CO3 Technologies has acquired Norwegian software business Kinver AS, bringing together two companies working to improve how businesses manage and understand their road freight operations. Announced on 4 November 2026, the acquisition will add Kinver’s freight cost and emissions expertise to CO3’s existing transport visibility platform, giving customers a more joined-up view of their supply chains.
For many businesses, keeping track of transport operations involves looking at several different sources of information. Vehicle movements, delivery performance, freight invoices and emissions figures are often managed separately, making it difficult to see the full picture. The combination of CO3 and Kinver aims to make this information easier to access and use, helping businesses understand not just where their vehicles are, but how efficiently their transport operations are running and what they are costing.
CO3 already provides transport visibility for more than 350,000 trucks, trailers, telematics devices and cooling units across 35 countries, processing over 215 million unique data points every day. Its platform gives customers access to information such as vehicle locations, estimated arrival times, driver hours and asset performance. Kinver brings a different area of expertise, helping businesses analyse freight costs, check invoices against agreed rates and monitor whether transport providers are meeting their contractual commitments.
Bringing the two together could make a real difference to how businesses manage their freight operations. Having access to vehicle and delivery information alongside freight costs, for example, can help identify where additional charges are coming from, whether agreed service levels are being met and where there may be opportunities to reduce unnecessary spending. Rather than looking at individual parts of the transport process, businesses will have the opportunity to connect the information and make decisions based on a much clearer understanding of what is happening across their networks.
The acquisition also brings Kinver’s TerraTwin platform into the picture, which supports shipment-level emissions calculations and is accredited by ISO and Smart Freight Centre. With pressure continuing to grow on businesses to understand and report their supply chain emissions, having access to more detailed transport information is becoming increasingly important. Connecting this with day-to-day operational data could help businesses build a better understanding of the environmental impact of their freight activity and identify where changes could make a difference.
Kinver currently works with more than 60 enterprise customers and has developed 57 integrations with transport management systems and enterprise resource planning platforms. Its founder and CEO, Lars Fredrik Eriksen, will also join CO3 as Vice President of Commercial, supporting the next stage of development as the two businesses come together.
There are also plans to explore how artificial intelligence could build on the combined platform in the future, including opportunities to automate invoice disputes, claims management and cost recovery. This could help reduce the time businesses spend dealing with administrative processes, while making it easier to identify and challenge costs that do not match agreed terms.
The acquisition reflects a wider change in how businesses are approaching logistics data. Having visibility of vehicles and deliveries is important, but understanding how this connects to costs, service performance and emissions is just as valuable. As supply chains become more complex and businesses look for practical ways to improve efficiency, bringing different sources of information together could help turn data into better decisions and more effective transport operations.