Safe Fleet Acquires Rear View Safety

Safe Fleet

Safe Fleet recently announced the acquisition of Rear View Safety (RVS).

Based in Brooklyn, New York, Rear View Safety is one of the fastest growing providers of back up camera systems an video-based road safety solutions. Rear View Safety has been instrumental in driving the rapid adoption of video systems in commercial fleets including government fleets, recreational ehicles, truck, trailer, commercial van, construction, emergency, bus and shuttle, agriculture and industrial vehicles. Rear View Safety delivers outstanding quality, value, and customer satisfaction.

“We are delighted to welcome the Rear View Safety business into the Safe Fleet family. This acquisition supports our vision to build the leading global provider of safety solutions for fleet vehicles,” said John R. Knox, President and CEO of Safe Fleet. “The addition of Rear View Safety expands Saf Fleet’s leadership position in specialty video products for fleet vehicles in North America and one of the top suppliers worldwide. The RVS product line is complementary to Safe leet’s existing video products and positions Safe Fleet as leading video supplier in all of its fleet end markets.”

RVS’s headquarters and operations will remain in Brooklyn, New York, and Joseph Schechter will continue leading RVS as Vice President. “Customers will continue to interact with their existing RVS contacts and locations,” Schechter said. “We’re very excited about joining the Safe Fleet family and working together to provide comprehensive solutions for the safety and security needs of fleets worldwide.”

The RV acquisition is the sixth for Safe Fleet which was formed in September 2013 when ROM Corporation a d SMI Corporation merged.

Financial terms of the purchase were not disclosed.

More: www.safefleet.net

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