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Terex Selects ORBCOMM for Heavy Equipment Telematics

By Ken Briodagh January 28, 2016

Telematics is critical to the evolution of the connected vehicle, and it’s not just for consumer cars and trucks, either. The safety and predictive maintenance capabilities of quality telematics systems will be ideally suited to industrial and heavy equipment uses.

Recognizing this need, Terex Materials Processing, a business segment of Terex Corporation, has selected ORBCOMM, a global provider of M2M and IoT solutions, to deliver a customized end-to-end telematics solution to track and monitor Powerscreen and Terex Finlay heavy equipment and machines. ORBCOMM’s dual-mode solution will provide global satellite data service combined with cellular connectivity through ORBCOMM’s wireless partner, AT&T, along with state-of-the-art hardware and a robust web-based platform for asset management.

“Working with an industry leader like Terex Materials Processing is a great opportunity for ORBCOMM to showcase our broad range of technical capabilities and comprehensive product and service offerings we can provide to the heavy equipment industry,” said Marc Eisenberg, CEO, ORBCOMM. “Our relationship with Terex validates our strategy of delivering complete, end-to-end solutions that help make our customers’ businesses run even smarter and more effectively and further solidifies our leadership in the heavy equipment telematics market.”

Terex is a diversified global equipment manufacturer for a variety of industries, including construction, infrastructure, quarrying, recycling, surface mining, shipping, transportation, refining, utilities and maintenance. ORBCOMM’s heavy equipment telematics solution will provide Terex Materials Processing and their customers with critical asset data such as the location, engine hours, utilization, fuel levels, and urea levels as well as monitor engine fault codes or other alerts that are generated during the machine’s usage.  ORBCOMM will also provide a powerful web portal for data analytics and reporting that has been tailored for Terex by ORBCOMM’s team of engineers.

“ORBCOMM’s telematics solution has been battle tested and proven in the heavy equipment market for more than a decade, and we are confident that their advanced technology, full-service platform and knowledge of our industry best meets our telematics needs,” said Barry McMenamin, Group Electrical Engineering Manager, Terex. “We are especially pleased with ORBCOMM’s customized web portal, which will enable us to easily monitor our fleet of machinery and provide operational efficiencies and cost savings to our customers right away.”

Terex Materials Processing has officially begun offering the factory installed deployment of ORBCOMM’s telematics system on its machinery and expects to standardize the solution across several different models that ship from its primary factory in Ireland.




Edited by Kyle Piscioniere
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