Innovation & Engineering

Innovation is in ADELTE’s DNA

Innovating conceptually to offer products that improve the operations
of our clients and the experience of the users

We believe that constant dedication to R&D&I is crucial for delivering the best possible solutions and providing better service to our clients around the world.

At ADELTE, innovation is a cross-company discipline and a key element to our competitiveness. All our employees take pride in participating and finding new and creative solutions to generate value for our clients, partners and suppliers. Creating and patenting new designs and cutting-edge technological applications, as well as continuously improving our products and services enable ADELTE to deliver unique solutions to any Passenger Airport or Seaport Terminal.

Green Technology

developing sustainable and widespread green technology in our scope of products & services for Airports & Seaports Worldwide

Technology & Connectivity

Innovative technological connectivity initiatives can support integration and competitiveness in airports and Seaports around the world

Focused in client needs

ensuring expectations captured by the Innovation Management System and the generation of new products and services with high added value.

Security and expertise

the identification and prioritization of new business opportunities, the protection of the results of the innovation process and the transfer of the generated knowledge.

ADELTE Group is an engineering with more than six decades of experience in the design,
manufacture and supply of innovative engineering solutions and advanced operational services

Innovation milestones

  • First Passenger Boarding Bridge equipped with PLC-based control system at Barcelona Airport.
  • First fully glazed Airport Passenger Boarding Bridge (PBB).
  • First design of an Airport Passenger Boarding Bridge (PBB) able to service Airbus A380.
  • First Seaport Passenger Boarding Bridge (PBB) equipped with remote control at Harwich Port.
  • First docking cabin able to service mega-cruise ships with externally overhanging lifeboats.
  • Development of a Baggage Cart Management System combining Wifi and RFID technologies.
  • ADELTE expands its range of airport products with the manufacture of innovative PCA units.
  • Five Seaport Passenger Boarding Bridges, the largest and most complex ever built, are delivered at the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal in Hong Kong.
  • Installation of the 1st PCA with full INVERTER technology at the airport in Palma de Mallorca.
  • First PBB remote control operating system developed.
  • ADELTE presents APRONAUT®, the first simulator designed to train new drivers to drive and control airport Passenger Boarding Bridges safely.
  • Due to the COVID-19 sanitary crisis, ADELTE presents solutions to create clean and healthy environments inside PBBs and to disinfect the surfaces of baggage trays.
  • ADELTE implements the new ARCOS® system at Seville Airport, enabling safe and fast PBB operations by controlling and driving Airport Passenger Boarding Bridges.

Innovation is in ADELTE's DNA

Constant dedication to R&D&I is crucial for delivering the best possible solutions and providing
better service to our clients around the world

+14
Registered patents applied to our products
15%
staff involved in innovation projects
5%
of dedicated turnover innovation costs
+50
collaborations with universities, technology centers and companies

Singular Projects

We believe that constant dedication to R&D&I is crucial for delivering the best possible solutions
and providing better service to our clients around the world.

HONG KONG (2013-2014) 5 HYDRA SPBBs installed at the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal. Listed as the largest in the world, with five tunnels and weighing circa 190 metric tons each. Largest Seaport Passenger Boarding Bridge project in the history. CAPE MAY & LEWES (2013) Les 2 SPBBs THALASSA, l’un à Cape May et l’autre à Lewes, sont capables de rendre service aux deux côtés du quai au même temps. Dans chaque terminal un seul SPBB d'ADELTE substitue les deux systèmes précédents, libérant ainsi de l’espace dans le quai et permettant des opérations logistiques plus efficaces et rotations plus agiles. CAPE MAY & LEWES (2013) 2 THALASSA SPBBs, one at Cape May and one at Lewes, able to service both sides of the pier at the same time. At each terminal, a single ADELTE PBB substitutes the previous two systems, thus freeing space on the pier and enabling more efficient logistic operations and shorter turnarounds. BALTIMORE (2011) Innovative version of the KRONUS type SPBB, transforming the traditional fixed column and building connection in a mobile module, able to locate anywhere along the cruise terminal. HAMBURG (2010) Longest KRONUS type Seaport Passenger Boarding Bridge ever built, with a 3-section telescopic tunnel able to extend from 25 m to 49 m. KIEL (2010) Highest Passenger Boarding Bridge in the world, with a column height of 16 m, a service height of 22 m and a 3-section telescopic tunnel able to extend up to 45 m. TURIN (1995) First design of a fully glazed Airport Passenger Boarding Bridge. This innovative project features glass sides, round corners and stainless steel guides. All windows are double-glazed to ensure improved thermal insulation and prevent condensation.