Telematics Provider ZTR Reaches 60,000-Machine Milestone with United Rentals
ZTR Control Systems, a provider of industrial telematics equipment-monitoring and management, has helped United Rentals surpass 60,000 telematics-enabled pieces of rental equipment in its fleet. United Rentals utilizes ZTR’s i3 Network offerings, the company said.
“We’re proud of this achievement and of the partnership that we have with ZTR Control Systems,” said Dale Asplund, senior vice president of business services, United Rentals. “We chose ZTR due to their leadership in telematics in the rental industry as well as their knowledge and experience in working with our equipment suppliers.”
ZTR, in business since 1987 and a major player in industrial telematics for the past decade, has developed solutions for more than 40 original equipment manufacturers as well as a number of leading rental companies. Most of ZTR’s value proposition focuses on the equipment health, maintenance and utilization.
“Our i3 Network is a community concept that enables companies to integrate with our solution and bring information in and take information out in a very easy format,” Michael Tidy, general manager at ZTR Control Systems told RER. Tidy added that ZTR’s software easily integrates with equipment rental operating software systems.
“We are proud to be working with an industry leader like United Rentals on this transformational solution,” Tidy added. “ZTR has a long history of driving business value through solving technical problems and personalizing solutions. We work with outstanding companies like United Rentals to support their industry leadership and take them into the world of connected technologies.”
United Rentals, headquartered in Stamford, Conn., is No. 1 on the RER 100.
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Michael Roth
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Michael Roth has covered the equipment rental industry full time for RER since 1989 and has served as the magazine’s editor in chief since 1994. He has nearly 30 years experience as a professional journalist. Roth has visited hundreds of rental centers and industry manufacturers, written hundreds of feature stories for RER and thousands of news stories for the magazine and its electronic newsletter RER Reports. Roth has interviewed leading executives for most of the industry’s largest rental companies and manufacturers as well as hundreds of smaller independent companies. He has visited with and reported on rental companies and manufacturers in Europe, Central America and Asia as well as Mexico, Canada and the United States. Roth was co-founder of RER Reports, the industry’s first weekly newsletter, which began as a fax newsletter in 1996, and later became an online newsletter. Roth has spoken at conventions sponsored by the American Rental Association, Associated Equipment Distributors, California Rental Association and other industry events and has spoken before industry groups in several countries. He lives and works in Los Angeles when he’s not traveling to cover industry events.