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Vitronic wins repeat order from Qatar

Vitronic Machine Vision Middle East and its Qatar partner Itqan Holding have announced an order for 26 PoliScan systems, 16 of which will be employed for speed enforcement, while ten will operate as combined solutions for speed and red light enforcement. The Doha airport’s operating company Qatar Civil Aviation Authority is Vitronic’s end customer in Qatar and the new systems will be used primarily for enforcement on the Airport Road, built last year.
June 21, 2012 Read time: 1 min
Signing the PoliScan contract (left) Muath Khatabeh, CEO Itqan Holding and Youssef Al Hansali, CEO Vitronic Middle East
147 Vitronic Machine Vision Middle East and its Qatar partner 5977 Itqan Holding have announced an order for 26 PoliScan systems, 16 of which will be employed for speed enforcement, while ten will operate as combined solutions for speed and red light enforcement.

The Doha airport’s operating company Qatar Civil Aviation Authority is Vitronic’s end customer in Qatar and the new systems will be used primarily for enforcement on the Airport Road, built last year.

The PoliScan systems’ deployment, Vitronic’s second order from the State of Qatar, is aimed at ensuring traffic safety on this important access road. The company’s LIDAR-based technology can detect violations on multiple lanes, even if drivers tailgate or change lanes.

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