We provided the audio cards. The technology, which Evatt expects to be on other major airlines during the first quarter of 2001, also allows passengers to send e-mail, read online magazines and newspapers and watch television. Formation, which was founded 31 years ago by Moorestown resident Art Beard, is also working on a system that will bring live television to airplanes for Rockwell Collins and Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. and other major projects. In addition to Rockwell, Formation Inc. boasts such clients as IBM and Motorola. For those and other clients, Formation Inc. provides engineering, manufacturing and quality-control services.
Formation provides the solutions and develops the product.
Kuphal agreed, noting Formation staffers meet with clients to come up with creative solutions and then produce what the client needs. Engineering, manufacturing and quality teams work closely, which enables Formation to be more efficient, Kuphal said. They really are a tremendously reliable and capable engineering house . . . It's a terrific outfit. They've got great people and great technology.