasaki, Japan, an integral part of the Daimler Trucks Division of Daimler AG. With a heritage of 30 years in North America, MFTA is focused on delivering trucks with the lowest cost-of-ownership in their class. Its Class 3-5 diesel-powered, medium-duty cabover trucks are available through more than 200 dealer locations throughout the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam. More than 100,000 Mitsubishi Fuso standard, 4-wheel-drive and crew cab trucks have been sold in North America to fulfill the transportation needs of a wide variety of businesses and industries, including beverage, catering, refrigerated and dry cargo delivery fleets, vehicle recovery, towing, pest control, plumbing, light construction and landscaping. For more information, visit www.mitfuso.com, follow FusoTruck on Twitter, or like FusoTruck on Facebook.
About Telogis
Telogis, A Verizon Company, is a leading global, cloud-based Mobile Resource Management (MRM) software company based in Aliso Viejo, Calif. Many of the world’s largest and most well-known commercial fleets connect their vehicles, assets, people, customers and the work that’s being done outside the four walls of their business through the Telogis MRM platform. Once connected, Telogis software will optimize and automate work and processes to drive safety, productivity, efficiency and sustainability in businesses of all sizes. Leveraging Verizon’s expansive scale and assets, Telogis is able to deliver opportunities to improve every aspect of technology deployment and implementation. To learn more about Telogis, visit www.telogis.com, follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter @Telogis, like us on Facebook or call toll free at 866-TELOGIS (866-835-6447).
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For more information:
Bryan C. Allen
Marketing Manager
Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America, Inc.
856-467-3965
MFTA_Marketing@daimler.com
Susan Arnold
Weber Shandwick for Telogis
617-520-7090
sarnold@webershandwick.com
