ERoad continued to gain traction in the US where it generated a 31 per cent increase in second-quarter sales ahead of the US December deadline for logistics firms to adopt and use electronic logging devices.
The Auckland-based company sold 2,313 units in the US in the three months ended September 30, taking its total units in the US to 9,736. In its established Australian and New Zealand markets sales rose 11 per cent to 49,802. The 7,086 units sold in the quarter was a new record for the company in both markets, and chief executive Steve Newman has previously said the 2018 financial year will likely post its biggest ever sales.
"We expect that the traditional Christmas/New Year break in the ANZ market will lead to a slowdown in unit sales from the Q2 record levels," Newman said in a statement. "However, we expect the US market to continue to reflect the demand for ELD solutions for the market adoption deadline of 18 December 2017."
North American sales lagged behind expectations in the 2017 year as US buyers put off buying decisions ahead of the new compliance regime as lobbyists tried unsuccessfully to delay the introduction.
With the opposition out of the way, ERoad has enjoyed record US sales in each of the first two quarters of the 2018 year, with sales growth tracking at a annualised rate of 119 per cent. That compares to a rate of 37 per cent in the existing Australasian markets.
