QDS acquires Open Road Technologies

Feb. 11, 2002

Boise, Idaho-based tire industry software provider Quality Design Systems (QDS) Inc. has purchased Open Road Technologies (ORT) Inc., a high-performance information management systems developer serving the commercial tire and retread markets.

ORT's retread shop management system, RoadWare, is used by more than 240 retread plants throughout the United States and Canada, according to QDS officials.

QDS, developers of accounting and point-of-sales software package QDS TireMaster, is owned by Bandag Inc.