Airport Baggage Handling Systems, Sorting and RFID integration

Key Facts:

• Temporary terminal solutions to enable airports in Brazil to handle surges in passenger traffic for major sporting events in 2014 and 2016

• Turnkey Crisplant solutions designed to integrate all normal airport processes

• Terminals based on the industry’s most energy-efficient sorters

• BEUMER Group will be on Stand No 14C at Airport Infra Expo 2012

BEUMER Latinoamericana Equipamentos Ltda. and Crisplant, part of BEUMER Group, will highlight temporary terminal solutions, in addition to integration skills for automated, high-speed baggage handling systems, at Airport Infra Expo 2012, from the 24th to 26th April in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

“Temporary terminals provide a turnkey solution which enables airports to meet surges in passenger numbers for major sporting events such as the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ and the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro,” explains Managing Director, José Arsénio: “They can also be used to enable airports to maintain normal operation during upgrades to their permanent baggage handling infrastructure.”

BEUMER Latinoamericana will demonstrate how temporary solutions can be designed to integrate all the facilities offered by a permanent terminal, such as early baggage storage and baggage handling based on the industry’s most energy-efficient sorters, in addition to immigration, and security which is compliant with all screening and safety regulations.

Delegates to Airport Infra Expo 2012 will be able to discuss the process by which BEUMER Group company, Crisplant, helped O.R. Tambo Airport, Johannesburg, to prepare for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™, with the installation of a new baggage handling system designed to increase the airport’s capacity by 50%.

An on-stand video will demonstrate a fully-integrated advanced baggage handling system based on the industry’s most energy-efficient LS-4000E high-speed sorter. The system, which was installed by Crisplant at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport’s International Terminal, integrates a number of Crisplant baggage handling technologies which are all monitored and controlled by Crisplant’s leading-edge Sort Allocation Computer (SAC) control system.

Note to Editors:
Member of BEUMER Group, Crisplant is a leading provider of sortation solutions worldwide. Crisplant provides solutions and lifetime support for airports, postal facilities, parcel distribution and warehouse and distribution centres. Crisplant has led and delivered projects that include many of the world's largest and most advanced material handling operations, being fully supported by their global network of Customer Service & Support centres.

The BEUMER Group is a leading international manufacturer of intralogistic systems specialising in conveying and loading technology, palletising and packaging technology as well as in sortation and distribution systems. Having approx. 2.000 employees and a turnover of around EUR 350 million, BEUMER Group has, with subsidiaries and representations, a worldwide presence for various industries. For further information please visit us on: www.crisplant.com and www.BEUMER.com.