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How to Make Shadow Boards

One of the areas that Red Box Aviation specialises in is tool control, enabling you to manage and store your tools more effectively than ever before. After all, a world without lost tools is a place where we all want to be, right? A common question that we receive is whether shadow boarding and shadow…


Melchers appointed as exclusive distributor of Red Box International in China

Read the full press release by Melchers below: We are proud to announce our new partnership with Red Box International to become the exclusive distributor of their aviation product range in China. Through this partnership, the aviation business unit of Melchers will enlarge its product and service range, whiling significantly expanding Red Box’s reach in China….


Red Box at Aero Friedrichshafen 2019

Last week, the Red Box International team return for their 12 year at Aero Friedrichshafen! The team had a great week at Aero Friedrichshafen 2019, despite the dreary weather! Although the weather took its toll on planes coming in to the show, it did not stop 30,000 visitors arriving by other means coming along and…


TUI Travel Tool Kits

The latest project for the Red Box team comes in the form of creating custom tool Shadow Foaming® layers for TUI Travel. The team were approached by two aircraft engineers from TUI Travel, Lewis and Ellis, based in London Gatwick Airport. Quality is of the utmost importance to the TUI engineers. The foam layers need…


Introducing: New tool kit upgrades

The Red Box Aviation team have been busy coming up with ideas on how to give their customers more choice when it comes to our pre-designed tool kits. So we now offer tool kit upgrades. These upgrades come in two options: The ST Range When purchasing an aviation tool kit, you can now choose to…


The Shadow Foaming® Process: Explained

Shadow foam is a versatile material, that allows us to create bespoke foams for our tool kits. Shadow foam was established at Red Box a few years ago. The tool kits that we sell, all come with shadow foam included in the price. The purpose of the foam is to act as a tool solution,…


Supplying Tool Kits to Amphibious Aircraft

Red Box Tools have been working with Versilia Supply Service, a worldwide mega yacht supplier, to create a custom RBI9200C cabinet and laser etching on 3 RBI9650 tool kits. As a supplier to the Marine industry Versilia have high standards that need to be upheld in order to provide the best quality products and services to their clients….


Red Box celebrates the launch of the Flight Aid Tool Kit

An essential companion to pilots – this 45 piece tool kit is designed to assist in minor maintenance tasks. In keeping with our range of pre-designed tool kits, the Flight Aid Kit has adopted the tool control aspect. The high quality BAHCO aviation tools are individually embedded into Skydrol resistant foam. These foams have red…


Eurocopter rely on Red Box ground support at Helitech 2011

Red Box is proud to have provided essential ground support services to Eurocopter at Helitech 2011, Duxford, UK. Eurocopter ran a series of maintenance demonstrations on a former Suffolk Air Operations Unit EC135 at the show and used a Red Box tool solution kit that has been specifically designed for use on Eurocopter as it…