CIP Eco-innovationFirst application and market replication projects

Call Identifier: CIP-EIP-Eco-Innovation-2011

Layman’s ReportBLUEVEYOR

Contract ECO/11/303659

This publication has been produced with the assistance of the European Union. The contents of this publication are the sole responsibility of Vanderlande and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the European Union

Company profile

The Market

Vanderlande is the global market leader in baggage handling systems for airports, and sorting systems for parcel and postal services. The company is also a leading supplier of warehouse automation solutions.

Vanderlande’s baggage handling systems move 3.2 billion pieces of luggage around the world per year, in other words 8.8 million per day. Its systems are active in 600 airports including 17 of the world’s top 25. More than 20 million parcels (300 packages per second) are sorted by its systems every day. These have been installed for a variety of customers including the four largest parcel and postal companies in the world. In addition, 12 of Europe’s top 20 e-commerce companies and many distribution firms have confidence in Vanderlande’s efficient and reliable solutions.

Established in 1949, Vanderlande has almost 3,500 employees, all committed to moving its customers’ businesses forward at diverse locations on every continent. With a consistently increasing order intake of more than one billion euros, it has established a global reputation over the past six decades as a highly reliable partner for value-added automated material handling solutions.

The Market experts predict long-term growth of worldwide passenger volumes, an increased relevance of high performing baggage handling systems, and more connections with shorter connection times at larger airports. As a consequence, investments in baggage handling solutions, security and performance will continue to increase. Vanderlande was able to strengthen its position as market leader, and sold projects in growth regions including Eastern Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and South America.

Vanderlande’s baggage conveyors already have a proven track-record as a reliable building block for Baggage Handling Systems. But the world is changing. Natural resources are becoming scarce and energy prices are on the rise. Enter the next generation baggage conveyor: the BLUEVEYOR was designed to ensure smart use of materials, and brings other benefits as well.

The Eco-innovation initiative of the European Union co-funds the market introduction of a PVC-free conveyor belt for luggage handling at airports.

Cutting operational costs and increasing

productivity

CapabilitiesThinking and acting

dierently> Doing good business

> Transparency

> International HR strategy

Taking quality to a higher level over and over again

Circular systems

Pro�tPeople Planet

> Materials

> Design for reuse

> Closed-loop supply chain

Phase 1

> New business model

> Circular economy

Phase 2

Ongoing Phase 3

> Energy

> Ergonomics

> Life-cycle services

SustainabilityVanderlande’s roadmap to minimise the company’s footprint is being implemented in three phases, which work in tandem with the development of the corresponding competences. Each phase consists of themes, ambitions, initiatives and a timeline.

Phase 1: cutting operational costs and increasing productivity (status: active)Direct operational costs and productivity are driven by the following elements, which are already being actively incorporated in Vanderlande’s solutions: > energy: designing efficient products and solutions, and continuously improving customers’ predicted energy usage

> ergonomics: increasing customers’ productivity by prioritising the wellbeing of employees

> life-cycle support: extending lifetime and performance.

Phase 2: taking quality to a higher level over and over again (status: in development)Vanderlande is designing products so that they can be used and reused an unlimited number of times (in principle), based on the C2C philosophy and circular economy principles: > materials: choosing materials that are environmentally friendly and easier to reuse

> design: creating products that can be reused > closed-loop supply chain: putting reuse into practice – the new world for Vanderlande.

Phase 3: circular systems (status: to be explored)In the future, Vanderlande would also like to offer truly circular services, such as refurbishment and leasing on a pay-per-use basis: > second life: upgrading products, refurbishment and spare parts

> circular economy: set up recovery flow for used products and systems

> new business models: leasing and pay per use.

Sustainability is an essential part of our innovation strategy

BLUEVEYORVanderlande provides automated material handling systems and services. Belt conveyors are used in many different forms in almost every airport baggage handling system. The BLUEVEYOR is the world’s first conveyor that is designed according with ‘Cradle to Cradle’ principles. The BLUEVEYOR is designed for disassembly, to enable and promote reversed logistics at end-of-life. Redesign of the belt concept and drive method has led to major reduction in energy consumption compared with its predecessor, the GREENVEYOR (current design).

The BLUEVEYOR is: > Made with homogenous materials that can be returned to technical or biological cycles. The materials can be used again and again.

> A PVC-free conveyor and other harmful or toxic materials have been phased out

> Designed for disassembly to enable and promote reversed logistics at end-of-life

The BLUEVEYOR also reduces maintenance costs: > All components are easy to disassemble > No adjustments are required. Belt tensioning and tracking belong to the past

> The lean concept requires fewer spare parts.

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86%

UseEnd of life (0.03%)

ProductionTransport (0.03%)

Environmental life-cycle assessment – BLUEVEYOR

First sustainable BLUEVEYORs operational at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol

Fourteen BLUEVEYOR baggage conveyors have been integrated in one of the arrival lines of the baggage handling system at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. The project started as a pilot two years ago. BLUEVEYOR was extensively tested in a semi-operational environment and improvements were integrated. The pilot showed that the energy use of the BLUEVEYOR was up to 56% lower compared with conventional conveyors. The conveyor also proved to be robust and durable, and ready to be deployed in baggage handling systems.

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol values Corporate Responsibility highly and is very enthusiastic about the realized set-up and the results shown so far. The joint effort and cooperation between Vanderlande and

customer and partner Schiphol was a great contributor to the success of this development. This project was made possible by a subsidy grant of the European Union under the Eco Innovation program.

BLUEVEYOR is a conveyor system that takes a significant step forward in increasing the sustainability of airport baggage handling operations. It minimizes energy consumption, the use of natural resources and environmental impact and also saves on required maintenance time and cost. BLUEVEYOR is the first conveyor in the world that is designed in accordance with Cradle to Cradle® principles.

Veghel, 30 June 2014 - April 2014 marked a new milestone in Vanderlande’s journey towards more sustainable baggage handling systems with the activation of the first operational BLUEVEYOR project at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.

Birds eye view of the BLUEVEYORs during installation

Belt supplier Ammeraal Beltech working on installation of the belts

The Project in briefAim and market barriersThe project aims to introduce the first application of the Blueveyor into the market. The market barrier for the introduction of the Blueveyor relates to fire safety. The belt is made of polyester, no additives such as flame retardants were added, making the belt recyclable. Products without fire retardant are often excluded at airports, making it difficult to introduce the Blueveyor. An additional barrier for the introduction of the Blueveyor, is the high cost price of the conveyer belt, making the Blueveyor an expensive alternative for a baggage handling system.

Fire safetyOn April 23rd 2013 Vanderlande Industries received the formal approval for application of the Blueveyor in the baggage handling system of Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AAS). This approval is given subject to certain conditions which relate to fire safety.

ObstaclesDuring this implementation at Schiphol, Vanderlande came to the conclusion that some technical adjustments have to be made, to make the Blueveyor safer (fire-safety) and less expensive. Due to the high cost of the Blueveyor, this conveyor cannot compete with the conventional systems.

Project achievementsIn Amsterdam Vanderlande successfully installed a total of 109 meters of the BLUEVEYOR.

A new design of the BLUEVEYOR has been made. The Life Cycle Assesment was updated accordingly

BLUEVEYOR learnings have led to several modifications to existing products leading to energy reduction and material savings

BLUEVEYOR learnings have been incorporated in a sustainability review template, used for new product development projects.

Project facts & figuresNumber: ECO/11/303659Title: First Market Introduction of the Eco-friendly, resource efficient,energy effective and recyclable baggage handling conveyor, the BlueveyorAcronym: BLUEVEYORCo-ordinator: Vanderlande Industries B.V.Duration: July 17, 2012 – July 16, 2015Website: www.blueveyor.com

Interested? Contact us:

VanderlandeVanderlandelaan 25466 RB Veghel The Netherlands

Phone: +31(0)413 494949Fax: +31(0)413 362910E-mail: info@vanderlande.com

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