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Axent Racing is back!
Axent has been participating in car racing for 11 years, and this year our team will once again be racing in the Commodore Cup! The two Axent racing cars will be driven by Managing Director, Geoff Fontaine (car #9) and rookie 23 year old driver, Garth Duffy (car #90). Geoff Fontaine commenced racing 11 years ago as a hobby that has quickly became company tradition with his passion for racing shared by many employees. Other team members include: Robbie Sliwinski (who has been the Axent Racing mechanic for 5 years), Michael Lockhart, Eric Krynauw, Glenn Fowler, Phill Misfud (the truck driver) and Henry Richert. The first race of the season will be held on the 6th and 7th of March at Wakefield Park, we wish our team the best of luck for their race!
Axent Transforms VMS Technology and Wins Major Brisbane Contract! (14/12/2009)
Axent has won a major Brisbane contract supplying a brand new VMS (variable message system) display technology revolutionising road traffic management systems. This revolutionary display is new to worldwide markets, and Brisbane City Council will be the first to utilise this latest state-of-the-art VMS to transform their roads. Axent will be rolling the system across the greater Brisbane metropolitan road network over the next 6 months and beyond.
Axent General Manager, Peter Cestnik shows us a sneak peek of the BCC signs above.
The new VMS Display is the most sophisticated technology in the world, and offers a much greater range of capabilities than the current VMS Displays on the road. This means no more hard to read messages or graphics. The new Axent VMS Display has taken VMS signs to the next level with far enhanced clarity and legibility .
Axent General Manager Peter Cestnik said that “.... the tender process was lengthy , exhaustive and detailed, but in the end the Axent product was a very worthy winner, and we look forward to implementing our quality product across Brisbane. This system will be a benchmark product and will make existing products pale into insignificance, and to be honest, I am not sure why some of Australia’s newest motorways have not seen the limelight like the Brisbane City Council and provide the best products available for motorists at prices less than the older products. It’s a win win for the BCC, Axent and Brisbane motorists, and we look forward to working with the BCC over the next few years. Axent is excited about winning this project......”
Axent engineers have worked with Brisbane City Council to develop a product that meets all the requirements, and IT specialists have developed state of the art programming capabilities to perform functions that were previously impossible to create for older version VMS Displays.
Axent is distributing this product across Australia in order to bring the country’s road sign technology up to worldwide standards and increase road safety awareness. Axent is proud to be a bench mark in innovation, quality, and technology.
Recent News
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New LED Service Station Displays (LSSD) Website (23/10/2009)
There has been good progress for Axent's LED Service Station Displays, with more orders coming in and additional upgrades completed to this product by our engineers and technicians. The new models now ship with a wireless touch-screen remote and have added features making our displays the most sophisticated product of its kind. Click here to view our new LED Service Station Displays (LSSD)® website.
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DIER x80 School Zone Signs (30/06/2009)
After successfully designing, developing and installing the previous batch of 120 signs in mid February 2009, Axent is in under-going development of a further new batch of 80 signs. The signs are almost complete and are currently being tested in preparation for transit to Tasmania.
To date the signs have been a great success and local residents are proud to welcome these signs into their community, read more about the project here.
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BP LED Service Station Signs (05/06/2009)
Axent has successfully installed LED sign systems in 21 BP service stations accross Australia. Keep an eye open for signs in operation accross Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia and New South Wales.
The BP sign systems are controlled by remote control and base station and utilise Axent's green P16 LED modules for small and big pylon signs.
Read more about the BP Service Station Signs here or view our Digits + Pylons product...
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Wendouree Station (01/06/2009)
Axent has recently installed complete PID & Clock, PA, Security, Hearing Loop & CCTV security systems at the new Wendouree Station on the Ballarat train line in Victoria.
The CCTV security system includes 20 cameras overlooking each and every entrance way, office area and most importantly for passengers, every platform at the station. The system uses the latest in CCTV & Security Products and can be monitored live in the station control room or played back on demand using the systems 'continuous' digital recording facility. more about Wendouree here...
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Gold Coast School Zones Signs (22/04/2009)
Project update 09/06/09 - view project overview & photos here
Axent is in full swing this month with a range of major projects underway. One of these projects includes the implementation of a school zones system on Queensland's Gold Coast. The system includes 28 school zone signs which are solar powered and stand approx 2.2m high making them highly visible. Although a stand-alone static sign displaying speed limits and operating times constantly, these signs go one step further and illuminate the annulus and wigwags on school days before and after school when students are most at risk of incident.
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Tasmania School Zones Signs (02/02/2009)
Project update 10/06/09 - view project overview & photos here
Axent is currently in the process of installing 120 signs around school zones in Tasmania. Axent was the proud winner of the school zones tender in late 2008 and are successfully on target to complete the demanding challenge of designing, developing and installing 120 of the total 800 ordered signs by mid February 2009.
The new system includes a web based software, database and service package which communicates with the signs via 3G communications allowing signs to operate in remote areas of Tasmania.
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