June 14, 2010

New parcel sorting system for MTN in Italy

Vanderlande Industries has won the order to deliver a new parcel sorting system to MTN, part of the Italian logistics and express courier company Log Service Europe Group, which itself is a member of the Logistics World Alliance. Within Log Service Europe, MTN is responsible for express service operations. The new system will be located in Monticelli, about 80 km south-east of Milan.

This is the second Vanderlande system to be installed at MTN, following the first POSISORTER system in Castelmaggiore, near Bologna, which was put into operation 5 years ago. The order for the new system in Monticelli was awarded to Vanderlande Industries after a competitive tender, in which the customer’s satisfaction with the earlier Castelmaggiore project proved to be decisive.

The new sorting system is designed for a capacity of 4,000 parcels per hour, and consists of 4 infeeds and 2 POSISORTERS with a total of 42 destination outfeeds. The system includes a fully automatic high throughput in-line labelling system, and CCD camera scanners for automated barcode reading. Hand-over to the customer is scheduled for the first half of November 2010.