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EFKON AG is a worldwide leading company in Intelligent Transportation Systems Electronic Payment Applications; multi-application Central Clearing House; vehicle-to-vehicle, vehicle-to-roadside and roadside-to-vehicle communication based on active and passive communication; disposes over all major Electronic Tolling Technologies such as Satellite, CEN 5,8GHz Microwave and ISO CALM Active bi-directional high speed Communication; provides Turn Key/End to End ITS-Intelligent Transportation, e-Payment, Traffic Management, Enforcement and Traffic Telematic Solutions.
EFKON's headquarter is in Graz, Austria. EFKON's activities are worldwide, with important references from Asia, Europe and South America. Branches and joint ventures are placed in Malaysia, China, India, South Korea, Mexico and USA.
EFKON AG was founded in 1994 by Dr. Helmut Rieder and Dr. Raimund Pammer and is currently owned by the founders (70%), venture capital groups (25%), employees and others (5%). The explosion inhibition systems activity was spun off into a separate company in 2003.
Typical applications of EFKON's technology are multi-lane free-flow toll systems, derivatives (like wide area road pricing based on satellite positioning and mobile enforcement or section speed control systems) and multi-application payment systems with one single smart card being used to pay for stop/go tolls, non-stop tolls, parking lots, public transport and other payments in the high-speed mobility environment. In payment systems, EFKON provides and operates the entire infrastructure and the clearinghouse. Among other highlights, EFKON is currently also the world’s largest supplier of reading devices for contact-less smart cards.
EFKON AG offers its clients future proof, tailor-made solutions, continuous improvement of customer orientation and readiness to service, security, reliability and accuracy. Following these principles, the company has been certified according to ISO 9001:2000 in November 2003 and imposes on itself perpetual measurement and improvement of internal and external processes.
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