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NER and SmartEquip Join to Help Equipment Owners Manage Risk
JERSEY CITY, N.J. and NORWALK, CT, February 5, 2010 — SmartEquip and the National Equipment Register (NER), an ISO company, have announced a strategic alliance to help equipment owners and manufacturers better manage liability and risks — such as theft, safety, and regulatory compliance — associated with equipment ownership.
"We know the SmartEquip team and its technology well. We see how manufacturers and fleets are increasingly becoming part of the SmartEquip Network™ to generate significant efficiencies,” said David Shillingford, president of NER. “SmartEquip provides an excellent platform to help fleets better manage a wide array of risks, further reducing the cost of equipment ownership."
"This alliance represents a perfect fit for us. It allows members of our network to improve their ability to manage risk in virtually all of its forms,” added Alex Schuessler, chairman and CEO of SmartEquip. “NER and ISO ‘s extensive expertise in data management, risk analysis and mitigation — combined with their deep relationships with the insurance industry — make them ideal to jointly provide a full suite of equipment risk management services to the industry."
About NER
The National Equipment Register, Inc. (NER), an ISO company, helps equipment owners manage equipment risks. Since 2001, NER has helped thousands of equipment owners and their insurers deter theft and has enabled law enforcement to recover millions of dollars of stolen equipment through HELPtech, a national equipment marking and registration program. In 2009, NER launched IRONcheck, a machine-history search for used-equipment buyers. NER's data management skills and equipment expertise are also used by fleets to support compliance with new regulations. For more information, contact NER at 201-469-2030 or at info@nersua.com. You can visit the NER website at www.nerusa.com.
About SmartEquip
SmartEquip is the leading supplier of innovative software products serving manufacturers, dealers, and fleet owners in the construction, industrial equipment, and power tools industries. Users of SmartEquip technology receive competitive advantage in the form of increased cost savings and efficiency gains, while also experiencing improved customer loyalty. Our products and services provide parts, service, and product-support solutions with the ability to adapt to rapidly changing distribution and service delivery channels; reduction in costly transactional and operational inefficiencies that burden fleet owners, dealers and manufacturers; and improved earnings, increased loyalty, and higher customer satisfaction.
