Australian mobile detection company opens larger NSW facility

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 1 Nov, 18:32 · Archive

Acusensus, which makes roadside cameras to detect drivers using mobiles, is opening a new manufacturing facility in Ingleburn, NSW, three times larger than its previous plant.

Acusensus, a stock exchange-listed Australian technology company, is opening a new manufacturing facility in Ingleburn, NSW, on Monday. The facility is three times larger than the company's previous plant in southwestern Sydney, reflecting growing demand for its mobile phone detection systems.

The company's fixed and portable roadside camera systems use artificial intelligence to detect drivers using smartphones. They are deployed across Australia and New Zealand, as well as in parts of the US and UK. Chief executive Alexander Jannink founded Acusensus in 2018, five years after a close friend died in a distracted driving incident in Los Angeles. The company was listed on the Australian Securities Exchange in 2023.

Acusensus reported full-year revenue of $86.2 million in August, up 45 per cent year-on-year, with international revenue rising to $22.9 million from $4.2 million. The company reported a net loss of $24.3 million, though most of this was attributed to a one-off legal settlement over an intellectual property dispute. Transport for NSW was the company's first customer when the state became the world's first jurisdiction to deploy mobile phone detection cameras in December 2019. Detection rates have fallen from one in 100 motorists using phones when first deployed to one in 1,208 by 2025/26, Jannink said.

How it is being reported

• Road safety detector expands footprint to meet demandA stock exchange-listed technology company that makes roadside camera systems to detect motorists using mobiles is opening a new manufacturing facility.Perth Now · 1 Nov, 18:02
• Road safety detector expands footprint to meet demandA stock exchange-listed technology company that makes roadside camera systems to detect motorists using mobiles is opening a new manufacturing facility.The West Australian · 1 Nov, 18:02

In this story: Acusensus · Alexander Jannink · Ingleburn · New South Wales · Australia · Transport for NSW

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