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www.patricialang.seQatar Airways is savingQAR 2,5M per year.Safegate Group and Doha International Airport,represented by Qatar Airways CEO, Mr Akbar Al Baker,have recently signed an agreement for upgrade andmaintenance of the AFL system at Doha InternationalAirport.By replacing the existing halogen lights andinstalling more than 1700 of Safegate’s LED – SafeLEDIQ – the maintenance cost of the AFL system will besignificantly lowered. The SafeLED IQ’s installed willbe equipped with a built in modem, denoted as IQ,and thereby enable individual control and monitoringof these lights through the already installed ASP-SafeControl system. The LED technology and individualcontrol facility together, will drastically lower the powerconsumption compared to conventional AFL systems.As part of the agreement and during a three yearperiod, Safegate Group will take the responsibility ofmaintaining the SafeLED IQ at Doha International Airport.Qatar Airways is saving QAR 2,5M per year in energyand maintenance costs by changing to SafeLED IQ.Per WallénIn memory of Per Wallén, ouragent and colleague in Italy,who has sadly passed awayafter a period of illness.Per Wallén moved fromSweden to Italy with his parents and family in the1950’s. Per and Safegate Group first came in contactwith each other during his employment at the SwedishExport Advisory Office in Milan.Orders from most Italian airportsPer represented Safegate Group since the mid 1970’sand had the longest historical link within the company.Per managed to get Safegate Group an all importantfirst order for an aircraft docking system from GenoaAirport, Italy. After that, orders followed from mostItalian airports including Rome, Milan, Trieste and manymore. The Ping Pong Hotel and the Sefind company willalways be connected with Per and for anyone that hadthe good fortune to work with Rome Airport, Fiumicino.When Safegate started producing Passenger BoardingBridges (PBB) in Italy in co-operation with numerousmanufacturers in Cittadella, Per was chairman of theboard for the Safegate Group PBB company.Optimist with many friendsPer was a true optimist and a person with the gift ofeasily making contacts and new friends which he keptfor always. Per leaves a large void and many memoriesin his wake – for example the Safegate stand at the Inter-Airport exhibition will never be the same without him.If a simple word could remind us of Per, his contributionto Safegate Group and life, it would be – FANTASTICO!CAT III for Ankara Esenboga AirportAnkara Esenboga is the first airport in Turkey to beupgraded to CAT III by DHMI (General Directorate ofState Airports Authority). Safegate Group offered a newsolution that meets requirements from both the airportand DHMI, and therefore made the upgrade possible.Full compliance and simple maintenanceThe project involves around 2500 SafeLED IQ lights fortaxiway centre line and stop bars and also a provenindividual lamp control and monitoring system, ASP-SafeControl. Safegate Group supplies the SafeLED IQlights together with the ASP-SafeControl system in orderto be able to fully monitor all LED lights, to simplifymaintenance and give full compliance with ICAOAnnex 14. Ankara Esenboga is the first airport in Turkeyequipped with LED lights and also with individual lampcontrol and monitoring system.Increased safety and efficiencyThe ASP-SafeControl solution monitors all light functionswhich will increase safety, like preventing runwayincursions. Together with the LED lights, the ASP-SafeControl system will improve efficiency and reducemaintenance cost and power consumption for theairport. The project is also in line with DHMI’s visionof a safe, high quality, dynamic, cost efficient andenvironmentally friendly organisation. The system will befully installed and operational during springtime 2010.