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Gema Switzerland GmbH
IndustryMachines Electro and Metal
Founded1897
Headquarters
St. Gallen, Schweiz
Key people
Claudio Merengo
(CEO)
Number of employees
150 in headquarters St. Gallen (2012)
Websitewww.gemapowdercoating.com

Gema Switzerland, based in St. Gallen, is an international supplier of electrostatic powder coating equipment. The products range from manual coating to fully automated powder coating.[1] Since 2012, Gema has been a part of the Graco Group, a worldwide supplier of liquid conveyance systems and components.[2]

History

Gema was founded in 1897 by Viktor Gehrig, who was joined in 1907 by Gottlieb Mannhart in Walenstadt, Switzerland, as a metalworking company. Soon after its relocation to St. Gallen in the 1950s, Gema began operating in the electrostatic powder coating industry.[3] In 1971, Gema's research department was the first to successfully integrate the generation of high voltages into a spraying gun.[4]

As of 2014, seven affiliated companies (located in Germany, the UK, Italy, France, the US, China and Japan), along with a broad network of international distributors in more than 60 countries, sell the products to a wide range of industrial users. The Gema units and equipment are developed and manufactured in the headquarters in St. Gallen.[5]

Gema Switzerland exhibits its products at international trade shows for industrial coating, such as Paint Expo.[6]

Awards

References

  1. ^ Judith Pietschmann: Industrielle Pulverbeschichtung. Grundlagen, Anwendungen, Verfahren. 3. Auflage. Vieweg Verlag, Friedr & Sohn Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Wiesbaden 2010, ISBN 978-3-8348-0463-1
  2. ^ "Gema part of Graco", Hardware + Building Supply
  3. ^ "History", Armstrong Metalldecken AG, accessed 1 October 2015
  4. ^ "Gema Patent" "Gema Patent"
  5. ^ "Gema Website" "Gema Website"
  6. ^ "Website PaintExpo". Retrieved 2015-06-10.
  7. ^ "iF Award" "iF Award for Gema 1976"
  8. ^ "iF Award" "iF Award for Gema 2006"
  9. ^ "Website of Red Dot" "Red Dot Award

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