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Residential gates: safe and elegant

HTC’s stand at the MASTERS EXPO is dedicated to the new line of residential gates. Our team look forward to welcoming you at the HTC stand in hall 11. They’ll be able to tell you all about the residential line, naturally completely free from obligation. This line of low, fast folding gates and exclusive speedgates has been especially developed for the private market. The appearance of these residential speedgates can be adapted in line with your own tastes and requirements. For example, you can opt for a gate with an elegant and modern design, tailored to your site or home’s architecture. A gate which will feel like coming home to you and one which will make a positive impression on your guests, but that will also keep out any unauthorised people.

The residential gates will offer a safe and user-friendly entrance to your site or home. The speedgates open and close quickly, which means there’s very little risk of someone following a car in. A speedgate from HTC will give you a top quality industrial product and the certainty of a professional organisation, as HTC has been the European market leader in the field of vehicle entrances for many years. The speedgates are also produced in-house at our production location in the Netherlands.

Interested in finding out more?

Would you like to find out more, or will you not be able to visit the EXPO? You’ll be able to find a great deal of information about speedgates for private individuals on the private market page.

Masters EXPO Information

Date: 18 – 22 november
Location: RAI, Amsterdam
HTC stand: Hall 11
Kaarten: mastersexpo.com/tickets of stuur een mail aan info@htc-ps.com er is een beperkt aantal kaarten beschikbaar voor relaties.

For more than 25 years, our clients have been counting on the highest quality, the best service and specialist knowledge. This applies not only to innovative products and ground-breaking projects, but also to service and installation. With the growth and further professionalisation of our company, it is time to change this. Therefore, all our installation, service and maintenance operations are now part of the brand new department HTC service & installation B.V.

What is going to change?
Regarding the contract and our service provision, nothing changes. You can still expect the same high level of service that you are accustomed to from us. The administrative details do change however. HTC service & installation has its own Chamber of Commerce registration number, VAT number and account number. So make sure that you adjust this in your administration.

Any questions?
Do you have any questions about this e-mail or do you wish to receive more information about our services? Our experts are happy to inform you via +31 88 027 70 89 or service@htc-ps.com .

HTC service & installation B.V.
Chamber of Commerce registration number, VAT number and account number

Chamber of Commerce: 765 982 68
VAT: NL860694288B01
IBAN: NL66 ABNA 0428 1957 84

Data and monitoring equates to an efficiency improvement for parking facilities

Smart use of real-time monitoring makes access to parking facilities safer and more efficient. Xentry Speedgates are equipped with an internet connection and provide building managers with support to facilitate maintenance and management and to reduce costs.

Xense solution in Building Holland Newsletter (special about Big Data).

View the newsletter here for more information.

HTC gave a highly rated lecture on “intimate customer relationship” at the event entitled: HOW DO YOU ADAPT YOUR BUSINESS MODEL IN LINE WITH YOUR CUSTOMERS’ CHANGING NEEDS?

the tip linked to this:

• Don’t think in product features, but think in processes (as experienced by the customer).

• You’re not there with an idea, or a development. It’s all about discovering, developing and organising.

HTC parking & security’s security experts could be found at Masters of LXRY in the RAI in Amsterdam from 12th to 16th December. More than 60,000 visitors from all over the world visited this five-day exhibition, where a love for craftsmanship and passion for perfection were central focus points. It’s therefore no coincidence the theme was entitled The LOVE Edition.

The best of the best from the world of art, interior, gadgets, fashion, jewellery, gastronomy, travel, boats and cars were all presented at the exhibition. Visitors could admire and purchase entire homes, restaurants, galleries, gardens and swimming pools. More than 250 million euros’ worth of transactions were completed. From watches and luxury yachts to complete property deals. Each and every one of these were valuable objects which owners love and therefore naturally want to protect as optimally as possible. Obviously in an aesthetically pleasing way. Because appearances certainly also count.

Visitors could visit stand number 226 for stylish, high quality security in the form of exclusive entrance gates and premium security solutions. Here visitors were able to admire a smoothly moving Speedgate live in action and experience what we at HTC mean by ‘making an entrance’. Curious questions about the technology, operation and the many design options were lovingly answered by our enthusiastic team. Interested visitors also discovered how a fully automatic, robust entrance gate like this can seamlessly fit into any architecture. Bright red fencing, a completely transparent setup, a tasteful steel construction, or would you prefer a contemporary combination with robust hardwood? The possibilities are literally endless! This was also demonstrated by the various examples and photos on the stand. Just think of some of the entrances to classic villas, modern country houses and attractive holiday homes.

Even on the other side of the ocean. HTC parking & security’s service and service provision are unlimited. Literally and figuratively. The amount of fun and enthusiasm we experienced during our five days at Masters of LXRY was definitely also endless. We really enjoyed the lovely reactions, warm attention and sincere interest from all customers, relations and interested parties. Many thanks to everyone who visited our stand. And who knows, maybe see you next year!

We’re participating with the #FlowerBoostChallenge in support of the floriculture sector. Everyone could use a boost right now! This week our employees received beautiful orchids from Opti-flor. We’d like to challenge the following companies to also participate with this #FlowerBoostChallenge:

Scheidt & Bachmann Parking Systems B.V.
Schmit Parking Solutions B.V.
Hexta Site Security

The #FlowerBoostChallenge is an initiative by the Van der Ende Group

HTC parking & security helps ExpertCare with face masks.

Help with helping! So why not bring any protective aprons, glasses and face masks along to your GP or other care providers who can really make use of them.

#coronahulp #helphelpen #Coronavirusnl

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Smart Speedgates management saves money and results in satisfied customers

Allows customers to predict, prevent and immediately know what’s going on and who needs to take action in up to 70 percent of Speedgate failures in car parks. This has been made possible by monitoring 150 Speedgate parameters. The Internet of Things technology has allowed for new types of management and maintenance.

Text: Peter Bekkering

Speedgates are always involved with providing vehicle access. They’re used in parking facilities, but also in security environments like courts and barracks. In design versions in facades, but often also in fencing, for example in industrial estates or harbour areas. They’re sometimes used for night closures, but usually for full and continuous use.

The most important requirements a Speedgate needs to satisfy are reliability and security, according to Stefan Morssink, Business Innovation Manager at HTC parking & security since January 2015: “Continuity is of great importance, particularly in car parks. After all, any disruptions can equate to a loss of income. Plus safety is truly essential with usage during the day and night. If your Speedgate doesn’t work, that means your car park is left unprotected.” He mentions another safety aspect: “Speed​​gates are, by definition, installed on the boundaries of private and public land. There will always be lots of people and playing children at car parks, with all the associated risks.” HTC parking & security adheres by the strict requirements set by the German TÜV inspection, in addition to the NEN-EN13241-1, in order to guarantee safety and carries out force measurements on security sensors during all maintenance activities.

Nevertheless, the company still wanted to further improve the Speedgate for parking facilities with the Xense. Morssink: “There were three reasons for this. First of all, the changing world, where people are now getting more and more used to having everything instantly available and accessible via their smartphone. People expect the same with professional equipment. And secondly, the rise of Smart Maintenance. Instead of carrying out preventive and interim corrective maintenance activities once a year, the aim is now to prevent corrective maintenance by correctly predicting faults (‘predictive maintenance’). We’re hoping this switch from corrective to predictive will prevent 70 percent of faults. Plus, in addition to the annual preventive service, it will mean almost no more downtime”. Thirdly, we’ve clearly recognised the fact that we can make management much more effective for many parties in the parking world, making sure management costs and the Speedgate’s Total Cost of Ownership become cheaper. We have conducted extensive research with municipalities, HOA managers and commercial management parties in order to provide what parties really need. We specifically looked at how you can integrate “remote management” into a professional parking organisation with Jochem Somers (Technical Operations Manager) from Q-park. In addition to the aforementioned prevention of downtime through predictive maintenance, having immediate knowledge at your disposal that a “safety device” is displaying deviant behaviour, like remaining open at night, is essential. We’re also expecting to be able to completely filter out incorrect error messages by users and to reduce the lead time of repairs by days in the event of a fault and collision. It also needs to be possible to reduce the deployment of external parties by, for example, helping to make their own service organisation more effective. In addition, the Speedgate data will help management parties to analyse user behaviour and organise the car park more effectively. All of this should help HTC parking & security make the switch from a satisfactory completion to satisfied users. “We want to use this to get a better handle on the user experience. By users I mean the end users, the servicing and maintenance parties, as well as our partners abroad. An impressive 150 parameters can be monitored in the gate thanks to the technology built into the Xense speedgate. “This allows us to see whether the properties of individual actuators and sensors are changing. For example, we’ll be able to see whether a photocell simply needs cleaning, or whether it actually needs to be replaced.

Such a remote diagnosis will also immediately indicate who can carry out the maintenance activities: the user himself, the first-line service party or the specialist and to possibly provide that party with remote assistance” All new Xentry Speedgates to be delivered will be equipped with the Xense Core, the digital base module, with effect from 1st October. “Service engineers can use this module with a connection tool to help them conduct maintenance activities. Users also have the option of taking out a Xense service subscription. The Speedgate will then be connected to the Internet in a highly secure manner, making the range of described options available to prevent downtime and to be able to quickly and effectively resolve any possible faults. This has made Speedgates so reliable that we’re installing these with a 5 year guarantee.”

The technology in the Xense also makes other services possible. The installation of a small camera in the gate offers the possibility of combining video images with data from sensors. “When the speedgate suffers a fault, we can irrefutably establish what happened and who or what caused it.” This will help managers to effectively deal with damage cases with insurance companies and subsequently recover damages from the perpetrator.

In short, the use of Xense technology on Xentry Speedgates helps to remotely manage car parks more effectively and therefore be more highly appreciated by the parking motorist and service employees.

I More information: www.htc-ps.com

Detailed information is in this edition of Parkeer24.