Renta and Hilti partner on fleet management app

Hilti Runtime Tags can be attached to small and heavy powered assets, regardless of equipment manufacturer

Nordic rental company Renta Group has partnered with Hilti to launch an advanced fleet management, tracking and tool usage app.

Easy+, which is structured upon Hilti’s Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Runtime Tags, Hilti ON!Track Unite and Trackunit, is an extension of Renta’s standard Easy app.

According to Renta, it gives its customers the power to track, influence and report information vital to specific projects.

Enhanced notifications show equipment inactivity, idling, low battery levels and out-of-office-hours use, while telematic data highlights inefficient tool usage alongside environmental control data.

Meanwhile, Hilti Runtime Tags measure and store cumulative runtime data when it senses the tool is operational, recording daily utilisation and reporting the last seen location of every asset.

The Tags automatically transmit their data when they are in range of Hilti Gateways or Trackunit telematic boxes and also can be scanned with smartphones using the Hilti ON!Track app.

Hilti BLE Runtime Tags’ generated data is made available through the Hilti ON!Track Unite open Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) for processing in Renta’s Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system.

Joel Särkkä, chief information officer, Renta Group, said, “At the outset of the partnership I said the Hilti Runtime Tag solution is a real gamechanger and now we are seeing the benefits of the investment for our most important people, the customers.

“The level of detail available in the new Easy+ app is unlike anything that has been seen before, and for products attached with a Runtime Tag customers can maximise powered asset usage while always knowing the locations of every item they have on hire. That ultimately means higher profits.”

Michael Neidow, head of business unit Construction Software, Hilti Group, added, “Runtime Tags, supported by ON!Track Unite and Trackunit, show how it is possible to provide connectivity and transparency along the entire rental cycle of every powered asset.

Hilti’s Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Runtime Tag

“Not only does it help Renta’s customers by supplying dynamic information, but it also helps Renta with inventory control, preventive maintenance and, ultimately, the business can minimise their environmental impact by knowing every products’ usage across its lifetime. The sustainable processes and efficiency gains are enormous.”

Renta and Hilti first announced a partnership back in 2023, when Renta fitted bluetooth asset tags to powered equipment at 170 of its depots.

Over the last ten months Hilti Runtime Tags have been attached to more small and heavy powered assets, regardless of equipment manufacturer, across 190 depots in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Poland. Renta Group said the rollout will continue into 2025.