21 July 2023 – Vela Industries Group acquires Sodep, a leading provider of affordable fleet management systems for mining, ports, steel, forestry, agribusiness, and large construction sites in Brazil. Sodep’s solutions offer customers reliability, traceability, operational safety, and cost savings in the production process.
“The Sodep acquisition is strategic for VIG, adding to our comprehensive mining software portfolio. Combining Sodep’s leading fleet management system with our MineMarket inventory management solution enables complete visibility and control of material movements from the blast to the end customer. Our fleet management portfolio is now uniquely positioned to offer dispatch, asset management, material tracking, metal accounting and product sales in one seamless package with a single source of customer support across the full value chain.” said Dylan Webb, CEO of VIG.
Sodep is the developer of a range of solutions related to fleet logistics. The Minetrack solution addresses fleet optimization challenges, transportation cost reduction, production capacity increase, stockpile quality control and ore traceability. The fleet logistics system aims to control productive and effective hours of equipment, automate the allocation of work orders, as well as the real-time monitoring of services, providing management by vacancy, cost centre, equipment, operator, and other levels of control.
“We are excited to be joining Vela Industries Group as we enter the next phase of our business. Sodep will now be part of VIG’s comprehensive mining software portfolio, which spans the value chain with global market reach. This will lead to the expansion of our business in geography and capability as we leverage the synergy offered by Datamine solutions to provide more value to our clients,” said Marcos Andrade, Sodep’s CEO.
About Sodep
Founded in 2011, Sodep is the leading provider of affordable fleet management systems for mining, ports, steel, forestry, agribusiness and large construction sites in Brazil. Sodep’s solutions offer customers reliability, traceability, operational safety and cost savings in the production process.
About Datamine
Datamine is the world’s leading provider of technology to seamlessly plan and manage mining operations. With operations in twenty countries, Datamine provides solutions spanning exploration, resource modelling, mine planning, operations, logistics and marketing to over 6,000 companies worldwide. Our implementation, training and advisory services ensure customers receive industry-leading support and leverage full value from their technology investment.
