EANS-News: Hoeft & Wessel subsidiary Metric wins tender for more than 200 parking machines (with photo)
12.01.2012 – 09:53
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Corporate news transmitted by euro adhoc. The issuer/originator is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Products Subtitle: British City of Nottingham opts for the new Elite model Swindon, UK, 12/01/2012. (euro adhoc) - The Hoeft & Wessel subsidiary Metric has won a Europe-wide tender advertised by the British City of Nottingham for more than 200 car park ticket vending machines. The City Council opted for the latest model from the manufacturer headquartered in Swindon, west of London. The Elite model features a full alphanumeric keyboard for data entry and the complete set of payment options: customers can pay using coins, chip or PIN-based credit or debit cards, or by means of EMV contactless cards. The Elite can be upgraded at a later stage to allow payments to be made by mobile phone. The individual pay-and-display machines are linked to the ASLAN back-office software suite - also supplied by Metric - via the GSM network using GPRS telecommunications technology. With the exception of five units, all the machines will be solar-powered. Deliveries have already started. With more than 60,000 installed parking machines in over 45 countries, Metric is one of the largest global providers. www.metricgroup.co.uk www.hoeft-wessel.com Media section with photo of the new parking machine Elite: http://www.presseportal.de/pm/12945/hoeft_wessel_ag/ The Company Hoeft & Wessel is the leading IT and engineering technology Group for parking, ticketing and mobile solutions in Great Britain and Germany. Established in 1978 by the two entrepreneurs who gave the company its name, 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. Pictures with Announcement: ---------------------------------------------- http://resources.euroadhoc.com/us/hMYtzYQ2 Further inquiry note: Arnd Fritzemeier Tel.: +49-511-6102-300 E-Mail: PR@hoeft-wessel.com end of announcement euro adhoc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pictures with Announcement: ---------------------------------------------- http://resources.euroadhoc.com/us/hMYtzYQ2 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