Comptoir de Location introduces fleet data analytics

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Comptoir de Location is to offer its customers data analytics on its fleet of equipment.

Provided by Paris-based software company Hiboo, the service will be available on more than 6,000 machines and will enable users to access data on the use and exploitation of their rented machinery, including usage, idling and fuel consumption.

According to Comptoir de Location, it can also measure CO2 emissions in real time.

Baptiste Perard, managing director of Comptoir de Location, said, “More and more construction companies want to measure the environmental impact of their machinery, including rental equipment. With Hiboo, we can provide our clients with a way of doing this that is fast, reliable and efficient with regard to all the machinery we rent out.”

Clément Bénard, CEO of Hiboo, added, “We are delighted to help Comptoir de Location to use the data emitted by its machinery in order to improve control of operations, and enable it to create value for its clients.”

Founded in 1896, Comptoir de Location is a family-owned company and the fifth largest rental company in France. It is active in 41 locations in the country, where it specialises in the rental of construction, public works, handling and industrial equipment.