MILAN and IRVINE, Calif., May 19,
2021 /PRNewswire/ -- CalAmp (Nasdaq: CAMP), a
connected intelligence company that helps people and businesses
work smarter, today announced its subsidiary, LoJack® Italia, has
entered a new partnership with Program Autonoleggio, a leading
long- and short-term corporate fleet rental company in Italy. With 13,000 cars and commercial vans
across its rental fleet as part of the U.K. group Salford Van Hire,
Program Autonoleggio will be able to equip its vehicles with LoJack
Italia's telematics solutions to ensure improved driver safety and
enable smarter fleet management.
Program Autonoleggio will be introducing the LoJack® Connect
platform, a family of dedicated solutions designed to help fleet
managers combat vehicle thefts, manage response to collisions and
perform preventative maintenance. These solutions can protect both
renters and the company from the economic losses due to instances
of theft or collisions.
In the event of a collision, CalAmp's CrashBoxx™ solution uses
sophisticated algorithms to filter out false positive incidents to
provide fleet managers with real-time notification of a true crash,
along with data on the event location, date and time. Comprehensive
crash data, such as force of the crash, direction of impact, speed
prior to impact and damaged vehicle parts, help with accident
reconstruction. Automated incident reports, together with immediate
assistance by LoJack's 24/7 Security Operations Center, can
facilitate investigations and claims processing.
Another safety solution included in LoJack Connect helps with
preventative maintenance by providing automated alarms, diagnoses
of potential failures and reminders of maintenance deadlines or
tire rotations. These features keep fleet vehicles in top
condition, thus avoiding costly breakdowns and improving vehicle
safety.
To combat vehicle thefts, Program Autonoleggio's rental fleet
will be outfitted with LoJack Premium Touch that uses innovative
MESH technology, which combines VHF and GPS/GSM technology for
advanced asset location tracking. MESH technology also enables each
equipped car to detect other stolen cars nearby. If there is an
attempt to disable the LoJack solution, the driver will receive an
alarm and can immediately alert the police. This technology,
together with radio frequencies that overcome physical barriers and
real-time support of the Security Operations Center, empowers
faster and more effective theft detection and stolen vehicle
recovery. With these capabilities, LoJack Italia has been able to
collaborate with police forces across Italy to increase the percentage of recovered
stolen vehicles to double the national average (i.e., approximately
40 percent in 2019).
LoJack Italia's telematic solutions will also provide additional
connected intelligence for fleet management, including vehicle
location, distance traveled, route history and fuel usage. Fleet
managers can also set geofences to detect and receive alerts when a
vehicle enters an area deemed to be high risk.
"The partnership that Program Autonoleggio is entering with
LoJack Italia aims to help our fleet managers protect drivers with
the maximum safety measures, and protect our vehicles through
intelligent preventative maintenance," said Riccardo Pierinelli,
manager, after-sales services, Program Autonoleggio.
"We have successfully collaborated with Program Autonoleggio for
seven years now. Today, we embark on a new path that delivers the
value of a connected fleet, where fleet managers can proactively
and reactively respond to vehicle events, monitor their fleets in
real-time, realize time and economic savings—all while prioritizing
fleet safety," added Massimo Braga,
deputy general manager of LoJack Italia.
About Program Autonoleggio
Program Autonoleggio is a
dynamic Florentine company that has been operating in Italy in the long- and short-term rental
sector for 30 years. Program is part of the group Salford Van Hire,
a rental car market leader in the United
Kingdom, with over 13,000 vehicles under management. A
leader in Italian excellence, Program positions itself as a
solutions company, not just services, able to provide flexible and
innovative offerings aimed at professionals and companies of all
sizes, both public and private. Learn more at
www.programautonoleggio.com.
About LoJack Italia
LoJack Italia, a wholly-owned
CalAmp subsidiary, is a market leader in stolen vehicle recovery
and innovative automotive services in Italy and across the E.U., helping over 9
million people protect their assets and vehicles from theft. We
have been active in Italy for 15
years and are undergoing a strong growth phase with more than
500,000 software and service subscribers achieved in the last 5
years. Today, LoJack Italia is leveraging CalAmp's telematics
technology to create a new level of value for the automotive,
insurance, and car rental markets and their end-customers through
easily accessible, innovative connected vehicle solutions. For more
information, visit lojack.it or LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram,
Top Recovery, YouTube, LoJack Blog.
About CalAmp
CalAmp (Nasdaq: CAMP) is a connected
intelligence company that helps people and businesses work smarter.
We partner with transportation and logistics, industrial equipment,
government and automotive industries to deliver insights that
enable businesses to make the right decisions. Our applications,
platforms and smart devices allow them to track, monitor and
recover their vital assets with real-time visibility that reduces
costs, maximizes productivity and improves safety. Headquartered in
Irvine, California, CalAmp has
been publicly traded since 1983. We have 22 million products
installed and over 1.3 million software and services subscribers
worldwide. For more information, visit calamp.com, or LinkedIn,
Facebook, Twitter, YouTube or CalAmp Blog.
CalAmp, LoJack, TRACKER, Here Comes The
Bus, Bus Guardian, iOn
Vision, CrashBoxx and associated logos
are among the trademarks of CalAmp and/or its affiliates in
the United States, certain other
countries and/or the EU. Spireon acquired the LoJack® U.S. Stolen
Vehicle Recovery (SVR) business from CalAmp and holds an exclusive
license to the LoJack mark in the United
States and Canada. Any
other trademarks or trade names mentioned are the property of their
respective owners.
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