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HUB Parking Technology develops, manufactures, installs and provides after-sales services for its multitude parking access and revenue control systems. The company has constantly innovated throughout its lifetime to develop state-of-the-art systems to provide users with efficient parking solutions, which are profitable and easy to manage for operators and help to streamline a crucial revenue opportunity.
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Smart parking is being adopted by many countries globally, and is becoming one of the prevalent smart solutions across various public and private places including airports, universities, shopping centres, and city garages. “The parking management solutions market is growing as traffic congestion intensifies,” adds Business Wire. “New technologies are rapidly
changing the parking management landscape, with new participants in the sector facilitating smart parking aided by real-time parking information and technology.” Properly implementing technology results not only in better control management and reporting, but also in brings about a significant reduction in monthly operating cost for parking owners, while providing a far better quality service.
STRONG ELEMENTS HUB Parking Technology combines the strengths, best practices and valuable experiences of three of South Africa’s best-known companies and brands: FAAC, ZEAG and Datapark. The combination of these three arms into a centralised hub allows it to meet every market expectation, through a plethora of solutions. These products are developed around the world, and are robust,
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// THE PARKING MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS MARKET IS GROWING AS TRAFFIC CONGESTION INTENSIFIES // reliable and designed for long-term application. The three previously separate entities each enjoyed a number of major firsts and innovations before their amalgamation in 2013 by the FAAC Group, which designs, builds and markets solutions for every pedestrian and vehicle need across access automation and control, and car parks. Datapark was famous for creating the first web-based validation, an easy to access, intuitive solution designed to offer a web-based alternative for the application of discounts to short-term parking users. It followed this by introducing the first ticketless system in Australia, joined soon after by the Datapark ticketless car park. The Zeag Group was acquired by FAAC SpA in 2011, and was
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famously contracted for a major construction project at O.R Tambo International Airport in the run-up to the 2010 FIFA World Cup. This entailed the installation of a massive new multi-storey car park equipped to hold some 5,200 parked vehicles. Integrated with this construction was a sophisticated and highly intelligent car parking system, capable of delivering elevated and effective performance with high-level management and control resolutions. Founded in 1965, Fabbrica Automatismi Apertura Cancelli (FAAC) entered the parking business in 1993 and established a specialist division the following year. It made major installations in New Delhi, India and Chile, as well as the implementation of an array of 26 pay stations at the vast Euroma2 shopping centre in Rome. FAAC Parking Business Unit became HUB Parking Technology in 2013, launching the JMS and new HUB product ranges in 2014, since when it has never looked back. VAST RANGE OF SOLUTIONS Whether in airports or shopping centres, hospitals or hotels, and even through residential areas and business centres, HUB Parking Technology has the solutions to make
parking the car a relative breeze. The ability to book a space in advance throughout online reservations speeds up the entry processing time at airports, while parking can prove a major factor in a consumer’s choice of where to shop. Intuitive and efficient solutions, reliability and user friendliness all help to minimise the risk of losing repeat business due to queues, difficulties in finding spaces or trouble making payments. Parking at hospitals is a vital source of extra revenue, and one which has come to be accepted by all users for the ensuing convenience and peace of mind. Whatever the size of the healthcare facility, HUB Parking Technology vows to help ensure that parking makes a useful and important contribution to budgets. Throughout the world, HUB Parking Technology is also providing municipalities with parking management solutions that meet the different requirements of every city. Its largest municipality installation supports over 300 peripherals, with the capability to handle even more, spread across the city and representing one of its largest network installations in the world to date.
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HUB Parking Technology now looks to the future, and at a glance, this means the Jupiter product range. It works in tandem with the Janus Management System (JMS) software, which itself allows users to easily manage and control all HUB equipment and HUB Parking Systems with one simple and versatile software solution. JMS is the first tile-based management system in the parking industry, a brand new, reliable management system that brings together the application logic and the communication protocol of previous versions, merging valuable expertise in a new state-of-the-art system. Constantly changing demands on the part of managers and users alike mean that new and more flexible features ,which embrace innovation,
are required. HUB Jupiter is designed to adapt to complex systems which include license plate recognition, contract parking, online pre-paid parking or a mix of any of these, and to support ticketless parking. HUB Parking Technology’s embracing of innovation was in full evidence at this year’s iteration of the South African Council of Shopping Centres (SACSC) Annual Congress, the premier industry event for the retail sector in the country. Now in its 23rd year, the event has become an occasion serving to not only educate, but also provides a platform for collaboration to further enhance an industry central to contributing to the economy of any country the world over. HUB’s South African seized the opportunity to team exhibit and
meet with fellow delegates and professionals, and to discuss those customised parking solutions that are going to represent the next phase of trends in the retail zone. Among these, important will be seamless access to the car parks of small to large shopping malls car parks, integration with third party apps, introducing loyalty programs through validations and discounts and dynamic pricing management. Innovation is a way of life at HUB Parking Technology, and whatever the future may hold, it is certain that HUB will be right at its heart.
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