Meeting with Swiss Timing, March 2019, Vienna, Austria
18.04.2019, Vienna, Austria
n March 2019 Head of regional sales of Swiss Timing paid a traditional visit to AVK GmbH headquarters - in order to sum up the successful results of year 2018 and to develop the joint plan for 2019.
Swiss Timing, a Swatch Group company, is one of the world’s leading sports timekeepers, the official partner of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Its global reputation is based on an unparalleled range of services and a legacy of innovation. Swiss Timing not only provides timekeeping, data handling, and results distribution, it is also behind the development of the industry’s most important technology. For more than 40 years, Swiss Timing has been one of the most trusted and innovative names in sport. For many years AVK GmbH has been an EXCKUSIVE distributor of Swiss Timing on the territory of the CIS countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
The technologies Swiss Timing has developed or adapted to time the world’s favourite sporting events include some of the world’s truly iconic devices:
- The electronic start system
- Starting blocks and false start detection systems
- Scan’O’Vision photofinish cameras
- Photoelectric cell technology
- Transponders
- Wind measurement technology
- The Quantum Timer and the Quantum Aquatic Timer
- Swimming pool touch pads
At the world’s leading international sporting competitions, no one knows who will be standing on the medal podium but one thing is certain: their winning – and often record-breaking – results have been timed, measured, recorded, and distributed by Swiss Timing and its partner brands.
