Init expands North American HQ

International public transit systems provider Init is expanding its headquarters in Chesapeake, Virginia. The company will consolidate its administrative offices, two manufacturing firms and warehouse operations into a 70,000 sq. ft facility. The new office will house Init’s staff including their engineering, development, sales, customer support, information technology, project management and administrative departments. Init and the company’s two manufacturing firms, Superior Quality Manufacturing (SQM)

November 23, 2015 Read time: 1 min

International public transit systems provider 511 Init is expanding its headquarters in Chesapeake, Virginia. The company will consolidate its administrative offices, two manufacturing firms and warehouse operations into a 70,000 sq. ft facility.

The new office will house Init’s staff including their engineering, development, sales, customer support, information technology, project management and administrative departments. Init and the company’s two manufacturing firms, Superior Quality Manufacturing (SQM) and Total Quality Assembly (TQA) currently employ approximately 70 people.

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Init breaks ground on new North American headquarters

Init will break ground this week on their new 70,000 square foot North American headquarters building in Chesapeake, Virginia. The facility will be constructed on an eight acre parcel of land inside the Oakbrooke Business and Technology Center and, once completed, will feature 20,000 square feet of office space, 30,000 square feet of warehouse space and 20,000 square feet of space dedicated to the company’s two manufacturing firms, Total Quality Assembly (TQA) and Superior Quality Manufacturing (SQM).

March 22, 2012

Superior Quality Manufacturing established

INIT Innovations in Transportation, a leading provider of ITS located in Chesapeake, Virginia, has partnered with Simtech, a supplier of customised electronic products, to launch a new business venture in the city of Chesapeake. Superior Quality Manufacturing (SQM) was established to produce a variety of electronic modules and devices featuring components such as computer boards and LED panels.

April 6, 2016

Init wins US electronic fare collection system

US public transportation company The Rapid recently awarded Init a contract for the implementation of an electronic fare collection system. The Rapid operates the public transit bus service for the metropolitan area of Grand Rapids, Michigan and beyond. The contract calls for the delivery of an account-based smart card and mobile ticketing solution which will improve The Rapid’s service offerings on its fixed-route lines. Public transport vehicles will be equipped with Init’s onboard ticket readers/valid

September 9, 2013

Init integrates Nottingham’s public transport systems

Init, public transport ITS and ticketing systems supplier, is working with Nottingham City Transport’s (NCT) in the UK on a US$3 million contract to supply smart ticketing, planning and duty rostering systems. The project will provide an integrated solution that includes Init’s paper ticket printer Printmobil, which, with touch on/off smart card validator Proxmobil2, will be controlled by the existing on-board computer Copilotpc, alongside Init’s touch screen driver interface Touchit which currently fo

March 22, 2012

Ames on schedule with INIT

CyRide, the city transit system for Ames, Iowa has partnered with INIT to implement a scheduling, block building and runcutting system, as well as a bid dispatch system for their agency’s scheduling, staff and fleet operational needs. The new scheduling software, Mobile-Plan, will streamline operations and consolidate time-intensive tasks which were previously manually performed by Ames administrative staff. The software is a modular system that completely integrates with other INIT products to ensure data