Leading the way

Embracing Cabin Circularity Together

Celebrating 30 years of GuideU in 2025, we remain dedicated to not only pioneering product innovation but to shaping the future of aviation loved by generations to come. At GuideU, we believe the key to truly sustainable cabin interiors lies in circularity. While traditional product lifecycles follow a take-make-waste model, we break the mold by embracing a circular economy approach that goes beyond conventional eco-design practices.

Our Circular Journey is driven by the ambition to:

Significantly reduce GuideU’s environmental footprint
Extend the lifespan of materials
Conserve natural resources
Minimize waste across the product lifecycle

Together with our partners and customers, we are redefining sustainability in aviation.

GuideU - Collection Container under aircraft

Take-back Campaign

We take full lifecycle responsibility for GuideU components, going beyond the traditional cradle-to-gate approach. As an industry first, we are reclaiming GuideU’s end-of-use materials to analyze process dynamics and stakeholder adoption, gaining valuable insights for future reclaim systems that support cabin circularity. To facilitate this initiative, dedicated collection containers have been placed at Lufthansa Technik’s locations in Sofia, Malta, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines, ensuring the efficient retrieval of discarded materials. Through the implementation of robust end-of-use strategies, we are actively driving the transition toward circular cabin solutions.

Production Efficiency and Waste Reduction

At GuideU, we optimize resource efficiency at every stage of production, continuously refining our processes to boost productivity and minimize waste. By upcycling production scrap into items like keychains, we extend material lifecycles and prevent valuable materials from ending up in landfills. Most of our packaging from production stages is reused multiple times, with some even repurposed for the delivery of final products. In collaboration with our supply chain and customers, we have thoroughly analyzed our packaging materials, processes, and emissions. Together, we are now exploring circular packaging solutions to further reduce waste. Every process is carefully assessed by balancing the production, disposal, and transport emissions of packaging, ensuring a comprehensive reduction in overall emissions.

Repurposing Valuable Materials

Beyond our popular GuideU keychains – handcrafted from production scrap – we continuously explore innovative ways to repurpose reclaimed GuideU materials. In collaboration with SMALLrevolution, a Danish design company specialized in transforming plastic waste into functional design elements, we have trialed shredding techniques and advanced material processing methods. A standout result of this collaboration is the development of exclusive glow-in-the-dark furniture elements. Born from GuideU materials once destined for scrap, these pieces symbolize our commitment to the circular economy, granting everything a second chance at usefulness and purpose.

Franziska Voerner (left), Christopher Bellieno (right), both Senior Product Managers for GuideU and Ulrike Behrens (middle), Head of Corporate Marketing

Embracing a circular economy approach

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Find out how we embrace circularity in aircraft cabins. Franziska Voerner and Christopher Bellieno, both Senior Product Managers for GuideU, explain how they prioritize keeping valuable materials in use for longer and minimizing waste at every stage.

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Safety in line with design

Designed for very easy installation, GuideU is the next generation of non-electrical floor path marking systems. GuideU consists of photoluminescent lighting strips on the cabin floor to guide passengers to the exits in the event of an emergency involving a cabin lighting failure. This patented technology “Made in Germany” is 100% customizable in color and shape making it the trusted choice for all commercial aircraft.

GuideU quickly recharges during normal cabin lighting and is even faster to install. No special tools are needed during the fitting of the strips that can simply be cut to length at the installation site.

GuideU BasicFit is your new and highly cost-efficient way to meet all aviation requirements without compromising on quality.GuideU BasicFit is only available in one standard color, but also without scratch protection it offers the same quality standard and 100% relaibility like ColorFit and CustomFit. All benefits from the GuideU 1000 Series are included: No life limitation, no maintenance and no power required. BasicFit can also be combined with our Filler, Carpet Protector and Adapter. Cutable with our GuideU Scissor it offers an easy installation.

ColorFit is available in many different colors that can be optimally integrated into any cabin design. Color variation and standard curves allow designers to perfectly integrate GuideU 1000 Series into any interior.The scratch protection makes the system more resistant against mechanical stress. GuideU has become the standard for all commercial aircraft. GuideU 1000 Series is factory-fitted by Airbus, Boeing and Bombardier. Retrofit installations are covered by our Lufthansa Techik supplemental type certificates (STC) available for most commercial aircraft.

CustomFit offers the highest level of customization of any photoluminescent escape path marking system on the market. Providing curves and lines of any shape, the customized curves follow the individual contours of your cabin design. Leading the way in style. The latest patented innovation integrates the structural design of the chosen carpet into the surface of the photoluminescent strip, making it virtually disappear under standard lighting conditions. CustomFit allows designers to perfectly integrate the GudeU 1000 Series into any interior and thus takes cabin design to the next level.

GuideU is available with different fillers, which allow adapting the light strip assembly height to different carpets.

An optional carpet protector can be used in order to protect the carpet edges against damage.

With the adapter a one-to-one exchange of a wider floor path marking system is possible without a change of the carpet layout.

Certificates

Approved by EASA and FAA

Our GuideU system is already approved for most aircraft types by the aviation authorities EASA and FAA. And is validated by most local authorities. GuideU can be installed line-fit on all common aircraft platforms.

GuideU

YOUR BENEFITS

No maintenance intervals
No life limitation
Non electrical
Easiest installation on the market
Cuttable on board
Patent capsulated system makes sealant or end caps obsolete
One-piece system that reduces logistic expanses
Lightweight Scratch protection
Fully customizable

Digital Customer Experience Center

Discover our special places

Join us on a tour through our brand new production facility for our unique GuideU light strips. Meet Christina Chen and learn more about Lufthansa Technik’s innovative in-house production competence and how it benefits you.

Your personal contact

Christian Post

Sales Manager EMEA

Lufthansa Technik AG | Hamburg, Germany

christian.post@lht.dlh.de

+49 40 5070 60506

Your personal contact

Maria Federica Lugo

Sales Manager AMERICAS

Lufthansa Technik AG | Miami Lakes, USA

federica.lugo@lht.dlh.de

Your personal contact

Christina Chen

Sales Manager Asia Pacific

Lufthansa Technik AG | Hamburg, Germany

xiaohui.chen@lht.dlh.de

+49 151 58923485

Brochure for GuideU

The leading non-electrical floor path marking solution

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Obsolescence Letter

GuideU Classic Series

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Leading the way

Embracing Cabin Circularity Together

Get to know GuideU's Circular Journey

Take-back Campaign

Production Efficiency and Waste Reduction

The Future Needs to Be Circular. GuideU Embraces this Journey. Join the Movement.

Repurposing Valuable Materials

Embracing a circular economy approach

Listen to our Podcast

Safety in line with design

The GuideU story

Our Portfolio

Basic Fit

Color Fit

CustomFit

The add-ons

Filler

Carpet Protector

Adapter

Certificates

Approved by EASA and FAA

GuideU

YOUR BENEFITS

Digital Customer Experience Center

Discover our special places

Get in touch

Your personal contact

Christian Post

Your personal contact

Maria Federica Lugo

Your personal contact

Christina Chen

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Obsolescence Letter

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