Gen Phoenix, a leader in sustainable material innovation, has partnered with Sabeti Wain Aerospace and Doy Design to launch the aviation industry’s first fully recyclable aircraft dress cover. The Circular Dress Cover is a breakthrough closed-loop solution that allows airlines to recycle 100% of their end-of-life seat covers into new seat cover material with no compromise on quality, durability or certification requirements.
The Circular Dress Cover is upholstered in Helios, a brand-new material innovation developed by Gen Phoenix. Helios is made using recycled end-of-life waste in a closed-loop process, that can continue to be recycled again and again. The Circular Dress Cover marks a paradigm shift in aircraft seating sustainability.
Current seat covers are traditionally made from a mix of non-recyclable materials that are hard to separate and end up in landfills or incinerated after their typical service life. In contrast, Gen Phoenix’s patent-pending technology allows airlines’ old seat covers to be fully recycled, in their entirety, and repurposed at the end of their lives through the company’s innovative process.
Early life cycle analysis shows the Circular Dress Cover reduces the carbon emissions footprint by approximately 30% as compared to traditional dress cover manufacturing. For a typical airline with 180 aircraft, it could prevent over 3 tons of landfill waste per year.
Gen Phoenix, Sabeti Wain Aerospace and Doy Design will debut the Circular Dress Cover at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg, Germany, with widespread commercial availability targeted for early 2025.
