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Swedish road safety solutions supplier ATA has announced the strategic acquisition of FMK Trafikprodukter here at Intertraffic. ATA, a subsidiary of the UK based infrastructure group Hill & Smith Holdings, has bought FMK as the latest move in its growth strategy for the Nordic region.

Easylux says it has transformed the portable retroreflector market with its MiniReflecto Horizontal. The MiniReflecto is a family of innovative instruments for on-site or laboratory measuring of retroreflection and reflection properties. Items that can be measured include road markings, road signs, road studs, safety clothing and any objects or material designed to reflect light.

Motorcyclists are one of the most vulnerable groups of road users. Their lack of protection from accident impacts puts them at particular risk.

A new flexible bollard for cycleways is being exhibited by SignPost Solutions, based on the company’s popular SPS 3Sixty product. The new flexible information bollard has been crash tested to the European standard BS EN 12767:2007.

The Twister, from German manufacturer Traffic-lines, represents an alternative method for removing road markings. Traffic Lines says that its environmentally friendly method uses nothing but water.

An innovative pedestrian touch and sound button for signalised pedestrian crossings is being exhibited at Intertraffic, courtesy of SCAE. The company’s Tweety touch and sound button allows pedestrians to request a green light signal, including a touch sensitive switch and sound and vibration for aiding the blind and hard of sight.

Tamron reckons that small is beautiful and customers evaluating its new ultra-compact camera seem to agree.

Spinnaker is the name of the Signal Group’s new central control system that coordinates the company’s intersection controllers. The company supplies a range of intersection controllers from simple time-based sequencing units to traffic responsive and fully adaptive systems. Now Spinnaker uses web-based technology to control and coordinate roadside controllers to provide traffic managers with better information and additional control options.

GTT - Global Traffic Technologies – is introducing its new Canoga 9004 traffic sensing solution here at Intertraffic Amsterdam. The system is able to simultaneously detect bicycles and vehicles and gives traffic engineers the data they need to make informed decisions regarding traffic flow. Engineers can design bike-friendly corridors even when dangerous, mixed-vehicle traffic exists, says GTT CEO Doug Roberts.

Ticketing system manufacturer Custom has launched the PP54 for ticket management for parking and public authorities. The PP54, prints at 300 dpi ad scans – two or four directions – tickets to ISO7811 standard. It also handle plastic cards, with embossing if required ,and c-less tickets or cards, HF RFID. All this can be done in less than one second, and it can handle three tickets at one time.

New French regulations designed to ease the movement of partially-sighted and blind people have resulted in a new market for Ubi-Sign.

French company Rondino Road is displaying the latest examples of its wood-steel road guardrails at Intertraffic. Rondino says the GRP guardrail is the first wood-steel guardrail in the world with such high performance values - CE certified according EN1317, crash tested at LIER TRANSPOLIS - N2 level from W2 to W5, the GRP offers high safety solutions. Installation of the GRP guardrail is fast and easy with only steel beam, post, bolts, wood beam and wood mask being essential. The big advantage, according to

Portuguese manufacturer Sernis has introduced the SR-40, a reflective road stud that is very much at home in harsh conditions and is snowplough-resistant. Its design includes a solar panel of less than 1W in power, making it perfect for countries with low sun exposure. The stud also has RF low power 868MHz mesh network communication and has microcontroller technology inside each stud. Features include a wake up and sleep function, automatic brightness control and night-level contraction.

KZL, a Polish company with over 160 years of tradition and experience, is highlighting solutions for the rail, urban and commercial sectors. The largest and oldest manufacturer of ticket vending machines in Poland, KZL is launching a mobile ticket vending machine together with a new ticket sales system for urban transport. The company has also unveiled the Locomat P700s+ parking meter, as well as a new LED display which have been added to its ITS systems range.

Half of the world’s road traffic deaths occur among vulnerable road users, according to the World Health Organisation.