GMI: subcontracting partner in the design and manufacture of parts and accessories for the boating industry
GMI draws on all of its expertise in plastics processing and metallurgy to assert itself as the specialist in subcontracting for the boating industry. By supporting its customers in the design and manufacture of plastic and metal parts, GMI offers a large range of options in the field of boating.
Considered a benchmark in the fields of yachting, fishing, shipyards and marine equipment, our experience and achievements ensure that we are recognised by the professionals in these sectors.
Our production process incorporates the various workshops required for the production of the finished products (processing, profiling, machining, assembly, assembly of accessories, finishing, testing, quality control, packaging and shipping).
Our skills at a glance
Multidisciplinary design office
Experts in plastics processing (rotomoulding, thermoforming, PU, foaming)
Machine welding
Machining
Bespoke boating project: comprehensive support
Design, industrialisation
GMI’s multidisciplinary design office draws on its extensive experience in materials to design technical and reliable parts that meet the various requirements of aquatic environments (seas, rivers, lakes, barrages). The design, means of processing and the materials selected making it possible to guarantee optimum protection and to fulfil the specific requirements of the sector: resistance to weather, UV and temperature variations…
GMI design and industrialisation for the boating sector
We perform
— Fluid calculations
— Strength of materials
— Kinematic / Digital simulation
— Preparation for tests and certifications
Production based on several methods of materials processing
A range of specialised plastics processing and metallurgy production methods enable us to provide you with optimum solutions. The combination of materials and their processing makes it possible to manufacture projects that incorporate structures, welded frames combined with rotomoulded, thermoformed or polyurethane parts.
Our foaming facilities (PU, PE, PSE…) also enable us to offer specific buoyancy solutions and to guarantee insubmersibility.
Rotomoulding
Rotomoulding is ideally suited to the demands of boating.
The characteristics of rotomoulded parts:
→ Resistance to ageing
→ Perfect Sealing
→ Life span
→ Reaction to shocks
→ Respectful of the environment
→ Lightweight
→ Rigidity
→ Ease of maintenance
→ UV resistance
GMI’s large capacity industrial facilities are ideally suited to small or big series production.
Examples of rotomoulded parts used in sports and boating:
Monohull boats Rotomoulded floats: Marker buoys, mooring buoys Obstacles for water parks: Leisure equipment and water slides Pedalos, sliders: Canoes, kayaks Floating platforms: Pontoons and accessories (life buoy housing units, fenders) Swimming pool Components Tanks for all types of fluid
GMI’s expertise in thermoforming means that we are able to develop and manufacture many industrial parts for boats. The quality and the selected materials and our comprehensive, high performance equipment meet the specific needs of the boating sector.
Examples of use:
Cockpits, boat hulls, hatches doors Fittings and furniture Aesthetic panels…
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