New self bag drop installation at Milano Malpensa Airport
In early April of 2021, a new self bag drop system went live at Malpensa Airport. As the largest international airport in the Milan…
Materna Group to double turnover and staff by 2025
As part of the Materna Group, Materna IPS is proud to operate in a very strong and successful group of companies. In the financial…
Materna joins “Inno Airport” environment at Rostock Laage Airport
The GATE (German Airport Technology and Equipment) association decided to use Rostock Laage regional airport in northern Germany as a test and demo airport…
New self bag drop installation at Memmingen Airport
Materna IPS has successfully won a new customer at its home base in Germany. Allgäu Airport Memmingen is located in Southern Bavaria and serves…
Flex.Beam – Automatic Scanner Solution
The newly developed Flex.Beam is the perfect way to extend retrofit SBD installations by adding automated scanning functions for both baggage and bag tags.…
Materna IPS introduces touchless kiosk control for a safe travel experience
PRESS RELEASE, Dortmund, 2020, 09, 16 Airports and airlines focus on eliminating close contact between passengers and service employees German provider Materna IPS has developed…
Materna secures competitive advantages in the aviation business with spin-off
PRESS RELEASE, Dortmund, 2020, 08, 31 As of September 2020 Materna IPS GmbH operates internationally as autonomous subsidiary within the Materna Group After more than…
New self bag drop solution at Tokyo International Airport Haneda
PRESS RELEASE Dortmund, 2020, 07, 03 Materna IPS has implemented new self bag drop installation at HANEDA together with Toyo Kanetsu K.K. Tokyo International…
Materna Group achieves double digit growth in 2019
PRESS RELEASE, Dortmund, 2020, 05, 26 Internationally active IT consulting company Materna Information & Communications SE closed the 2019 business year very successfully with a…
Making the passenger journey touchless in a post COVID-19 world
How Materna IPS helps airports and airlines to meet current challenges with Touchless.Connect Globally almost all industries are suffering in this crisis. The aviation…
Further Terminal project at Bangalore International Airport
After the successful implementation of the Terminal -1 self bag drop project, we are pleased to announce a new order involving 34 Flex.Go units…
Greater flexibility with a new self bag drop system at Tokyo Haneda Airport
As key to Haneda Airport`s preparations for the Olympic Games, Tokyo Haneda International Airport chose a unique self bag drop solution from Materna IPS.…
ACI Airport Service Quality awards for our customers
The Airports Council International (ACI) World has announced the winners of the Airport Service Quality (ASQ) awards for airports which deliver the best customer…
Spirit Airlines rolls out first automated self bag drop at La Guardia
An industry-first for the New York City metropolitan area: Spirit Airlines, partnered with Materna IPS, unveiled an automated and expedited self bag drop for…
Bergamo Airport: self bag drop changes from one-step to full two-step process
Our Drop.Go kiosks have been in action at Bergamo Airport in northern Italy since 2015. Ryanair has been using them there successfully ever since.…
Newly opened Scandinavian Mountain Airport with installation by Materna
For the first time in twenty years, a completely new airport has been opened in Sweden. The Scandinavian Mountain Airport is located on the…
Materna IPS met up with customers and partners for their 9th Aviation Forum
In the middle of November, we were delighted to welcome more than 100 representatives from airports and airlines from all over the world. The…
Great response to SBD at Bengaluru Airport
One year after we implemented our self bag drop solution at Airport Bengaluru, BLR reports: Self bag drop touched half-a-million passengers mark on October…
DHS Biometric Rally 2019: Materna IPS and MODI in the world’s top 3
PRESS RELEASE, Dortmund, 2019, 10, 11 DHS Biometric Rally 2019: Materna IPS and MODI in the world’s top 3 Materna IPS and MODI once…
First Materna IPS installation in a Japanese airport: self bag drop for Nagoya Chubu Centrair
At the beginning of 2019, Materna IPS gained their first Japanese customer, Chubu Centrair International Airport. At the end of September 2019 the first…
Challenges and Prospects of the Use of Biometrics in Air Travel
In a recent article Future Travel Experience took a closer look at the integration of biometrics in the air travel industry, discussing requirements and…
Augmented Reality: modern showroom for passenger solutions
Virtual and augmented reality are opening up new ways of looking at the world in the aviation sector. Imaginary airport scenarios can now be…
Automation for more flexibility at airports
Self-service solutions for automated baggage handling speed up the check-in process at airports and make the journey much more convenient for passengers. In the…
Traditional office inauguration in India
To support Materna’s rapid growth, we are thrilled to announce a significant expansion in Bangalore, India. Having been based in India since June 2018,…
Hamburg Airport extends automated bag drop
PRESS RELEASE, Dortmund, 2019, 05, 24 Materna successfully implements biggest ever self bag drop installation at a German airport Hamburg Airport has written the…
Andreas Gehling to chair IATA working group TSG CUSS once again
As a member of IATA, Materna plays a significant role in defining the Common Use standards and since 2000 its Intelligent Passenger Solutions division…
Materna participates in DHS S&T Biometric Rally
Materna and MODI are honored to be selected once again to participate in the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Biometric Rally 2019 in Washington,…
Toronto Pearson Airport with three different Materna solutions
Ten next generation Materna Retrofit self bag drop units have been successfully installed allowing for quick and easy baggage drop-off. The airport has once…
Passenger Terminal Expo with Materna solutions – live and in virtual reality
PRESS RELEASE, Dortmund, 2019, 03, 20 Materna Intelligent Passenger Solutions (IPS) will be exhibiting at the 2019 Passenger Terminal Expo (PTE) in London with…
New self bag drop installation in Montréal-Trudeau
PRESS RELEASE Jan 31, 2019 Materna’s next project in Canada goes live Canada’s Montréal-Trudeau Airport (YUL), just like Toronto Airport, is now utilizing automated…
