Alstef Automation Automated Baggage Handling Systems

Alstef ended 2015 with a record order intake of €90m, an increase of 100% compared to 2014. This performance was achieved with five projects of over €10m: three projects for automated baggage sorting and handling systems at Paris Charles de Gaulle, Lyon Saint-Exupéry and Moscow Sheremetyevo airports, two projects for automated pallet storage and order preparation equipment, one for Banque of France New Trustee Building (NCF) in La Courneuve, and the other for one of the French leaders in the food industry, located in the Lyon area.

ALSTEF will design, manufacture and install the complete baggage handling system for the the new Terminal B at MOSCOU Sheremetyevo Airport as part of a major modernisation and expansion project.

ALSTEF will be exhibiting at Passenger Terminal Expo in Cologne, Germany, from 15-17 March.

After supplying the baggage handling system for the new passenger terminal at Nizhny Novgorod Airport in 2015, ALSTEF has been chosen to supply the baggage handling system (BHS) for the new Terminal B in Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport, which is the largest Airport in Russia, and is host to the Aeroflot hub.

In anticipation of the growth in traffic and to improve the quality of services, Aéroports de Lyon has started work to double the size of the terminals at Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport.

The consortium of automated baggage handling specialists will install a new system to handle checked-in bags from the airport's existing Terminal 2E to Satellite 3 (S3), which provides additional air bridges for large-capacity aircrafts, including the Airbus A380. Satellite 3 previously used the systems in Terminals 2E and 2F to handle check-in bags.

After several years of efforts with a local partner, AFT Project, ALSTEF won its first contract in Russia for equipping Nizhny Novgorod International Airport.

At all airports in Canada, the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) is responsible for the application of the 100% hold baggage screening requirements.

A performance-based competition, which allowed for the selection of the best adapted solution based on technical and financial criteria, resulted in ALSTEF being contracted for the development of the baggage sorting system at Basel-Mulhouse Airport.

ALSTEF has been awarded a contract for the design and installation of the baggage handling system at Zagreb Airport, Croatia, by Bouygues Batiment International Croatia.

ALSTEF has been awarded a contract for the maintenance of the baggage sorting system at terminal one of Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) by Aéroports de Paris (ADP).

ALSTEF expands its range of automatic bag drop-off solutions with BAGXpress lite. This simple and economical solution was designed by modifying baggage drop-off positions to integrate automated equipment.

In order to comply with the forthcoming European regulations concerning hold baggage screening, all French and other European airports must adapt their existing baggage handling systems to integrate the new high-speed Standard 3 EDS (explosive detection systems) machines.

ALSTEF holds a long-term partnership with TAV for the design, installation and maintenance of the Baggage Handling System at Istanbul Atatürk International Airport, and now has been awarded the contract for the design and installation of an Early Bag Store.

In order to improve the quality of services, AIR FRANCE invested in a world-unique, state-of-the-art centre for the automated processing of late bags.

Alstef has been selected by Cote d'Azur Airports for the complete renovation of the baggage handling system in the departure area of Nice Airport's Terminal 1.

Evolution of airport check-in systems demands more fluidity. ALSTEF designed, and commissioned an automatic baggage drop-off machine at Paris-Orly Airport in in November 2011. This state-of-the-art machine is based on an innovative concept defined by Aéroports de Paris offering improved passenger services by significantly decreasing check-in time.

ALSTEF, wholly owned since 2006 by its management and nearly half of its employees, has just welcomed CM-CIC Capital Finance who will now hold 15% of the share capital, and Société Générale Capital Partenaires, with a capital ownership of 5%.

ALSTEF obtained its first contract at the Bamako-Senou International Airport (Mali) in 2009-2010, providing, for the renovation of the existing terminal, all baggage conveying equipment required (including 11 check-in desks and all conveyors for baggage screening at departures, as well as a new arrivals carousel).

Pointe-à-Pitre le Raizet Airport in Guadeloupe has awarded ALSTEF complete maintenance of its baggage conveyor system. This new five-year contract required the recruitment and training of two Technicians who will be based at this airport. After four years of successful collaboration, M

Aéroports de Paris has awarded ALSTEF the maintenance and operational support of two additional baggage sorting installations. ALSTEF will be responsible for the Technical Management, resolution of problems, reactive, corrective and preventive maintenance for both the North and South Fast Baggag

The new terminal of Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport in Mauritius, with a capacity of four million passengers, has been designed by ADPi. It is implemented by China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC), the main contractor for engineering, procurement and construction

ALSTEF achieved a turnover in 2009 in line with its objectives. The final sum was €43.8 million, an increase of 5% over 2008, and was achieved despite a very poor economic environment. Export contracts totalled €27.6 million, which surpassed for the first time the sales invoiced i

Istanbul Atatürk Airport, operated by TAV, served 10 million passengers in its first year of operation in 2000. Ten years later, traffic has tripled to almost 30 million passengers in 2009. ALSTEF has been TAV's partner at Istanbul Atatürk since 1998, when the first order for

On the 15 September 2009, ALSTEF signed a 20-year contract with ADM (Montreal Airport) for the operation and maintenance of its new US departures area. The contract for an amount of approx. $C10m per year covers the whole baggage handling process, from passenger assistance at check-in f

On Wednesday 19 August 2009 at 3:30am the first passenger to the US dropped his luggage on one of ALSTEF's conveyors at Montréal Trudeau Airport. He was followed by about 3,000 passengers during the first day of operation. All those passengers did not know that they were using a state-of

Alstef has been awarded two contracts for baggage handling systems at PARIS CDG airport. After security protection works recently realised in the inbound baggage system of Terminal 3, Alstef is in charge of the Terminal 2 E inbound baggage room. The work consists of a re-orga

Following the high level of orders registered last year, Alstef set a new record in 2008 with sales at €39.8 million, up by 45% compared with 2007 and multiplied by a factor of two during the last three years. Export sales amounted to €15.7 million compared with €8.3 million last y

Following the installations of DCV systems in Europe (Toulouse), Asia (Dubaï) and Canada (Montréal), ALSTEF will bring the DCV technology to a fourth client in the fourth continent. The Moroccan National Airports Authority (ONDA) has chosen ALSTEF to supply the baggage handling system

FKI Logistex has chosen ALSTEF to be its partner for the baggage handling system at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport’s international terminal. After an international call for tenders, FINAVIA placed its order with FKI Logistex for the design and realization of the new baggage handling system. Th

In Dubai, Emirates Airline has placed an order with ALSTEF to maintain and assist the operation of the baggage handling system by destination coded vehicles (DCV) in the terminal dedicated to crew members. Since 3 August 2008, when the system started to run, ALSTEF has been in charge

Aéroports De Montréal (ADM) and their consultant Pellemon, a member of SNC Lavalin Group, have placed an order with Alstef Automation for a baggage handling system dedicated to USA-bound flights, which is to be installed in the relocated trans-border terminal at Montréal – Pierre E

In addition to the existing Paris - Charles de Gaulle hub, the new T2G terminal, designed for a capacity of three million passengers, will be dedicated to Air France regional flights and Schengen flights on aircrafts with 50 to 100 seats. T2G's baggage handling system is built on two l