Automatic Systems will celebrate its jubilee within days of the moment everyone will be marking the 50th anniversary of Neil Armstrong’s first step on the Moon, as well as the first victory of Belgian cyclist Eddy Merckx at the Tour de France. For it was on 17 June 1969 that Michel Coenraets, an industrial engineer and businessman from Walloon Brabant, created Automatic Systems and marketed his first automatic barrier gates.
Over five decades, the Wavre-based company has become a key global player in the access control sector.