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BUSINESS BUZZ

safety management and risk mitigation
for business aviation handlers.
" The safety of our customers and
employees remains our top priority. It is
an ongoing investment we make and is
part and parcel of our DNA. The successful completion of the Stage 2 audit was
a result of months of around-the-clock
hard work from all the teams involved
and the continuous support of the
management. This certification further
demonstrates our vision to provide customers with the highest levels of safety
and service, " said Susan Bujtas, director
of ground operations at DC Aviation
Al-Futtaim.

Green Cubes has a global footprint and
now has engineering centers in the
United States, India and Switzerland and
production facilities in the United States,
Malaysia and Slovakia.

dnata Achieves Special Cargo
Milestone in UAE

dnata has achieved a special cargo milestone in Dubai. Since March last year,
the company's highly-trained teams have
handled more than 5,000 cargo-in-cabin
flights, safely moving over 50,000 tons of
shipments at Dubai International Airport
(DXB).

Green Cubes Technology
Announces Expansion

Green Cubes Technology announced
broad company expansion and rebranding to capture the new scope and scale of
the company. Green Cubes added North
American facilities, established opera-

tions in Europe and is expanding product
lines for the material handling and data
center markets.
" Our vision is to design platforms to
help accelerate the adoption of clean
energy technologies to improve enterprise customer performance, " said Keith
Washington, president and CEO of Green
Cubes. " In a remarkable confluence of
events, the growth in both e-commerce
and online data storage are timed alongside
accelerated demand for green solutions. "
Green Cubes recently expanded its
engineering and production facilities in
Kokomo, Ind. Additionally, Green Cubes
established two new facilities in Europe
to better serve its growing overseas customer base. A new Technology Center
is located in Zurich, Switzerland, and a
new Production Center is located near
Bratislava, Slovakia.
With the expansion of both North
American and European operations,

In response to the strong air cargo
market demand for the rapid, reliable
and efficient transportation of essential
commodities, several airlines have introduced additional cargo capacity during
the pandemic by using passenger aircraft
with seats fully or partially removed
from the cabin. To adapt to changing
customer needs, dnata has enhanced
services, improved processes and trained
more than 500 employees to safely and
efficiently handle passenger planes carrying cargo only.
" We are proud to reach this memorable
milestone in such a short space of time, "
said Paul Littlejohn, dnata's divisional
vice president for airside operations.
" There was intense demand for airlines
to recoup revenue through cargo-incabin operations and we needed to be in
a position to provide safe and effective
ground handling services quickly. Our
teams delivered innovative, efficient
solutions at great speed while never letting our safety standards drop. "

WFS First Cargo Handler to
Gain Authorized Receiver
Status at Milan-Malpensa

Worldwide Flight Services (WFS)
has become the first cargo handler at
Milan-Malpensa Airport to be awarded
authorized receiver status by Italy's
customs authority. The approval means
freight forwarders can now clear and
offload cargo directly at WFS' cargo terminal at the airport.
" We are honored to have received
authorized receiver status, which reflects
our ability to meet all of the strict
requirements of the customs authority.
As the world's largest air cargo handler,
WFS is continuing to grow its services
at Milan-Malpensa and will continue
to look for these types of opportunities
which benefit both our airline clients
and their freight forwarding customers, "
Massimiliano Introini, managing director
of WFS in Italy, said.
WFS now handles 11 airline customers
in Milan, including American Airlines,
Asiana Airlines, Air Europa, China Eastern, China Cargo, Air Serbia, Ukraine
International and BlueAir.

ACT Announces Opening of
Second Manufacturing Facility
in Texas
Advanced Charging Technologies Inc.
(ACT) recently expanded manufacturing
to San Antonio, Texas, to accommodate
increased growth opportunities and
the ever-evolving global battery charger
market. In addition to the corporate
headquarters and production facility in
Fountain Valley, Calif., the new space

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