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International design award for Jenoptik

Jenoptik’s Traffic Solutions division has received an iF design award 2014 in the public design category for its new camera housing, TraffiTower 2.0. The iF design awards recognise outstanding design as assessed by international expert juries. Jenoptik says its TraffiTower 2.0 combines design and high functionality for traffic monitoring using laser or radar. Two completely independently functioning measuring systems can be built into the housing, enabling users to flexibly monitor speed or red light vio
February 4, 2014 Read time: 1 min
79 Jenoptik’s Traffic Solutions division has received an iF design award 2014 in the public design category for its new camera housing, TraffiTower 2.0.

The iF design awards recognise outstanding design as assessed by international expert juries. Jenoptik says its TraffiTower 2.0 combines design and high functionality for traffic monitoring using laser or radar. Two completely independently functioning measuring systems can be built into the housing, enabling users to flexibly monitor speed or red light violations simultaneously across up to six lanes of traffic and in different directions.

The award will be presented at the if design awards ceremony in Munich on 28 February 2014.

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