At the current Dubai ITS World Congress, ERTICO, ITS America, and ITS Asia-Pacific announced with great pleasure that SWARCO, Austria has been elected to the ITS World Congress Hall of Fame as the winner of the ‘Industry Award’ 2024 for Europe, Middle East and Africa. SWARCO CEO Michael Schuch received the award from the hands of ERTICO Chairman Dr. Angelos Amditis.
The ITS World Congress Hall of Fame was created in 2010 to recognize luminaries and true thought leaders in the ITS field. The Hall of Fame Awards provide an invaluable opportunity to highlight the successes of the most outstanding, ambitious, and innovative ITS deployments and to reward those people and organizations most worthy of recognition and praise. The Industry Award is given to a company or research organisation that developed and/or deployed a significant innovative product or service over the course of the previous year; produced a new product and/or service that played a key role in accelerating development and deployment of ITS in its region over the course of the previous year; plays a leading role in the ITS Community.
The laudatory video underlined that SWARCO has been nominated for its ongoing commitment to the development and deployment of ITS solutions as game changers for the evolution of mobility and a greener planet. With 55 years of leadership in road safety and intelligent traffic management, SWARCO takes part in EU innovation initiatives such as ‘AIAMO’, ‘SHOW’, ‘SOTERIA’, ‘Inclusive Spaces’, ‘SmartZone Buffer’ tackling hot topics like AI, CCAM, clean and inclusive mobility and access regulation.
In 2023, at the ITS European Congress in Lisbon, SWARCO launched GoGreen, a neutral, collaborative campaign for promoting ITS impact across the continent. This initiative makes use of 3D VR technology to demonstrate how ITS solutions can help Green Deal cities achieve their ambitious climate goals. At the 2024 Intertraffic Amsterdam exhibition, SWARCO showcased the use of Artificial Intelligence in optimizing traffic flow and launched CCAM solutions with Dutch cooperation partners to improve safety at roadwork zones and to make intersections smarter.
In his acceptance speech, Michael Schuch said that this award is an honour and great recognition of the hard work, passion, and commitment of Team SWARCO. He expressed a heartfelt thank you to SWARCO’s loyal customers whose trust and partnership have been instrumental for the company’s success. “During my career, I have seen remarkable achievements in our industry like the introduction of energy-saving LEDs in signaling”, said Schuch. “The next game changer – Cooperative, Connected, and Automated Mobility – will revolutionize road safety and help mitigate climate change when the ITS community collaborates and innovates for a more sustainable future”, Schuch concluded.
Source: SWARCO
