Hanover, 02 July 2008. Hoeft & Wessel AG, of Hanover/Germany, succeeded with a contract for the supply of 310 self-service check-in terminals of the type almex.express from Deutsche Lufthansa Aktiengesellschaft, Frankfurt. These terminals allow airline passengers to complete the entire check-in procedure without the need to queue up at a counter. The devices to be supplied under this contract are to be installed in airports across Europe, replacing the five to eight-year old generation of predecessor devices also supplied by Hoeft & Wessel. Roll-out is scheduled by the end of 2008.

The terminal is a new generation system. In terms of its design and user interface elements, the new terminal is the result of ongoing development based on the predecessor generation. Its ergonomic layout has been redesigned and allows Lufthansa customers a quick and easy use of the terminals. The new almex.express terminals equipped for the first time with Quickmove facilitate flexible relocation within airports.

With this new generation of terminals, Hoeft & Wessel is meeting the requirements for the new e-ticketing procedures in civil aviation. With more than 1,000 self-service check-in terminals of its Almex brand already installed, Hoeft & Wessel is one of Europe’s leading suppliers in this field. “This contract will allow us to consolidate our strong market position in Europe, and we are confident that it will serve as a reference to help us gain additional orders,” explains Thomas Wolf, member of the Management Board of Hoeft & Wessel AG, responsible for the Ticketing division with the Almex brand.

Hoeft & Wessel expects continuing growth in the demand for self-service terminals over the next five years. “The change to 2 D barcodes as part of E-ticketing decreases the total cost of ownership of self-service terminals and hence increases the circle of potential customers,” said Wolf in explaining the outlook for these terminals.

About the Company:
Hoeft & Wessel AG, Hanover, established by the entrepreneurs of the same name in 1978, is a hardware and software manufacturer specialising in ticketing, mobile data recording, and parking systems. Listed on the stock market since 1998, the company today is an SME with sales revenues of around € 100 million and a workforce of 500 employees. Each year around 10 per cent of sales revenues is invested in the Research & Development division, which sets the pace in the company’s technological orientation and employs about a third of the total workforce. In Europe, Hoeft & Wessel with its Almex group of products is among the leading providers of ticketing and telematic systems for public transportation and check-in solutions for the airline industry. In Germany the company’s Skeye product is the market leader in mobile data recording in the retail sector. And in the United Kingdom, its Metric Parking brand is the biggest provider of parking space management systems. In line with its internationalisation strategy, the company 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.