1link SMR is expanding into Finland, Norway, and Sweden, following a new agreement by Business Gateway GmbH.

The move brings the number of countries using the platform to 15 and means fleets totalling almost eight million vehicles globally have adopted it to manage their service, maintenance and repair (SMR) processes.

Tim Meadows, CCO at epyx, views this expansion as a key milestone: “This is an important step in the growth of 1link Service Network. It means we can now offer major international leasing fleets a unified platform across almost all major European markets.

“The benefits of using a single solution are clear—efficient, standardised SMR purchasing and management procedures across their entire organisation.”

1link is now available in Austria, Australia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, and the UK. Further expansions will follow in due course.

First launched more than 20 years ago by epyx in the UK, 1link Service Network is now also offered by Business Gateway GmbH, based in Germany. The company, founded in 2000 with expertise in fleet tyre purchasing across central Europe, was acquired by Corpay, which also owns epyx, in 2023.

Benedikt Hesselmann, Key Account Manager at BG GmbH, added: “The move into these countries has been powered by new business that we have signed in recent months and is very much being prompted by demand in the vehicle leasing sector.

“For our customers, this will deliver substantial advantages in terms of the processing of SMR across their fleet operations in Finland, Norway and Sweden, creating new levels of control, raising service levels and minimising costs.

It also means that we’ll be working hard in Scandinavia during the coming months to set up networks of SMR suppliers, who will also gain benefits from 1link platform in terms of faster approval of work, reduced manual effort and automated invoice reconciliation”.