Growth in exports to the US acknowledged

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Growth in exports to the US acknowledged
27 August Auckland Electronic transport services company EROAD has won Exporter of the Year to
the USA in the $1 million to $10 million category at the AmCham DHL Express Success & Innovation
Awards.

The awards, established by the American Chamber of Commerce in New Zealand (AmCham),
recognise achievement in trade and investment between the two countries.

EROAD chief executive Steven Newman said the company was delighted to receive the award and
looked forward to building stronger ties with the USA as it developed its business there, as well as in
New Zealand and Australia.

“We are at the start of what is a very significant opportunity in the USA,” he said. “We’ve created a
strong platform with excellent customer support and feedback and recognition that our products
and services are market leading.”

EROAD sells services to road transport fleets in the USA from its base in Portland, Oregon. These
include Electronic Logging Device (ELD) services, electronic Weight Mile Tax (eWMT) services, as
well as other compliance and fleet tracking services. EROAD manufacturers and exports eHubos
(electronic hubodometers), EROAD’s in-vehicle device, to support these services to trucks and light
vehicles.

In its FY18 financial year, EROAD grew sales in the USA by 191% as customers across the country
responded to its ELD service, and customers having to pay WMT in Oregon opted to pay their road
tax electronically using EROAD’s Ehubo and its payment platform on Depot.

Mr Newman said that EROAD was investing to establish a market-leading business in the USA,
utilising its global technology platform, and was committed to helping customers navigate the
rapidly-changing environment in surface transportation.

Executive Director of the American Chamber of Commerce in New Zealand, Mike Hearn, said
AmCham was pleased to acknowledge EROAD as winner of the award.

“EROAD is an example of New Zealand’s success in new technology that is attracting growing
attention in the USA. This brings benefits both for EROAD’s customers in the USA, and our
transportation sector, as well as for New Zealand’s technology sector and export receipts,” he said.

“We look forward to EROAD strengthening its NZ-USA links as it develops its business in the
future.”

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For further information contact:
Steven Newman
Chief Executive Officer
EROAD Limited
DDI: 09 927 4713
Email: steven.newman@eroad.com

About EROAD
EROAD modernises road chargin and tax compliance and health and safety compliance for road transport by
replacing paper-based systems with easy-to-use electronic systems that also improve fleet management. The
company is headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand, and listed on the New Zealand Exchange (NZX). Its US
business is based in Portland, Oregon, serving customers with vehicles operating in every US mainland state,
growing outward in concentration from the Northwest. In 2009 EROAD introduced the world’s first
nationwide electronic road user charging (eRUC) system in New Zealand and, in 2017, more than 50% of
heavy transport RUC was collected electronically, representing a rapid transition to e-commerce on a
voluntary, industry-led basis, due to the cost-savings and benefits to customers. EROAD is also a leading
provider of health and safety compliance services, including vehicle management and driver behaviour and
performance measures.
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