Officials at HBD/Thermoid, Inc. (Chanute, KS) today announced the award of a 5-Year Contract with The Boeing Company to supply environmental aviation ducting products to Boeing for on-board ventilation use in their commercial airline models: 737, 747, 767, 777 and the new 787 Dreamliner. HBD/Thermoid, Inc. is a subsidiary of HBD Industries, Inc. The HBD/Thermoid Chanute, KS manufacturing plant produces Aeroduct ®, a complete line of aviation ducting, hose and ground support products as well as industrial ventilation, fume control and material handling ducting products.

"The employees of HBD/Thermoid's Chanute Plant are very pleased with being awarded this five year contract by The Boeing Company, ''said Tom Wilson, General Manager of HBD/Thermoid, Inc. (Chanute, KS).'' "Our employees take great pride in producing exceptional aviation hose and ducting products that meet or exceed our customers' toughest application requirements, from large aircraft manufacturing companies, like Boeing, to the US Government, to our smallest industrial user.''

HBD/Thermoid, Inc. has been producing Aeroduct ducting and hose products for Boeing for over forty years. HBD/Thermoid also manufactures a complete line of standard and custom-designed industrial rubber products, including conveyor belting, hose (aviation, automotive, chemical, marine and petroleum), power transmission belts, rubber bands, rolls and roll coverings.