NORDAM has been given permission by Boeing to work with airline customers to design, engineer, manufacture and certify front-row and other interior monuments for Boeing 737, 747-8, 767, 777, 777-X and 787 airplanes. This means Boeing’s airline customers can order new airplanes to include custom-crafted interior pieces from NORDAM, fully finished and ready for service.
In an airplane cabin, front-row interior monuments establish the boundary in front of a first- or business-class seat. These pieces complement the seat surrounds and may include custom closets, bulkheads, class dividers, storage compartments or bar units.
“Now, NORDAM’s long-time airline customers from our repair and transparency businesses are able to select us for their first-class interiors,” NORDAM CEO Meredith Siegfried Madden said. “We look forward to working with Boeing and its customers to create unique cabin experiences.”
NORDAM has been building fully customized front-row monuments under subcontract to other suppliers for nearly 10 years, supporting nine different programs on six commercial airplane platforms. Madden says NORDAM decided to diversify into custom front-row monuments for commercial aircraft following a downturn in the business-jet market in 2008.