SICE had already worked on some tolling projects in countries like Canada, the United Kingdom, or South Africa, which had significant Anglo-Saxon experience.
This previous experience showed that the company had overcome possible entry barriers, such as language proficiency or the adaptation to a different working model with the requirement of BS (British Standard) compliance.
SICE joined the Industrial Services area of the ACS Group, where it has remained for almost 20 years. Only one year later, the SICE Tecnología y Sistemas Group was born, which includes companies Ofiteco, Sumipar, SICE Seguridad and MoyanoTelsa.
After joining ACS Industrial, with the support of this large corporation, SICE did not hesitate to expand into other countries, and it soon became one of the first Spanish technology companies in countries such as Australia and the United States.
Chile's Free Flow project team moved to Melbourne (Australia) to carry out the Eastlink project, SICE's seed in Australia and New Zealand.
In 2009, part of the Australian SICE team moved to the United States to carry out commercial work and execute its first project: the ITS System to improve the I-595 corridor in Miami. In this project, SICE contributed with all the previous knowledge on access control systems, free-flow tolling and variable signalling.
This project was the seed of SICE's implantation in the country and the position it has acquired to date, facilitating talent attraction and subcontracting.
From that moment on, different projects were won in Florida, including the Port of Miami Tunnel's control and communications system in 2012.
the company was establishing itself in North America thanks to its expertise in tunnels, tolling and ITS. This meant the possibility of expanding outside the State of Florida: the same year, work began on the SR99 Seattle Tunnel and 2 years later on the Windsor Bridge in Canada.
In 2017, SICE was awarded 11 new ITS, traffic light and lighting projects in the US. Among them, the development of intelligent transport and free-flow tolling systems on the SH288 highway in Houston stands out.
With the local reference of Eastlink and the Calle30 tunnels, the Australian team became part of the Waterview Tunnel consortium in New Zealand. This was the company's first tunnel project in the region and a consolidated reference in recent years with all the projects of WestConnex tunnels in Sydney and West Gate in Melbourne.
Implementations in markets as distant as the USA and Australia — but at the same time very similar in terms of the work methodology and the value assigned to the design and testing phases— have allowed SICE to familiarise the Anglo-Saxon way of working, tackling projects such as the Humber toll in the UK and currently with projects under construction in Sweden and Norway.
The implementation of SICE in North America, Asia-Pacific and Northern Europe is increasing and is motivated by the desire to continue growing in all these countries