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Together with Caljan UK, SACO recently installed and commissioned a ULD Handling System at the new DHL Express facility in Glasgow (GLA). The photos show the result of the hard work delivered by our colleagues at Saco Airport Equipment!

Saco is pleased to announce its involvement in this project of DHL Express in the Netherlands. We are very pleased to show you the results. SACO'S SCOPE OF DELIVERY - approximately 60 Roller Decks - 1300 m² Castor Deck Area - Integrated weighing systems including support columns - Sideguides, walkways, litterskirts - Crashbarriers Do you need a Carg...

The air-cargo industry is planning to ship up to 20 billion doses of a COVID-19 vaccination, (source: Doug Cameron, Wall Street Journal). Not knowing exactly how many doses they will need to ship, wherefrom and how they will need to be stored during transit, there is only so much that carriers and cargo handlers can figure out ahead of time. Saco offers a flexibel soluti...

Airport: System Description: Leipzig Halle Airport (LEJ) ULD Handling System Project Place: Leipzig, Germany Start Date: 2014 Commissioning Date: 2017, june Saco’s Scope of Supply: ✓ 10.044 m² Castor Decks ✓ 380 Reload and offload Roller Decks ✓ 270 Weighing Scales, integrated in Roller Decks ✓ 4 Lowering Build-Up / Break Down (BUBD) Work Stations ✓ 1 ULD T...

For our client DHL Worldwide Express we delivered and installed new equipment at their location at Istanbul Airport (IST). During this project we experienced some circumstances that were challenging. Despite the Covid-19 pandemic we were able to deliver and install this project according to the customer's wishes in cooperation with our local service provider. Sa...

Saco contributed to this project in Malpensa, Italy and is very proud to share some pictures of the results. We delivered Motor powered Roller Decks, Castor Decks, Roller Decks, Integrated Weighing systems, Automated Rise-Sink Escapeways, a 10ft Truck Dock with a Motor powered Roller Deck and a hydraulic Winch, 20ft Truck Dock with a Motor powered Roller Deck and a hy...

Saco Manual Roller Decks have proven their durability and reliability over the years. This information sheet will give you the basic information of our standard Manual Roller Decks. It is important to realise that we do not only produce standard Decks, our goal is to meet our clients needs and therefore we also develop, produce and install many non-standard sizes decks, ...

The Royal family paid a visit to Fedex LGG Liège Airport. Proud to see them admiring our ULD Handling equipment installed at this Fedex LGG Air Hub.

Saco is pleased to announce its involvement in this project in Denmark. SACO'S SCOPE OF DELIVERY - 10ft Rollerdecks WEP, 258mm Height - Castor Decks, 258mm Height - Integrated Weighing Systems for Castor Decks - 10ft Truck Dock fitted with a Castor Deck, Rising Roller Barrier with Powered Lead Roller, Protection Curtains - Forklift Crash Barriers - Installati...

Project in the picture! Year: 2020 At Malmö Airport (MMX) - Sweden, we recently installed: ULD Handling Equipment for the new sorting facility of DHL Express Sweden. The equipment includes two Trucks Dock 10ft installed in a pit, Castor Decks, Roller Decks, and Weighing equipment!

Our business has gone well in recent years. As business grew, our offices and factory were running out of space. We are proud to announce that we are integrating an additional 3800 sqm of factory space. This is being realized in the building we purchased next to our existing plant. This building is being touched up as we speak, to meet our requirements. We are excited...

The handling of perishables such as flowers, fruits, vegetables, fish, meat, and medicines etc. requires special attention. This is related to keeping the cool chain intact also the handling equipment is to be suited for these conditions and handling requirements. Cargo Handling in Cooled or chilled area's require equipment suitable for temperatures below zero. At S...

Workstation for building-up and breaking-down 10 ft main deck pallets. Safe Working Load: 7,000 kg The workstation consists of a hydraulic operated scissor lift with a roller deck to be installed in a concrete pit. The workstation operates at variable heights between 508 mm above floor level and 1,500 mm below floor level. Hydraulic Scissor Lift The hydraulic op...

Non-powered roller deck for manual conveying and storage of ULD’s for either NEP or WEP presentation. Various sizes are available to accommodate different ULD types and to suit the overall system lay-out. Roller decks consist of a steel frame, walkways and multiple cargo rollers. The cargo rollers are fitted in such a way that these can easily be installed and replac...

Saco worked hard the last decade to establish a strong, reliable company with a good reputation. This has been paying off and we are pleased to say that we managed to land significant orders from major players in the courier industry and e-commerce business from all over the world. During this period we managed to produce and install over 100 Motor Powered Roller Dec...

FedEx has unmatched air route authorities and infrastructure which make it one of the world’s largest express transportation companies, providing fast, reliable and time-definite transportation of approximately 5.5 million packages to more than 220 countries and territories each working day. Saco was awarded to supply the ULD Handling System to the FedEx Hub at London ...

Non-powered modular deck for multi-directional manual conveying and storage of ULD’s. The standard 10ft module has dimensions of L x W: 3315 x 2600 mm, however these can be modified according to the required system lay-out. The standard 10ft module has a capacity of 6800 kg and a conveying height of 508 mm (20” dolly height). Castor deck modules consist of a hot-di...

The Elevating Transfer Vehicle (ETV) is an automatic / semi-automatic / manual operated type vehicle designed and constructed to receive, hold and transfer pallets and containers along the length of track and to interface with motor powered conveyor equipment and multi-level storage deck system with friction powered roller decks. The vehicle is an independent free sta...

DHL has increased the capacity of its Cologne / Bonn Hub. Saco is pleased to announce its involvement by supplying the ULD Handling System. SACO'S SCOPE OF DELIVERY - 2800 m² Castor Decks - 80 Roller Decks - 2 20ft Truck Docks - 56 Integrated Weighing Scales If you have any questions regarding this project or any other requests do not hesitate to contact us, ...

Havaş an affiliated company of TAV Airports, has doubled its footprint in Istanbul after making the move from Atatürk Airport to the new Istanbul Airport. The Turkish ground handler is operating 40,000 square meters of indoor and outdoor area's at Istanbul Airport. Saco was awarded to supply the ULD Handling Equipment for its Cargo Handling operations. Saco's Scope of...

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An airside Interface for transferring air cargo pallets and containers between airside dollies and fixed roller deck systems. The dolly docks basically consist of a roller deck and various optional features such as: - Heavy Duty Protection Barrier, wedge or roller type - Powered Side Shift (± 100 mm left/right) to align with the parked dolly - Powered Height Adjust...

Protection / Crash Barriers A warehouse or Hub can be a hectic place with many people and machines around and although the necessary precautions are taken and yellow lines and warning signs are placed, accidents may always happen. A Heavy Duty Crash Barrier protects your ULD Handling Equipment from impact, to prevent damage, ensure a longer life for your equipment...

SACO Equipment in Istanbul New Airport (INA) Istanbul New Airport will be constructed over an area of 76.5 million square meters to the north of Istanbul, 35km away from the city centre. SACO is contributing to this huge project by supplying its equipment to two of the largest air cargo players in Turkey: DHL Express commands 53% of the Turkish mar...

Our colleague Hans van Schaik was one of the speakers at the 10th edition of the Air Cargo Handling Conference in Brussels. This article was written during this conference.

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Slave Pallet System The SACO Slave Pallet System is a safe and cost effective system for flexible handling of air cargo pallets and containers (ULD’s) in the warehouse or cargo terminal. By using the purpose designed Pallet Master, slave pallets can be docked with fixed conveyor systems at the standard transfer height of 508 mm / 20 inch. The slave pallets can be used ...

We designed, delivered and installed the Cargo handling equipment for the DHL HUB Brussels in Belgium. A large project which started in 2016. The project includes approximately 11,000 m2 Castordecks, more than 30 Motor Powered Roller decks, Truck Docks, hoists and the needed electric controls and PLC System. The client wanted an automated System to transfer ULD’s fro...

Air traffic is predicted to grow. Predicted is a growth with an average rate of 8% per year and in some areas even up to 20%. The amount of air cargo flown around will also increase tremendously. As a result, companies involved with air cargo face growing challenges on how to organise this and how to get cargo from and to their customers safely and on time. SACO, backed ...

DHL Express’s new Brussels hub was officially opened on 22 February. The volume handled at the new centre today is already larger than at the time when Brussels was still the company’s main European intercontinental hub. Upgrading the operation CEO Ken Allen said that the new Brussels complex is part of a larger infrastructure upgrading operation. DHL Express is a...

17-02-2018; Checking on the SACO ETV system, after 10 years of operations and maintenance by our local team from Millennium Aerodynamics at Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata – India.

Airport:  Liège Airport (LGG)   Project place:  Liège   Country:  Belgium   Start date:  2007, October   Commissioning date:  2008, June   System description:  ULD handling system Included components:  20 Airside interfaces (dolly docks) with hydraulic side shift 28 Workstations for building/breaking of ULD's with intergrated weighing system 87 Right ...

Friction Powered Roller Deck (FPRD) Friction Powered Roller Decks are used for storage of ULD’s and are installed in a single level or multi-level racking structures. 10ft roller decks can accommodate ULD’s of maximum 10ft base size with dimensions: L x W: 125 x 96 inch (3,175 x 2,438 mm) and weight 15,000 lbs (6,800 kg). 20ft roller decks can accommodate 2x 10ft ...

SACO has developped a new system / product SALUTeS. Many freight forwarders expect that buying the most recent ULD handling technology will suffice to guarantee the capacity in the warehouse or even that it will enlarge capacity. That is why 90% of the total project time will be spend on the ULD system. This is an important part, however it is not the main part of an ...

Motor Powered Roller Deck (MPRD) Our System Level 508 - Motor Powered Roller Decks are used for automatic conveying and/or storage of ULD’s. They can also be installed on Truck Docks, Build-Up Break-Down workstations, (elevating) Transfer Vehicles, etc. 10 ft roller decks can accommodate ULD’s of maximum 10 ft base size with dimensions: L x W: 125 x 96 inch (3,175 ...