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CALGARY, Alta. - Having achieved success in the Canadian oil patch, a US-based technology company that provides real-time driver monitoring and coaching, has set up a Canadian operation in Calgary.
inthinc Canada was launched in September with plans to open a Toronto office in the future.
The company produces the tiwi and waySmart driver mentoring systems, which provide audible alerts to drivers who are speeding, driving aggressively or neglecting to wear their seatbelt.
If the driver doesn't acknowledge the verbal warning and immediately correct the unsafe driving activity, an alert is sent to the company's fleet manager or safety department. The waySmart system has been especially popular among oilfield services companies, prompting the opening of the Canadian office, Todd Follmer, CEO of inthinc said in a recent interview.
"We've had a significant presence in Canada with some of our oilfield services customers and in supporting them, we needed to have a bigger presence in Canada," he said. "Most of the oilfield services companies have a major presence in western Canada, which is why we've started in Calgary."
The waySmart system also allows for the electronic logging of driver hours-of-service and can follow workers from vehicle to vehicle, a capability that made the system popular with oilfield services companies such as Schlumberger.
"They have drivers who will go from one vehicle to another,...