B/E Aerospace Announces Launch Orders for Endura.Business Editors WELLINGTON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 29, 2004 B/E Aerospace, Inc.'s (Nasdaq:BEAV BEAV Binary Editor and Viewer ) recently introduced coffee and tea brewing system, Endura(TM), has been selected by 5 customers for over 80 new aircraft deliveries. Taiwan-based China Airlines and South African Airways South African Airways (SAA) is South Africa's largest domestic and international airline company, with hubs in Cape Town and Johannesburg. It is also known in Afrikaans as Suid-Afrikaanse Lugdiens (SAL) , Africa's leading airline, will install Endura(TM) on their new fleet of A330, A340 and B747 aircraft. Independence Air, the new U.S. low cost carrier, selected Endura for their single-aisle Airbus deliveries. In addition, two Asian carriers have also selected Endura for their Airbus A319 aircraft. The new beverage maker 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 a 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 is clearly the product of choice for our aircraft," said Charles C.H. Peng, China Airlines Vice President of Corporate Marketing and Planning. "Endura's innovative design and superior functionality makes maintenance much simpler, lowers our costs, and supports our commitment to provide our passengers with quality services." Deliveries of Endura are expected to begin in the late March 2004 timeframe. 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.
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 http://www.beaerospace.com. |
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