Automatic Systems

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Automatic Systems

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legal form SA
founding 1969
Seat Wavre , Walloon Region , Belgium
management Michel Coenraets ( Founder )
Maxime Boulvain ( CEO )
Number of employees 330 (2015)
sales EUR 58.6 million ( FY 2013)
Branch automatic entrance control systems
Website row.automatic-systems.com/de

Automatic Systems , a subsidiary of the Bolloré Group, based in Wavre in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant south of Brussels , develops and produces automatic entrance control systems for vehicles, pedestrians and passengers. In this industry, the company is one of the world's leading providers, especially when it comes to so-called speed gates for passengers and building entrances.

The company has subsidiaries in France, the United Kingdom, Spain, Canada, the USA and China as well as sales offices in Germany and the Netherlands and a worldwide dealer network. The latter exports 90% of the Belgian production. Production sites are located in Wavre, Gembloux (both Belgium), Persan (France), Taicang (China) and Brossard (Canada).

In 2013 net sales of € 58.6 million were achieved.

Company history

1969 Automatic Systems was the entrepreneur Michel Coenraets in a 15m² Brussels suburban garage, with a starting capital of EUR 1 million for established. The first vehicle barriers were developed in this small garage using the crankshaft principle, which has served as a reference for barriers and gates ever since. The parking garage of the reopened department store À l'innovation and the new parking lot 44 in Brussels were equipped with these barriers in 1969 . In the same year, the company also delivered a prototype of a pedestrian turnstile to the Brussels Metro . Within the next two years, all new metro lines in Brussels were equipped with turnstiles from Automatic Systems. At the end of the first financial year, the company had five employees and a turnover of over CHF 4 million.

In 1971, the company delivered 101 vehicle barriers to Frankfurt Airport and signed contracts with the French railways SNCF and the Center Georges-Pompidou in Paris to equip the parking spaces.

In 1974, Automatic Systems completely relocated its headquarters to Wavre and opened its first office in Paris . In 1986 branches in Montreal and Barcelona followed . The British subsidiary was founded in 1994.

In 1998, Automatic Systems bought the barrier division of ABB , also known as BCA. In 2002, the company was taken over by Bolloré and became a subsidiary of the French company IER, which belongs to Bolloré.

In 2008 Automatic Systems won the Walloon export award "The Wallonia Export Award". Today, more than 90 million people worldwide use Automatic Systems systems.

Crankshaft principle

Automatic Systems was the first company to use the principle of transmission of motion through the crankshaft in the development and manufacture of automatic barriers and gates. This system, which has already been used in numerous applications, was to become a reference for incoming inspection systems for many years.

The advantages of moving a crankshaft are twofold: It enables perfect mechanical locking of the barrier arm in both end positions (open and closed), which prevents external influences (e.g. attempting to lift the barrier arm). To avoid jolts at the beginning and at the end of the movement, the barrier arm is gently accelerated up to an inclination of 45 ° and then decelerated up to an inclination of 90 °.

Products and Markets

Vehicle entry control

Barriers, road barriers and bollards are mainly used within toll stations, at the entrances and exits of parking lots, for traffic management and industrial driveways.

Pedestrian entrance control

Turnstiles, turnstiles, swing doors and sensor barriers are used in reception halls of office buildings, public and private administrations, in industrial plants, leisure and sports centers. The automation of these systems enables a high throughput with better security and fewer staff.

Passenger access control

ePassport doors in Heathrow Airport (Terminal 4)

Barriers for automatic entry control, ePassport doors and anti-return gates are mainly used in S- / U-Bahn stations, airports and in train, bus and ferry stations.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Slits Vincent: Automatic Systems . In: La Libre Belgique . February 4, 2014. IMS Research (Ed.): The EMEA and Americas markets for Entrance Control Equipment . 2007.
  2. ↑ Omar Talpur: The World Market for Pedestrian Entrance Control Equipment . Ed .: IMS Research. 2013.
  3. ↑ Perimeter Systems (Ed.): The UK market is now the focus for a Belgium based access control manufacturer . 2008.
  4. ^ The key for the best . In: Chinese magazine in Belgium . Summer 2013.
  5. ↑ Automatic Systems opens a new industrial site in Persan, France. In: fireandsecuritynews.com. fireandsecuritynews.com, September 5, 2013, archived from the original on December 2, 2014 ; accessed on November 17, 2015 (English).
  6. ↑ Top Security - Vie des entreprises (Ed.): Automatic Systems . September 2008.
  7. ↑ Made in Belgium: Automatic Systems contrôle le monde depuis Wavre. In: rtbf.be. RTBF , April 14, 2013, accessed on November 17, 2015 (French).
  8. ↑ Automatic Systems celebrate 40-year anniversary . In: Security World Int'l . 2008. Champions du monde . In: Télémoustique . 2008.
  9. ↑ Amandine Cloot: Automatic Systems, from Wallonia to the rest of the world! In: BSCA (ed.): Gate . January / February, 2014, p. 89 (English, issuu.com [accessed November 17, 2015]).
  10. ^ IER History. (No longer available online.) In: europolitics.info. Europolitics, March 20, 2002, archived from the original on November 21, 2015 ; Retrieved on April 4, 2018 (French).
  11. ↑ Celebrating Wallonian success abroad . In: Dynamisme . December 2008.
  12. ↑ Innovator in access control systems . In: Business Day . 18th October 2013.
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  14. ^ Tullia Ritti, Klaus Grewe , Paul Kessener: A Relief of a Water-powered Stone Saw Mill on a Sarcophagus at Hierapolis and its Implications . In: Journal of Roman Archeology . 2007.
  15. ↑ Automatic Systems donne accès aux premières autoroutes chinoises à péage . In: Vers l'Avenir . 2008. Cristel Joiris: À Sotchi, les barrières de sécurité sont “made in Wavre”. In: lavenir.net. l'avenir.net, February 8, 2014, accessed November 17, 2015 (French). Automatic Systems supplies equipment to the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. (No longer available online.) In: in-security.eu. In Security Editor, archived from the original on December 24, 2014 ; accessed on November 17, 2015 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. G. P .: Aux JO de Sotchi, les barrières d'Automatic System securisent le périmètre. In: info.expoprotection.com. l'info expoprotection, January 29, 2014, accessed November 17, 2015 (French). Cécile Danjou: Automatic Systems aux JO de Sotchi 08/02/14. In: canalz.levif.be. Canal Z, February 8, 2014, accessed November 17, 2015 (French).

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