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In May 2025, EFKON participated again in the TECONOMY career fair held on the campus of Graz University of Technology. This annual event, tailored primarily for technical professionals and students, attracted thousands of visitors and nearly 100 exhibiting companies. Dr. Raimund Pammer, former co-founder of EFKON, recently visited the company’s headquarters in Raaba. Toll Collect marked its 20th anniversary of truck tolling starting with a special ceremony. As a long-standing partner, EFKON was honoured to take part in the celebrations end of January in Berlin, represented by Business Unit Managers Gerhard Glatz and Andreas Weiss. EFKON has been awarded a framework contract by Vegfinans AS for the procurement, installation and maintenance of AutoPASS roadside equipment. We're thrilled to announce that Efkon, a leading provider of Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) solutions, has been chosen as the tolling technology partner for yet another European country. This new partnership for the supply of DSRC beacons highlights our growing influence and trusted reputation as a cutting-edge technology provider in the tolling industry.<br> The latest version of EFKON’s successful "DSRC Microwave Transceiver" has been available to customers and projects since autumn. This third-generation upgrade marks a significant advancement, enhancing the core component of our solutions and further strengthening and expanding EFKON's product portfolio.<br> The "Moving Slovenia" conference, focusing on logistics, infrastructure, and mobility, was held for the 8th time this October in Ljubljana. Leading logistics and technology companies from the Alpe-Adria region participated. Ivan Buhanec presented EFKON’s innovative concept and architecture for the “digitization of highways” and, along with EFKON's head of sales, Simranjit Singh, engaged in compelling discussions with attendees.<br> With the growing transition toward cloud services, EFKON has enhanced its proven security management system to fully replicate the Hardware Security Module (HSM) functionality – usually hosted in our Back-Office Systems – within a virtual cloud environment. <br> EFKON is pleased to announce that Simranjit Singh Ratra, a member of EFKON India’s management team, has joined EFKON Austria as of April 2024. As Co-Director of Marketing & Sales, he brings his profound expertise in ITS, International Sales, and Business development to Austria.<br> EFKON key accounts from Norway, Belgium, Germany, Austria as well as many other interested parties and potential, international customers took the opportunity for personal consultations and in-depth discussions with sales team members at Intertraffic 2024.<br> EFKON’s parent company STRABAG SE was certified by Austrian Standards to ISO 37001 (Anti-Bribery Management Systems) and ISO 37301 (Compliance Management Systems). <br> ASFA, the Association of French Toll Concessionaires, grants EFKON the TIS Interoperability Certificate.<br> In May 2023, EFKON was represented at the TECONOMY career fair in Graz. The exhibition takes place annually on the Graz University of Technology campus and is primarily intended for technicians. More than 4,000 visitors were able to contact almost 100 exhibiting companies. On 4 May 2023, TECONOMY2023 – TU Graz's largest career fair – will take place in Graz. Students and graduates will find a variety of career opportunities at the fair, which is attended by almost 100 leading industrial companies. Norway is a pioneer of electronic tolling. Since the 1980s, bridges, tunnels and roads in Norway have been refinanced by tolling. In large cities, traffic is limited by toll stations on ring roads and access roads and public transport is promoted. From 30 May to 1 June 2022, the ITS European Congress, a leading event for intelligent mobility and transport solutions, took place in the centre of the French city of Toulouse. After the break caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, Intertraffic, the largest trade fair for infrastructure, toll systems, traffic management and smart mobility, reopened its doors in Amsterdam from 29 March to 1 April 2022. After a long break due to the COVID pandemic, Intertraffic will take place again in Amsterdam from 29 March to 1 April 2022, the world's leading trade fair for infrastructure, tolling systems, traffic management and smart mobility. More than 900 suppliers from over 100 countries will present their latest and innovative products and solutions. At the beginning of the year there are changes at EFKON. Wolfgang Boh will take over as the new Head of Sales at EFKON in January 2022. The IRMO toll module developed by EFKON, which is seamlessly installed in the vehicle interior, is enjoying increasing popularity and acceptance in Malaysia. The increase in the annual production is in the double-digit percentage range and already 1/3 of all new cars in Malaysia are equipped with IRMO. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, which made travelling in Europe almost impossible during 2020, EFKON delivered the final charging point for “E134 Damåsen – Saggrenda” project and its Norwegian operator Vegfinans in time.