Grenobloise d'Electronique et d'Automatismes (G.E.A)

Company information

GEA PARK is the result of the unique experience and resources of GEA in the design and implementation of its automated payment collection systems. Since our creation, through multiple international projects in more than 30 countries, GEA has acquired expertise and strong capabilities in the deployment and installation of comprehensive solutions. Our products are easily maintainable and have backward-compatibility with each of our solutions. Our duty is to support your project, helping you to provide the best service for your users. GEA has always been committed to innovation, starting new trends for operators and integrators. This constant innovation enables GEA Park to offer ongoing support to our clients in relation to evolving uses, standards and needs.

Car Park Management Solutions

G.E.A. designs, develops, manufactures, integrates, installs and maintains a full range of equipment, including central computer systems, plaza computer systems, manual or automatic entry, and exit lanes which accept all forms of payment (cash, currency, magnetic cards, bank cards, smart cards, subscriptions, etc.)

G.E.A. is a renowned provider of turnkey parking revenue collection systems with glowing references from major car park operators such as Vinci Park, Saemes, Lyon Airport, Omniparc, Sepadef and a significant number of local authorities across France.

G.E.A. has developed a complete line of equipment for car parks which it includes:

Entry lane terminals
Intermediary lanes for access to private areas
Exit lane terminals
Pedestrian access control terminals
Automatic payment machines
Manual payment machines
Car park supervision servers
Central computer systems

Man leans out of car window to insert parking ticket and lift the parking barrier

Since then, the VINCI Group has entrusted GEA with the construction of all the equipment for its car parks at La Défense (Paris region).

The VINCI Group, a world leader in construction and associated services, operates more than 1,700 car parks in 15 countries, including over 600 in France i.e. 1.2 million car spaces.

GEA has also obtained the confidence of other customers, notably:
Marseille City Council
Q-Park
SAEMES (City of Paris)
CHU (City of Grenoble)
Aeronautic and Space Museum of Le Bourget
City of Saint Ouen
City of Tremblay

During the past few years, GEA has also developed a parking maintenance activity at the request of its main customers.

GEA has also developed and installed new systems for secured lorry parks for the VINCI, EIFFAGE and ABERTIS groups.

For more information, visit: http://geapark.com/fr/

Recent projects

Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (LYS)

In 2012 GEA was entrusted with the replacement of the entire parking management at Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (LYS), the fourth largest airport in France, with nearly 9 million passengers per year. The site has 13 parking lots with a total of 14,000 spaces. The parking network totals 60 entry and exit lanes, 22 pay-on-foot machines and 2 manned payment points

Stade de Football Européen Lyon, Rhône-Alpes

GEA was chosen in early 2014 to deliver a car park management solution for a newly built football stadium in Lyon, boasting 8 car parks with a total of 7,500 bays. GEA implemented a new advanced prepaid reservation system across the site, as well as the usual operational and functional solutions for transit, flow management, and direction.

Paris La Défense

With 22,900 public parking spaces deployed over 16 different sites, the Paris La Défense business district is known to be Europe's largest managed parking site.

The operator of the parking lots, Indigo company (formerly VINCI Park), entrusted GEA in both 2003 and 2013 with the renovation of equipment and management across the district.