Press Release
ACUNIS at inter airport Europe 2017
Turnkey solutions for tomorrow's
air cargo intralogistics
ACUNIS, the joint venture of Unitechnik and AMOVA, showcased solutions for air cargo intralogistics at inter airport Europe in Munich. In hall A5 at stand 1158, one of the projects the company featuredwas the air cargo terminal built for Ethiopian Airlines. The facility at the airport in Addis Ababa began its operations in June 2017. ACUNIS was responsible for planning the entire terminal and for implementing its technical equipment. Another fair highlight was the new release of UniWare Cargo. This Inventory Control System for air cargo terminals now has even better functions for integrating manual and automatic warehouses.
Able to handle 600,000 t of goods in the first construction phase and covering 38,000m², the new Ethiopian Airlines cargo terminal at the Addis Ababa airport is the largest on the entire African continent. The heart of the installation are two automatic warehouses with space for 1,000 10-ft air cargo containers. Half of the hall complex is equipped with special refrigeration technology and maintains a closed cold chain in a temperature range of 2 to 10°C. This is especially important for the increasing transshipment of foods as well as goods from the pharmaceuticals and life sciences segments. "The safe handling of temperature-sensitive goods is a trend that we are also seeing in Africa. The observance of documentation requirements related to the maintaining of an uninterrupted cold chain is another driver of consistently digital processes in cargo facilities," said Michael Huhn, Sales Manager at Unitechnik.
Specialized ICS for cargo terminals
Transparency throughout all processes in air cargo terminals is provided by the new release of the ACUNIS Inventory Control System (ICS) UniWare Cargo which was unveiled at inter airport Europe for the first time. The solution now integrates manual and automatic warehousing for a cargo terminal even better in a single system. The system maps the entire logistics process within the facility – from the acceptance of the air cargo containers at the dolly dock to the loading of Euro pallets on trucks. The new software also fully shows all processes related to import, export and transit, including storage, transport and setting up and dismantling of air cargo containers. Employees are informed of the location of the goods and the next handling steps via handheld terminals, stacker control systems or mobile devices. A zoom visualization of the facility provides an overview of the entire cargo terminal. It shows the details both of the automatic as well as the manual zones – even on tablets. The ICS uses the IATA standard "Cargo-IMP" to communicate with the cargo management system and thus seamlessly integrates with the higher-level software.
Status:October 10, 2017
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Image:View of the Ethiopian Airlines air cargo terminal.
Source: Unitechnik
About ACUNIS
ACUNIS is a leading international provider of turn-key intralogistics solutions for air cargo terminals. The brand was created as a cooperation between Unitechnik Systems GmbH and AMOVA GmbH and bundles the expertise of both companies in air cargo logistics. The range of products and services includes the planning and engineering of complete cargo terminals, including high-bay racking stores, storage and retrieval systems, conveyor systems and workstations including automation and warehouse management systems as well as assembly, start-up and after-sales services. Customers profit from a holistic analysis of their requirements and are provided with consulting, planning and implementation from a single source. Through a global network, the ACUNIS brand is represented at twelve locations on five continents. Their technical expertise is documented by more than 400 successful reference projects.
Corporate Contact
Wolfgang Cieplik • Unitechnik Systems GmbH
Fritz-Kotz-Str. 14 • D-51674 Wiehl
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Jörg Ohrendorf • AMOVA GmbH
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Public relations for logistics, steel, industrial goods and IT
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ACUNIS at interairport Europe: Hall A, Stand 1158