1969: | Automatic Systems created in Brussels. Deployment of the first rising parking lot barriers at the Innovation car park and car park 44 in Brussels. |
1971: | First export of one hundred rising barriers for Frankfurt International Airport in Germany. |
1974: | Automatic Systems establishes a presence in France by opening a commercial and technical subsidiary in Paris. |
1983: | Automatic Systems wins a contract to equip 18 stations of the Manila metro system with dual passage turnstiles. |
1984: | Supply of 323 turnstiles to equip 12 stations on the Paris East line of the SNCF (French national railway). |
1986: | Opening of two new subsidiaries in Montréal, Canada and Barcelona, Spain. |
1989: | Automatic Systems supplies over 300 PNG-type automatic gates for the third metro line in Milan. |
1990: | Supply of equipment for the Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona, the Disneyland Paris amusement park, and the Eurostar stations. |
1994: | Opening of a subsidiary in the United Kingdom and supply of equipment for toll highways in China, Mexico and Chile. |
1995: | Automatic Systems signs several major public transportation contracts for subway systems in Madrid, San Francisco, Barcelona, Kuala Lumpur, Ankara and Toronto. |
1998: | Buyback of the barriers division of ABB (Asea Brown Boveri). |
1999: | Automatic Systems equips the metro systems of Singapore and Buenos Aires and the system of South West Trains in London. |
2000: | Supply of pedestrian access control equipment for RENFE (Spanish Rail Services), the light rail network in Tunis and the KTM Berhad in Kuala Lumpur. |
2001: | The PNG 38X is granted UL approval and is manufactured in Montréal. |
2002: | Automatic Systems joins the IER Group, a leader in the production of equipment for major transportation systems and terminals, self-service terminals and boarding control systems. |
2003: | Automatic Systems wins the contract to supply the Boston subway with 700 barriers. |
2004: | The Port of Vancouver, Canada, is equipped with a rising fence barrier to reinforce maritime safety (ISPS Code). Automatic Systems earns a number of contracts in public transportation with the Lyon Metro, the SNCF, and the RENFE. |
2005: | Innovation in the field of air transportation 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 (Europe). |
2007: | Automatic Systems signs a standing contract to equip fifty stations of the Stockholm metro system. |
2008: | Automatic Systems wins the Major Walloon Export Prize. Delivery of the 1000th automatic gate to SNCF. |
2009: | Signing of the contract to supply gates for the STIB (Brussels metro system). |