Providing affordable and reliable traffic monitoring products through an innovative design and engineering approach using appropriate and up-to-date technologies.
About us
 | Mikros Systems(Pty) Ltd |
Welcome, we are your partner in providing Traffic Engineering products you can count on. Not only do we manufacture Traffic Event Loggers and Weigh In Motion products, we also use them on a daily basis which gives us the edge on determining user requirements.
Background
Mikros Systems was started in 1977, to satisfy the need for detailed traffic information required by the South African Road Research Institute (now Transportek) for research purposes. During the 1980s and early 1990s, the company was closely involved with the South African Roads Board (now the South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL)) of the Department of Transport during its development of its Comprehensive Traffic Observation program, and soon became the major supplier of Traffic Event Loggers (TEL) and support software in Southern Africa.
From these early days, Mikros Systems has continued to develop the range of TEL products to meet the demands of the modern traffic engineer and currently enjoys the position of supplying more than 90% of the local traffic logging equipment requirements. In Southern Africa, Mikros Systems supplies its range of products to Botswana, Swaziland, Lesotho and Namibia. During the mid 1990s, Mikros Systems entered into the international market with sales to Australia, Chile, Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Poland, Hungary and the United States.
The TEL loggers with axle sensors have been successfully implemented as Toll Traffic Monitoring stations at Toll Plazas operated in South Africa. The data from these dual-station installations provide an excellent independent check on the toll operators and have proved to be an indispensable deterrent against fraudulent activities at the plazas. These systems are a standard requirement of SANRAL for monitoring their toll operations.
Mikros Systems, through its licence agreement with the NITRR for capacitive weighing technology, developed the Vehicle Load Monitor (VLM). Police forces and truck operators use this easy to use, portable "Truck Scale" worldwide. Mikros Systems has developed a unique range of capacitive sensors capable of being used in Low Speed or High Speed Weigh-in-Motion applications.
The capacitive technology has largely been overtaken by newer technologies.
Mikros is active in the ITS field and provides loggers and products to meet the growing needs of this traffic engineering sector.
Mission
Our aim is to provide affordable and reliable traffic monitoring products through an innovative design and engineering approach using appropriate and up-to-date technologies.
Vision
Mikros Systems (Pty) Ltd strives to provide world standard Traffic Monitoring Products to our clients to equip them for effective planning, design and control of road infrastructure.