Leading the way

Red Dot Award Winner 2025

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.

Our concept "GuideU CircularFit" is honored with the Red Dot Award 2025 in the the ‘Concept: Sustainability’ category

The future needs to be circular. GuideU embraces this journey. Join the movement!

GuideU Details Red Dot Award 2025

 Get to know GuideU's Circular Journey

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.

GuideU - Keychain with Campaign Logo

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

Listen to our Podcast

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 - Safety in line with Design

The GuideU story

GuideU Story

Our Portfolio

ColorFit - GuideU by Lufthansa Technik

Color Fit

ColorFit is available in many different colors and can be seamlessly integrated into any cabin design. Color variations and standard curves allow designers to perfectly integrate the GuideU 1000 Series into any interior. A durable, scratch-resistant coating further enhances the system’s longevity, providing increased resistance to mechanical stress and the demands of everyday aircraft operation.

GuideU has established itself as an industry standard for commercial aircraft. The GuideU 1000 Series is factory-fitted by Airbus and Boeing, while retrofit installations are supported by Lufthansa Technik Supplemental Type Certificates (STCs) for most commercial aircraft.

CustomFit - GuideU by Lufthansa Technik

CustomFit

CustomFit offers the highest level of customization of any photoluminescent escape path marking system on the market. With curves and lines in any desired shape, CustomFit follows the unique contours of your cabin design, leading the way in style. Its latest patented innovation incorporates the structural pattern of the selected carpet directly into the surface of the photoluminescent strip, allowing it to virtually disappear under normal lighting conditions. CustomFit enables designers to perfectly integrate the GuideU 1000 Series into any interior, elevating cabin design to a new level.

All options for your aircraft

The add-ons

Add-ons for GuideU

Filler

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

Carpet Protector

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

Adapter

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

Easy to change
GuideU - Customized Curves

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. 

Behind the scenes

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 benefits

No maintenance intervals

No life limitation

Non electrical

Easiest installation on the market

Cuttable on board 

No sealant or end caps needed

One-piece design reduces logistic costs

Lightweight 

Scratch protection

Fully customizable

Get in touch

Christian Post

Sales Manager EMEA

christian.post@lht.dlh.de

+49 40 5070 60506

Lufthansa Technik AG | Hamburg, Germany

Michael Kleinwaechter

Sales Manager EMEA

michael.kleinwaechter@lht.dlh.de

Lufthansa Technik AG | Hamburg, Germany

Maria Lugo - Sales Manager GuideU

Maria Federica Lugo

Sales Manager AMERICAS

federica.lugo@lht.dlh.de

Lufthansa Technik AG | Miami Lakes, USA