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At the recent Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg, Germany, Swiss fabrics specialist Lantal exhibited three prototypes of a new business class seat that exploits adjustable pneumatic technology. In terms of added comfort, the firmness of the seat varies from harder in the fully upright position, to medium while relaxing, and to softer in the full-flat sleeping mode. Currently, Lantal is participating in commercial projects involving major European airline partners and premium seat manufacturers to integrate all-pneumatic cushion comfort systems into a novel business class full-flat seat and into a high-end first class suite, both to be launched commercially in early 2009. There are several advantages to this approach, according to Lantal, including: cost-savings; low weights; passenger-controlled adaptive comfort; full functionality, without degradation, for the lifetime of the seat; and increased hygienic protection. Cooperating partners for the commercialization of the pneumatic cushion technology currently include Recaro, B/E Aerospace, Contour Premium Aircraft Seating,JetAviation and DornierTechnologie. Lantal has also introduced a carpet with a new selfadhesive backing, developed especially for the B787 Dreamliner. An initial carpet quality designed by the Swiss company has been officially qualified by Boeing for this aircraft type, making Lantal one of the first carpet suppliers able to deliver products that fulfil the B787 specification, to be used exclusively in the first 14 deliveries.