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The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has today announced its decision to acquire Ventech Systems, a leader in automated tyre inspection technology, from Grenzebach Maschinenbau.

Ventech Systems, founded in 2006 and based in Dorsten in Germany, delivers innovative measuring devices for the vehicle industry. It provides a fully-automated tyre inspection system that checks tyre pressure, tread depth and vehicle weight for buses, lorries, cars and other vehicles.

Christopher Helsel, Goodyear vice president and chief technology officer, commented that: “Over the past three years, our Goodyear Proactive Solutions business has collaborated with Ventech Systems to integrate its data gathering and analysis capabilities into our fleet management solution.”

Truck tyre care and maintenance is one of the largest contributors to commercial fleet uptime and total cost of operations. Last year, Goodyear launched Goodyear Proactive Solutions in the Europe, Middle East and Africa regions to provide a full suite of demonstrated vehicle-to-fleet operations management solutions supporting fleet owners to improve vehicle and fleet safety, decrease fuel use, reduce their carbon footprint and support the digital transformation of their fleet.

The acquisition of Ventech Systems will further expand Goodyear Proactive Solutions’ commercial offerings with an efficient, user-friendly closed loop service enabling fleet operators to measure tyre pressure, tread depth and vehicle weight on all their vehicles each time they enter or exit their depot.

In addition to its Goodyear Proactive Solutions mobile tyre/fleet management offer, Goodyear is also working with automakers to provide tire information to vehicle control systems to enhance safety and performance.

The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of the year by which time the business and technology will have been integrated into the company’s Goodyear Proactive Solutions.