Arriva contacted Telepen as they needed a solution for recording students, from the University of Nottingham, using their bus routes around the City. They wanted students to be able to present their existing student cards on an Arriva bus and then be able to feed this information back to the university.

At Telepen we pride ourselves on being able to offer bespoke solutions to our customers and were delighted to broaden our client base to include Arriva. Our Sales Account Manager, Kevin Sontag, met with the tech team from Arriva on a number of occasions and developed a bespoke solution repurposing existing hardware and utilising our in house software development team to create new software.

This summer, in time for the start of the new term, 10 Telepen RB2 boxes were installed onto Arriva buses in Nottingham.

This summer Telepen completed the installation of new Self Service equipment at the Senate House library after winning their tender.

As a long term customer of our access control gates and Sentry software we were delighted to have won the tender and have supplied them with self-service stations and librarian assisting equipment.

The Telepen installation included 3 self-service stations, a pair of book security gates, a number of mobile scanning wands and circulation assistants.

We are pleased to announce the successful installation of a Lyngsoe book sorting system at the University of Sheffield’s Information Commons building.

The Information Commons is a joint venture between Corporate Information and Computing Services (CiCS) and the University Library. Delivering high quality IT-enabled study spaces and 24 hour access to student materials, the Information Commons provides a platform for developing innovative learning and teaching techniques.

The Information Commons’ old sorting system had come to the end of its life and after a competitive Tender, the University chose Telepen to supply a seven way Lyngsoe book sorting system to include Lyngsoe Sort Mate ^TM Module and Lyngsoe Library Mate ^TM 1200 Self Sorter.

 Lyngsoe Sort Mate and Lyngsoe Self Sorter brochure download:

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New Partnership Provides a Wider Choice 

Telepen is pleased to announce a new partnership with FE Technologies of Australia.  Telepen will sell and market FE Technologies library self-service solutions in the UK and Ireland and FE Technologies will sell and market Telepen’s Juno Open Access products for extending opening hours in libraries in Australia.

Our new partnership with FE Technologies Pty of Australia makes us the United Kingdom distributor for their full range of library self-service solutions. Their systems are installed in hundreds of libraries in Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia.

Based in Geelong, Victoria, FE Technologies has its roots as a printing company dating back to the 1920s. In 2005 FE developed a suite of library RFID products that make every process in the library more efficient, from loans and returns to security and stocktake.  FE Technologies has grown from 2007 into the most successful supplier of library RFID products in Australasia and is now expanding overseas through a network of distributors.

Their research and development facility has been at the heart of their growth in RFID technology and they have developed an innovative range of library RFID products.   They dominate the market in Australia and New Zealand with library sites across South East Asia also. FE Technologies’ RFID products are designed to maximise library patron user experience and to increase efficiency in all areas of library workflows.  Their product range includes:

• a choice of Self Loan Stations, including the V5 Self Loan Station with a customisable LED halo – designed to attract attention to the unit, or the S1 Self Loan Station with a curved organic shape and a choice of wood ply finishes
• Security Gates with 3-dimensional read range and people counters to provide traffic reports
• Circulation and sorting software to drastically speed up circulation functions for staff
• A speedy and light-weight stocktake unit that scans at 18,000 items an hour
• Integrated mobile application technology to allow staff or patrons to check out items with a mobile device
• And more…

For more information about FE Technologies products please click here

The exciting new £27 million Mary Rose Museum opened its doors to visitors on Friday 31st May 2013. Located just metres from Nelson’s flagship, HMS Victory and the ships of the modern Royal Navy, the new museum provides one of the most significant insights into Tudor life and creates the new centrepiece to Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. The Tudor ship that captured the world’s imagination when she was raised from the seabed in 1982 is the only sixteenth century warship on display anywhere in the world and the brand new purpose built museum built around her reunites her with many of her 19,000 artefacts and crew. To ensure the safety and security of visitors and staff, Fastlane Glasswing turnstiles were specified by Telepen Barcode Solutions, the project security integrator and supplier of the ticket validation system and occupancy software. The integration allows users to book and pay for tickets online, print a time allocated ticket and then access the museum without any staff intervention.

“We are delighted to have the involvement of Fastlane in the overall package which provides excellent ticket control and access to the new museum. The system has been working well since opening our doors to the public”. Robert Lapraik, Deputy Chief Executive.

The Glasswing units chosen to manage the entrance way for visitors replicate the original shape of the Mary Rose and the new facility built to house her whilst themselves housing the very highest specification detection and safety systems. “The extra low power consumption and low carbon footprint of the products fit well with the ethos and conservational nature of the historic dockyard.” Says Phil Allen UK Regional Sales Manager for IDL.

“We were pleased to work with Fastlane and the Trust to produce the ideal barrier specification. The Glasswing barriers and our access control system allow the Museum to maintain occupancy within desired levels.” Added Kevin Sontag of Telepen.

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