GREENVILLE, S.C. and AMSTERDAM, Nov. 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- ACL Airshop, a technology-enabled leader in air cargo ULD logistics solutions, has won the Air Cargo News magazine's Innovation Award in the ULD category for the FindMyULD app. At this year's virtual event, ACL Airshop was one of three nominees in this category amongst VRR and SkyPooling. This award was open to any businesses providing innovative products, services or operations that are helping to transform the air cargo industry.
Air Cargo News editor Damian Brett said "The ULD Innovation award celebrates those companies that are pushing the boundaries and making a change in the world of air cargo containers."
The FindMyULD app is specifically designed to enhance every data requirement end-to-end in air cargo transactions, across the entire worldwide ecosystem of the air cargo industry. From location and status accuracy to barcoding and Bluetooth scanning and tracking, FindMyULD pulls together all of ACL Airshop's ULD management services in one seamless tool — "in the palm of your hand" for airlines, handlers and cargo centers.
Harold Elfring, the technology director for ACL Airshop, said "We have been steadily investing in new cargo-related technologies aimed at increased efficiency and cost savings for our airlines customers. We are truly honored to receive this recognition, especially alongside such superb fellow finalists. VRR, for example, is a strategic partner for ACL Airshop, and we were first-in-market with VRR's novel new collapsible containers. We will keep advancing, always listening to customers for continuous improvements. Technology has given us serious new competitive differentiation."
"ACL Airshop prides itself on our high-performance culture, and this award highlights our secret weapon: people," said Steve Townes, CEO of ACL Airshop and founder of Ranger Aerospace. "FindMyULD, ULD Control, Bluetooth tracking, and other technology innovations started as good ideas, and kept accelerating through our teams of entrepreneurial professionals around the world."
ACL Airshop has grown to over 50 major cargo hubs on six continents in the past several years, and has a large inventory of ULDs ready for short-term leasing or long-term contracts when airlines need them. The company is developing more scale and better efficiency as its worldwide services system expands. Growing for almost four decades, ACL Airshop has become a leading one-stop shop for leasing, sales, repairs, logistics control of unit load devices, and cargo control components manufacturing. Its technology initiatives now flow across each line of business as an accelerant factor.
