ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Today,
American Trucking Association's Technology & Maintenance
Council and PIT Group of FPInnovations announced it has reached a
deal for a new, collaborative partnership.
Under the terms of the agreement, TMC will partner with PIT
Group in field testing and truck engineering projects, while PIT
will offer TMC members access to their engineering services at a
discounted rate.
"TMC's mission is to be a leader in truck maintenance and
technical innovation," said TMC Executive Director Robert Braswell. "This new partnership will
provide our members significant new opportunities to access PIT
Group's engineering expertise, while creating new chances for our
industry to test technical theories in the field.
"TMC and PIT are both committed to advancing innovation in
trucking, and we could not ask for a better partner to work with,"
he said. "I hope this is the first of many collaborations between
our two organizations."
Canadian PIT Group specializes in
developing and accelerating the implementation of safe, sustainable
and efficient technologies that support excellence in North America's transportation industry,
making the partnership with TMC a win-win for members of both
organizations.
"The implementation of this partnership is an excellent
opportunity for the PIT Group to provide continuing and expanding
support to both the PIT and TMC Memberships", said Dwayne O. Haug, Business Development
Consultant.
"Providing strategic engineering services for the both of these
groups, they will enjoy the benefits of professional testing
utilizing the latest of applied technical techniques in addition to
having a dedicated technical center at their disposal," he
said. "This will further facilitate the acceleration of new
technology and its implementation into the member fleets and our
transportation industry."
As part of this new collaboration, PIT Group and TMC each commit
to a number of obligations, including engineering advice, discounts
on Fleet Review Services, technical data, and a shared presence at
annual meetings as well as on both organizations' websites.
TMC is America's premier technical society for truck
equipment technology and maintenance professionals. TMC features a
diverse membership of equipment managers, service-dealers,
owner-operators, industry suppliers and manufacturers, educators,
academia and others that support the trucking industry. TMC member
fleets represent the broad range of industry vocations, including
truckload, less-than-truckload, municipal, private, on/off-highway,
construction and other operations. Find out more about TMC online
at http://tmc.trucking.org.
PIT Group, a division of FPInnovations, is a neutral,
third-party organization that focuses on testing technologies and
evaluating operational effectiveness for member fleets. PIT Group's
four main areas of focus: testing fuel efficiency of technologies
using its Energotest, verifying that ELD solutions meet the U.S.
and/or Canadian requirements, assessing fleet operations for areas
of improvements and research, testing and developing smart mobility
solutions. PIT Group's Energotest is recognized in the trucking
industry as the gold standard for fuel economy tests and is ISO
17025 certified. Fleets across North
America rely on PIT Group's insight and advice because of
its operations and maintenance expertise. For more details,
visit www.thepitgroup.com.
American Trucking Associations is the largest
national trade association for the trucking industry. Through a
federation of 50 affiliated state trucking associations and
industry-related conferences and councils, ATA is the voice of the
industry America depends on most to move our nation's freight.
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