Wings For Aid is developing a remotely piloted aircraft system that delivers with “pinpoint accuracy” humanitarian goods to people isolated by natural disasters and man-made crises.
Trip & Co’s expertise on cargo restraint products, thermal insulation and fire containment covers gives Wings For Aid access to specialized knowledge for transporting medicines, batteries and communication devices.
“We are proud of working together with Wings For Aid and we are looking forward to a fruitful collaboration working towards their innovative and game-changing goal,” said Tijmen Koster Trip & Co chief executive.
By the end of 2020, Wings For Aid’s tested system will support emergency organisations worldwide in bridging the last mile in humanitarian aid logistics.
This system will be capable of carrying an approximate one tonne of food, blankets, medicines and other life-saving commodities per day in a 100 km radius, and drop them without parachutes in self-landing, 20-kg cardboard boxes.
Said Barry Koperberg, general manager of Wings For Aid: “Under the cooperation, Trip & Co has developed a special inlay that upgrades our cardboard box to make it applicable to transport medicines under all kinds of weather conditions.
“We appreciate Trip & Co’s long-lasting expertise on cargo restraint products, ULD equipment and especially thermal insulation.’’.
In addition, Trip & Co has developed a fire containment inlay that guarantees fireproof transport of batteries and communication devices.
Trip & Co was founded in 1890 as a supplier of steel wire, rope and pulley blocks for the shipping industry and is now a manufacturer and supplier of cargo products.
Wings For Aid was founded in 2014 and partners with a variety of experts who approach the last-mile problem from a scientific perspective.
