Transport solutions provider Vix Technology's vision goes beyond moving people from points A to B. It is about transforming people's everyday lives through seamless communication and efficient transport.
"Transforming means making public transport easier and more efficient, helping commuters get where they need to, when they need to and however they need to," says Vix CEO Steve Gallagher.
Designing, supplying and operating automated fare-collection (AFC) systems for the transit industry, Vix delivers a comprehensive line of turnkey solutions. This ranges from smartcards to ticket processors, card processors and readers, platform and ticket validators, vending machines and bus computers. Supporting public and private transport operators from concept to maintenance, the company also delivers design and engineering, platform and application development, product lifecycle management and manufacturing management services.
Vix has developed some of the world's most sophisticated mobility solutions over the past 25 years. It has deployed about 200,000 custom electronic devices across six continents and has more than 80 million smartcards in circulation, used in 1.8 billion financial transactions annually.
Among the company's biggest projects is the development of the Octopus system in Hong Kong in 1997, which was the world's first integrated smartcard ticketing system. It also built and operates Beijing's largest transport clearing house for Metro Lines and rolled out the original EZ-Link smartcard system in Singapore.
Continuously investing in research and development, Vix acquired Australian Securities Exchange-listed technology company ERG in 2009. Aiming to deliver enhanced offerings through highly integrated, efficient and cost-effective solutions, it also acquired intelligent transportation systems (ITS) and real-time passenger information (RPI) specialist ACIS in 2010.
Vix Technology, Vix ERG and Vix ACIS were integrated under the single brand Vix in October last year. The integration makes up the company's transit and mobility business unit encompassing AFC, transit clearing house, ITS and RPI. Vix complements its core competency in mobility solutions through other business areas that focus on product engineering, payments and telecommunications.