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APRIL 2014 • AviationPros.com 5 FOR THE LATEST INDUSTRY NEWS VISIT AviationPros.com New Deals People precedes an announcement for a new product for the company's Stronghold brand of ground support equip- ment Seattle-Tacoma Interna- tional Airport unveiled a new project that by the end of the year will pro- vide nearly 600 charging stations for electric GSE. Alaska Airlines has taken the lead in this green opportunity with 204 electric vehicles (146 with Alaska, 58 with Horizon) in operation on the ground at Sea-Tac. United Airlines is crack- ing down on passengers who drag oversized bags into the cabin. The crackdown on over- sized bags is an effort to address what United says is one of the biggest gripes among its pas- sengers: The overhead bins are so overstuffed with carry-on bags that the boarding process is often bogged down as fiers try to fnd space for their luggage. Signature Flight Support acquired Metro Flight Services at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport. Metro Flight Services provides fueling, ground handling and FBO services to commercial airlines and business and gener- al aviation operators. Post-acquisition, Signa- ture will provide all FBO services and sister com- pany, ASIG will continue to provide commercial fueling and ground han- dling services at DTW. ASIG acquired the assets of Skytanking USA, Inc., an independent provider of aviation fuel services. Skytanking USA has more than 350 employees and owns more than 800 piec- es of refueling-related as- sets. The company, which is headquartered in South Florida, has operations at 14 U.S. airports, six of which represent new markets for ASIG. Liquip has successfully completed Phase 1 of its planned upgrade of its North Carolina manu- facturing facility. The investment helps the frm reduce lead times and offer a broader range of refueling solutions for global aviation operators. JBT AeroTech was awarded a contract valued in excess of $5 million for the supply of gate equipment to O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannes- burg, South Africa. The contract with Airports Company South Africa includes the supply of Jetway® passenger boarding bridges as part of the airport's ongoing terminal infrastructure updates. Tronair will provide ground test tools for aircraft maintenance of all RAT products of UTC Aerospace Systems and Hamilton Sundstrand under the terms of the three-year exclusive licensing agreement. Daifuku ABH has announced today that it has made two additional key director appoint- ments by adding Christophe Ciccardini as tech- nical director and Mohammed Arshad as project director to the board of Daifuku Logan. Ciccardini will add considerably to Daifuku's expertise in Standard 3 Screening. Previously he was oper- ations director for CXR Ltd/Rapiscan Systems Ltd, the global supplier of security inspection solutions, and heavily involved in the develop- ment of next generation screening machines to meet new EU wide Standard 3 legislation. Arshad will lead Daifuku Logan's worldwide delivery of BHS systems. A chartered engineer by profession, he has a proven track record in the introduction, growth and operation of project management teams that are able to deliver engineering turnkey programs and projects on a global scale. info@mototok.com · www.mototok.com Mototok America LLC 3028 Peacekeeper Way McClellan, CA 95652 / USA Phone: +1-916-580-4977 Fax: +1-916-641-8969 Mototok International GmbH Hohenzollernstr. 47 D-47799 Krefeld / Germany Phone: +49-2151-65083-82 Fax: +49-2151-624-673 Visit us: The ability to move a wide range of aircraft types becomes an ease with Mototok. Depending on the nose wheel size and the gross weight of the aircraft, you can choose one of 4 Mototok models. Regardless the size of the aircraft – Mototok excels in narrow situations: Park your aircraft safely, easily and effectively and save space in the process. We offer units that work with the following weights: Model M 528 TWIN 6500 SPACER 8600 SPACER 195 Towing capacity 28 t 61,700lbs 50 t 110,200lbs 95 t 209,400lbs 195 t 429,900lbs Innovative remote controlled electric driven tugs 10+ Years of German Engineering and Quality. Want to know, how it works? Watch the video on www.mototok.com/space EBACE May 20-22 2014 Geneva, CH Booth# 5539 SPACE IS EXPENSIVE. SAVE IT! NBAA MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE April 22-24 2014 Tampa, Fl AviationPros.com/company/11326680 gsm_4-5_News_V3.indd 5 4/10/14 11:16 AM