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Zonar, GPS Trackit Announce Merger

The partnership brings together two leaders in fleet management technology, leveraging GPS Trackit’s deep industry expertise, modern infrastructure, and focus on world-class customer service.

December 3, 2024
Zonar, GPS Trackit Announce Merger

Together, the two companies will form a comprehensive platform that serves fleets of all sizes, delivering telematics and cloud-based solutions for commercial fleet, field services, and passenger industries.

Photo: GPS Trackit/Zonar

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Zonar Systems Inc. announced its merger with GPS Trackit, an award-winning provider of IoT and GPS fleet tracking solutions and a portfolio company of Inverness Graham. 

The partnership brings together two leaders in fleet management technology, leveraging GPS Trackit’s deep industry expertise, modern infrastructure, and focus on world-class customer service.

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What the Merger Means

Zonar will operate as part of the GPS Trackit portfolio while maintaining its commitment to providing industry-leading fleet health and safety solutions, particularly in the government and education sectors. 

Together, the two companies will form a comprehensive platform that serves fleets of all sizes, delivering telematics and cloud-based solutions for commercial fleet, field services, and passenger industries.

“This alignment represents a significant step forward in our shared mission to deliver innovative, customer-focused fleet management solutions,” said GPS Trackit CEO Charles Kriete. “By combining our strengths, such as our best-in-class video platform, with Zonar’s advanced technologies and industry expertise, we are poised to create unparalleled value for our customers and further disrupt the market as two industry leaders in overall customer satisfaction. We look forward to building on Zonar’s legacy of excellence and driving transformative growth together.”

“For more than two decades, GPS Trackit has been a pioneering force in cloud-based, IoT fleet solutions and GPS fleet tracking — with an impassioned focus on world-class customer service,” said Zonar CEO Michael Gould. “The breadth of our technology solutions is highly complementary and combining resources to rapidly accelerate innovation and growth makes perfect sense.”

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