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PRESS RELEASES 2002 John Boodée to Head Materials Handling Division KFGI Delivers RFID Conveyors to Logan Airport 2003 Synthetic Low-Voltage Conveyor System Announced KFGI Introduces Synthetic Tilt-Tray Sorter Shaftkeeper Introduced for Worn Conveyors Patent Awarded for Non-Metallic RFID Conveyors KFGI Closes Initial $1.1 Million Funding Round KFGI to Present at 2003 Southwest Equity Capital Summit 2004 KFGI to Exhibit at NA2004 Show FKI Logistex Wins McCarran RFID Project KFGI Announces $1.5 Million B-Round KFGI Acquires Globe Rubber Works Assets GCS Awarded contract for New Attack Submarines 2005 GCS Awarded Massachussetts Training Grant GCS Receives Metroplex Leadership Award GCS Hires Matt Koenig to Head Marine Products GCS Awarded Federal Technology Training Grant 2006 Dr. Wang to Lead Polymer Technologies GCS Unveils Non-Metallic RFID Roller Conveyor |
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June 21, 2004 Press Release FKI LOGISTEX WINS CONTRACT FOR SECOND AND THIRD PHASES OF BAGGAGE HANDLING SCREENING AND SORTATION SYSTEM AT LAS VEGAS’ MCCARRAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT Contracts totaling an estimated $38 million USD feature major investment in leading-edge technology (St. Louis, MO: June 21, 2004) FKI Logistex® (www.fkilogistex.com), a global leader in providing total baggage handling solutions, announces the award of a contract from Flagship Construction, Inc. for the second and third phases of the 100-percent hold-baggage screening, RFID baggage tracking, baggage sortation, and inline explosives detection system at Las Vegas’ McCarran International Airport (www.mccarran.com). The two contracts, at an estimated $38 million USD, follow the FKI Logistex contract win for the first phase of the project. FKI Logistex will supply the engineering, mechanical hardware, software, installation, training, and testing for all three phases of the project. With contracts for the three phases and related change orders now totaling approximately $50 million USD, the McCarran project represents a significant investment in inline security screening. McCarran’s investment in the new system will afford the airport’s passengers the advantages of the latest baggage screening equipment combined with the accuracy and efficiency of baggage sortation using RFID. The commissioning of the McCarran project makes it one of the first airports in the world to use UHF (ultra-high-frequency) RFID embedded baggage tags for 100 percent of the auto-identification and tracking of all outbound baggage in the sortation and explosives detection process. The first phase of the project includes a new system where passenger baggage is checked at one of several participating hotels and then transported to a satellite baggage screening area on airport property by bonded carriers. This part of the first phase will be commissioned this summer. The first phase also includes a conveying, sortation, and screening system in the airport’s domestic passenger terminal 1. The second phase of the project, which involves the airport’s international terminal 2, is presently in the engineering submittal phase. Installation is presently scheduled to start later this summer with live operations to begin this winter. Terminal 2 will be modified during the second phase work to create the additional space required to house 274 new conveyor drives and seven new eXaminer 3DX® 6000 explosive detection systems (EDS) from L-3 Communications (www.l-3com.com). Phase 2 also features more than 3,200 feet of conveyor and three FKI Logistex Maxiclaim II® sloped-plate make-up units. The project’s third and final phase, covering the rest of the airport’s domestic operations in terminal 1, is scheduled to be commissioned in late summer 2005. With close to 1,200 conveyor drives and more than 12,500 feet of conveyor included in the final phase, this last phase represents the largest of all three phases, and includes expansions to the existing terminal structure to house the two new security screening matrices and sortation areas. Phase 3 adds 21 eXaminer 3DX® 6000 EDS units to the project for a total of 42 machines that will be installed in all three phases of the project. As baggage size tolerances have become more critical in the post-9/11 environment, the third phase’s inline security system will feature sophisticated dimensioning devices that calculate the three-dimensional geometries of all the baggage before entering the security screening process. Phase 3 also includes 49 RFID scanner arrays for baggage identification, which in tandem with FKI Logistex’ track-and-trace technology will pass identification information through the system to the security screening matrices. This information will then be processed in the EDS system to continue the identification of the luggage and its security status. After passing through the EDS machines, the FKI track-and-trace technology sorts the baggage to one of 27 sort locations which include 10 Maxiclaim II® slope plate make-up units. The entire system, comprised of all three phases, will be controlled by FKI Logistex’ state of-the-art supervisory control system. Featuring a web-based graphical user interface, the FKI Logistex Sort Allocation Computer (SAC) system allows authorized airport supervisory personnel to view and control operations that are spread out across vast areas of the airport’s property. By awarding FKI Logistex all phases of the inline baggage-screening project, McCarran ensures a seamless operational structure for its baggage screening, tracking, and sortation systems. The project team features general contractors Flagship Construction, the, architects Domingo Cambeiro Corp. (www.dccarchitects.com), construction engineers Swanson Rink, Inc. (www.rink.com), composite conveyor manufacturers KFGI (www.kfgi.com), and RFID tag and systems manufacturer Matrics, Inc. (www.matrics.com), all of whom have been working together with FKI Logistex on the project since its inception. “FKI Logistex has made a commitment over the last few years to be the leader in RFID systems integration in the airport environment,” said Stephen Ackerman, president of FKI Logistex North America. “Our recent successes in baggage handling systems and our recognized engineering expertise attracted airport management at McCarran International, one of the highest profile airports in the world.” About FKI Logistex North America FKI Logistex® North America (www.fkilogistex.com) is a leading supplier of integrated material handling solutions, meeting market needs via three customer-focused operations: Airport, Post and Parcel; Warehouse and Distribution; and Manufacturing Systems. FKI Logistex supplies its customers with an integrated set of leading-edge technologies in highspeed sortation, conveyor systems, carousels, palletizing, paperless pick products, AS/RS, controls, order processing software, RFID implementation, warehouse control systems, and total materials handling automation. FKI Logistex is home to the material handling industry's most successful and recognized brands, including Alvey palletizers, Buschman conveyors, Cleco cranes and AS/RS solutions, Crisplant sorters and baggage handling applications, IoSystems supervisory and automated control systems, Mathews conveyors, Real Time Solutions order fulfillment and picking solutions, and White carousels and automated storage solutions. For sales information, contact FKI Logistex by phone at (877) 342-5354 or by e- mail at info@fkilogistex.com. |
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