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Remote Reefer Monitoring
Complete solutions for refrigerated transport
Electronic Remanufacturing
Cost-saving solutions for fleet operators
Custom Engineering
A partnership for your success
About
For over 40 years, we have been a dedicated partner with refrigerated transport operators, providing innovative solutions in collecting and managing critical data of perishable cargo.
We are a company of ‘firsts’ in refrigerated transport, beginning in 1981 as the first re-manufacturer of refrigerated controllers. Today our list of industry firsts continues as the leading provider of remote reefer monitoring solutions designed to help reefer operations of any size succeed.
Our motto, Rebuilding the Past – Developing the Future, couldn’t be more accurate than it is today.
Technological Milestones
1981
RTE founded as the first company to offer electronic remanufacturing of reefer controllers.
1985
Released the first commercially available Powerline Cable Transmission Reefer Monitoring System, Thermo NetTM - a registered trademark of Thermo King Corp
1993
RTE released the first Dual Data Rate PCT system complying with ISO10368 requirements.
2000
Introduced GRASPNet PCT Networking System for advanced data collection and record-keeping that uses the same communication protocols as the Internet, TCP/IP.
2006
Released GRIP - a cutting-edge reefer data acquisition device delivered years before iPhones and apps.
Opened our regional office in Panama to better support LATAM refrigerated transport industry.
2011
First Wireless Reefer Acquisition Device (WRAD) was released, changing the nature of reefer monitoring and making it accessible for smaller reefer operators.
2012
Released the Networked RRCE-T System, the Remote Reefer Communication Engine became the first reefer monitoring solution that offered terminals complete control over their data collection environment.
2013
GRASP 3.0 Software introduced as an industry-changing solution to reefer monitoring, providing Web or Windows-based UI and the ability to interface with TOS and 3rd party software systems.
2015
Introduced an Ultrasonic Fuel Sensor, eliminating false fuel readings due to mechanical obstructions or failures from conventional float-operated fuel level gauges.
2016
The introduction of the RRCE-D system, a distributed network of data pushing communication devices, provided the first High-Availability platform in real-time monitoring.
2018
RTE receives ISO 9001:2015 certification for new product manufacturing.
2019
RTE Cargo Sensor Released; Optical Fuel Sensor Released for easy installation into any size fuel tank.
2020
RTE achieves NAVIS Ready validation for the GRASP 3.0 Remote Reefer Monitoring System with Navis N4 3.7.5.1
2021
Released RTE Door Sensor, the first to feature LoRa Communication; WRAD II™ Wireless Reefer Monitoring Device; and GrAsPP™, the industry’s first Reefer Monitoring Mobile Application.
Latest news
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The key ingredient to growing your reefer terminal is …
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True or False: Reefer monitoring is only about temperature.
Temperature monitoring is a critical aspect of remote reefer monitoring. But is it the only one? Here’s what else it delivers for the shrewd reefer terminal operator.
How to use RRM to GROW your reefer business.
Share data from remote reefer monitoring (RRM) as a deliverable to grow your business. The under-estimated outward benefit of reefer monitoring.
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