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GenRad to Partner with WirelessCar

5 September 2000

GenRad to Partner with WirelessCar To Offer Global Diagnostic Services Through In-vehicle Telematic Systems

    FRANKFURT, Germany--Sept. 5, 2000--GenRad, Inc. today announced that it's Diagnostic Solutions business unit headquartered in Manchester, England has partnered with WirelessCar AB of Gothenberg, Sweden to develop wireless diagnostic services.
    Together the companies will interface in-vehicle data acquisition and telematics systems with global telecommunications infrastructures to provide a portfolio of diagnostic services for the transportation/automotive market.
    This focused partnership unites the emerging predictive diagnostic techniques and vehicle knowledge from GenRad with the ability of WirelessCar to deliver these services from anywhere around the world.
    "Once, the goal in service diagnostics was fix it right first time," said Peter Miles, Managing Director of GenRad's Diagnostic Solutions. "Now this is shifting to Fix it before it breaks."
    Miles continues, "Our vision is to avoid faults occuring on vehicles through the use of predictive on-board diagnostics. Automotive manufacturers and fleet operators are already designing vehicle systems utilizing wireless technology to cover applications such as in-car entertainment, mobile data connectivity, remote diagnosis, remote configuration and dealership passive data collection. Through combining platform flexibility with emerging on-board acquisition and prognostic technologies, GenRad is able to extend diagnostic services beyond the conventional service bay."
    "This is the first time that a partnership like this has been formed within the industry " Jan Hellaker, President and CEO of WirelessCar commented. "The combined proposition that both Wireless Car and GenRad will be able make to our customers within the Automotive Industry is unrivalled. The diagnostic expertise that GenRad brings to the partnership will allow us to continue to extend our range of mobile e-services to provide a truly unique one-stop shopping opportunity for wireless services."