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INTERVIEW
making the travel experience safer, message signs . Being a safety
quicker, more convenient, and critical element, the signs need
environmentally sound. to be sharp and readable under
different weather conditions. The
Growth and Innovations offerings include controllers to
drive the signs on a stretch and
Swarco has manufacturing sites the detector technology, with the
across Europe, the US and other software platform to operate a
parts of the world. From glass highway network and tunnels in
beads, the company expanded into the most efficient and safest way.
road marking materials, machinery
and services. With its system “We have a software suite
competence, it is now the leader of products; in the urban area
when it comes to high performance we call it MyCity, our urban
reflective road markings. mobility management platform.
MyHighway is the management
Swarco’s second focus is platform for the highway network
intelligent transport systems where one wants to monitor
(ITS). It transitioned early on to and analyze the traffic situation,
LED technology for traffic lights, communicate variable speeds,
reducing power consumption and implement weigh-in-motion
maintenance. “Today, we offer solutions, classify vehicles, manage
about 25,000 variations of traffic lane control and many more,”
lights customized for different explains Michael.
countries and clients.” The
Company has become one of the On many highways, one also
largest manufacturers of traffic has tunnels incorporating different
lights with productions in Europe technologies for safety, emergency
and Mexico and has established a exits, lighting, ventilation systems,
very strong B2B channel in the world detection and signage. But the
market, including India. Besides initiative here is not to have the
traffic lights, Swarco provides traffic two elements - a highway and a
light controllers for intersections tunnel - to be completely separate.
ounded in 1969, and software for urban mobility “We do not want to have
Swarco’s first product solutions. Parking being crucial in city traffic being dealt with
was glass beads urban ITS. Solutions like parking independently of a nearby highway
recycled from flat glass guidance systems are offered in system. A city needs to know what
cullet- waste or broken cities in order to reduce search time traffic can be expected coming from
Fwindow glass. for vacant parking spaces on-street the highway in order to coordinate
and off street which consequently traffic in the most efficient and safe
“Actually, it is more than leads to a reduction in traffic
recycling, we’ve mastered the art volumes in cities. way”, adds Michael.
of upcycling discarded products
to something significantly better, Interurban Mobility: Integrating CCAM
so to say. I do not know if the Cooperative, Connected,
founder Manfred Swarovski had MyHighway & and Automated Mobility as we
this master plan in mind already MyTunnel, MyCity… know today was also called
back then. But all those bits and C-ITS, Cooperative ITS, before
pieces that we have in our portfolio Another market sector in ITS transitioning into CCAM. Starting
today are really connected with covers - highways, motorways from level 1, the car becomes
each other,” says Michael. Today, and tunnels. For the highway fully self-driving only at level 5.
Swarco is about safety, mobility network, Swarco prides itself to The optimal operation of a fully
and about people. Its leading idea provide the most energy efficient automated vehicle depends not
is to improve the quality of life by and highly durable LED variable only on the technical development
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