GOLD PARTNER
BOEING
Boeing Commercial Airplanes is committed to being the leader in commercial aviation by offering airplanes and services that deliver superior design, efficiency and value to our customers and a superior flying experience to their customers. Today, there are more than 10,000 Boeing commercial jetliners in service; airplanes that fly farther on less fuel, airplanes that reduce airport noise and emissions, airplanes that provide passenger-preferred comfort while delivering superior bottom-line performance to operators. Leadership for today and tomorrow. That’s a better way to fly.
Boeing Commercial Airplanes, a business unit of The Boeing Company, is headquartered in Seattle, Washington and employs more than 60,000 people worldwide.
PARTNER
SEKISUI KYDEX
SEKISUI KYDEX innovates and creates sustainable thermoplastic material solutions for the next generation of product design to help enhance the passenger experience. The KYDEX® Thermoplastics Quick Response Manufacturing (QRM) business model of manufacturing bespoke materials with short lead times in small quantities expands beyond thermoplastic sheet.
The fully compliant KYDEX® portfolio also includes injection molding resins, proprietary Infused ImagingTM technology, integral special effects, unique textures, antibacterial protection and custom products and design.
The SEKISUI KYDEX appLabTM and designLab® Innovation Centers are collaborative spaces for clients and customers to bring the supply chain together for rapid prototyping and design development. These spaces are the bridge between engineering and art.
SPONSOR
PriestmanGoode
PriestmanGoode is an employee-owned design consultancy, specialising in transport design. As a collective of designers, creative thinkers, practical makers, strategists and trend forecasters, PriestmanGoode’s purpose lies in designing a better, more sustainable future. People-centric to the core, the company has been improving and transforming everyday experiences for people around the world for over thirty years.
Beadlight
Beadlight is a British manufacturing company, focusing on design, quality and safety. We manufacture LED products using our patented “Beadlight diffusion” which creates the finest LED illumination to read by. We supply products to the Aerospace, Maritime and Contract Interior Sectors. In 1997 Beadlight designed the first ever LED reading light for a commercial airliner (Virgin Atlantic). Over the last 25 years we have become a significant participator in the Aerospace reading light market. We are a fast expanding company with in-house designers and engineers who strive to tailor our products to the client requirement.
Tapis Corporation and Ultrafabrics
Since 1977, Tapis Corporation and Ultrafabrics have collaborated to provide superior materials to the aviation industry, and continue to lead in innovation, design and customization. We leverage the art of creativity with the most advanced technology, and it is that synergy between disciplines that is becoming indispensable.
Our work fuses creativity, instinct, imagination, rationality, and innovation, In other words – both sides of the brain working together. We often call it a “techno-creative” approach to maximizing passenger comfort, durability, weight savings and sustainability.
Aerospace Technologies Group, Inc
Aerospace Technologies Group, Inc. (ATG) is the market leader in the design and production of state of the art electronically controlled aircraft cabin window shade systems. Since 1998, ATG has delivered over 100,000 aircraft window shade systems on more than 30 aircraft platforms of all sizes. Today the company’s products are standard equipment on the most popular business jets and in the premium cabin areas of the most discerning airlines.
ATG’s newest innovative is the aerBlade™ window shade. ATG’s aerBlade ™ is an electronically operated window shade system allowing passenger control from clear-to-sun blocking-to-full blackout with the touch of a button.
ATG is also introducing its NextGen electronic controls, for aerBlade ™ and other window shade models, providing IoT functionality and connectivity to on-board maintenance and cabin management systems enabling the transfer of performance metrics, remote diagnostics, and programming updates without removing the shade from the aircraft. The advance electronic controls feature self-learning algorithms and sensor-less control to extend the shade life and provide the quietest operation.
SCHROTH Safety Products
For more than 75 years, SCHROTH Safety Products has been a leading manufacturer of innovative occupant protection and restraint systems for customized applications in aerospace, defense, and motorsport. The company develops advanced technical solutions for leading commercial aircraft manufacturers and operators in the field of seatbelts and restraint systems, airbag technology, and crash safety. SCHROTH Safety Products operates manufacturing and engineering facilities in Arnsberg / Germany and in Fort Lauderdale / Florida.
NORDAM
Founded in 1969 on family values and with multiple, strategically-located operations and customer support facilities around the world, Tulsa-based NORDAM is a leading independently owned aerospace company. The firm designs, certifies and manufactures integrated propulsion systems, nacelles and thrust reversers for business jets; builds composite aircraft structures, interior shells, custom cabinetry and radomes; and manufactures aircraft transparencies, such as cabin windows, wing-tip lens assemblies and flight deck windows. NORDAM also is a major third-party provider of maintenance, repair and overhaul services to the military, commercial airline and air freight markets.
Rollon
Rollon, a global company part of Timken Group, has over 45 years of experience in linear motion systems production and development with a strong focus on customized solutions.
Thanks to one of the largest selections of linear guides, telescopic rails, linear actuators and multi-axes system it is able to play a role in several industries. Since many years Rollon is a recognized player for linear motion components in aircraft interiors industry, supporting designers worldwide with high value dedicated solutions.
Gottlieb Binder GmbH & Co. KG
Driving innovation for almost 225 years: From a local ribbon manufacturer to a global technology leader in high-tech fastener systems: as a family-run, globally successful company, Binder Group offers technical fastening solutions for a wide range of industries like for example aircraft, automotive or personal care. To build on our innovative edge, we place considerable emphasis on research and development as well as on collaborations with leading research institutes and universities. The result of this is numerous patents and new products of uncompromising quality and maximum reliability – properties that all our products have in common.
Expliseat
Expliseat is the manufacturer of the lightest aircraft seat in the world: the TiSeat.
With more than a decade of innovation, Expliseat provides the next generation of durable and lightweight seats to regional and single-aisle operators.
TiSeat ultralight frame technology, made of Carbon Fiber and Titanium, enables massive weight savings without any compromise on comfort or passenger experience.
By flying lighter, we help our customers to reduce their fuel consumption and CO2 emissions while maximizing aircraft payload and performance. More than 10 000 TiSeat are flying worldwide, available on major OEM platforms: A320 Family, 737 Family, ATR, Dash 8, COMAC ARJ21, Dassault Jets.
ABC INTERNATIONAL
ABC INTERNATIONAL is an EASA DOA company (EASA.21J.529), offering certification and modification services to the aviation industry players such as airlines, lessors, MROs and OEM’s since 2009.
Justin the last 2 years we have delivered over 250 projects to major airlines, lessors in the field of aircraft cabin modification and upgrades.
We can apply, certify, and approve minor as well as major changes and STC (Supplemental Type Certificate) for aircraft cabin by performing relevant design changes. We are equipped to supply turnkey solutions including approved engineering data and the installation kits with applicable release certificates throughout our sophisticated supply chain attitude and ability.
Our packages are specifically designed to ease lessors’ aircraft transitions workloads and support airline’s interiors revamping project in time and cost-effective manner.
METZO – your partner for Aircraft cabin soft goods solutions
METZO is the Aviation specialist within THE VITA GROUP, one of the leading polyurethane foam manufacturers in the world. METZO´s Aviation portfolio contains a full range of soft furnishing goods for aircraft seats and crew compartments such as cushions, covers, toppers, paddings and mattresses to be supplied to all major seat manufacturers and airlines worldwide. This includes as well a comprehensive customer service from material selection, prototype construction and burn tests to series production, for both original equipment and spare parts. METZO`s production facilities are located in Germany and Slovakia. Above that, METZO is part of the global THE VITA GROUP network.
MEDIAPARTNER
Aircraft Interiors International
Aircraft Interiors International is celebrating its 20th Anniversary during 2018 and over the last 20 years it has grown to become the industry’s premier publication. With an ABC audited circulation of just short of 14,000 buyers and key decision makers, the hard copy format is extreme- ly valued by readers for detailed content, sense of style and easy-to-read format, and appreciated by advertisers for consistently generating strong sales leads and wider brand recognition.
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