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Repairify and Autel Announce Exclusive North American Agreement

Repairify | March 03, 2023 | Read time : 01:30 min

Repairify, LLC portfolio company of Kinderhook Industries, and Autel U.S., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Autel Intelligent Technology, have announced an exclusive long-term collaboration agreement to bring Repairify's patented global OEM remote solutions for diagnostics, calibrations, and programming through Autel's remote-capable products across North America.

Repairify's industry-leading patented remote diagnostic, calibration, and programming solutions will be added as a new service option to an upgraded version of Autel's Remote Expert platform as per agreement. Customers can choose between Repairify's OEM-certified and warrantied remote solutions and those of the independent, experience-verified Remote Experts already serving the platform, thanks to the platform's shared management by Repairify and Autel.

Launched in 2022, Autel's Remote Expert offers on-site aftermarket scanning and remote access to OEM tools backed by trained experts. Autel MaxiSYS Ultra, Ultra EV, MS919, MS909, and MS909 EV diagnostic tablets support Autel's Remote Expert service. In addition, there will be an extension of Remote Expert to Autel's ADAS calibration systems.

"We are excited to enter into this collaboration with Repairify. Autel developed the Remote Expert platform to provide our users remote access to specialized and experienced module programmers and diagnosticians. We are very proud that its success drew the attention of a company of such quality and industry success as Repairify. We are confident that this partnership will benefit both companies and, most importantly, be of immense value to our users," said Chloe Hung, CEO, Autel U.S.

(Source –CISION PR Newswire)

Cris Hollingsworth, President of Repairify Global Holdings said, "Since its launch into the North American market in 2005, Autel has been known for their consistent delivery of leading innovative solutions across the mechanical and collision markets.". He added, "Repairify is honored to embark on this partnership and to broaden the reach of our solutions through the new and existing Autel network of customers."

(Source –CISION PR Newswire)

About REPAIRIFY

Repairify, founded in 2015 and headquartered in Plano, Texas, along with its family of brands, empower the automotive repair sector to master the data-intensive, modern vehicles. Repairify aids automotive experts in diagnostics, calibration, programming, and workflow by providing new OE tools and certified OEM-compatible technology, services, and information.

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