Changi renews long-term relationship with FKI Logistex (Aarhus, Denmark: July 24, 2006) FKI Logistex® received a full-service contract for the baggage operations at Singapore Changi Airport Terminal 2. The contract covers the complete operation and maintenance of equipment from various suppliers used in baggage check-in, transportation, security control, identification and sortation. Changi Airport, a strategic international gateway to Asia, serves approximately 24 million passengers a year. FKI Logistex has managed the operation and maintenance of the baggage operations at Changi Airport Terminal 2 for the past five years.
FKI Logistex technicians are responsible for the day-to-day operations and maintenance of Terminal 2's baggage handling equipment, which includes manning the airport's baggage control room on a 24/7 schedule to ensure the system is running smoothly and continuously. Forty-five staff members carry out the work in three shifts, seven days per week. The FKI Logistex support team ensures optimum system availability and will oversee the system's long-term functioning. The Terminal 2 contract has been renewed for another five years, starting July 1, 2006 and ending June 30, 2011.
"FKI Logistex is well-established as a full-capabilities supplier of service and maintenance, and has a range of similar contracts worldwide, both for baggage handling in airports and for material handling in post and parcel systems," says Peter Elmvang, marketing manager, FKI Logistex Europe. "The award of this contract not only shows great confidence in our capabilities, but also indicates how important FKI Logistex is as a long-term partner in Changi Airport's future plans and operations."
About FKI Logistex
FKI Logistex® is a leading global provider of automated material handling solutions, supplying its customers with an integrated set of leading-edge technologies in high-speed sortation, conveyor systems, palletizing, paperless pick products, AS/RS, controls, order fulfillment systems, RFID implementation, EDS integration, baggage handling systems, warehouse control systems, and total material handling automation. FKI Logistex provides material handling solutions for airports, postal facilities, parcel distribution, manufacturing operations, library automation, and for warehouse and distribution facilities.
With projects that include many of the world's largest and most advanced material handling operations, FKI Logistex has manufacturing, engineering and support facilities around the world.