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Firm description

GYS, founded in 1964, is located in Laval (France), about 280 km west of Paris, between Le Mans and Rennes.

This familial company, engineers and manufactures three product ranges:

• Arc Welding Machines: MMA/TIG/MIG/PLASMA
• Car Body Shop Equipment: Spot Welding Machines / MIG / Plasma Cutters
• Battery chargers With 350 employees in a 16 700m² factory, the GYS consolidated turnover reached 47 M€ in 2009. Export steadily grows and accounts today for 45% of the company turnover.

MAIN ASSETS

• Highly innovational in house technology (SMI)
• A cutting-edge R&D department, internationally renowned with 29 Researchers, including two Doctorates (PhD).
• A very clear understanding of power electronics design and manufacturing.
• A fully integrated production process gives GYS a high level of flexibility and responsiveness.
• A product Quality management system is at the core of the company culture (ISO 9001/2000 certified)
• A large portfolio of International Customers.
• A purchasing department based in Shanghai to optimise purchasing conditions.
• Wide European Strategy, with commercial subsidiaries in the UK and Germany
• In France, a sales team of 24 vendors, including 11 demonstrators specialised in car body welding, assisted by a 14 person-team at our head-office, standing by, available to help all customers.
• An export sales team of 12 multilingual export managers and assistants dedicated to serve the 350 international customers each year.
• An extensive range of high-tech and price competitive products. In 2009, more than 260 000 machines were sold (including more than 160 000 Inverter welding machines)