SUCCESS STORIES IN BELGIUM
INTERVIEW WITH
Didier Gelin, Director of Sales and Marketing
COMPANY
EMIXIS REGION
Brussels Founded: 1984 Location: Brussels Number of employees: 35 Turnover (2019): EUR 4.4 million Growth (2019): 5% Investments (2019): EUR 1 million Start of exports: 2005 Share of exports in terms of turnover: 35% Website: www.emixis.com
Emixis is a Brussels-based Viasat Group company that has been active in the international geolocation market for more than 20 years. As a leader in the satellite telematics and Internet of Things industries, Emixis designs and manufactures its products in Belgium and subsequently distributes its cutting-edge geo-positioning solutions worldwide. Emixis has now become the Group’s bridgehead for Benelux, Switzerland, Germany, and French-speaking Africa and essentially provides its solutions to companies operating in the construction, transport and logistics, car dealership, and machinery and equipment sectors. “The combination of Global Positioning System (GPS), smartphone applications and cloud computing enables Emixis technologies to facilitate better management of vehicles and related objects,” explains
“Emixis has now become the Group’s bridgehead for Benelux, Switzerland, Germany, and Frenchspeaking Africa.”
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Didier Gelin, Director of Sales and Marketing at Emixis. “In addition, thanks to smartphones or tablets, geo-positioning technologies also provide means for more efficient planning and organization of follow-up activities performed by field personnel,” he adds.
OVERALL FLEET ASSET MANAGEMENT As a pioneer in the area of vehicle and equipment safety technologies, Emixis has developed its own theft protection software: the Securysat Fleet tracking app. “By equipping vehicles with an obligatory driver identification system, you drastically reduce the risk of theft of your fleet. Without positive identification, drivers will simply not be able to start a vehicle. If activated, the Securysat Fleet app can do remote engine shutdown at any time, effectively preventing the vehicle from restarting,” explains Gelin. Emixis’ technologies not only enable vehicle tracking and protection against theft or unauthorized use, they also optimize the overall management of a fleet of vehicles and make it easy to inventory valuable tools and equipment. “Emixis’ geo-positioning
