TecAlliance buys JNPSoft with plans to improve aftermarket’s technical data streams

JNPSoft tech data, which is used by quarter of US aftermarket, will now be available to European garages

TecAlliance buys JNPSoft with plans to improve aftermarket’s technical data streams
Juergen Buchert TecAlliance chief executive officer.

TecAlliance has purchased the Canadian software supplier JNPSoft, which will improve the product range available to US and European customers, the company has said.

The company, based in Montreal and led by Nat Di Censo and Jacques Michel, is a supplier of product information software (PIM) in Canada and the US.

“We are pleased that we have acquired JNPSoft’s team, which brings us considerable aftermarket expertise,” stated Jürgen Buchert, ceo of TecAlliance GmbH.

Increased competence in European customer advice

“This move significantly strengthens our competence in advising our customers in North America, as well as those in Europe and Asia.”

JNPSoft’s software “PartCat” is used daily by more than a quarter of the top 100 companies in the US automotive industry.

David Winter, evp sales and marketing, said: “The JNPSoft product range ideally complements those of our US TecAlliance subsidiary OptiCat.

“Due to a similar customer structure, we expect immediate synergies in sales and IT management, for example.”

He welcomed the further commitment of both JNPSoft founders to the company, which will provide continuity and promote further growth, he says.

Nat Di Censo, co-founder and president of JNPSoft, is pleased to join the TecAlliance group. He said: “It is a huge inspiration to us that we can contribute even more directly to the digitisation of the industry by working with TecAlliance data specialists.”

Expanded product range and benefits to garages

Jacques Michel, vice president of JNPSoft, sees new opportunities to improve the company’s solutions and further expand the product range to benefit customers.

These will come from integration in the worldwide TecAlliance group and closer collaboration with its US subsidiary OptiCat. He explained: “We couldn’t have found a better strategic partner than TecAlliance.

“This step opens up new international perspectives to us”.

In the past three years, JNPSoft, whose 42 employees include a qualified team of PIM programmers, achieved a growth rate of around 40 per cent by delivering “PartCat”, data management solutions for spare-parts manufacturers and other solutions.

JNPSoft has invested in original equipment (OE) data research for the US, Canada and Mexico.

Customers of JNPSoft include manufacturers such as Delphi, Standard Motor Products, Walker Products and Denso Corporation.

TecAlliance is a database for networked collaboration in the digital automotive aftermarket.

Latest OE vehicle and spare parts data

In addition to up-to-date OE-based vehicle and spare parts data based on the TecDoc Standard, the TecAlliance portfolio includes repair and maintenance information and integrated solutions and consulting services for digital order handling.

Find out more about TecAlliance and how it supports garages and the independent aftermarket by clicking ‘more details’ below.

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