"Making the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 is a testament to a company’s commitment to technology", said Karel Bakkes, partner in charge of Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 EMEA programme. "With its 298% growth rate over five years, Dacolian has proven that its leadership has the vision and determination to grow in difficult conditions."

www.deloitte.com/fast500emea/ (Deloitte)

Dacolian belongs to the 50 fastest growing technology companies in the Netherlands. This year, Deloitte & Touche ranked Dacolian 23rd, thereby gaining 8 places compared to 2003!

Fast 50 - 2004 results (FEM Business) Dutch

The Amsterdam City's Park Division ordered 300 handheld computers from ICT-company Simac. The handhelds will be used to easily detect and fine unauthorized parked vehicles.

Each system uses the INTRADA HandHeld library for automatic license plate recognition. The mobile device contacts the database with parking permits using a GPRS connection. For unauthorized parked vehicles a fine is issued automatically.

The original article (Het Parool) Dutch

Starting from the 1st of September, section control (point-to-point measurement) will be applied on the Dutch A4 between Hoofddorp and Nieuw-Vennep to detect speeding vehicles.

This section control project has been completed by Gatsometer BV, using Dacolian software for vehicle pool-matching and final identification of speed violators.

In the news:
Trajectcontrole Video 60 sec (RTL4 Nieuws) Dutch
Hardrijder permanent in vizier (Telegraaf) Dutch
Trajectcontrole van start (Verkeershandhaving.nl) Dutch

Since the beginning of June, average vehicle speed is being monitored on the Dutch A4 between Hoofddorp and Nieuw-Vennep. During the testing period, motorists caught speeding on this section will not be fined.

The section control system is active between hectometer indicator 13.1 and 16.3 in both directions.

Read more on verkeershandhaving.nl Dutch

Yesterday RTL4 News aired a video report on the Early Warning System. This system detects suspucious vehicle movements on business parks and sends a security warning before an actual burglary has taken place. Dacolian developed the software in cooperation with TNO.

The video fragment: RTL4 Nieuws 11 mei 2004: VWS - 01:44 (dutch)

ARS Traffic & Transport announces a new system to measure travel times on all major routes within the city of Stockholm, Sweden.

Visit ARS Traffic & Transport

From the 30th of march until the 2nd of april the major traffic event Intertraffic Amsterdam 2004 will be held.

As a major supplier of OEM licence plate recognition software Dacolian can be found at the stands of our partners. Dacolian software is used for section control, access control, travel time measurement, traffic statistics and parking management.

Visit the Intertraffic Amsterdam 2004 website.

Vialis will realise trajectory control on the dutch route 'A4' between Hoofddorp and Nieuw-Vennep. Gatso equipment will be used with Dacolian software for licence plate recognition and vehicle poolmatching. Multiple trajectory control projects use INTRADA ALPR and INTRADA VPM software.

Vialis nieuwsbericht - Sep 2003 (dutch)
Dossier Trajectcontrole van het Bureau Verkeershandhaving OM (dutch)

The dutch national newspaper De Telegraaf published an article on the use of our handheld device using licence plate recognition to scan parked vehicles.

The Telegraaf Article - dutch (GIF, 118 kB)
The report "Eindevaluatie CarKit" - dutch (PDF, 2.714 kB)