Because PPI maintains full in-house capabilities in design and engineering, through fabrication and on to testing, inspection, and certification, PPI can generate faster, more certain turnarounds on prototypes and production runs alike. PPI's design solutions work. They are, first and last, certifiable. An in-house test laboratory manages certification to FAR Part 21 and 25, under the direction of a Designated Engineering Representative approved by the Federal Aviation Administration. The lab conducts all necessary burn and structural testing. Technical analysis of engineering data guides the formulation of in-house specs, and the stringent MIL-Q-9858 specification dictates PPI's quality-control procedures. All components and subassemblies are inspected at multiple intervals in the production phase and, in rigorous detail, just before shipping. PPI works toward zero-defect assemblies, produced cost effectively on timetables that support their customer's schedules.

The rapid rate of technological change shows no signs of slowing in the aircraft interior furnishings industry. Competition takes place on an ever more widening global scale. But this change brings with it both threats and opportunities. PPI has taken advantage of the opportunities available from computer technology and structural, material and fabrication method advances in the last 20 years.  CONTINUE