METRIC APPOINTS EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTORS IN AUSTRALIA

Metric Parking has announced the appointment of the TMA Group as their exclusive distributors in Australia and New Zealand. Bill Laurie, Metric’s Sales Director, signed up TMA on a recent visit to their Sydney headquarters and both parties are delighted with the tie-up. For Metric, TMA is their first major distributor in Australia and New Zealand and for the TMA Group they have satisfied a long-standing need to find a partner for the on-street parking market. “We scoured the world to see who had good meters, a good reputation and were amenable to a partnership for Australia,” said Mosstyn Howell, TMA Sales Director. “As a result of Bill Laurie’s visit we have now signed an exclusive distributorship agreement for Australia and New Zealand.” TMA Group, which is listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, has a $55 million turnover and employs over 400 people in South East Asia. The group has offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Auckland, Shanghai, Manila and Bangkok. Mr. Howell was speaking on a visit to Metric’s headquarters in Swindon, Wiltshire, where he and Ron Baxter, General Manager Operations, attended the parking machine manufacturer’s open day on October 27. TMA has achieved its first two orders for Metric machines – 13 to Sydney University which is likely to be extended to 40 in the next two months and three to Perth Airport. “The latter order for three solar powered, coin and credit card Auras, is part of a larger access project at Perth Airport and we expect to complete the initial installation at the end of January.” Ahead of the visit of Mr. Howell and Mr. Baxter, Metric received a visit from two TMA technicians for hardware and software training at their Swindon headquarters. Both partners are showing their mutual support for each other. Metric’s Richard Staveley, export sales consultant, will be cementing the relationship by supporting TMA’s presence at the Parking Association of Australia’s bi-annual exhibition at the Sydney Exhibition and Convention Centre from November 7-9. At the exhibition TMA, in partnership with Metric, will be showing three machines and demonstrating the ASLAN Back Office system.

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