Knorr-Bremse has completed its acquisition of TRAVIS Road Services International B.V., the Dutch online booking platform for commercial vehicle road services. The closing advances the supplier’s CVS Service Platform strategy, which targets digital revenue growth across the truck aftermarket. TRAVIS becomes a core component of an expanding aftermarket ecosystem combining data, services, and brand-agnostic workshop tools.
Highlights
- TRAVIS connects carriers to more than 3,500 service partners across 26 European countries for parking, cleaning, charging, and repair bookings.
- Acquisition advances the CVS Service Platform, Knorr-Bremse’s digital aftermarket strategy under the BOOST 2026 transformation program.
- Deal follows the January 2026 launch of the WESP CV joint venture and builds on Knorr-Bremse’s majority stake in diagnostics provider Cojali S.L.
- Knorr-Bremse’s high-margin aftermarket business, including TruckServices, is a designated growth pillar within its commercial vehicle division.
Strategic Rationale
The TRAVIS deal expands Knorr-Bremse’s reach beyond traditional parts and components into transactional service workflows. By embedding a booking layer into its aftermarket portfolio, the company gains visibility into how carriers procure repairs, parking, and charging. That data feeds the broader CVS Service Platform, which Knorr-Bremse has positioned as a digital ecosystem rather than a single product line.
Bernd Spies, Member of the Executive Board of Knorr-Bremse AG and responsible for the Commercial Vehicle Systems Division, said: “With the acquisition of TRAVIS, we are strengthening the growth of our high-margin aftermarket business and accelerating the expansion of our digital CVS Service Platform. Our goal is to significantly increase the efficiency of all market participants — through greater transparency and intelligently networked data and services. We warmly welcome the TRAVIS employees to Knorr-Bremse and look forward to jointly unlocking further potential in the field of digital services.”
TRAVIS Platform and Carrier Workflow
TRAVIS centralizes road service procurement for fleet operators. Carriers can locate, reserve, and pay for parking, washing, charging, and maintenance from a single interface, then consolidate fleet-wide service spending into one invoice. Pre-booking helps fleets reduce roadside downtime and align service stops with regulated driver hours, addressing two persistent pain points in long-haul European trucking.
Jochem de Graaf, CEO of TRAVIS Road Services International B.V., said: “Joining Knorr-Bremse marks an exciting new chapter for TRAVIS. From day one, we have focused on making truck services more accessible, transparent, and efficient for the entire transport ecosystem. As part of Knorr Bremse, we can accelerate at scale, expand our network, deliver even smarter solutions to our customers and partners across Europe and beyond.”
Building the Aftermarket Ecosystem
The closing follows a sequence of digital aftermarket moves by the supplier. Knorr-Bremse announced the TRAVIS acquisition in October 2025, with a transaction value reported in the mid double-digit million-euro range and an expected close by the end of Q1 2026. In January 2026, the company established the WESP CV joint venture with Dutch firm WAGH B.V. to develop data-driven workshop benchmarking tools. Earlier, in 2022, Knorr-Bremse took a majority stake in Spanish diagnostics specialist Cojali S.L.
Together, these positions assemble a workshop, fleet, and driver-facing service stack alongside the company’s traditional brake systems, air supply, and ADAS portfolio. The aftermarket business is one of the highest-margin segments within the Commercial Vehicle Systems Division, and digital services have been called out as a strategic priority within the group’s BOOST transformation program.
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