Crystal Cabin Award 2009 Hamburg: Boeing, Lufthansa-Technik, B/E Aerospace and
Recaro are Winners
HAMBURG, Apr. 1 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --
The competition at this year's Crystal Cabin Award for aircraft cabin
interiors innovations had strong entries in six different categories from 51
renowned companies. Winners are: Boeing, Lufthansa-Technik, B/E Aerospace and
Recaro
This truly unique prize was initiated two years ago by the
"Joint-Initiative Hamburg - The place for aviation". As the world's only
award to recognize outstanding and innovative aircraft cabin products and
-concepts it is intended as a contribution to the improvement of travel
comfort, the development of new, economically and ecologically sound
solutions, and the strengthening of Hamburg's position as the world's leading
aircraft cabin competence centre.
One of the trophies went to the winner of the Passenger Comfort category,
German company Recaro. Their CL3620 seating generation offers passengers
unprecedented legroom and seating comfort. In the Industrial Design /
Interior Concept category, the judging panel chose again Recaro seat, which
is the only Economy Class seat that weighs less than 10kg. In the Greener
Cabin, Health and Safety category the experts were most impressed by Boeing's
Recyclable Aircraft Carpet.
The Material and Components category went to B/E Aerospace for their
series of innovative designs for vacuum toilet assemblies, generators and
waste tanks. The winner in the Entertainment and Communication category is
the Hamburg-based Lufthansa Technik AG with their niceview(TM) infotainment
system, which offers much more than other in-flight information systems. The
winner of the Judges' Commendation Prize is the designer James Lee with his
"Paperclip" Armrest Concept, a transversely offset, double-level armrest,
allows two adjacent passengers to rest their arms simultaneously.
The Award is part of the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg - among
Seattle and Toulouse the world's leading location for the civil aviation
industry. This world's biggest aircraft interiors exhibition is the showcase
for the products and technologies of tomorrow. Among the sights on show are
ultra-modern seating concepts and cabin designs, new kinds of in-flight
entertainment systems, and lightweight materials that allow airlines to save
fuel.
More Information: http://www.crystal-cabin-award.com
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SOURCE: Hamburg Marketing GmbH
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