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Hoeft & Wessel supplies ticketing vending machines to Poland

Asseco Poland has ordered 109 Hoeft & Wessel Almex.station ticket vending machines for bus and tram stops of the municipal transit association of the industrial region of Upper Silesia headquartered in the city of Katowice (KZK GOP Komunikacyjny Zwiazek Komunalny Górnoslaskiego Okregu Przemyslowego). These units are part of a project for the introduction of a new smart card featuring RFID technology.
May 31, 2012 Read time: 1 min
5830 Asseco Poland has ordered 109 Hoeft & Wessel Almex.station ticket vending machines for bus and tram stops of the municipal transit association of the industrial region of Upper Silesia headquartered in the city of Katowice (KZK GOP Komunikacyjny Zwiazek Komunalny Górnoslaskiego Okregu Przemyslowego). These units are part of a project for the introduction of a new smart card featuring RFID technology.

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