Runway Safe Group in brief
Improving the runway performance and safety
Runway Safe Group is a Swedish entrepreneurial company specializing in runway safety. Our mission is to improve runway operations and safety by providing knowledge and value-adding solutions to the aviation industry.
Our company was founded in 2014, following the launch of an innovative EMAS solution based on many years of extensive research and development of arresting performance of foamed glass. Today, our history dates back to the 1990s, when our EMASMAX® product range was developed by our experienced staff.
Runway Safe has offices in Europe and North America and an active international partner network throughout the world. The global HQ of Runway Safe Group is located in Gothenburg, Sweden where our corporate functions are located. At our technology center in Linköping, which is the aviation capital of Northern Europe, we have a group of skilled engineers and project managers overseeing our international operations..
Our base for North America is based in Logan, New Jersey where we also have our global manufacturing facility. At our 25,000 sqm facility we produce EMASMAX® and are also building competence to service SARSYS CFME (Continuous Friction Measurement Equipment) and RWIS (Weather Information Systems) as well as building Mobile Aircraft Arresting Systems (MAAS).
Safety and long-term commitment will always be priority no.1
Our history
Milestones
The story of Runway Safe began in 2007 when Jon Narmo, the inventor, had an idea of using foam glass as an arresting component for a large aircraft. Runway Safe was founded later in 2014 when Jon and his team pursued commercialization of the invention.
- 2007 – RnD into foam glass as arresting component as part of an ACRP project
- 2012 – FAA approval of the greenEMAS technology
- 2014 – Runway Safe Group incorporated to commercialize the greenEMAS
- 2014 – First order and installation of a greenEMAS at Chicago Midway International Airport
- 2016 – Installation or world’s largest EMAS at Zürich International Airport, Switzerland
- 2019 – Installation at first military airport (RAF Northolt) establishing Runway Safe towards the defence sector
- 2020 – Acquisition of the EMAS business from ESCO (Engineered Arresting Systems Corporation)
- 2021 – First EMAS systems to be installed in Latin America, Sao Paulo.
- 2023 – Adding CFME and Weather Information Systems to our product offering by exclusive agreement with SARSYS-ASFT
- 2024 – Approved source by USAF for Mobile Aircraft Arresting Systems
- 2024 – Contract signed for first installation in Oceania making EMAS available on six continents
Our business perspective
Runway safety
Airside safety and in particular safety on and around the runway is one of the most improved airport areas globally. As aircrafts have increased in both weight and speed, the safety margins have decreased.
Our people
Experts in aviation
Runway Safe has a very experienced and professional team of young, agile engineers and experienced senior experts in aviation, construction and business development.
Our values
A safe partner
For the Runway Safe Group safety is always no1 priority. We are a safe business partner striving to be professional, innovative, transparent and reliable, when it comes to everything we do, independently of processes, products and people.
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