PIPS Technology, an industry leader in the development and manufacture of Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) systems has joined a long list of prestigious international companies that have set up their headquarters at the Dubai Airport Free Zone.
Spike, a PIPS innovative ANPR camera was awarded the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in 2005 in the innovative category. Spike provides customers with a unique solution which dramatically reduces installation and operations costs.
“I am extremely excited about the new business partnership PIPS Technology has formed with the Dubai Airport Free Zone and I am confident that our two companies will prosper and grow together. We have been looking to expand our business in the UAE for some time and I am confident that this partnership will meet all of our needs,” said Mr. Paul Negus, PIPS Technology Managing Director
Ibrahim Ahli, Dubai Airport Free Zone Director of Marketing, lauds the selection by PIPS Technology of Dubai Airport Free Zone as the headquarters of the company in the Middle East Region. “We warmly welcome your entry into Dubai and you could rest assured of the full support the Free Zone will extend to you and your team to facilitate doing business in the UAE and the Region.”
“A large number of leading international brands such as Rolls Royce and Boeing have made Dubai Airport Free Zone their home in the Gulf and most have stayed for many years growing and benefitting from opportunities that the UAE and the Middle East has to offer international companies.”
Jamil Al-Asfar Business Development Manager-Middle East of PIPS Technology (Branch), said PIPS, which opened recently at the Free Zone operates as a marketing and sales office. “PIPS Technology started operating in the region since four years back with a number of projects in UAE, KSA, Qatar and Kuwait.”
“One of our major projects in the UAE is at Al Dhafra Airbase in Abu Dhabi where our ANPR system is integrated with a third party under vehicle surveillance system, in the Gulf; we have Qatar Petroleum, and other VIP sites in KSA. Worldwide we have projects concerning toll enforcement and congestion charges for example London Congestion charges, toll enforcement in California, Sydney, Spain and Holland.”
In the Middle East, the company has a total of 30 cameras in operation. In the UAE and the Middle East, PIPS plan is to be the number one supplier of ANPR solutions in the region as we are in USA and Europe, and having a branch in UAE will give us a direct reach to the promising and highly developed market in the region.
Mr. Al Asfar added: “We had already initiated talks with Police departments in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah, and we will be holding demonstrations with Police departments in Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan.”
He said the feedback and cooperation we are receiving is “quite good, and we are hoping to increase this relation in order to utilize our ANPR products competitive advantage for the benefits of homeland security.”
Commenting on the company’s status during the financial crisis Mr. Al Asfar said: “Due to the nature of PIPS Technology’s business we have yet to be affected by the current economic downturn”
He explained: “Most of their customers have their budgets set at the beginning of the financial year so our forecasted orders have not been affected.”
Dubai Airport Free Zone boasts of excellent cargo and logistics facilities and online services are proving to be a boon to a diversified clientele such as luxury automobiles, international cosmetics and perfume brands, pharmaceutical companies, jewellery and precious stones, IT and electronics companies and air charter businesses.
Dubai Airport Free Zone offers investors the most attractive incentive packages like tax incentives and investment incentives. Companies operating at the Free Zone get corporate tax exemptions, import and export tax exemptions which allow our business to grow.