Cale Systems Inc. received an order for 500 machines from the City of Montreal During spring 2003, "Société en commandite Stationnement de Montreal", for the City of Montreal (Canada), invited the world's manufacturers for the supply of a high performance parking solution to replace their obsolete single space parking meters.
The tender was awarded to Cale Systems Inc, a subsidiary of Cale Access, to work with the City. "This proves that our strategy towards the Canadian market in the past has been right, and that our investments into a subsidiary in North America will create a strong platform and growth for us in this interesting high-tech market", says Torkel Härdeman, President of Cale Access.
The city of Montreal already has a large number of old meters installed, which now will be replaced with new Cale MP104 Memo Compact. After a successful street trial of 57 terminals, Cale Systems Inc. re-ceived an order for 500 additional terminals to be delivered between November 2004 and May 2005. "It is obvious, says Pierre Barré, president of Cale Systems Inc., that a contract of this magnitude will continue to strengthen Cale's position in Canada, but it will also reinforce our position throughout North America."
The solution chosen is a solar powered MP104 Memo Compact machine. The system operates as a multi-space meter and it accepts credit card payment. All machines also report back to a central computer through a GPRS connection. "Cale Systems have showed openness to our approach and have worked to satisfied our proprietary needs says Mr. Jean-Claude Dubreuil, executive vice-president of "Société en commandite Stationne-ment de Montreal"
About Cale
Cale Access, founded in 1955 and specialising in products for parking, has become one of the leading suppliers of advanced and flexible pay & display terminals in the world with subsidiaries in Canada, Norway, the United Kingdom and Germany. With the experience Cale Access has gained over the years, Cale Access is today in a position where the company's products have been installed in around 40 countries around the world. Since 1997 Cale Access belongs to the Swedish Bewator Group, a pri-vate international group of access & surveillance security companies.
For further information, please contact:
Pierre Barré, President of Cale Systems Inc.,
+ 1 450 461 0880 ext. 22
or
Ewa Johansson, Sales & Marketing Director,
Cale Access AB,
+ 46 8 629 03 22
