May 20, 2016
Belton, MO-based Safe Fleet, has completed the acquisition of Rear View Safety. This marks Safe Fleet's sixth acquisition since it became a portfolio company of The Sterling Group in Houston, Texas. Safe Fleet is a leading supplier of safety components for fleet vehicles. It owns a portfolio of brands that provide increased functionality and integrated solutions for fleet vehicle manufacturers and operators around the world. These brands serve five major markets including: emergency services, bus and rail, truck and trailer, work truck, and industrial. Safe Fleet employs more than 1,000 people and operates almost 600,000 square feet of manufacturing space.
Based in Brooklyn, New York, Rear View Safety is one of the fastest growing providers of back up camera systems and video-based road safety solutions. Rear View Safety has been instrumental in driving the rapid adoption of video systems in commercial fleets including government fleets, recreational vehicles, truck, trailer, commercial van, construction, emergency, bus and shuttle, agriculture and industrial vehicles. Rear View Safety delivers outstanding quality, value and customer satisfaction.
"We are delighted to welcome the Rear View Safety business into the Safe Fleet family. This acquisition supports our vision to build the leading global provider of safety solutions for fleet vehicles," said John R. Knox, President and CEO of Safe Fleet. "The addition of Rear View Safety expands Safe Fleet's leadership position in specialty video products for fleet vehicles in North America and one of the top suppliers worldwide. The RVS product line is complementary to Safe Fleet's existing video products and positions Safe Fleet as a leading video supplier in all of its fleet end markets."
"Safe Fleet will continue to pursue strategic growth across the fleet vehicle market, expanding our product offering both organically and through acquisition," said Gary Rosenthal, a Partner at The Sterling Group. "The company has doubled in size during its partnership with Sterling, and with that has come the expanded ability to serve our important fleet customers."