Canadian fleet management giant Geotab has announced it has acquired Link Labs, a Maryland-based provider of advanced asset tracking and IoT solutions. While the strategic consolidation expands Geotab’s IoT infrastructure, the transaction’s financial details and acquisition value remain undisclosed.
The deal strengthens Geotab’s position in the growing market for real-time asset visibility by adding enterprise-grade small asset tracking solutions to its portfolio, the company said. For its part, Link Labs is recognized for its proprietary AirFinder product line, featuring the AirFinder Everywhere platform alongside hardware such as the SuperTag Pro and SuperTag Plus. These low-power, long-range Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) sensors and wireless tracking devices are engineered to deliver precise location data and environmental condition monitoring across logistics, manufacturing, hospitality, healthcare, and construction industries, the company said.
Link Labs has continuously built a robust partner ecosystem, highlighted by a recent flagship integration with the Geotab Marketplace and the Geotab Order Now procurement system. This technical collaboration allows fleet vehicles equipped with Geotab GO10 devices and IOX-BT hardware to automatically read nearby Link Labs BLE tags attached to small tools, pallets, and cargo racks. This synergy allows customers to seamlessly cross-reference asset locations within both the Geotab telematics environment and the Link Labs SuperTag platform simultaneously without disrupting active workflows, the company said.
Geotab stated that the acquisition will accelerate innovation in its AI-driven IoT offerings, expanding its addressable footprint beyond traditional commercial vehicle tracking to secure job sites where equipment loss costs industries more than $1 billion annually. Fleet operators will now benefit from unified, single-platform visibility that connects approximately 6 million vehicles and assets globally, the company said.
Geotab plans to fully absorb Link Labs’ product lines and engineering operations while maintaining uninterrupted hardware support and software functionality for existing customers.
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- Vecima Networks will sell its telematics mobile and fixed-asset tracking business to Lantronix for $11.61 million. Vecima, which has owned its telematics business since 2016, said it would focus on its core broadband access and video businesses.
