Recticel Aviation - Aircraft and Aerospace Seat Cushions

Recticel Aviation specialises in the design and development of innovative seat cushions for the aerospace industry. We aim for long term partnerships with our customers.

Seat and backrest aircraft cushion design and development

Our highly skilled and dedicated group of engineers can assist you in developing and producing state-of-the-art seat and backrest cushions with high levels of comfort, durability and optimised weight. Our team spirit and entrepreneurship guarantees innovative and creative solutions to help you satisfy your customers.

In-house seat cushion foam production and conversion

All our foam materials are developed and produced in-house. Recticel is the largest producer of foamed polyurethane (PU) in Europe and has more than 50 years experience in high-end comfort and fire-retardant foams.

In-house seat cushion testing to aviation safety standards

Recticel Aviation is able to perform all necessary testing for aviation seat cushion applications in-house. these tests include:

• CS/FAR 25.853a vertical burn test
• CS/FAR 25853c combination kerosine burn test
• ABD0031
• Flotation testing
• Jumptest
• Durability testing
• Chemical analysis
• Determination of foamed materials

Advanced materials for aviation seat cushions

We use a range of advanced materials for our aviation seat cushions. These include:

• Bultex: high-resilience comfort foams
• GF range: graphite foams based on high-resilience PU
• Rectiflame seating concepts with integrated dress-covers
• Block foams for further conversion
• XLPE foams
• PVDF foams

Aviation seat cushions and related products

Our range of cushions and related products for the aviation sector includes:

• Seat and backrest core cushions
• Headrests
• Legrests
• Flotation cushions
• Crew rest mattresses
• Acoustic parts
• Technical insulation parts and sealings
• Carpet under layers

Aircraft seat cushion repair and maintenance

Some of Recticel Aviation seat cushion systems can be cleaned inspected and repaired by us in-house.

Certifications

Our certifications include:

• NEN-EN-ISO9001
• NEN-EN-AS9100 compliant
• EASA Part 21 Section A Subpart G
• NL.21G.2341

About Recticel

Recticel Aviation is part of the Recticel group which is active in 27 countries worldwide with over 120 commercial, foaming and manufacturing plants. Our core competence is the production and transformation of PU foams for numerous industries.

Ranging from bedding and comfort applications, acoustics, thermal insulation and automotive, all our aviation activities are centralised at Recticel Aviation in Kesteren, the Netherlands where our competence center is based. With over 20 years of experience in aviation seating applications we can be your innovative partner.

Recticel was the first to implement production systems for CFC free production of PU in 1993. Always looking for better alternatives such as Solvent free adhesive systems, creating long-life products, reuse of production trim in our own recycling Plants is standard practice. With respect to the environment we encounter the challenges of today and tomorrow.