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Truck-Lite is a worldwide leader in advanced LED lighting solutions.  Products include forward and safety lighting, turn signal and safety systems, and wiring harnesses for chassis, body, and trailer applications in the commercial vehicle market.  

DAVCO is the leader in diesel engine fuel/water separators and filter systems for heavy duty trucking as well for medium-duty trucks, marine engines, military vehicles, construction equipment, and other industrial applications.

Road Ready is an advanced telematics and smart fleet solutions SaaS provider. The brand offers customizable telematics solutions for fleets, including its industry-first LogIQ partner network that makes trailers smarter and helps fleets better identify and act upon insights.     

RIGID has been an industry leader in developing forward-projecting high-performance LED lighting solutions for off-road including UTVs, ATVs, Jeeps, 4x4 pickups, motorcycles and other powersports. RIGID technologies were first designed to serve the professional off-road racing circuit, and the brand maintains a strong appeal for most discerning off-road customers.

Founded in 2007, Lumitec has quickly established itself as the premium LED lighting solution for yachts and recreational pleasure crafts. Its products range from underwater lighting to navigation lighting and are sold to more than 250 OEM boat builders worldwide. Lumitec was named to Inc. Magazine’s fastest-growing private businesses list for eight consecutive years.

For 50 years, the ECCO brand has protected people with innovative safety solutions. From back-up alarms to LED beacons, ECCO products are found on vocational trucks used in governemnt, utility and construction markets as well as off-highway equipment used in mining, construction, and agriculture. 

Code 3 is a global manufacturer of LED lightbars, directional, siren controllers and audible solutions serving the global emergency vehicle market. With its focus on keeping first responders safe, Code-3 has built a reputation as a trusted partner to police, fire and EMS personnel.

Fleetilla fleet solutions include trailer tracking and equipment monitoring enabled by the company’s scaleable IoT platforms, which enable integration of newer technologies as they become available. Fleetilla customers run throughout the United States, South America, the Caribbean, the Middle East and West Africa.

LED Autolamps is an Australian company that designs, manufactures and guarantees high quality LED auto lamps at a competitive price for all sectors of the automotive lighting industry. They are directly involved with their LED products at every stage of development to ensure there is no compromise on quality or service. From July 2018 to June 2021 LED Autolamps has developed 80 new products and has patented 35 designs.

Pressure Systems International is the world leader in automatic tire inflation systems, tire pressure monitoring systems and related products for commercial trucks and trailers, as well as its TPMS for the RV market, under the TST brand.


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SHOWCASING OUR INNOVATIONS

Easier Access to Fleet Insights by Integrating Partner Data

LogIQ™ integrates telematics data from Road Ready™ with nearly a dozen industry partners into one single feed, providing a comprehensive view of a fleet’s trailer assets in one single view.

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EV-Optimized LED Lighting Technology for Growing Industry Segments 

With high-growth segments like final mile delivery rapidly adopting electric vehicles, Truck-Lite® has introduced its new LED projector headlights that improve efficacy at close distances while maintaining low amp draw.

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Active Response LED Lighting that Changes with Speed and Vehicle Conditions

RIGID® Adapt E-Series uses GPS-enabled Active View Technology™ and Active Power Management™ to improve vehicle LED lighting performance for off-road professionals and enthusiasts.

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Using Power Line Signals to Control LED Lighting in Marine Applications

Poco Digital Lighting Control from LumitecTM provides full control of all Lumitec lights by using Power Line Instruction, saving time and money by simplifying writing schemes and eliminating physical circuits, wires and switches.

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Crafting the Unique Sound of our Electric Vehicle Future

The Electric Vehicle Alert System (EVAS) from ECCO is an audible warning system for passenger cars and commercial vehicles that emits sound at the perimeter of an electric vehicle in motion.

Listen for Yourself.

Advanced Emergency Systems Delivering Coordinated Response to Officer Actions

The Matrix system from Code 3 is a fully programmable and customizable system that syncs warning systems and links officer actions to the functionality of the lights and siren.

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News

Road Ready Introduces Fus1on, their Next-Gen Cloud-based IoT Connectivity Platform

October 24, 2022

San Diego (October 24, 2022) – Road Ready has unveiled its next-generation connectivity platform, Fus1on, a true IoT solution, optimized for cloud computing, that provides the ability to scale delivery of tailored fleet data solutions to commercial transportation customers. Fus1on by Road Ready was unveiled Monday at a press event at the 2022 ATA Management Conference and Exhibition in San Diego and will serve as the new foundation for Road Ready connectivity solutions as the brand thinks beyond smart trailers and toward smart fleets — then to its ultimate goal — solutions that bring total visibility into the supply chain.

“We set out nearly two years ago with a bold vision — to lead the way with breakthrough connected technologies that bring total visibility to the entire supply chain,” said Nada Jiddou, Executive Vice President of Clarience Technologies and General Manager of Road Ready. “The Fus1on platform is a significant leap forward in advancing that vision as we seek to help customers harness the power of the possible.”

Road Ready is owned by Michigan-based Clarience Technologies, a global transportation technology provider whose team of companies include several well-respected names that serve commercial transportation — including Truck-Lite® advanced LED lighting, DAVCO® diesel filtration, ECCO® safety lighting and warning systems and Pressure Systems International® tire pressure monitoring and automatic tire inflation systems.

Imagining a More Seamless Fleet Experience

With technology changing transportation at an accelerating rate, Road Ready set out to create a product that would not only serve customers today but will also continue to serve them as the fundamentals of the transportation industry change with time. To determine the product requirements needed to support this change, the Road Ready team focused on its target customer — the fleet manager — considering all aspects of that person’s typical day. From there, the task was simply to imagine the power of the possible.

“Although most fleet managers will tell you there is no typical day in the job, the pressures they face are striking,” said Mark Johnson, Clarience Technologies Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer. “From the moment they wake up in the morning, the nature of their business requires them to continue to prioritize and reprioritize their day to complete what’s important — urgent priorities impacting today, operational priorities impacting performance this month, and strategic priorities impacting whether or not the company outperforms competitors long term.”

With this insight in mind, Road Ready imagined a scenario where a typical fleet manager relied on a single source of data that could be analyzed and acted upon in different ways throughout the day, from a critical item checklist that prioritizes overnight issues that would be reviewed at home, to a comprehensive fleet performance dashboard that could be shared in real time with the entire fleet operations team to drive key performance indicators. Every scenario included a “single pane of glass” approach showing trailers, tractors, drivers, and all other fleet information in one place.

Building a Foundation to Better Serve Customers

With a clear, customer-focused vision, Road Ready defined the product requirements of the Fus1on platform. To integrate data more easily from a growing number of data sources, Road Ready Fus1on is built as a true IoT platform. The platform is designed to accept and integrate API feeds — a standardized approach that allows disparate apps to exchange data between one another at scale — without the extensive programming time required with custom integration. Fus1on is built to be able to accept an infinite number of APIs, each of which run queries for specific data requested by the Fus1on platform, which helps Fus1ion quickly request, process and display data from multiple sources.

Additionally, Fus1on is purpose-built for cloud computing. For the platform, Road Ready partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS), leveraging a proven cloud computing system that offers significant built-in features — including leading data security protocols as well as artificial intelligence and robotic process automation functions that will ultimately make Fus1on a safer, more reliable and more advanced connectivity platform.

A Giant Step Toward a Better Customer Experience

The technical architecture of the Fus1on platform only matters for one reason — to deliver a better product to customers. Road Ready wanted to ensure this is not only true at launch, but that the platform will continue to provide a better customer experience over time.

Initially, Fus1on will be introduced as a replacement platform for the current Road Ready and Fleetilla platforms. Soon after launch, Road Ready plans to integrate increased functionality into the platform, including the ability for fleets to see the data from all their assets — trailers, tractors, trucks, containers, and other equipment — all on a single fleet dashboard. Fus1on will also enable near-complete customization opportunities, including the ability to incorporate any data feed they deem necessary, from electronic logging devices (ELDs) to repair service platforms to even enterprise resource planning (ERP) system data.

Ultimately, Road Ready remains steadfast in its pursuit of total supply chain visibility. While that milestone remains on the horizon, the power of the Fus1on platform to rapidly integrate data being generated by the entire supply chain puts the brand one step closer.

“Achieving total supply chain visibility is not impossible — it will happen in the near future,” said Jiddou.  “When that day arrives, we will attribute the development of this platform as the major inflection point — giving our entire industry the ability to harness the power of the possible.”

About Road Ready 

Road Ready, a Clarience Technologies brand, is a vertically integrated advanced telematics and smart fleet solutions SaaS provider headquartered in Southfield, Michigan. Road Ready offers custom telematics solutions to help fleets manage, optimize, and maximize their assets. Coupled with an expansive network of premier integration partners, customers can do more through a single interface, Road Ready continues to implement groundbreaking research and development to make impactful contributions to the transportation industry. 

About Clarience Technologies

Clarience Technologies is a global transportation technology solutions provider serving vehicle manufacturers, aftermarket retailers, commercial fleets and consumers worldwide. Founded in 2020 and based in Southfield, Michigan, the company’s mission is to bring total visibility to transportation by delivering the technologies that keep the world moving forward—made possible by the nearly 3,000 employees who are guided by the company’s CLEAR Principles: Curiosity, Leadership, Enthusiasm, Accountability and Respect. The Clarience Technologies team of companies include Truck-Lite (1955), Road Ready (2017), ECCO Safety Systems (1977), Code 3 (1974), RIGID Industries (2001), Lumitec (2007), DAVCO (1976), LED Autolamps (2002), Pressure Systems International (1993) and Fleetilla (2000). Its track record of meaningful innovation is represented best by its breakthrough innovations over the years that have accelerated progress in transportation. Learn more at www.clariencetechnologies.com.

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Thermo King Joins Road Ready’s LogIQ Smart Partner Network

October 24, 2022

San Diego (October 24, 2022) – Road Ready, the leader in advanced telematics and smart fleet solutions from Clarience Technologies, today announced Thermo King is joining its LogIQ smart partner network, expanding the brand’s connectivity solutions to now include cold chain technology. The integration, which is expected to be widely available in mid 2023, enables Road Ready to provide cold chain solutions via Thermo King’s TracKing® platform — underscoring the current exponential growth of cold chain transportation that’s expected to continue well into the future.

“The unprecedented and growing demand for cold chain transportation has led to all-time high rates on refrigerated transporters and incorporating this data for Road Ready customers is critical to the optimize efficiency of refrigerated fleet operations — both now and in the future,” said Nada Jiddou, Executive Vice President of Clarience Technologies and General Manager of Road Ready. “Thermo King is a leader in cold chain solutions and we are happy to have them join our LogIQ smart partner network.”

Trends in Cold Chain Transportation Predict Explosive Growth

Spurred by the global need to distribute COVID-19 vaccines in mass quantities at chilled temperatures, the cold chain transportation industry is red hot and is not expected to cool down anytime soon. Experts predict the cold chain transportation market will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of more than 14 percent by 2030 as pharmaceutical and pre-prepared food trends continue.

Road Ready’s agreement with Thermo King enables fleet visibility into key elements of proper cold chain cargo management that will only become more critical for refrigerated units as demand grows — such as active and ambient temperature and return air control.

Moreover, due to the high-value of many cold-chain cargo loads, and refrigerated units themselves, Road Ready users can now track vehicle IDs and alarm codes for TracKing equipment located in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

Ability to Monitor and Control Cold Chain Assets

The most unique and innovative portion of Thermo King’s integration with Road Ready is the ability for two-way control, which allows refrigerated transportation customers to go beyond monitoring-level information. They have the ability to adjust the temperature levels remotely via the Road Ready platform.

“The growth we are seeing from our customers in the cold chain sector is of course, food — but it’s also new revenue streams like vaccines and other health related tech,” said Dominic Hand, Vice President, Information Technology and Connected Products for Thermo King Americas. “When dealing with this type of cargo, it is much more critical to maintain consistent temperatures. Two-way commands via Thermo King’s TracKing platform bring more assurance that our customers can successfully and safely deliver this cargo.”

The Power of LogIQ

First launched in 2021, the LogIQ network brings together 11 industry leading partners — to incorporate data from every part of trailers — from tires and brakes to cargo and weight management.

“A common concern we hear from fleets is that there is too much data and too many platforms,” said Jiddou. “LogIQ alleviates that concern for fleets by acting as a universal language decoder for data generated by smart trailer components, and then helps fleets drive smart decision making by aggregating all that data in one place.”

The LogIQ network includes the following companies:

Air-Weigh
ConMet Digital
Continental
Hendrickson
Hyundai Translead
Meritor
Pressure Systems International (P.S.I.)
Right Weigh, Inc.
SAF Holland
SKF
Stemco

Now, Thermo King joins the fold.

“Joining the LogIQ network further expands the data-centric experience we have been committed to providing our refrigerated unit portfolio for nearly two decades,” said Hand. “Our priority is to provide customers with critical data, when and where they need it.  Now, refrigerated fleets can use our data, coupled with supplementary data from the LogIQ network, to unlock new levels of uptime and efficiency.”

About Road Ready 

Road Ready, a Clarience Technologies brand, is a vertically integrated advanced telematics and smart fleet solutions SaaS provider based in Southfield, Michigan. Road Ready offers custom telematics solutions to help fleets manage, optimize, and maximize their assets. Coupled with an expansive network of premier integration partners, customers can do more through a single interface, Road Ready continues to implement groundbreaking research and development to make impactful contributions to the transportation industry. 

About Thermo King

Thermo King – by Trane Technologies (NYSE: TT), a global climate innovator – is a worldwide leader in sustainable transport temperature control solutions. Thermo King has been providing transport temperature control solutions for a variety of applications, including trailers, truck bodies, buses, air, shipboard containers and railway cars since 1938. For more information, visit thermoking.com or tranetechnologies.com.

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Truck-Lite Introduces Enhancements to Super 44® and 60® Series Warning Lights for Municipal, Construction and Refuse Fleets

October 21, 2022

Erie, Pennsylvania (October 21, 2022) — Truck-Lite, a global leader in LED lighting solutions for commercial vehicle applications, has introduced new warning light derivatives of its well-known Super 44® and 60® Series LED lights for municipal, construction and refuse fleets. Additionally, heated options of both lights are also available, completing an already strong lineup of heated LED lights that now provide customers with the most comprehensive cold-weather LED lighting solution in the industry.

“We understand the rigors that municipal, construction and refuse trucks experience every day and we are committed to support these segments with enhanced products,” said Shane Brown, General Manager at Truck-Lite. “Our new Super 44 and 60 Series warning lights ensure customers in these severe service vocations can outfit the entirety of their trucks with the quality and durability of Truck-Lite.”

Warning Lights Tout Improved Performance of a Popular Truck-Lite Model

Both the Super 44 and 60 Series models from Truck-Lite are among its most popular products.  The redesigned Super 44 warning light is a 4” round LED light that now features eight diodes while maintaining its signature “pentastar” look, a symbol of Truck-Lite's long commitment to providing quality products that commercial vehicle customers trust. The new Super 44 warning light contains 76 percent fewer diodes when compared with the previous Super 40 model. The improved 60 Series warning light is a 6” oval design that also features only 8 diodes, a 70 percent reduction compared to that of the previous model. The efficient design of both lights delivers focused brightness and meets SAE J595 Class 1 standards — the highest available performance class. Both warning lights are offered in red and amber options— both of which flash in dual and quad patterns.

Heated Feature is Ideal for Vocational, Completes Industry-Leading Lineup

Both the Super 44 and 60 Series warning lights are also available as heated lamps. These lights utilize self-regulating heating technology to continuously warm the lamps— safely reducing snow and ice buildup on fixtures that may lead to poor visibility for drivers operating in the Northern United States and Canada where below-freezing conditions exist for more than a third of the year. The heated design is built with an extra epoxy layer to fight corrosion from moisture beyond snow and ice — an essential feature for the harsh conditions in which waste and municipality fleets operate.

“As Truck-Lite improved these products, our focus remained on ensuring the durability and reliability our customers expect from us,” said Chris Ross, Vice President of Engineering at Truck-Lite. “When our communities rely on their municipal and refuse services, these drivers can rely on us to deliver the products that help complete essential services without failure — especially in cold weather.”

“At the Speed of Light” Initiative Brings Innovations through Customer Understanding

Truck-Lite recently introduced an initiative called “At the Speed of Light” which underscores its commitment to accelerate innovation to better serve customers, how and where they need it most. Since its inception, the initiative has developed products that seek first to understand customer needs, then deliver on them. Now, they bring this same drive to the industry’s most comprehensive lineup of heated lights.

“Our engineers are working diligently to deliver solutions for customers of all types, not just a one-size-fits-all approach,” said Brown. “It’s this understanding that leads to thoughtful innovation and deliver reliable, performance-enhancing products that help customers think ahead to stay ahead.”

About Truck-Lite

Truck-Lite, a Clarience Technologies company, is a leading producer of forward and safety lighting, wiring harnesses, turn signals and safety accessories for the medium- and heavy-duty truck, trailer, off-road and commercial vehicle industries. The company is headquartered in Erie, Pennsylvania, with additional U.S. facilities in Coudersport, McElhattan and Wellsboro, Pennsylvania and international facilities in Harlow, England and Puebla, Mexico.

About Clarience Technologies

Clarience Technologies is a global transportation technology solutions provider serving vehicle manufacturers, aftermarket retailers, commercial fleets and consumers worldwide. Founded in 2020 and based in Southfield, Michigan, the company’s mission is to bring total visibility to transportation by delivering the technologies that keep the world moving forward—made possible by the nearly 3,000 employees who are guided by the company’s CLEAR Principles: Curiosity, Leadership, Enthusiasm, Accountability and Respect. The Clarience Technologies team of companies include Truck-Lite (1955), Road Ready (2017), ECCO Safety Systems (1977), Code 3 (1974), RIGID Industries (2001), Lumitec (2007), DAVCO (1976), LED Autolamps (2002), Pressure Systems International (1993) and Fleetilla (2000). Its track record of meaningful innovation is represented best by its breakthrough innovations over the years that have accelerated progress in transportation, including the first sealed lamp from Truck-Lite in 1955, the first back-up alarm from ECCO in 1972, the diesel fuel water separator design created by DAVCO in 1977, and many more. Learn more at www.clariencetechnologies.com.

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DAVCO Technology Launches New Shop Pro FXP Series Designed Specifically to Increase Uptime for Fleets

October 18, 2022

Saline, Michigan (October 18, 2022) – DAVCO Technology, the North American leader in fuel-water separators and a Clarience Technologies company, today announced the launch of the Shop Pro FXP 95 — the latest version of its well-known Shop Pro product, now redesigned with the needs of modern fleets in mind.

“Today’s fleets want to work smarter, better, and faster,” said Joe Schaffer, Director of Engineering at DAVCO. “The new Shop Pro FXP Series takes a holistic approach in helping fleets achieve this goal. First, by enhancing the quality of the equipment itself, and second by improving the ease-of-use for technicians in the field.”

New Filtration Technology and Ergonomic Design Are Hallmarks of New Shop Pro Series

Shop Pro FXP products use the same three-layer filtration technology that is utilized in DAVCO’s newest Fuel Pro models providing better filtering and removal of contaminated fuel, sediment, and water, when transferring fuel or cleaning fuel tanks. The three layer technology strips water from outside the media with two inside stripping operations, including a coalescent layer and a hydrophobic layer. This ensures no water will pass thru the filter, even ultra-low sulfur and biodiesel, which are difficult to separate.

In addition to the improved performance of the product, the Shop Pro FXP is also 44 pounds lighter and 15 percent more compact than the previous version. It’s in these features that DAVCO’s creative approach to uptime shines through.

“When fleets think of uptime, they often think of preventative maintenance through telematics and other monitoring devices,” said Schaffer. “While this is a key component of uptime, simplifying operations related to required manual maintenance is critical to getting diesel trucks back on the road faster.”

Seeing is Believing: True Then, Now, and Later

DAVCO’s quest to streamline operations for fleets began long before it’s latest product innovation. Launched in 1993, DAVCO’s Fuel Pro and Diesel Pro products introduced a never-before-seen clear-top filter that offered immediate visual inspection of fuel condition and available filter life. Today, customers ask for the clear top by name, and it’s this transparency that has earned DAVCO the trust of top fleets.

Recently, DAVCO has been using these customer relationships to not only continue innovating for diesel customers, but also to support the transition to an electric and autonomous future of trucking.

In January 2022, DAVCO announced a $3.5 million investment in its Saline, Michigan, campus to create an Advanced Electronics Manufacturing Center, extending its manufacturing capabilities into advanced electronics technologies that will become more prevalent with electric-powered commercial vehicles. The state-of-the-art facility sits adjacent to the existing DAVCO manufacturing facility and is currently producing telematics hardware for another Clarience Technologies company, Road Ready.

Yet, DAVCO’s main focus for the immediate future will be innovations for diesel-powered vehicles like that of the new Shop Pro FXP Series — given that most fleets will continue to operate diesel trucks in some capacity for at least the next decade.

The company is expected to continue making improvements to its existing product lines throughout the next year.

About DAVCO  

DAVCO is the North American leader in Class 8 heavy-duty diesel-powered truck fuel-heater/water separators and filter systems. In addition to the popular Fuel Pro® line, DAVCO also produces the Diesel Pro® for medium trucks, Sea Pro® for marine applications, Industrial Pro® models for off-road applications and a line of industrial automatic oil replenishment systems, with regulators, slow flow meters, and fluid level switches. The Shop Pro is a multi-purpose shop floor and service truck tool for priming diesel engines, removing fuel from fuel system components, sweeping diesel fuel tanks and transferring diesel fuel between storage tanks. DAVCO products are designed for tough commercial applications including On and Off-Highway, Industrial, Gen Set, Construction, Military and Marine.

About Clarience Technologies

Clarience Technologies focuses on developing vehicle and fleet management technology innovations for the commercial vehicle, passenger car, recreational off-road machine and pleasure craft markets. Through our data and insights, we improve fleet management, streamline supply chain management and enhance safety on and off the road. Since our Truck-Lite brand introduced the first sealed marker light in 1955, our companies have unveiled a steady stream of innovations that have turned customers into long-term partners. Today, Clarience Technologies is a global company known for its quality and dedication to sustainability – and to providing the technologies that keep our world moving forward. Learn more at www.clariencetechnologies.com.

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Clarience Technologies Earns 2022 Wabash Platinum Award for Supply Chain Excellence

October 10, 2022

Southfield, Michigan (October 10, 2022) – Clarience Technologies, a global leader in transportation technology and parent company to Truck-Lite, Road Ready advanced telematics, DAVCO filtration systems and Pressure Systems International (P.S.I.), has been awarded a 2022 Wabash Platinum Award.

The award recognizes Wabash suppliers for excellence in supply chain performance, considering criteria such as innovation, quality, delivery, cost and service. This is the tenth time the company has been recognized with the Wabash Platinum award.

“Strong customer relationships like that we established with Wabash are built by demanding quality in everything we do,” said Brian Kupchella, CEO of Clarience Technologies.  “We are proud of the work we’ve done to support Wabash, and we look forward to continuing to deliver them our best well into the future.”

Clarience Technologies serves Wabash through three of its businesses. Truck-Lite, recognized as the leader in LED lighting systems for commercial transportation, has been supplying LED lighting and harnesses for trailer and van bodies to Wabash for more than 20 years, while more recently Road Ready has provided advanced trailer telematics solutions — its system became standard equipment on all Wabash dealer stock trailers earlier this year. Pressure Systems International (P.S.I.) also supplies indirectly to Wabash through its equipment on Meritor axles.

“As our companies are accelerating their new product development pace, innovators like Wabash are pushing to get these solutions on the road,” said Jon Stineman, Senior Vice President of Commercial Sales for Clarience Technologies. “We expect commercial fleets will continue to benefit from collaboration between our two companies.”

Two Industry Leaders Join Forces to Innovate Commercial Transportation

In March, Clarience Technologies and Wabash announced their technology alliance focused on trailer applications, including new advanced connectivity applications that will be essential as electric and autonomous vehicles come to market. As a first step, Road Ready advanced telematics, now in its fifth year of production and experiencing exponential demand from customers, is now installed first fit on new Wabash trailers.

Road Ready is “advanced” trailer telematics because it goes well beyond asset tracking, delivering actionable insights to fleets from trailers in active operation. Insights are drawn from data generated from a variety of sensor types installed throughout the trailer, enabling fleets to have line of sight into everything from temperature, weight distribution, volumetric cargo capacity, rear door status and more.

For the Wabash dealer body, this alliance brings an industry-leading factory-installed smart trailer offering. Road Ready is the most comprehensive trailer connectivity solution on the market today, and Clarience Technologies has continued to make investments in the Road Ready business to ensure its solutions continue to be the best in the industry.

About Clarience Technologies 

Clarience Technologies focuses on developing vehicle and fleet management technology innovations for the commercial vehicle, passenger car, recreational off-road machine and pleasure craft markets. Through our data and insights, we improve fleet management, streamline supply chain management and enhance safety on and off the road. Since our Truck-Lite brand introduced the first sealed marker light in 1955, our companies have unveiled a steady stream of innovations that have turned customers into long-term partners. Today, Clarience Technologies is a global company known for its quality and dedication to sustainability – and to providing the technologies that keep our world moving forward. Learn more at www.clariencetechnologies.com.

About Wabash

Wabash (NYSE: WNC) is the visionary leader of connected solutions for the transportation, logistics and distribution industries that is Changing How the World Reaches You™. Headquartered in Lafayette, Indiana, the company enables customers to thrive by providing insight into tomorrow and delivering pragmatic solutions today to move everything from first to final mile. Wabash designs, manufactures, and services a diverse range of products, including: dry freight and refrigerated trailers, flatbed trailers, tank trailers, dry and refrigerated truck bodies, structural composite panels and products, trailer aerodynamic solutions, and specialty food grade processing equipment. Learn more at www.onewabash.com.

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Clarience Technologies Honors Top Suppliers with 2022 Supplier Achievement Awards

September 15, 2022

Ann Arbor, Michigan (September 14, 2022) – Clarience Technologies recognized over a dozen top-performing suppliers with its 2022 Supplier Achievement Award at its inaugural two-day Supplier Summit earlier this week. The event brought over 100 leading suppliers from five continents to Clarience Technologies headquarters in Southfield, Michigan, and Ann Arbor, Michigan, on the University of Michigan campus. The event underpinned the innovative success and global leadership displayed by Clarience Technologies since its establishment in 2020.

“Electric, autonomous, and connected technologies are changing the transportation industry more today than we’ve ever seen in our lifetime,” said David McKean, Executive Vice President of Strategic Initiatives and Business Development for Clarience Technologies.

Kevin Krause, Vice President of Global Procurement at Clarience Technologies, added, “We are committed to work with leading suppliers who share Clarience Technologies’ commitment to quality and excellence, and who proactively think boldly to be the disruptor — not the disrupted.”

Suppliers who understand this sentiment become key partners for Clarience Technologies and Supplier Achievement Award winners represent fewer than the top one percent of their overall supplier partners.

Southfield, Michigan-based Clarience Technologies is the parent company to Truck-Lite, the North American leader in LED lighting solutions for commercial transportation, as well as Road Ready advanced telematics; ECCO Safety Group; DAVCO filtration solutions; Pressure Systems International (P.S.I.); and several other technology brands.

2022 Supplier Achievement Award Winners

The prestigious group of award winners were selected based on criteria that contribute to the overall success of the Clarience team of companies — with a focus on key areas such as product quality and delivery, technological prowess, and cost competitiveness. 2022 Supplier Achievement Award recipients  include:

  •         ams-OSRAM USA Inc.
  •         GSR Technology Europe, Ltd.
  •         Guangzhou Forda Signal Co., Ltd.
  •         Keytronic Corporation
  •         Kunshan DKC Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.
  •         Merlin Solar Technologies Inc.
  •         Miltronic International Industry Inc.
  •         Profab Electronics
  •         Seal & Design Inc.
  •         SungJu Sound
  •         Supply Technologies LLC
  •         Top Warning Light Technology Co., Ltd.
  •         Vertical Worldwide Trading

“The 2022 Supplier Achievement Award winners have been an integral part of the momentum and success of Clarience Technologies over the past year,” said Krause. “We look forward to their continued partnership in 2023 and beyond.”

Leading the Way for What’s Next

Clarience Technologies is a technology-minded company focused on the future of transportation. The company established its headquarters to be at the center of the transportation industry. Since then, Clarience Technologies has grown into new verticals and geographies, first with the 2020 acquisition of ECCO Safety Group, followed by the acquisition of Australian-based LED Autolamps, and Fleetilla. Most recently in July, P.S.I. joined the growing team of companies. Clarience Technologies has also built strong relationships with transportation thought leaders at key universities including Michigan State University, University of Michigan, Lawrence Technological University, Carnegie Mellon University and Penn State Behrend.

About Clarience Technologies 

Clarience Technologies focuses on developing vehicle and fleet management technology innovations for the commercial vehicle, passenger car, recreational off-road machine and pleasure craft markets. Through our data and insights, we improve fleet management, streamline supply chain management and enhance safety on and off the road. Since our Truck-Lite brand introduced the first sealed marker light in 1955, our companies have unveiled a steady stream of innovations that have turned customers into long-term partners. Today, Clarience Technologies is a global company known for its quality and dedication to sustainability – and to providing the technologies that keep our world moving forward. Learn more at www.clariencetechnologies.com.

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Clarience Technologies Acquires Pressure Systems International

July 6, 2022

Southfield, Michigan (July 6, 2022) – Clarience Technologies has acquired Pressure Systems International (P.S.I.), the world’s leading provider of automatic tire inflation systems for commercial truck trailers – effectively expanding the company’s technology portfolio to include the tire-related technologies gaining widespread adoption as commercial fleets shift toward electric vehicles.

“As electric vehicle fleets seek to maximize range and minimize downtime, tire rolling resistance plays an increasingly important role in determining EV range,” said Brian Kupchella, Clarience Technologies CEO. “P.S.I. is an industry innovator that expands our technology capabilities, making the company a strong strategic fit with Clarience Technologies.”

The acquisition includes P.S.I. manufacturing operations, as well as the Truck System Technologies operations, both located in San Antonio, Texas. The company will operate as a distinct business unit of Clarience Technologies. Tim Musgrave, President and CEO of P.S.I., will continue to lead the business in his current capacity.

“In 1993, we imagined a better way for fleets to keep their tires at the correct tire pressure. We realized quickly we were doing more than forming new company — we were launching a new industry,” said Tim Musgrave, President and CEO, Pressure Systems Technologies. “Now, as part of Clarience Technologies, we can continue to bring future innovations to transportation in the years to come.”

With nearly 2 million of its systems installed on commercial trailers, P.S.I. has led the way in driving adoption of automatic trailer tire inflation systems.  The company has built upon that success, expanding into the RV trailer market in 2017 with their acquisition of Truck System Technologies. Today, TST offers the only OEM-approved factory-installed tire pressure monitoring system for travel trailers, a system made available through Thor, Forest River and Airstream, among others.

Michigan-based Clarience Technologies is parent company to several brands serving commercial transportation, including Truck-Lite® vehicle lighting solutions, Road Ready™ advanced telematics, DAVCO filtration systems, ECCO safety systems and LED Autolamps.  The company also owns Rigid Industries, an LED lighting provider serving the off-road recreational vehicle market, Lumitec, a commercial lighting supplier serving the luxury marine market, and Code 3, a lighting and connected systems provider for emergency vehicles.

The New Technologies Arriving to Transportation Make Tires Increasingly More Important

As the commercial trucking market undergoes a dramatic transformation with electric and autonomous vehicles in our future, the importance of tire management become even more critical. Tire rolling resistance is critical to ensure optimal EV range — as nearly every other factor contributing to range limitation will be eliminated in an electric vehicle. What’s more, as autonomous driving technologies begin to take hold, automated maintenance like tire inflation will be critical for range, safety and uptime. P.S.I.’s platform of tire pressure and peripheral sensors deliver industry leading data reliability.  Not only can they assist with improving tire life and fuel consumption but can also be part of a complete connected vehicle system that is a critical part in the advancement of autonomous vehicles.  With a set of optional sensors, TireView can deliver a holistic approach to vehicle health including air system status, potential brake issues and monitoring for wheel end thermal events. It’s for these reasons that Clarience Technologies’ acquisition of P.S.I. is a strategic one for the future of commercial transportation and represents the team of companies’ expansion into “smarter,” more connected technologies.

P.S.I. Joins a Line-up of Industry-leading Technology Brands, including Road Ready

Clarience Technologies was launched in 2020 from several leading transportation technology brands. Company leaders had the vision to see the impact new technologies were about to make to transportation, and they committed early on to forge a new company dedicated to finding better ways of applying these transformational technologies.

One Clarience Technologies company, Road Ready, has already been working closely with P.S.I. as part of its LogIQ™ smart partner network — a first-of-its-kind group of industry leaders who provide truck and trailer data to fleet customers through Road Ready’s single interface. A partner since inception, P.S.I. data will still be available to fleet customers as normal, despite the acquisition.

Over the past two years Clarience Technologies has acquired several other companies to accelerate growth, starting with ECCO Safety Group in December, 2020, whose ECCO and Code 3 brands have strong distribution throughout North America, Europe and Australia. In November, 2021, Clarience Technologies grew its global footprint by acquiring LED Autolamps, an Australian-based provider of commercial vehicle lighting solutions throughout Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Most recently, Clarience Technologies added Fleetilla — a telematics and asset tracking technology company with an offering that complements the Road Ready system—nearly doubling the number of products the Road Ready already offers.

As the geographic distinctions that once categorized commercial vehicle powertrain technologies are beginning to fade as vehicle manufacturers start managing electric and autonomous technologies as global platforms, Clarience Technologies is proactively strengthening its footprint and capabilities to ensure it remains in lockstep with its global customers.     

In 2020, Clarience Technologies opened its new global headquarters in Southfield, Michigan — also serving as headquarters for its Road Ready advanced telematics business — and established a new global research and development center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Both Detroit and Pittsburgh have emerged as leading epicenters of transportation technology as top-tier talent and private-sector investment are coming together to drive industry innovation. Company officials have already forged strong relationships with several top-tier universities, including Michigan State University and Lawrence Technological University in Michigan and Carnegie-Mellon University and Penn State Behrend in Pennsylvania, which serve as key enablers to foster the innovations required in an electric, autonomous and globally-connected future.

About Clarience Technologies

Clarience Technologies focuses on developing vehicle and fleet management technology innovations for the commercial vehicle, passenger car, recreational off-road machine and pleasure craft markets. Through our data and insights, we improve fleet management, streamline supply chain management and enhance safety on and off the road. Since our Truck-Lite brand introduced the first sealed marker light in 1955, our companies have unveiled a steady stream of innovations that have turned customers into long-term partners. Today, Clarience Technologies is a global company known for its quality and dedication to sustainability – and to providing the technologies that keep our world moving forward. Learn more at www.clariencetechnologies.com.

About Pressure Systems International

Pressure Systems International is the world leader in automatic tire inflation systems, tire pressure monitoring systems and related products for commercial trucks and trailers, as well as its TPMS for the RV market, under the TST brand. P.S.I. is a privately held company based in San Antonio, TX, and exports to 45 countries including China, India, South America, Africa, Australia and Europe. P.S.I. is an ISO 9001 Quality Management certified.  For more information about Pressure Systems International visit their website www.psitireinflation.com

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Truck-Lite Adds New Vice President to Oversee Manufacturing and Supply Chain

April 4, 2022

Falconer, New York (April 4, 2022) – Truck-Lite has hired Aaron Justice as Vice President of Operations to lead the manufacturing, supply chain and quality functions for its U.S. business unit, including oversight of three Truck-Lite manufacturing facilities in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

“Today’s LED lighting is increasingly electronic, more intelligent and more efficient — a trend that will accelerate as commercial vehicles to shift to electric power,” said Doug Wolma, President of Clarience Technologies. “Aaron has joined Truck-Lite at an exciting time in our industry, and we look forward to his leadership to ensure the company is best prepared to deliver the right products customers will need for tomorrow.”

Justice most recently served as Plant Manager at Eaton Corporation and has more than seven years of manufacturing leadership experience. He also served for over 10 years in the United States Air Force.  Justice holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics with a minor in Civil Engineering from the United States Military Academy, and a Master of Business Administration degree in Operations from Vanderbilt University.

“Truck-Lite is a strong brand that’s trusted by commercial transportation customers, a testament to the hard-working employees across the Pennsylvania region for the past 65 years,” said Justice. “I am thrilled to be joining Truck-Lite to help ensure our manufacturing operations continue to set the standard for the industry well into the future.”

“At the Speed of Light” Energizes Culture and Renews Commitment to Region

Truck-Lite was founded in Jamestown, New York, in 1955 and maintains a strong presence across the region today. Truck-Lite and parent Clarience Technologies employs nearly 1,000 people in the region – approximately one-third of its entire global workforce – across three Truck-Lite U.S. manufacturing locations in McElhattan, Wellsboro, and Coudersport, PA, as well as at the Truck-Lite Corporate Headquarters in Falconer, NY, and the Clarience Technologies Global Research and Development Center in Pittsburgh

Though the brand is no stranger to innovation –Truck-Lite created the first sealed light over 65 years ago which sparked a revolution in truck and trailer safety lighting—the need for new innovations has grown as electric, autonomous and connected vehicle technologies arrive to commercial transportation. Truck-Lite recently introduced “At the Speed of Light,” an initiative to accelerate development of new technology applications and product innovations that better serve customers, for this reason.

The industry’s shift toward electric is also a major reason driving the company’s decision to relocate Truck-Lite corporate headquarters from Falconer, New York to Knowledge Park at Penn State Behrend in Erie, PA. The new facility is expected to be fully operational in summer, 2022.  This state-of-the-art facility will house an innovation lab and provides the company endless opportunities to collaborate with students, academics and other technology leaders in the area surrounding the university. 

About Truck-Lite 

Truck-Lite Co., LLC, a Clarience Technologies company, is a global technology leader focused on forward and safety lighting, wiring harnesses, turn signals and safety accessories for the medium- and heavy-duty truck, trailer, off-road and commercial vehicle industries. The company is headquartered in Falconer, NY, with additional U.S. facilities in Coudersport, McElhattan and Wellsboro, PA and international facilities in Harlow, England and Puebla, Mexico.

About Clarience Technologies  

Clarience Technologies focuses on developing vehicle and fleet management technology innovations for the commercial vehicle, passenger car, recreational off-road machine and pleasure craft markets. Through our data and insights, we improve fleet management, streamline supply chain management and enhance safety on and off the road. Since our Truck-Lite brand introduced the first sealed marker light in 1955, our companies have unveiled a steady stream of innovations that have turned customers into long-term partners. Today, Clarience Technologies is a global company known for its quality and dedication to sustainability – and to providing the technologies that keep our world moving forward. Learn more at www.clariencetechnologies.com. 

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Clarience Technologies and Wabash Launch Technology Alliance Focused on Trailer Applications

March 8, 2022

Orlando, Florida (March 8, 2022) – Clarience Technologies and Wabash have launched a new technology alliance focused on trailer applications, including new advanced connectivity applications that will be essential as electric and autonomous vehicles come to market. As a first step, Road Ready advanced trailer telematics systems will become standard equipment on all Wabash dealer stock trailers.

Michigan-based Clarience Technologies is the parent company to Truck-Lite, the North American leader in LED lighting solutions for commercial transportation, as well as Road Ready advanced telematics, ECCO Safety Systems, DAVCO filtration solutions and several other technology brands. 

“Deep collaboration among the leaders in transportation will bring the bold ideas that shape tomorrow’s industry to life,” said Nada Jiddou, Clarience Technologies Executive Vice President and Road Ready General Manager. “Wabash has been an industry leader who understands how technology will shape the future of transportation, and we are thrilled to be working with them as we look to the future together.”

While Wabash has been an industry leader for decades, the company has recently sharpened its focus on delivering pragmatic solutions to move everything across the transportation ecosystem, from first to final mile.

“Collaborating with Clarience Technologies strengthens our vision of being the innovation leader of connected solutions in the transportation, logistics and distribution industries,” said Dustin Smith, Chief Strategy Officer, Wabash. “Their commitment to advanced connected technologies has not waivered throughout their product development. We believe that enabling our customers to succeed with smarter, data-based solutions is a key first step and an input to leveraging our advanced R&D ecosystem and focused customer centricity.”  

Road Ready Brings Factory-Installed Connectivity to Wabash

As part of this agreement, Road Ready advanced telematics hardware will be installed on all Wabash dealer stock units with customers receiving a 90-day trial subscription for Road Ready trailer telematics activated upon delivery.

Road Ready offers asset tracking capabilities for fleets at a variety of levels. Map View delivers simplified and detailed map views powered by Google Maps technology, while Asset/Trailer View allows customers to drill down to view an exact breadcrumb trail of one particular asset throughout its trip. Fleets can customize how often each fleet asset communicates its location status. Fleets can also set up custom landmarks to create geofences for established routes, triggering alerts to help fleets protect their assets and their customer’s cargo.

Road Ready is “advanced” trailer telematics because it goes well beyond asset tracking, delivering actionable insights to fleets from trailers in active operation. Insights are drawn from data generated from a variety of sensor types installed throughout the trailer, enabling fleets to have line of sight into everything from temperature, weight distribution, volumetric cargo capacity, rear door status and more.

A key differentiator of Road Ready is its LogIQTM  smart partner network, which combines smart data generated from a number of trailer components into one single data feed. This gives fleets a comprehensive view of trailer health conditions in one single view while avoiding the need to portal hop with multiple logins. Road Ready’s LogIQ smart partners include eleven of the leading names in transportation technology, including

  • Right Weigh, Inc.
  • Air-Weigh
  • P.S.I.
  • Hendrickson
  • Continental
  • ConMet Digital
  • SKF
  • SAF Holland
  • Stemco
  • Hyundai Translead 
  • Meritor

Fleets can access Road Ready through its FleetViz fleet management platform, a user-friendly platform that makes fleet data easy to understand and act upon. FleetViz is also mobile optimized so customers can access data virtually anywhere.

For the Wabash dealer body, this new alliance brings an industry-leading factory-installed smart trailer offering. Road Ready is the most comprehensive trailer connectivity solution on the market today, and Clarience Technologies has continued to make investments in the Road Ready business to ensure its solutions continue to be the best in the industry.

Connectivity Enables Electric, Autonomous Technologies

With electric and autonomous technologies set to transform commercial transportation in the next decade, a major enabler of these technologies is connectivity. Customers seek suppliers that are invested in today’s technologies, but also understand how their technology will evolve in the future. This alliance brings together two partners that share a common vision, and both partners intend to be leaders in the transportation industry well into the future.

Recently, Road Ready has invested resources to accelerate truck and trailer data integration. Last week Road Ready introduced two new features: cloud-based API integration to enable customers to view truck and trailer data in one single interface, and Virtual Tether to create a V2V data link between truck and trailer which enables communication to drivers regarding trailer health conditions.

Industry Leaders Join Forces to Accelerate the Pace of Change Adoption

Whether predictions about the future of the commercial transportation industry come in a few years or a few decades, technology will continue to play a more important role in transportation. Electric, autonomous and connected technologies are accelerating change in this industry faster than many thought possible and today’s leaders need to change, too, or else risk being left behind.

“Our collective success will require us to collaborate in ways we never have before,” said Jiddou. “Those who lead are investing in the right partners. With Wabash, I believe we’ve done just that.”

About Clarience Technologies

Clarience Technologies focuses on developing vehicle and fleet management technology innovations for the commercial vehicle, passenger car, recreational off-road machine and pleasure craft markets. Through our data and insights, we improve fleet management, streamline supply chain management and enhance safety on and off the road. Since our Truck-Lite brand introduced the first sealed marker light in 1955, our companies have unveiled a steady stream of innovations that have turned customers into long-term partners. Today, Clarience Technologies is a global company known for its quality and dedication to sustainability – and to providing the technologies that keep our world moving forward. Learn more at www.clariencetechnologies.com.

About Wabash

Wabash (NYSE: WNC) is the visionary leader of connected solutions for the transportation, logistics and distribution industries that is Changing How the World Reaches You™. Headquartered in Lafayette, Indiana, the company enables customers to thrive by providing insight into tomorrow and delivering pragmatic solutions today to move everything from first to final mile. Wabash designs, manufactures, and services a diverse range of products, including: dry freight and refrigerated trailers, flatbed trailers, tank trailers, dry and refrigerated truck bodies, structural composite panels and products, trailer aerodynamic solutions, and specialty food grade processing equipment. Learn more at www.onewabash.com.

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