B/E Aerospace Wins Second Design Award for Business Class Seat.Business Editors WELLINGTON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 8, 2003 B/E Aerospace, Inc.'s (Nasdaq:BEAV BEAV Binary Editor and Viewer ) Shell Flat aircraft passenger seat has won a second prestigious award for outstanding design. I.D. Magazine, America's leading critical magazine covering the art, business and culture of design, has selected the B/E business class seat as a winner in its Annual Design Review. Previous winners include companies such as Nike, Mercedes-Benz, Apple Computer and Oakley. The B/E seat, designed for Japan Airlines, had previously received the coveted cov·et v. cov·et·ed, cov·et·ing, cov·ets v.tr. 1. To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's). See Synonyms at envy. 2. To wish for longingly. See Synonyms at desire. Good Design Award from The Chicago Athenaeum ath·e·nae·um also ath·e·ne·um n. 1. An institution, such as a literary club or scientific academy, for the promotion of learning. 2. A place, such as a library, where printed materials are available for reading. Museum of Architecture and Design. As previously announced, Japan Airlines introduced the seat in the fall of 2002 on Tokyo-London and Tokyo-New York routes and has begun installing the seat on its international fleet of Boeing 747 and 777 aircraft. Designed in a stylish shell-shape for privacy, the seat is fully electric and reclines to a full lie-flat position in bed mode. In addition, the seat features an electronic massage massage (məsäzh`), treatment of superficial parts of the body by systematic rubbing, stroking, kneading, or slapping. Massages can be administered manually or with mechanical devices. function and drop-down armrests, which provide additional width and sleeping comfort. A new adjustment system incorporating four independent motors and gear systems ensures a soft, smooth seat movement at the touch of a button. I.D. Magazine has published its Annual Design Review since 1954. Visit the magazine online at http://www.idonline.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. . With a global organization selling directly to the world's airlines, 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. For more information, visit B/E's website at http://www.beaerospace.com. |
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