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Astronics Corporation Acquires Custom Control Concepts
Market Leader in Cabin and In-Flight Entertainment Systems
Enhances Astronics' VVIP Aircraft Offerings
EAST AURORA, NY, April 3, 2022 - Astronics Corporation (NASDAQ: ATRO), a leading supplier of advanced technologies and products to the global aerospace, defense, and semiconductor industries, announced today that it has purchased the operating assets of Custom Control Concepts (CCC), located in Kent, Washington. CCC is the established market share leader in providing cabin management and in-flight entertainment (IFE) systems for the complete range of privately operated Boeing and Airbus aircraft, along with other select fixed and rotary wing aircraft models. Founded in 1998, CCC has completed more than 165 technology installations to date.
Peter J. Gunderman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Astronics Corporation, said, "We are pleased to have CCC join our company and contribute their capabilities, technologies and strong customer relationships. We are very familiar with the VVIP market through our PGA Avionics subsidiary, and while current market conditions are challenging, we believe the cooperative pursuits of PGA and CCC working together will provide best-in-class technology and innovation to our customers. The addition of CCC furthers Astronics' commitment to be the global leader in this market as it recovers in the coming years."
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Russ Johnson to head-up Custom Control Concepts Engineering
Custom Control Concepts (CCC), a world leader in VIP In-Flight Entertainment and Cabin Management, is proud to announce the addition of Russ Johnson to the CCC team. Johnson will take over the key position of Chief Technical Officer at CCC's Kent, Washington plant and report directly to President and CEO Bill Weaver.
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Custom Control Concepts Completes $1.6 Million Factory Expansion and Upgrade
Custom Control Concepts, Inc. (CCC), the market leader in custom VIP In-Flight Entertainment and Cabin Management Systems, has just completed an impressive factory upgrade and expansion at their company headquarters near Seattle, WA. The $1.6 million dollar expansion was necessitated by strong demand for CCC's custom products in the growing VIP and Business Jet sector and was completed over the past year.
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CCC Installs In-House HALT/HASS Chamber
The past few months have been an exciting time at CCC, as we have been moving into our new expanded manufacturing space. Our latest news is the installation of a HALT/HASS system from Hanse Environmental. Having this in-house capability will improve product reliability while keeping our manufacturing agile, so that we can deliver custom VIP systems on time.
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Custom Control Concepts Exhibits at a Busy EBACE 2014 in Geneva, Switzerland
EBACE14 was the largest yet with a reported with a 7% growth in attendance, 8% increase in exhibitors, and a 4% increase in average booth size. Jason Danforth, our VP of Business Development, shared that CCC, "experienced this growth even at our booth this year as EBACE14 was one of our most successful shows yet of 2014 in terms of customer, partner and media traffic. Looking forward to next year, EBACE15 visitors should expect an even more enhanced experience through cutting edge IFE/CMS technology that will better demonstrate the CCC VIP cabin experience that we deliver."
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Custom Control Concepts' In-Flight Entertainment and Cabin Management Selected for AgustaWestland AW169
Custom Control Concepts, LLC is pleased to announce that they have been chosen as the preferred IFE/CMS supplier for the AW169 VIP helicopter. CCC plans to start production by late-2014, delivering some of the first prototypes for LABACE 2014 demonstration purposes and later in the summer for flight test evaluation.
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AMAC AEROSPACE orders CUSTOM CONTROL CONCEPTS IFE/CMS System for VIP A319
AMAC of Basel, Switzerland, has ordered Custom Control Concepts� (CCC) IFE/CMS Systems to be installed on one VIP A319. The installation will be performed during autumn of 2014.
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PATS Orders Custom Control Concepts IFE/CMS System for BBJ
PATS of Georgetown, DE USA, has ordered Custom Control Concepts� (CCC) IFE/CMS Systems to be installed on a BBJ. The installation will be performed during spring 2015
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Sky-Fi and SkyOne featured by Business Jet Interiors International
Custom Control Concepts (CCC) plans to show its SkyOne (pictured below) and Sky-Fi (pictured left) products at EBACE 2014, which will be held on 20-22 May in Geneva, Switzerland. Both systems are scheduled to be certified and released for OEM production in early 2015.
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CCC Expands System Integration Lab (SIL) Capacity and Streamlines Processes
One of the most important milestones for a VIP In-Flight Entertainment and Cabin Management System from CCC is the System Integration Lab - where the custom system for each new client is setup, configured, and wired (just as it will be on the aircraft) at a lab inside of our headquarters in the Seattle, WA area.
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CCC Visits ABACE 2014 in Shanghai
This was our first time attending ABACE, and we had a great time meeting new friends and catching up with old ones � it�s amazing how wonderfully close our industry community is and running into existing business partners, clients, and industry friends at these exhibitions never gets old. Since we were�t exhibiting at ABACE we had the chance to really experience all that the show has to offer.
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Spectrum Lighting Featured in BJI
In recent years the design of aircraft cabin lighting products has increasingly moved beyond the basic requirements of reliability and functionality to include ways to enhance the passenger experience. Systems that allow passengers to control their cabin environment - via dimming individual lights or changing their color, for example - are becoming more widely available.
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Custom Control Concepts Launches LED Cabin Lights
Custom Control Concepts doesn't claim to be the biggest, but is quietly going about solidifying a claim to being the best. The U.S. cabin electronics specialist comes to EBACE 2012 with a hefty contract from executive aircraft outfitter L-3 Platform Integration to provide the cabin management system and high definition, digital in-flight entertainment for a head-of-state 747-8 green-aircraft completion.
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Custom IFE & CMS
Custom Control Concepts has been designing and manufacturing custom IFE and CMS for wide and narrow body aircraft for over a decade. From the beginning, the company has focused on providing aircraft owners with complete IFE and CMS packages, personalized for the aircraft and VIP's specification.
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CCC partners with L-3 Platform Integration on a 747-8 Head-of-State completion project
CCC, located in Kent, WA, USA has been selected by L-3 Platform Integration division’s (L-3 PID) Head-of-State Completion Center in Waco, Texas to provide its HD In-Flight Entertainment and Cabin Management Systems (IFE/CMS) for installation in a 747-8 Head-of-State completion project. This project is L-3 PID and Custom Control Concepts’ second collaboration, and will undoubtedly produce another world class aircraft completion.
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Custom Control has and app, and more
For a decade, Custom Control Concepts (Stand 683) has been quietly making a name for itself in the cabin electronics side of the business aircraft completion and refurbishment industry, providing everything from all-digital high-definition entertainment to cabin management.
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Leading Lights
IFE/CMS system supplier Custom Control Concepts (CCC) has forayed into lighting with a new concept that integrates the lighting controller directly into the light. The company says this approach reduces box count, weight and wiring.
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New Generation
Custom Control Concepts (CCC) will present the third generation of its digital high-definition IFE/CMS system, the result of its ongoing quest to improve user interaction and reduce installation effort.
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Screen Stars
Owners of private aircraft want the entertainment system on board their jets to be at least as good as those they enjoy at home or on their yachts. In visual terms that means high definition, and HD screens are fast becoming the standard on anything from wide-body conversions to the latest very light jets.
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Eurocopter's bizjet- caliber interiors are 'first cabin'
Compared with business jet cabins, helicopter cabins- even those in many executive helicopters- lean toward the utilitarian. Now American Eurocopter, in partnership with Heritage Aviation Services, has designed a cabin interior...that offers business jet amenities.
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