INTRODUCTION

IEM is an industrial enterprise founded in Plan-les-Ouates (GENEVA) which is active for over 20 years. IEM is expanding its know-how in development, production and marketing of automata in the field of parking (on common roads) and in vending machines for public transports.

HISTORICAL CONTEXT

The first successes of IEM were based on the conception and the production of automata for newspapers and selling parking meters, both products of over 10’000 were sold. Since 1998 IEM has grown in the fast-development area in the field of vending machines for public transports and therefore IEM has equipped several towns in the French and Italian parts of Switzerland. In 2006 IEM has developed a complete system for cash dispensers involving different first-class technologies in the surroundings of Montreux.

Since 2005 IEM has developed a parking ticket machine for the European market. In order to market this product, IEM has opened a branch in France (IEM sarl in Archamps), and a network of European countries is in process.

Beside the development and the production of automate, the means of payment and particularly smart cards is an area of expertise at IEM. Several complete systems have been developed around the smart card like electronic privative or banking e-purses (as CASH for Switzerland, MONEO for France or PROTON for Belgium), subscription cards for transports with contactless technologies (Mifare, Calypso) or finally in the domain of credit cards.

INNOVATION

Innovation allows us to develop and to enlarge continually our skills in order to propose the best products to our customers differentiating us from our competitors. We owe our success to innovations complying with the need of the market.

TECHNOLOGY

Technology remains the main reason of being IEM. With its research and development department IEM offers a scale of services which allows conceiving complete and complex systems adapted to the market.

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

IEM adopts quality approach in order to propose the best product at the best price (the best quality price). By the choice of materials, of methods of supplying and of technology of our different products, IEM offers the customers to take advantage of a reduction of energy savings respecting the environment.