BOISE, Idaho (Feb. 13, 2002)—Quality Design Systems Inc. (QDS), which provides business information for the tire and automotive service industry, announced it has bought the operations of Open Road Technologies, Inc., which develops high-performance information management systems.
Open Road is know for its RoadWare retread shop management system, used by more than 240 retreaders in the United States and Canada, including four of the top five retreading companies in North America, QDS said.
The purchase “not only provides QDS with a proven business management tool to offer commercial tire customers, but has tremendous synergy in terms of future integration with point-of-sale and accounting software modules,” QDS President Ed Engel said.