Dura-Line Holdings, Inc. the parent company of Dura-Line India, has completed the acquisition of Nextube, a manufacturer of high density polyethylene industrial products. Nextube is the second company acquired by Dura-Line since January 2012 when CHS Capital’s investment in the company. The acquisition of Johannesburg based Nextube will increase Dura-Line’s capacity, penetration and diversification in South Africa. Nextube manufactures a ...
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Budapest Parking Model
A high-level team consisting of members from the transport and urban development departments of Tamil Nadu that recently visited Budapest, Hungary to study the parking system there. Members of the team visited various parts of Budapest and saw path breaking changes made in its transport system. They participated in the summit ‘Sustainable Transportation’, organised by the Institute of Transportation and ...
IRD Inc delivers customised weight enforcement solution for Washington DOT
A customised weight enforcement and commercial vehicle inspection station built by IRD Inc for the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) was opened for operations recently. The station is located at the Spokane Port-of-Entry (POE) on the I-90 interstate. This is the twelfth weight enforcement site in Washington for which IRD has supplied components and systems. The customised solution integrates ...
StarTraq launches offence management International Partner Programme
StarTraq, international traffic offence management service provider, has launched an International Partner Programme to increase the coverage of DOME (Dynamic Offence Management and Enforcement), its cloud based software that enables automatic detection of repetitive processes such as traffic offences. International partners such as software resellers, safety camera manufacturers and system integrators can resell DOME to government agencies, police forces and ...
ABB unveils DC circuit breaker for urban rail applications
Switzerland based ABB (ASEA Brown Boveri), a leading global power and automation technology firm, recently launched a high-speed DC circuit breaker suitable for use in light rail, inter-city and urban locomotives. The new DCTrac circuit breaker, designed for metro trains, trams and trolley buses maximises performance but minimises weight and maintenance needs. It needs half the space and weighs only ...
GMV celebrates anniversary of ITMS project for Ahmedabad BRTS
GMV is celebrating the first anniversary of the implementation of the Intelligent Transportation Management System (ITMS) developed by it, in collaboration with local partner Vayam Technologies, for the Ahmedabad BRTS. An advantage of the ITMS is that it was gradually introduced into the BRTS, reusing existing equipment, without affecting operations or inconveniencing passengers. The ITMS solution also helps in monitoring ...
Pune Metro rail project gets go-ahead
The Maharashtra government has approved the Pune Metro rail project. The project will be executed by the Pune Municipal Metro Rail Corporation (PMRC), a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) that will be set up exclusively for the project. Till the PMRC is set up, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) will act as the nodal agency for the project. The Metro will ...
Delta Displays commissions display solution for Yamuna Expressway
Delta Displays, part of the Delta Group with international experience in providing large screens for traffic management systems, has built a display solution for the Intelligent Traffic Management System (ITMS) at the Yamuna Expressway which connects Delhi and Agra. The ITMS is a single interface system provided by EFKON which consists of different sub-systems such as emergency call boxes, variable ...
VaaaN Infra gets tolling contract
VaaaN Infra Pvt Ltd has bagged a contract from the consortium of Emirates Trading Agency (ETA) LLC and KMC Construction Ltd to provide a complete automated tolling solution at its three tolling plazas on the Gurgaon-Jaipur stretch on the NH8 national highway. The project includes building 78 lanes of Toll Management System with WIM (Weigh-in-Motion) in each lane. Aman Kishore, ...
Advanced Driver Assistance System
Kitikal Solutions designs Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADS) for the automotive industry using Embedded Systems and Imaging Solutions. The ADS features real-time algorithms developed using key modules from Kritikal’s proprietary vision library such as pattern recognition, feature extraction, learning, tracking and 3D vision. Some of the ADS applications the company has developed using imaging technology include Divider Collision Avoidance System, ...