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Global expansion characterized the period between 2006 and 2010. Dumarey consolidated his telematics companies under Punch
Telematix, which was sold to Trimble in 2010. In the same period Punch International acquired ZF Getriebe in Belgium, renaming it Punch Powertrain in 2008.Under Dumarey's
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