management services it already offers to trucking companies in the U.S. and Canada.

GE has operated in Mexico for nearly a century, and GE Equipment Services has been operating its Trailer Fleet Services unit in Mexico since 1993, with an experienced team offering financing, lease, rental and maintenance services out of branches in Mexico City, Monterrey and Guadalajara.

GE intends to offer Mexico customers its VeriWise satellite-based product first, and the cellular-based tracking solutions it gained in January with the Terion acquisition later this year.

includes a 7,800 square foot, three-bay shop and ample parking for its lease and rental fleet of dry vans, flats, and reefers.

The branch has convenient access from routes 495, 24 and 93, and is located just off the intersection of routes 24 and 106.

This expansion is part of the $10 million investment in trailer maintenance support announced by GE last fall, and follows new branches established the past 18 months in Calexico, Calif., Stockton, Calif., and Garland, Texas.

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Hartt is then applying the technology to better position assets where they're needed most, and also give customers more accurate information on the location of their shipments.

"VeriWise has had an immediate impact helping our Operations team better manage our trailer fleet," said Jeff Castonguay, General Manager for Hartt.

The team of drivers is comprised of mobile mechanics, drayage drivers and other GE employees. The group operates from 10 branches of GE's Trailer Fleet Services located in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, New York, and Pennsylvania.