One Material for the Entire Aircraft Cabin
EcoPex™ replaces the 20+ different plastics used across today's aircraft interiors with a single recyclable material — from flexible seals to rigid structural parts.
EcoPex™ replaces the 20+ different plastics used across today's aircraft interiors with a single recyclable material — from flexible seals to rigid structural parts.
Today's aircraft cabins rely on dozens of different polymers. Seals, trim pieces, panels, seat components, and structural elements all typically use different plastics optimized for that single application.
The result is a cabin environment containing more than twenty different polymer types. When those interiors need to be replaced, almost none of its plastics are recycled. The materials are incompatible, sorting them is impractical, and most end up in landfill.
EcoPex™ changes that.
A typical aircraft cabin uses more than 20 different plastics. The EcoPex™ solution replaces them with a single recyclable material.
Because every EcoPex component shares the same chemistry, cabin parts can be recycled together in a single stream without sorting.
One material platform spans the full range of cabin applications and can combine flexible and rigid properties within a single component.
Because every part shares the same base chemistry, components can be collected and returned directly to Pexco Aerospace for reprocessing.
EcoPex maintains stable mechanical performance through ten or more full recycling cycles, lasting longer than the lifetime of your aircraft.
Each ton of recycled EcoPex avoids an estimated 5.4 metric tons of CO₂ compared with producing new material.
EcoPex™ was designed to support the aviation industry's growing focus on circular materials while meeting the performance expectations of aircraft interiors. The combination of durability and recyclability extends component life while reducing waste across the cabin lifecycle.
Designed for durability, EcoPex exceeds the performance of polycarbonate—one of the most common plastics used in aircraft interiors.
When it fails, it bends rather than shattering into sharp fragments, an important safety characteristic for seat and interior impact environments.
EcoPex™ aligns with tightening environmental and materials regulations across the aviation industry while maintaining the performance required for certified cabin applications.
Non-halogenated flame retardants
PFAS-free
Heavy-metal-free
REACH & RoHS compliant
CFR 25.853 compliance
The EcoPex™ platform spans the full spectrum of mechanical properties required in aircraft interiors.
By adjusting hardness within the same chemistry family, the material can be produced in flexible, semi-rigid, or rigid forms and can be combined through co-extrusion or overmolding when applications require multiple properties in one component.
Flexible grades behave similarly to urethane and are suited for seals, cushions, and gap fillers. Semi-rigid grades provide controlled flexibility for covers, rub strips, and trim components. Rigid grades perform similarly to polycarbonate and can be used for structural interior parts such as tray tables, sidewalls, stowage bins, or interior panels.
Because all grades share the same base chemistry, components across the cabin can ultimately return to the same recycling stream.
That's recycling without complexity.
Seals, cushions, gap fillers.
Seat track covers, trim, rub strips.
Tray tables, panels, structural components.
Intermediate hardness profiles.
EcoPex™ was developed by Pexco Aerospace, a manufacturer of engineered polymer components used throughout aircraft interiors. For more than thirty years, Pexco has supplied extruded, injection-molded, and thermoformed polymer components for leading aerospace OEMs and Tier-1 cabin suppliers.
Production takes place at Pexco's 148,000-square-foot aerospace facility, which includes 18 extrusion lines, six co-extruders, fabrication operations, machining capabilities, and in-house material testing. The company operates under AS9100D certification and holds FAA Parts Manufacturing Authority approval.
30+ years in aerospace
Supplying engineered cabin components for leading aerospace programs.
148,000 sq ft facility
Purpose-built aerospace production with integrated testing and fabrication.
18 extrusion lines + 6 co-extruders
High-capacity extrusion and co-extrusion for complex cabin profiles.
AS9100D + FAA PMA
Trusted by Boeing, Airbus, Jamco, Collins Aerospace, Safran, and others—as well as serving airlines and MROs directly.
If you are evaluating materials for cabin interiors—whether for sustainability targets, durability improvements, or supply chain simplification—we would welcome the opportunity to discuss how EcoPex™ may apply to your programs.