ZOJE Shows Turnstile Gates and Parking Lot Systems in Bogotá
This week, ZOJE is exhibiting at ESS+, the international security fair in Bogotá. The show runs from August 26 to 28 at Corferias, and ZOJE has taken booth 1108 and 1108A. The display is built around two lines the company knows well: Turnstile Gates for pedestrian entry and Parking Lot Systems for vehicles. Visitors keep stopping at both, and that split says a lot about what the region is looking for. The trip follows an earlier visit to Bogotá this year, when the ZOJE team spent time with local parking operators to learn how lots and buildings are actually run. The booth was set up with that knowledge in mind, and the difference showed in the questions visitors asked.
ESS+ is one of the biggest security events in Latin America, and Bogotá is a useful city to bring hardware to. Local integrators and operators walk the floor with specific problems in mind. They need entry control that holds up in high-traffic buildings, and they need parking equipment that fits the way lots actually run here. That is a demanding audience. ZOJE brought equipment designed for exactly those conditions. The booth was arranged so that a visitor could see both product lines working rather than stare at panels and printed boards. Most exhibitors show one type of equipment. The ZOJE stand covered entry control and parking at the same time, which turned out to be exactly what many visitors wanted.
On the pedestrian side, the booth shows a swing turnstile with tempered glass doors, a flap gate beside it, and a full-height unit for high-security sites. All three run on the same access control backbone, so a building can mix models without running separate systems. The swing turnstile is the workhorse, with fast passage and a clean look. The flap gate is the lighter option for lobbies where a big swing unit feels out of place. That spread is the point of the Turnstile Gate range: one family, different fits, same way of managing access. For a building owner, the choice comes down to traffic, space, and the level of security the site needs, and the booth made that comparison easy.
The parking side of the booth is set up like a real entrance. An ANPR license plate recognition all-in-one reads the plate, the barrier gate opens, and a ticket machine sits at the side for the driver who is not in the system. That driver takes a ticket on entry and matches it on the way out, which keeps the lot moving even when the cameras miss a plate. It is a complete Parking Lot System in a compact layout, and it draws the kind of questions that only come from people who actually run lots. The setup took a few meters of floor space, which was itself a point: a working entrance does not need a huge room of equipment.
One poster at the booth makes the point directly: a Parking Lot System does not have to start with a barrier at the entrance. Some operators want the ANPR camera to handle entry and exit on its own, with barriers used only where they are truly needed. ZOJE showed both arrangements, because the right setup depends on the site, the traffic, and how much hardware the operator wants to install and maintain. The ANPR-only approach keeps the entrance clean and reduces moving parts, while the barrier version adds control for sites that need to stop every vehicle for payment or inspection.
The manager has been at the booth for most of the fair, and the conversations run long. Local visitors are practical people. The questions that keep coming up are about installation, how the ANPR reads plates in rain and low light, what happens during a power cut, and how fast a queue can clear at rush hour. Those are the questions you get from people who have been burned by equipment that looks good in a catalog and fails on site. Most visitors stayed longer than expected, and a fair number asked for drawings and price lists to take back to their own projects. The booth was rarely empty, and the manager made a point of letting each visitor talk about their own site before talking about products.
The timing makes sense for ZOJE. The company has been building its presence in Latin America, and Colombia is a market where both categories still have room to grow. Pedestrian access control is spreading through offices and transit projects. The parking market remains fragmented, with operators weighing imported hardware against local builds. The Turnstile Gate line has a clear audience here, and so does the parking side. Showing the two lines side by side at ESS+ gives a visitor a way to evaluate ZOJE as a single supplier for both, which is a position few exhibitors can offer.
What the two lines share is worth noting. Both run on equipment ZOJE designs and manufactures itself, from the mechanical core of the turnstile gate to the recognition and control side of the parking lot system. That matters to an integrator who has to support a project long after the sale. One supplier means one set of documents, one way to get spare parts, and one point of contact when something needs attention. It also means the two systems can be planned together from the start, so a site does not end up with two vendors who blame each other when something goes wrong.
The fair runs through August 28 at Corferias, and booths 1108 and 1108A are open to anyone who wants to see the equipment working rather than read about it. For those who cannot make it, the full range is on the ZOJE website, and the team can be reached from there. Whether the need is a Turnstile Gate for a new building or a Parking Lot System for an existing lot, the conversation usually starts the same way: with the site, the traffic, and the problems the operator is trying to solve. ZOJE came to Bogotá to listen to those problems first, and the booth was built to do exactly that.
