B/E Aerospace's Endura Wins International Design Award.Business Editors Aircraft Interior's Show WELLINGTON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 29, 2004 B/E Aerospace, Inc. (Nasdaq:BEAV BEAV Binary Editor and Viewer ) today announced that their recently introduced coffee and tea brewing system, Endura(TM), has won the prestigious red dot design award for product quality and sophisticated design achievement and product quality from Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westhalen in Essen, Germany. Endura was chosen from 1,673 entries from 32 countries. The red dot award is one of the oldest and most prestigious design competitions. Outstanding design quality has been chosen and officially honored in an exhibition by the Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westhalen since 1955. The judging panel consists of 26 design experts from nine countries. Among the assessment criteria are: degree of innovation, functionality, formal quality, symbolic and emotional content as well as ergonomics ergonomics, the engineering science concerned with the physical and psychological relationship between machines and the people who use them. The ergonomicist takes an empirical approach to the study of human-machine interactions. and ecological soundness. Endura was developed with input from customers around the world and is designed to deliver a 40 percent increase in reliability as compared to current generation models of beverage makers. Endura employs numerous technological advances including proprietary (patent pending) non-contact liquid level sensing with a redundant fixed sensor and solid-state components for superior brewing and taste. The modular design In the context of systems engineering, modular design — or "modularity in design" — is an approach aiming to subdivide a system into smaller parts (modules) that can be independently created and then used in different systems to drive multiple functionalities. uses fewer parts for easier maintenance and an overall lower cost of ownership. Endura is compatible with existing commercial aircraft galleys and servers and the new innovative insulated in·su·late tr.v. in·su·lat·ed, in·su·lat·ing, in·su·lates 1. To cause to be in a detached or isolated position. See Synonyms at isolate. 2. coffee server, developed with Thermos(R), which delivers better taste over a longer period of time and significantly reduces waste. Endura will be on display at the Aircraft Interior's Show, in Hamburg Hamburg, city, Germany Hamburg (häm`b  rkh), officially Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg (Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg), city (1994 pop. , Germany, Hall 12, Booth A1 from March 30 - April 1. Endura will also be displayed at the red dot museum in Essen, Germany beginning July 6, 2004. For more information on the red dot design award visit www.red-dot-award.com. B/E Aerospace, Inc. is the world's leading manufacturer of aircraft cabin An aircraft cabin is the section of an aircraft in which passengers travel, often just called the cabin. At cruising altitudes, the surrounding atmosphere is too thin to breathe without an oxygen mask, so cabin pressurization adapts the cabin to atmospheric pressures. interior products, and a leading aftermarket Aftermarket See: Secondary market. aftermarket See secondary market. distributor of aerospace fasteners fasteners In construction, connectors between structural members. Bolted connections are used when it is necessary to fasten two elements tightly together, especially to resist shear and bending, as in column and beam connections. . B/E designs, develops and manufactures a broad product line for both commercial aircraft and business jets and provides cabin interior design, reconfiguration and conversion services. Products for the existing aircraft fleet -- the aftermarket -- provide about 60 percent of sales. B/E sells its products through its own global direct sales organization. For more information, visit B/E's website at www.beaerospace.com. |
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