The companies, which have enjoyed a 20-year working relationship, claim their ongoing collaboration best positions them to better serve their global customer base – from project design through to completion.
The renewed partnership between the pair is expected to offer critical technologies and services focused on fleet management and site productivity across contractors’ fleets – regardless of the brands used.
Delivering such services since 2008 through the VisionLink suite of applications, the latest agreements have been formed as part of the companies’ ongoing commitment to developing and expanding customer product ranges.
“The agreements demonstrate both companies’ commitment to providing a brand agnostic information solution to contractors with mixed equipment fleets,” Trimble construction technology division vice president Bryn Fosburgh said.
“This unified fleet solution is enabled by VisionLink, which integrates a wide range of site and machine information elements to give customers a holistic view of their site.
“It’s a powerful tool that unlocks new levels of productivity and improves operation efficiency.”
Caterpillar is expected to use the strategic partnership to provide a unified, site-level fleet focus to its Cat Connect portfolio of products and services.
Cat Connect is helping customers monitor more than 250,000 Caterpillar machines globally, ultimately improving fuel consumption, maintenance procedures, productivity and fleet availability.
The renewed partnership will also serve to enhance Caterpillar’s collaboration with Trimble’s SITECH technology dealers – a global distribution network that provides a construction technology portfolio to both heavy and civil contractors.
