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    Acquisitions make SKIDATA America’s largest provider of parking access and revenue control technology

    Dec. 3, 2019
    The acquisitions has also helped SKIDATA standardize enterprise resource planning and customer relationship management systems.
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    After completing acquisitions of three parking technology companies, SKIDATA announced that it’s the largest provider of parking access and revenue control (PARCS) equipment in the United States.

    SKIDATA has acquired and integrated Sentry Control Systems, Harstad Controls and Protection Technologies.

    “We are extremely proud that SKIDATA has grown to become America’s largest provider of parking access and revenue control equipment,” said Chris McKenty, head of sales, West for SKIDATA. “SKIDATA was already America’s PARCS leader and has handled over 1,100 installations over the past 20 years. Our ongoing growth assures that we will continue to offer the most advanced and user-friendly equipment throughout the United States.”

    The company also recently announced SKIDATA 2.0 USA, a celebration of its 20th anniversary in the United States.

    “SKIDATA 2.0 USA is a celebration of our success in America and a declaration of our commitment to continue to push the envelope in the development of new technologies to improve the parking experience, while making parking more manageable and efficient,” said McKenty. “Our continued focus on innovation means that we can offer our customers the most cutting-edge technologies to assure that they can provide the most user-friendly parking experience possible.”

    The completed acquisitions and integration of Sentry, Harstad and Protection Technologies has also permitted the standardization of enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) systems offered to SKIDATA customers. This standardization will allow SKIDATA to provide technology solutions for projects of all sizes.

    With the completion of these acquisitions, SKIDATA now employees over 250 parking technology professionals in 10 regional offices and fiver distribution centers across America.