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Airbus Selects GCE Aviation Integra Portable Oxygen Cylinder Assembly as SFE

Written by thomas · Filed Under Aeronautics News 

June 10, 2009

thomas

Warrington, UK – GCE Aviation and Airbus have
entered into an agreement to offer the GCE
Integra series lightweight Portable Oxygen
Cylinder Assembly (POCA) as SFE equipment on
all Airbus commercial aircraft programmes as a
customer selectable option.
The agreement, which was signed today at a ceremony in Hamburg, will see the
introduction of the lightweight Integra POCA into the Emergency Equipment
Configuration Guide (EECG) of A320, A330, A340, A380 aircraft families and available
for selection by the customer as SFE equipment.
“Following on from the qualification of the Integra in August last year, GCE is proud to
make this partnership with Airbus and we look forward to becoming a valued equipment
supplier. The Aviation products showcase the GCE Group’s core competence of flow
and pressure control equipment, specifically parity with products from our Medical
business” says Michael Hermansson, CEO, GCE Group.
This key OEM position further supports the already successful GCE retro-fit model that
has seen many airlines remove their existing steel cylinders and replace with the Integra
POCA, resulting in reduced fuel burn, carbon emissions and through life cost.
Pictured (left to right): Mike Galvin (GCE), Oliver Pawel (Airbus), Klaus
Humpert (Airbus), Michael Hermansson (GCE), Franziska Gosch
(Airbus), Thorsten Berger (Airbus), Michael Heuermann (Airbus), Jon
Zinopoulos (GCE), Peter Kaul (Airbus)
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About Integra
The GCE Integra Portable Oxygen Cylinder Assembly
consists of a lightweight composite cylinder and regulator
which has been designed using GCE’s thirty years of
experience of producing more than one million integrated
pressure regulators. The cylinders, which weigh less than
50% of the existing steel units, have been specifically
designed to fit into the existing brackets, removing the need
for replacement brackets and the resulting cost and
disruption. The Integra is the culmination of modern
ergonomic design, manufacturing methods and materials that befit a 21st century
aviation device. Safety is at the forefront of the product as the user interfaces have been
designed to minimize human factor errors.
About GCE Aviation
Headquartered in Sweden, GCE is a leading European producer and distributor of
equipment and systems for flow and pressure control of aviation, industrial and medical
gases, with a strong Pan-European network including sales and supply companies in
thirteen countries. GCE manufactures products ranging from pressure regulators and
blowpipes for welding and cutting to sophisticated gas supply systems for the medical,
automotive, aviation and electronics industries. In 2008, GCE generated sales of
approximately ~€120 million and has approximately 1,200 employees worldwide.

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