Florida’s Miami International Airport is attracting increasing attention as a hub linking the United States with the Caribbean and South America.
On the roof of the airport’s North Terminal Building rapid-paced construction is under way and the cutting-edge people mover transit system is scheduled for completion in July 2010.
The people mover developed by the Sumitomo team is a fully automated 1.12-km mass transit system for passengers arriving and departing to move between the airport’s terminals after undergoing security checks.
Sumitomo Corp., in cooperation with business partner Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., took charge of coordinating the entire project -- from the transit system’s construction, including the selection of a U.S. partner, and the fabrication of transit cars to maintenance work.
Sumitomo was able to scale the huge wall that so often faces Japanese companies fixed on entering the U.S. people mover market thanks to its strong desire and sincere approach, marking a significant breakthrough and, indeed, Sumitomo’s first foray into the home of the mass transit system.