Boeing selects Ipeco to provide 787 flight-deck seats.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-5 April 2005-BOEING: Boeing selects Ipeco to provide 787 flight-deck seats(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:04042005 EVERETT, Wash. -- Boeing [NYSE:BA] will outfit its new 787 Dreamliner with flight-deck seats from Ipeco, supplied by the United Kingdom's Ipeco Group.

Based at Southend Airport in Essex , Ipeco has supplied flight-deck seats for all Boeing commercial airplane programs since 1985. Regulations require flight-deck seats to be very different from passenger seats, in needing to be highly adjustable and meet stringent test standards. "Ipeco is a great addition to the team," said Mike Bair, vice president and general manager of the 787 program. "We are really getting to the details with the airplane. Our team has made great...