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Swarco restructures UK traffic and parking business

As part of a previously announced strategy to strengthen its parking and electro-mobility businesses which it says is a key investment focus, Austrian traffic technology group Swarco has announced a restructuring of its UK business and a series of new appointments. The company has created a new parking and e-mobility division comprising APT SkiData, Veri-park, Evolt and APT Security Systems, to be led by Sean Dunstan, the former managing director of APT SkiData, who now assumes a much wider group role.
December 8, 2015 Read time: 2 mins
As part of a previously announced strategy to strengthen its parking and electro-mobility businesses which it says is a key investment focus, Austrian traffic technology group 129 Swarco has announced a restructuring of its UK business and a series of new appointments.

The company has created a new parking and e-mobility division comprising 1774 APT SkiData, Veri-park, Evolt and 7182 APT Security Systems, to be led by Sean Dunstan, the former managing director of APT SkiData, who now assumes a much wider group role.

Peter Brown, who recently joined the group from Securitas, takes over as managing director of APT SkiData.

Swarco Traffic, the company’s subsidiary in the UK, is being expanded to include the 7637 SignPost Solutions business to create a new traffic management and control division based in Richmond, Yorkshire, headed by managing director Jeremy Cowling.
 
The move follows its acquisition of the APT Group in 2014 the retirement of Dermot Murphy, chief executive of the APT Group, after almost 28 years with the business. Dermot will retain a role within the group as non-executive director.

Swarco purchased 100 per cent of the shares of the APT Group in May 2014. The two businesses have previously worked successfully together on a number of projects and proven the concept and the advantages of a combined offer to the market.

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