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Dutch Mapmaker TomTom Is Keeping ‘Open Mind’ on Deals, CEO Says
- Executive also says in interview tie ups aren’t a necessity
- Dutch company is in the midst of selling telematics division
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Dutch digital mapmaker TomTom NV is receptive to more collaboration with automakers and technology companies, but its future success doesn’t hinge on any big tie-ups, according to Chief Executive Officer Harold Goddijn.
Within the car industry “things are changing and we want to keep an open mind,” he said in an interview on Thursday in Paris. Yet, the CEO added, “We’re an independent company and we are flourishing partly because we are the Switzerland of mapping technology.”