PARIS !!!

Well we're off again! This time it is Paris, France.

Transports Publics is the only European exhibition to bring together professionals from right across the public transport industry, along with key players dealing with issues of mobility, for a three-day event. Representatives of industry, manufacturers and subcontractors will be attending, as well as transport operators, organising authorities and business leaders from the fields of public works, institutional players, infrastructure, street furniture, passenger operations and information systems, finance, power supply, and others. Alcohol Countermeasure Systems and our sister division Alcolock France are pleased to be participating.

Details regarding the conference may be obtained at www.transportspublics-expo.com and free passes may be obtained through our website at www.acs-corp.com

Amsterdam

Well thank goodness for firewalls and internal security. Unfortunately my access to the Blog was halted for a bit while we worked out the kinks in the system, so here I am back in the fold, 2 months a little late.

Many, many things have happened over the past few weeks, but the largest event was our participation at Intertraffic 2010, held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Intertraffic is largest gathering of road safety specialists, particularily manufacturers, looking to promote what is new and fantastic. We held our dealer meetings in conjunction with the event and admittedly it was busy, but highly successful. 

And now that we have this conference completed, its onward to other events. In the next week we will be traveling to Dallas, Texas for an internation conference on toxicolgy; then in June we're off to Paris and Stutgart.

Google me!

I was thrilled to learn that the simple word ALCOLOCK prompted a high ranking placement on Google search. So keep browsing as I welcome the connection with the outside world.

ALCOLOCK, ALCOLOCK, ALCOLOCK.

To our dealers and competitors who may be reading this Blog but too shy to comment WELCOME. 

ALCOLOCK, ALCOLOCK, ALCOLOCK.

We are in the process of solidifying travel now to Oslo, Norway. ACS will be presenting at ICADTS,  the International Council on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety, check it out http://www.t2010.org/.

Annecy, France

For those of you who have never been nor ever heard of Annecy, France it is truly one of the more picturesque cities in France; I believe it is known as the Venice of France. And Annecy is home to our European office ALCOLOCK France.

I'll be heading to Annecy in the coming days to visit the office and have some New Year one on one discussions with clients and staff alike. But I thought I would offer some photos of Annecy to you prior to my departure. Then as the trip progresses hope to continue the tradition of the travel blog, highlighting airports, airport eats, hotels, local bistros and wintery photos of this slice of France.

Alcohol Countermeasure Systems acquires Seres Ethylometre

Alcohol Countermeasure Systems Corp (ACS) has acquired the assets and intellectual property of Seres Ethylomètre effective December 1, 2009. The assets include the popular 679 series and newly launched SAF’IR family of infrared breath alcohol testers.

As part of the acquisition, key employees of Seres will be redeployed within France or relocated to global ACS offices to manage the transition to the new manufacturing facility in Toronto, Canada starting January 2010. Manufacturing processes and components will remain uncompromised to retain the OIML and other product certifications that Seres has achieved.
“We admired Seres’ capability of combining the accuracy of infrared breath alcohol detection with the compact size of a handheld alcohol tester. With this technology now under the ACS umbrella, we can leverage our relationships acquired over 35 years to bring new choices to our customers” said Felix J.E. Comeau, Chairman & CEO of ACS.

“We are very proud that Seres Ethylomètry will become a significant part of the ACS group”, says Stéphane Vialettes, President of Seres Environnement.

Chris Wilson, Business Unit Manager of Alcohol Testers at ACS said “The accuracy of infrared technology to measure breath alcohol concentration is undeniably superior – but has typically been accompanied by high prices. This new relationship will permit ACS to deliver affordable infrared breath testers”.

ACS will retain the Seres brand through its French subsidiary Alcolock France to continue supporting existing customers.

A New Year is upon us!

And oh what a year it is going to be. For those who follow the Chinese Lunar calendar 2010 is the year of the Tiger; a dutiful, family oriented and dependable year.

We are busy preparing for upcoming shows and trade events and I would be remiss if I did not mention our largest show of the season INTERTRAFFIC 2010, to be held in Amsterdam, Netherlands. We will post upcoming information regarding the event, so mark your calendar and if you are in the vicinity do not hesitate to drop by our booth.

In the interim we are preparing for CES and a delegation en route to Las Vegas, Nevada.

Chris