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1 March 2016
21st Century Technology plc
("21st Century", "the Company" or "the Group")
21st Century awarded two contracts totaling £0.5m
· Major UK passenger transport operator selects 21st Century to carry out on-board systems reconfiguration work on part of national fleet
· Group wins its first contract for the upgrade of CCTV based urban security scheme
21st Century Technology plc (AIM; C21), one of the UK's leading specialist technology service providers to the passenger and transport industry today announces that it has been awarded two contracts worth a total of c.£0.5m.
The Company's Fleet Systems division, based in Croydon, has secured a contract with one of the UK's major passenger transport operators to carry out electrical power supply modifications work for vital 'on-board' IT sub-systems on a selection of its nationwide fleet.
The c.£0.3m project involves 21st Century's engineering and operations team working closely with the operators' planning and engineering teams to complete modification work overnight in depots across the UK in a compressed timescale. Work is due to complete in H1 2016.
The Company's Integrated Systems division, formed following the acquisition in April 2015 of Coventry based Region Services Group, has secured its first contract with a local authority for the upgrade of its urban security scheme. The £0.2m contract involves converting to the latest IP technology and the project encompasses a new control complex incorporating video management, command and control systems.
Commenting on the contract awards 21st Century's Chief Executive, Russ Singleton, said: "We are delighted that these major customers have selected us to carry out these important and time sensitive upgrades and modification works. These are further examples of 21st Century delivering on our commitment to broaden the range of services we can offer to the public transport sector and leverages our abilities as we move towards providing a more complete range of technical services into diverse fleets across all IT based 'on-board' technologies"
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Notes to editors:
'Connected Systems for Connected Journeys'
21st Century Technology is the specialist provider of tailored solutions to the transport community, solving complex operational requirements both on and off the vehicle.
Fleet solutions include video surveillance to improve passenger & driver safety, vehicle & driver performance monitoring and automatic passenger counting.
Passenger information solutions include the necessary hardware and software for electronic passenger information systems, off-vehicle smart ticketing and way-finding.
With over 20 years' experience in the transport industry, 21st Century Technology specialises in providing innovative technology solutions to improve the passenger experience and provide operational benefits to fleet and network operators. Comprised of an on-vehicle systems division and a passenger information division, 21st Century Technology provides integrated solutions both on and off the vehicle and is now combining the two in order to deliver 'connected systems for connected journeys'.
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