Lufthansa Technik bundles expertise as manufacturer of aircraft cabin products

- Development of all products from a single source
- Business field with significant growth potential

Lufthansa Technik AG is now positioning itself actively as a
developer and manufacturer of products for aircraft cabins. The
company is bundling all its activities in the development and
production of cabin products in its new Original Equipment Innovation
product division, thus creating an organizational foundation for
expanding its position as a manufacturing operation. The leadership
of this new product division has been entrusted to one of the
company’s most experienced innovation managers, Andrew Muirhead, who
previously headed the Innovation unit at Lufthansa Technik. Muirhead
is supported by a team of over 80 interdisciplinary employees – with
more to come – as the consolidation process takes shape.

All products offered by Lufthansa Technik as an original equipment
manufacturer (OEM) will be developed, planned, manufactured and sold
from the new product division. Innovative systems and products – such
as nice®, niceview™, GuideU or the Patient Transport Unit (PTU) –
have already been successfully introduced to the market, and others
will follow as part of the planned expansion. By bundling all of
Lufthansa Technik’s cabin OEM products, the company will be able to
efficiently and cost-effectively manage the know-how, development and
planning processes, as well as the sales and customer support
processes jointly.

“We’ve set some very ambitious goals for the years ahead,” says
Muirhead in describing his expectations of himself and his team. “For
an airline, the aircraft cabin is one of the most significant factors
in customer perception and differentiation. Passenger expectations
are rising and innovation cycles are becoming shorter and shorter.
That offers us a significant opportunity, because we understand the
possibilities for implementing and integrating modern systems in
cabins and aircraft better than nearly any other company, and with
our own workshops and a worldwide network of partners, we have the
potential to turn ideas into reality faster than others do. All the
company’s know-how in airline installations, VIP completion, flight
operations and maintenance comes together here, in this new division
together with expertise from within the Lufthansa Technik
organisation as a whole.”

Muirhead and his team are already exhibiting some of their first
products at the current Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg. A new
ultra high bandwidth WLAN router for use during flight is faster and
easier to handle than most existing network equipment. GuideU is the
next generation of non-electrical floor path marking systems. GuideU
is available in 18 different colors that can be optimally integrated
into any cabin design. HelioJet ensures that cabin lighting is
available with the stable quality of LED technology – soon even in
color.

All of these products and further information on the new product
division can be experienced at the Lufthansa Technik stand (Hall 6,
Stand 6B60) at Aircraft Interiors Expo from April 8-10.