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Clarience Technologies Acquisition of Safe Fleet to Expand Company's Reach
Safe Fleet's integrated safety platform serves fleets of every type including transit, fire and emergency, law enforcement, waste and recycling, military, and more.

The acquisition of Safe Fleet increases Clarience Technologies’ total workforce to over 4,000 employees at nearly 50 locations worldwide.
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Clarience Technologies, a global provider of visibility and safety technology solutions for transportation, has acquired Safe Fleet.
Safe Fleet provides safety solutions for fleet vehicles across various segments of the industry.
Its integrated safety platform serves fleets of every type including school transportation, transit, fire and emergency, law enforcement, work truck, waste and recycling, industrial, military, and more. Safe Fleet customers are supported by its network of service centers and affiliates across North America.
The acquisition of Safe Fleet increases Clarience Technologies’ total workforce to over 4,000 employees at nearly 50 locations worldwide.
Safe Fleet joins the Clarience Technologies team of companies, which includes:
Truck-Lite
ECCO
Code 3
Pressure Systems International
DAVCO
Road Ready
Fleetilla
LED Autolamps
Rigid Industries
Lumitec
“Clarience Technologies and Safe Fleet share a common mission of making transportation safer and smarter through technology,” Clarience Technologies CEO Brian Kupchella said. “The acquisition of Safe Fleet provides our company with critical technologies, deep vocational segment expertise and a portfolio of powerful and complementary safety products that support our vision to provide comprehensive solutions to a broader set of transportation customers around the world.”
Safe Fleet delivers fleet safety solutions geared toward saving lives, preventing injuries, and making fleet operators more productive.
The Safe Fleet product portfolio includes technology-enabled solutions for fleet video and evidence management, collision prevention, violation detection, and trailer temperature control, as well as cargo storage systems and several other safety solutions.
Safe Fleet also provides fleet video technology, with over 1.5 million video systems deployed in North America to date.
“Safe Fleet employees, customers and partners will benefit from becoming a part of Clarience Technologies,” said John Knox, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Safe Fleet. “We look forward to joining their team of companies where together we will expand global reach, accelerate innovation, unlock new benefits for customers and strengthen our safety mission.”
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