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 processing…
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 31,…
DHS Biometric Rally 2019: Materna IPS and MODI in the world’s top 3
DHS Biometric Rally 2019: Materna IPS and MODI in the world’s top 3 Press information Dortmund, 11 October 2019 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
Materna successfully implements biggest ever self bag drop installation at a German airport Press information Dortmund, 29 May 2019 Hamburg Airport has written the…
Materna Group achieves double-digit turnover growth
Group turnover grows to 288.6 million euro in 2018 business year Turnover growth at 13.5 percent Growth driven by public sector and solutions for…
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
Dortmund, 20 March 2019 Materna Intelligent Passenger Solutions (IPS) will be exhibiting at the 2019 Passenger Terminal Expo (PTE) in London with innovative solutions…
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…
BLR Airport launches self bag drop
PRESS RELEASE, Dortmund, 2018, 11, 15 First airport in India introduces fully automated bag drop system implemented by Materna Just 45 seconds! This will…
Market entry in India – Materna subsidiary founded in Bangalore
PRESS RELEASE, Dortmund, 2018, 10, 29 Materna expands international business After successful installations in Europe and North America, Materna Intelligent Passenger Solutions (IPS) is…
Breakthrough for self bag drop in the US
Major project for self bag drop at Denver International Airport has started with Materna: In the area of self bag drop, Denver International Airport (DEN)…
Walk-through biometric solution
Future Airport talks to our vice-president for operations in North America about the Materna’s walk-through biometric solution. Read the interview here.
TUI wins Real IT Awards 2018 for self bag drop service at London Gatwick Airport
PRESS RELEASE, Dortmund, 2018, 06, 22 Materna IPS has implemented a self bag drop project for TUI The airline TUI won three awards at…
Materna IPS wins „Smartest technology of the year” award in Dubai
“Biometrics on the move” from Materna IPS was chosen for the technology award which was awarded during the Airport Show in Dubai, which took…
Baggage Tracking with the Blockchain
Dortmund, 2018, 04, 27 Thorsten Linke, Product Manager for software applications and IT solutions in the common use environment at Materna, talks about how…
Materna on Biometric Rally in Washington, DC
Materna, in partnership with MODI, is excited to be participating in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Biometric Rally in Washington, DC as one…
Self bag drop: New service for passengers and airlines at Hamburg Airport
PRESS RELEASE, Dortmund, 2018, 01, 23 The quick and flexible way to get off to departure: ten easy-to-use, self-explanatory kiosks for fully automated baggage…
Materna starts a new self bag drop project in Canada
PRESS RELEASE, Dortmund, 2016, 12, 13 New subsidiary opened in Toronto: The market leader for self bag drop solutions Materna GmbH expands its aviation…
Watch our self bag drop video
Dortmund, 2016, 08, 30 A revolutionary passenger journey from curbside to boarding – how to increase customer satisfaction and reduce operating costs.
