The partnership will focus on developing joint digital services for the commercial vehicle industry. The first joint development project will produce a workshop benchmarking system.
‘s-Hertogenbosch, March 13, 2025 – Knorr-Bremse and Dutch company WESP today announced that they are joining forces with the aim of co-developing digital solutions for the commercial vehicle industry. The two companies recently presented a preview of their first jointly developed product at Automechanika 2024: a workshop benchmarking system that will enable commercial vehicle workshops to identify ways to improve sales and enhance the efficiency of their processes.
A new workshop benchmarking system will be tested and further developed in close collaboration with selected pilot workshops in the Netherlands and Germany. A key element in the joint development is a performance dashboard for workshops. By benchmarking annonymized performance indicators, workshops can learn from each other, improve their business, and make the best decisions.
Alexander Wagner, Vice President Global Aftermarket/TruckServices, Knorr-Bremse Commercial Vehicle Systems: “Our partnership with WESP will enable us to offer data-driven consulting services to commercial vehicle workshops that will help to directly improve their efficiency. Our strategic partnership brings together WESP’s expertise in digital services for workshops with Knorr-Bremse’s expertise in the commercial vehicle market. In the future, we’ll be working with WESP on additional services that will enhance efficiency along the entire aftermarket value chain, making an important contribution to our strategy as a whole.”
Bas Wintjes, Managing Director of WESP: “Garage companies have a wealth of data in their own garage management software. With Knorr Bremse’s market knowledge, we can combine the key performance indicators of the truck & trailer world with the dashboards of WESP. Together, we can then show workshops where they can further improve their performance. Fact-based.”
WESP Media contact:
Stijn de Vries | Marketing Manager | WESP B.V.
T +31 06 4038 3500; E stijn.devries@mywesp.com
Knorr-Bremse Media contact:
Simon Basler | Spokesperson Truck Mobility | Knorr-Bremse AG
T +49 89 3547 1498; E simon.basler@knorr-bremse.com
About WESP
WESP is a leading provider of data-driven services for the European automotive industry. WESP’s software applications transform heterogeneous retail data into harmonised market information conforming to industry standards. This data is used in a wide range of WESP solutions that help companies improve their performance and provide business insights, benchmarks, and data-driven decision-making. More than 2.800 workshops with over 80 different software solutions have already learnt the power of the deep dive data technology of WESP.
About Knorr-Bremse
Knorr-Bremse (ISIN: DE000KBX1006, ticker symbol: KBX) is the global market and technology leader for braking systems and other systems for rail and commercial vehicles. Knorr-Bremse products make a decisive contribution to improving safety and energy efficiency on rail tracks and roads around the world. Some 33,000 employees at over 100 locations in around 30 countries develop and produce innovative solutions and services that meet the highest technical standards. In 2023, Knorr-Bremse’s two divisions together generated global revenues of approximately EUR 7.9 billion. For almost 120 years, the company has been at the cutting edge of its industries, driving innovation in mobility and transportation technologies with a particular edge in connected system solutions. Knorr-Bremse is one of Germany’s most successful industrial companies and benefits directly from the key global megatrends: urbanisation, sustainability, harmonised digitalisation, and mobility.
