Phillips Connect Technologies enters preferred partner agreement with CIE Manufacturing

Phillips Connect Technologies enters preferred partner agreement with CIE Manufacturing

Phillips Connect Technologies (PCT) has formalized a preferred partner agreement with CIE Manufacturing (CIEM), under which the two companies will partner to deliver the “highest quality OEM chassis with the best-in-class telematics solutions, offering end users intermodal chassis that fully meet today’s demanding logistics and operational environment,” according to PCT.

As part of the agreement, PCT intermodal chassis telematics products will be exclusively launched on CIEM chassis and CIEM will promote PCT as their preferred telematics partner through their national accounts and dealer network.

“Our preferred partner agreement with CIE Manufacturing is the next logical step in the long and positive relationship between our companies,” said said Bill Ellis, president of PCT. “Offering a factory-installed solution addresses the scalability and cost-efficiency requirements of the fleet buyers.”

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