Sales of seat actuators increased both for external seat suppliers and for Zodiac Seats. Manufacturing began at the Chihuahua plant to supplement production at Soliman.

Water & waste systems

Activity was boosted by deliveries of lavatory systems to Boeing for its B787 to a Chinese rail operator, and by increased production of tanks and, since 2014, toilet systems at the Chihuahua plant. Now more lightweight thanks to its composite-material tank, more reliable, easier to maintain and much more water-efficient, the new Revolution™ Toilet assembly has been selected by Swissair for the refurbishment of its Airbus A320 and A321 fleets. Embraer, a longstanding customer has also selected it for its future E2 as has CO MAC for its C919. The division will also supply the waste management system for the E2. Another commercial success is the contract signed with several Boeing B787 VIP-configuration fitting centers for the design of water and waste management systems.

Data systems

With the acquisition of TriaGnoSys, the division has scaled up its developments in onboard connectivity (in-flight internet access, GSM). In partnership with Viasat and Global Eagle, it has developed a connectivity offering using Ka-band (used mainly for satellite internet) and Ku-band. It has also obtained support from the French civil aviation authority to develop its own Ka-band terminal. Another advance in the area of data acquisition and recording is the delivery to Airbus, in preparation for the first flight of the A320neo, of XMA data-acquisition modules and a C-band link system that will transmit data to a station on the ground. The XMA modules are extremely compact and have been selected by Boeing for in-flight tests on its B737MAX as well.

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