NORCROSS, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--FleetCor Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:FLT), a leading global provider of fuel cards and workforce payment products to businesses, announced today that it has acquired Epyx, a leading provider to the fleet maintenance, service and repair marketplace, from HgCapital and management.
Epyx provides an internet based system and a vehicle repair network of approximately 9,000 service garages to fleet operators in the UK. The Epyx service helps its customers better manage their vehicle maintenance, service, and repair needs. The Epyx service automates repair authorization, schedules service appointments, control costs, and simplifies overall vehicle service administration. The Company earns transaction fees on each of the millions of service incidents that it supports each year.
“We’ve been looking for ideas to extend beyond fleet fueling, to fleet maintenance, and Epyx has done that. They’ve developed a highly specialized system that helps their fleet customers better manage their overall maintenance life cycle and costs. We like the potential to bring this solution to a lot more clients,” said Ron Clarke, chairman and chief executive officer, FleetCor Technologies, Inc. .
About FleetCor
FleetCor is a leading global provider of fuel cards and workforce payment products to businesses. FleetCor’ s payment programs enable businesses to better control employee spending and provide card-accepting merchants with a high volume customer base that can increase their sales and customer loyalty. FleetCor serves commercial accounts in North America, Latin America, Europe, and Australia/New Zealand. For more information, please visit http://www.fleetcor.com.
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