EANS-News: Hoeft & Wessel successful in Switzerland
23.08.2011 – 09:02
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Corporate news transmitted by euro adhoc. The issuer/originator is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Company Information Subtitle: - In the lead with ticketing systems, car park and mobile terminals - Company exhibits latest ticketing solutions at the suissetraffic trade fair in Bern Hannover/Germany, 23/08/2011. (euro adhoc) - Switzerland is becoming increasingly important for the business activities of the Hoeft & Wessel Group. The IT and engineering technology specialist for ticketing, parking and mobile solutions is one of the leading providers of ticketing systems, car park and mobile terminals in the country. In the last several years, the share of sales revenues accounted for by Switzerland increased to more than 10 per cent. This makes Switzerland the third-largest market for the technology enterprise. At present, Hoeft & Wessel supplies Almex brand ticket terminals to public transport utilities in Geneva and is developing a new communications solution on a GSM-Rail basis for the Swiss Federal Railways SBB. Numerous car park terminals from the British subsidiary Metric are part of the landscape of Geneva and other cities. The Swiss Post uses a mobile Skeye brand terminal from Hoeft & Wessel for delivery. At the Swiss specialist trade fair for public transport, the suissetraffic in Bern, Hoeft & Wessel will be displaying the very latest ticketing solutions of its Almex brand from 6 to 9 September 2011. These also include the new compact ticket vending machine with the product name almex.midi which, as a special feature, is also on offer in a solar-powered version. Media section with photos: http://www.presseportal.de/pm/12945/hoeft_wessel_ag/ The Company The Hoeft & Wessel Group is the leading IT and engineering technology Group for ticketing, parking and mobile solutions in Germany and Great Britain. Established in 1978 by the two entrepreneurs who gave the company its name and listed on the stock market since 1998, the enterprise has developed into a group of companies with sales revenues of nearly EUR 100 million and a workforce of 500 employees. Its main locations are Hannover, Germany, and Swindon, UK, to the west of London. Further inquiry note: Arnd Fritzemeier Tel.: +49-511-6102-300 E-Mail: PR@hoeft-wessel.com end of announcement euro adhoc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- company: Höft & Wessel AG Rotenburger Str. 20 D-30659 Hannover phone: +49-511-6102-0 FAX: +49-511-6102-411 mail: ir@hoeft-wessel.com WWW: http://www.hoeft-wessel.com sector: Technology ISIN: DE0006011000 indexes: Prime All Share, Technology All Share stockmarkets: regulated dealing/prime standard: Frankfurt, free trade: Berlin, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, Hannover, München language: English