Case Study: French machine equipment rental company CDE TP achieves near‑100% machine utilization and boosts competitiveness with Trimble 3D Grade Control

Trimble 3D Grade Control Improves Competitiveness and Drives Business for French Rental Company

CDE TP is a French equipment rental and earthworks company based in Rigny-Saint-Martin with about 50 employees and a 30‑machine fleet. To remain competitive and meet customer demands for greater safety, accuracy and productivity, the company needed to overcome early customer wariness of machine‑control technology and increase utilization and efficiency across its fleet.

CDE TP partnered with Trimble and local dealer SITECH to equip key machines with Trimble GCS900 3D grade control. The systems—valued for ease of use, wireless connectivity and precise GPS/total‑station positioning—reduced rework, material waste and fuel use, improved job speed and bidding accuracy, and drove utilization of guided machines to nearly 100% (with newly equipped excavators and dozers fully booked), boosting competitiveness and prompting wider rollout across the fleet.