More than 20 million passengers opted for Dusseldorf International Airport in 2011; among them two million transfer passengers. As the number of transfer passengers in Düsseldorf is steadily growing, the airport decided to install a new baggage handling system.

With PSIairport/BHS, Dusseldorf Airport will control the new baggage handling system that connects terminals A, B and C with one another. The baggage handling of the individual terminals is provided by two large sorting systems that are connected by several baggage elevators and a subterranean transport in the area of the apron. PSIairport/BHS has been employed for years at almost all major airports in German-speaking countries. The most recent installation is currently being completed at the new Willy Brandt Airport in Berlin.

In addition, the order consists of the supply of the networks, all the mobile end-devices and the server and PCs which allow for secure computer center operations. The conversion of the software, broken down into nine phases, will commence as of the end of 2012. The start-up of the individual systems under operating conditions represents a special challenge, which will be accomplished by the modular, scalable and flexible structure of PSIairport/BHS. Completion of the system is scheduled for the end of 2014.

As a company within the BEUMER Group, Crisplant is a leading provider of sorting systems worldwide and provides solutions and lifetime support for airports, postal plants and package distribution as well as storage and distribution centers. The BEUMER Group is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of intra-logistics in the fields of conveying and loading technology, palletizing and packaging technology as well as sorting and distributions systems and employs approximately 2,000 persons worldwide.