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OUTSIDE THE BOX CONTAINERS • SPECIALISED PRODUCTS DEMAND SPECIALISED TRANSPORT SOLUTIONS. AELER HAS DEVELOPED AN INNOVATIVE CONCEPT FOR INSULATED, SMART CONTAINERS BUILD A BETTER mouse trap and the world will beat a path to your door, or so it’s said. There is nothing in this world that cannot be improved and aim is now being taken on the metal freight container, a concept that is some 60 years old. Switzerland-based Aeler, a technology-driven company designing hardware and software to meet fundamental logistics needs, is creating a smart and lighter container that, it says, promises to transform global logistics operations. To find out more about this revolutionary concept, HCB spoke to Naïk Londono,
HCB: Tell us more about Aeler. When was it founded? Who was involved? What skills and expertise does the company bring to the market?
Aeler’s co-founder and CEO.
We bring three types of technologies to the market: - The use of composite materials to build better containers - Advanced embedded electronics to make containers as intelligent as they should be in the 21st century
AELER’S LIGHTWEIGHT CONTAINER DESIGN WILL OPTIMISE PAYLOADS AND OFFER SMART VISIBILITY
HCB MONTHLY | OCTOBER 2020
NL: Aeler is a Swiss technology company developing hardware and software to solve what we see as the most important logistics challenges: efficiency, visibility and sustainability. We founded the company in 2018 but the technologies used in our solutions are the result of decades of research and development.
- Data analytics and machine learning to enable our customers to reach supply chain excellence using the new wealth of data that is available about their supply chain. Our lighthouse solution is a new-generation 20-foot shipping container that enables efficient and safe transportation. There are two segments that highly benefit from our innovations: -F lexitank transport, where we can enable higher payloads without any container bulging, prevent leakages outside of the container and provide insulation to protect cargo -S ensitive goods transport, where our high-grade insulation maintains cargo quality and, coupled with our 24/7 cargo monitoring, ensures cargo safety and the identification of any deviation harming cargo quality. HCB: Do you see chemical shippers and their logistics partners becoming more accepting of digitised solutions? Is there confidence in cloud-based platforms? NL: We see digitisation playing an important role for chemical shippers in order to keep up with an increasingly challenging array of demands and expectations from customers.
