Lightweight yet durable, Solid yet flexible. These are not the typical words to describe stone surfaces, especially a countertop, but they describe LIPKINS Cloudstone™ perfectly. With thousands of completed projects in use, our process is tried and true. Leading aircraft manufacturers include LIPKINS Cloudstone™ countertops in their aircraft for a few important reasons; They save weight which extends the range of the aircraft, they are beautiful as they can be made from almost any natural or man-made stone, and they last, as they wont crack from the constant stresses from the aircraft interior environment. LIPKINS has completed countertop projects for Falcon, Global Express, Challenger, Gulfstream, Citation, and Boeing Business Jets. Here are some advantages of Cloudstone™ over solid slabs:

• Tremendous weight savings: Our stone veneer weighs approximately 1 pound per sq ft.

• Flexibility: Our stone surfaces will flex with the aircraft without cracking. The tiled construction allows for stress relief along strategically located barely visible hairline seams.

• Repairability: If individual tiles become damaged, we can repair or replace them which eliminates the need for an entire replacement counter top.

• Designability: We can avoid certain sections of a slab to create a pattern utilizing certain color/grain patterns that the customer prefers.

• Further Weight Savings: on moldings and back splashes by “wrapping” the stone over a lightweight substrate instead of using solid stone slab sections.

LIPKINS has experience with the following aircraft manufacturers and models:

Boeing

• BBJ

Bombardier

• Challenger 650

• Global 5000

• Global 5500

• Global 6000

• Global 6500

Dassault Falcon Jet

• F-2000

• F-900

• F6X

• F7X

• F8X

Gulfstream Aerospace

• G-500

• G-550

• G-600

• G-650

Textron

• All Models Citation

• CJ4

• XLS

• Latitude

• Longitude