Dedicated to issues and new technologies for medical device packaging, the annual HealthPack conference helps medical device packaging professionals generate ideas and solutions to create efficient, innovative packaging.
On the day before the two-day conference in Louisville, UPS hosted a tour of its World Hub and Healthcare Logistics facilities. Worldport is described by UPS as the largest fully automated package handling facility in the world. The operation currently turns over 130 aircraft daily, processing an average of 1.6 million packages a day with a record 4.2 million packages processed on Peak Day 2012.
UPS supplied the following “fun facts”:
1. Did you know there are more than 130,000,000 lb of steel in Worldport? At times, the installation used 50 tons daily. The Eiffel Tower in Paris has 26,800,000 lb of steel.
2. Did you know there are 7,982 miles of fiberoptic cable criss-crossing the hub? That's enough to stretch from Los Angeles to Louisville and back twice.
