1969: | Creation of Automatic Systems in Brussels. Deployment of the first rising car park barriers at the Innovation car park and car park 44 in Brussels. |
1971: | The first export of a hundred rising barriers for Frankfurt international airport in Germany. |
1974: | Automatic Systems establishes itself in France by opening a commercial and technical subsidiary company in Paris. |
1983: | Automatic Systems is contracted to equip 18 stations of the Manila subway system with double turnstiles. |
1984: | Supply of 323 turnstiles to equip 12 stations on the Paris East line of the French railways - SNCF. |
1986: | Opening of two new subsidiary companies in Montreal, Canada and Barcelona, Spain. |
1989: | Automatic Systems supplies over 300 automatic gates, type PNG, for the 3rd metro line in Milan. |
1990: | Supply of equipment for the Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona, for the Disneyland Paris amusement park and the Eurostar stations. |
1994: | Opening of a subsidiary company in the United Kingdom and supply of equipement for motorway tolls in China, Mexico and Chile. |
1995: | Automatic Systems signs several major contracts for public transport: subway systems in Madrid, San Francisco, Barcelona, Kuala Lumpur, Ankara and Toronto. |
1998: | Repurchase of the barriers division of ABB, Asea Brown Boveri. |
1999: | Automatic Systems equips the subway systems of Singapore, Buenos Aires and South West Train in London. |
2000: | Supply of pedestrian access control equipment for the Spanish railways RENFE, the light subway in Tunis and the KTMB in Kuala Lumpur. |
2001: | The PNG 38X is granted UL approval and is manufactured in Montreal. |
2002: | Automatic Systems joined the IER Group, leader in the field of equipment for the major transport systems and terminals, self-service terminals and boarding control systems. |
2003: | Automatic Systems wins the contract for equipment for the Boston Metro for the supply of 700 barriers. |
2004: | The Port of Vancouver, Canada, is equipped with the raising barrier fence to reinforce maritime safety (ISPS Charter). Automatic Systems earns several contracts for public transport with the subway in Lyon, the French railways - SNCF, and the Spanish railways (RENFE) |
2005: | Innovation in the field of air transport with the delivery of automated gates for boarding (QBG) and border crossing (SNG). |
2006: | Commercial launch of a new generation of products: the BL229 barrier and the SmartLane range of gates. |
2007: | Automatic Systems signs a framework contract for the equipment of about fifty stations for the Stockholm metro system. |
2008: | Automatic Systems wins the Prix Wallonia prize for exports. The SmartLane range is UL approved in North America. Delivery of the 1000th automatic gate to SNCF. |
2009: | Signing of the contract to supply gates for the Brussels metro (STIB). |