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Someone had to do it. Someone had to design the traffic lights used by the Mossos d'Esquadra police when they set up a drink driving checkpoint. They are portable traffic lights, which do not blow over in strong wind and can be seen from a distance when it is dark. These lights bear the name Lyl, an engineering company in Barcelona that provides solutions to the industrial, logistics and road management sectors.
The engineer partner of the Mossos
Lyl was set up in 2002 in the Catalan capital. Two young industrial engineers decided to come together and devote themselves to the development, manufacturing and sale of equipment for emergency vehicles, in particular those used by police forces. Nowadays, the portable traffic lights and chemical detectors that the Mossos d'Esquadra, Barcelona's Guàrdia Urbana and the Madrid municipal police use at checkpoints carry the name Lyl. And not only that, but also certain systems used for urban and interurban mobility, such as speed and red-light cameras, equipment to automatically read registration plates, fast-flow toll systems and surveillance systems, among other things.
As time has gone by, Lorenzo Vázquez and Luis Talavera, Lyl's two partners, have expanded their activities to turn the company into a pioneer in many areas in which it is "currently a leader." Lyl sees its mission as "making visible what is often difficult to see in industrial processes, logistical management, traffic and road safety."
As for the logistics sector, large textile companies in the country and a great many delivery and courier companies, as well as large warehouses and distribution companies (in particular online and catalogue sales), use Lyl's technological solutions. Thus, among its clients are TNT, DHL, MRW, Correus, Inditex, Adidas, Desigual, El Corte Inglés, Mercadona and Mango.
Working with leading companies in their sectors meant Lyl expanded its sphere of activity to other sectors, such as industry, traffic management and logistics. For the latter, Lyl offers "technological solutions to identify barcodes, 2D codes, characters, and so on, based on camera, weight and volume measurement technology for both static and dynamic systems."
In all of these sectors, they explain, there was and is a need to "see what is difficult to see." Or, in other words: make the invisible visible to ensure the safety of people and the quality of processes and products or services. And that is what Lyl offers its clients.
Perspective
Lyl provides work to a group of more than 15 people that includes external professionals, some 80% of whom are engineers and technicians. What's more, it has a team of external consultants for the areas of communication, digital marketing and graphic design. Lyl, which is located in Barcelona Activa's Barcelona Advanced Industry Park, is a representative in Spain and Latin America for leading manufacturers in the sector, such as Vitronic (Germany), OCS (Germany), AKL-tec (Germany), CubiScan (USA) and OCM (Italy), and has a presence in Brazil, Chile, Portugal and Colombia.
The company's growth in recent years –a rise in turnover of 25% last year- and the "good short-term outlook suggest that the staff will increase by more than 50% in the next two years," they say at the company. It is a forecast that points to an increase in turnover of 50% this year, which will be accompanied by the "standardisation of a new speed monitoring system in our country and Colombia, which is to be deployed throughout 2018."
The engineer partner of the Mossos
Lyl was set up in 2002 in the Catalan capital. Two young industrial engineers decided to come together and devote themselves to the development, manufacturing and sale of equipment for emergency vehicles, in particular those used by police forces. Nowadays, the portable traffic lights and chemical detectors that the Mossos d'Esquadra, Barcelona's Guàrdia Urbana and the Madrid municipal police use at checkpoints carry the name Lyl. And not only that, but also certain systems used for urban and interurban mobility, such as speed and red-light cameras, equipment to automatically read registration plates, fast-flow toll systems and surveillance systems, among other things.
As time has gone by, Lorenzo Vázquez and Luis Talavera, Lyl's two partners, have expanded their activities to turn the company into a pioneer in many areas in which it is "currently a leader." Lyl sees its mission as "making visible what is often difficult to see in industrial processes, logistical management, traffic and road safety."
As for the logistics sector, large textile companies in the country and a great many delivery and courier companies, as well as large warehouses and distribution companies (in particular online and catalogue sales), use Lyl's technological solutions. Thus, among its clients are TNT, DHL, MRW, Correus, Inditex, Adidas, Desigual, El Corte Inglés, Mercadona and Mango.
Working with leading companies in their sectors meant Lyl expanded its sphere of activity to other sectors, such as industry, traffic management and logistics. For the latter, Lyl offers "technological solutions to identify barcodes, 2D codes, characters, and so on, based on camera, weight and volume measurement technology for both static and dynamic systems."
In all of these sectors, they explain, there was and is a need to "see what is difficult to see." Or, in other words: make the invisible visible to ensure the safety of people and the quality of processes and products or services. And that is what Lyl offers its clients.
Perspective
Lyl provides work to a group of more than 15 people that includes external professionals, some 80% of whom are engineers and technicians. What's more, it has a team of external consultants for the areas of communication, digital marketing and graphic design. Lyl, which is located in Barcelona Activa's Barcelona Advanced Industry Park, is a representative in Spain and Latin America for leading manufacturers in the sector, such as Vitronic (Germany), OCS (Germany), AKL-tec (Germany), CubiScan (USA) and OCM (Italy), and has a presence in Brazil, Chile, Portugal and Colombia.
The company's growth in recent years –a rise in turnover of 25% last year- and the "good short-term outlook suggest that the staff will increase by more than 50% in the next two years," they say at the company. It is a forecast that points to an increase in turnover of 50% this year, which will be accompanied by the "standardisation of a new speed monitoring system in our country and Colombia, which is to be deployed throughout 2018."