DEWALT has launched the Tool Connect™ Partner Network to address jobsite theft, which costs the U.S. construction industry up to $1 billion in stolen equipment and $100 million in lost tools annually, with recovery rates often falling below 25%. Expanding upon DEWALT’s existing mobile app and cellular gateway, the ecosystem leverages partner hardware as detection nodes to track nearby tagged tools wherever partner equipment is operating. Initial network partners include Geotab to track tools moving across vehicle fleets, Trackunit to detect tools around heavy jobsite machinery and BoxLock to log…
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