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Company Portrait - 30 years of experience

The Hoeft & Wessel Group is the technologically leading German IT and engineering group for mobile data, ticketing and parking solutions. Established in 1978 by the entrepreneurs of the same name, the Group today generates sales revenues of around EUR 100 million with a workforce of 500 employees. It has been listed on the stock market since 1998. In addition to its headquarters in Hanover, Germany, another large division of the Group is located in Swindon, west of London.

Each year around EUR 8 million is invested in the Research & Development division, which sets the pace in the Group’s technological orientation and employs about a third of the total workforce.

In line with its internationalisation strategy, the Group operating in the business-to-business segment already generates more than 40 per cent of sales revenues abroad. In addition to Europe, the United States is one of the key target regions.

As one of Europe’s largest manufacturers of mobile terminals, the Skeye division offers system solutions for retail and logistics as well as point-of-sale solutions, and it is the market leader in Germany’s retail sector.

In Europe, the Almex division is among the leading providers of ticketing and telematics systems for public transport and check-in solutions for the airline industry.

The British subsidiary Metric Parking is one of the largest global providers of park ticket vending machines, parking space management systems as well as comprehensive services.