Automatic Systems Awarded Contract by Abertis Autopistas

Brussels/Belgium – March  24th, 2015 – Automatic Systems, a world leader in the automation of secure entrance control, has been awarded a contract by ABERTIS AUTOPISTAS to supply 601 barriers for toll applications in Spain.

 

Abertis Autopistas is an international market leader in the management of toll roads as well as terrestrial and satellite telecommunication infrastructures. In Spain, the company has managed many highway projects along the whole territory.

 

Automatic Systems' barriers, 495 barriers BL 229 and 106 barriers BL 229 Toll, will serve the Toll Highway Network in the Catalonia region and the highways around Barcelona, Girona and Tarragona.

 

The delivery of the barriers is expected to be completed by July this year.

 

"Automatic Systems has been working directly with Abertis Autopistas since 2013 in various highway toll projects across Spain and we are delighted to have been selected to complete another project with the company. Over the years, Automatic Systems has participated to numerous projects in the Spanish highway market and today our barriers can be found across the whole peninsula", Javier Martinez - Automatic Systems' Regional Director, Spain.

 

While the BL 229-type barriers will be used to grant access to the highways, the BL 229 Toll barriers are instead used to allow exiting the highways.

 

BL 229


BL 229 Toll

 

The BL 229 Barrier

The BL 229 rising barrier is a high performance universal barrier intended for a wide range of applications such as traffic management, parking areas, industrial sites and toll roads. Suitable for very intensive use, this very robust barrier can assimilate major vehicle flows.  

 

The BL 229 Toll Barrier

The BL 229 Toll barrier is the ultra-fast version of the BL 229 specifically dedicated to highway toll applications. Its safety/security features, designed for very demanding environments and applications such as the toll market, include boom swing-off device, Protecta ® (carbon fiber) boom and automatic reseating capabilities.

 

About Automatic Systems

Automatic Systems has been designing and manufacturing pedestrian, vehicle and passenger access systems for over 45 years. Our product portfolio complements Security Entrance Lanes, Swing Gates, Tripod Turnstiles, Full Height Turnstiles, Parking, Toll and Perimeter Rising Barriers, Extra-Long and Security Barriers, Rising Fenced Barriers, Rising Bollards and Road Blockers. The company has a global presence, with subsidiaries in Europe, Asia and North America, as well as a vast international network of distributors. Currently, there are more than 90 million daily users of Automatic Systems equipment worldwide. Automatic Systems is a subsidiary of the Bolloré Group. Visit www.automatic-systems.com

 

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