Its market could not be wider: from small workshops that require for their processes to apply some coating on metals with manual equipment and a basic recovery booth, to automotive assemblers that need automated systems for continuous lines, with movement of guns with shafts, powder centers, system for quick color changes and large volumes. This is the range that Gema México Powder Finishing, a specialist in the manufacture and marketing of equipment and systems for the application of powder coatings, has been handling for 30 years.
Swiss-born, this company is present in Europe but also in Asia and America. In Mexico, its general manager is Carlos Montero, who confirms that its range of clients is extensive as it focuses on the coating of metallic products, for which it has demand in "different manufacturing sectors, in industry in general, including the automotive industry, manufacturers of household appliances, wheel rim manufacturers, tool manufacturers, and many who belong to the maquiladora industry".
The manufacture of machinery under its own brand, Gema, is largely made and imported from Switzerland, although some things are manufactured in Mexico, such as powder paint recovery booths. By direct sales or through a distribution network in the country the company has a presence with both manual and automatic application equipment. In addition to offering these products, Gema provides customers with after-sales service through different offices and plants, and has infrastructure for timely refurbishment, technical service and training.
Gema has been present in the different editions of FABTECH for at least 15 years; the next one in May at Cintermex will be very illustrative because the company will provide visitors with state-of-the-art products. There will even be a booth for interested parties to test manual application equipment.
The Inevitable Automation
Electrostatic painting, as powder coating is also known, in the versions of Gema's equipment has advantages such as improved efficiency; notable savings in powder; consistent coating quality; automatic color changes or minimum maintenance requirements, but the general manager Carlos Montero explains that there are two trends that are pointed out by the market.
One is that customers demand more reliable, easy-to-use equipment that does not demand many hours of work for training; and the other is the adaptation to Industry 4.0. "It is a topic that has been in the last few years and the industry itself has gone in that direction," says Montero, "so we also offer more complex systems, with a high degree of automation and minimal human intervention. We can even integrate equipment with robots, where the presence of the operator is practically eliminated".
Gema México Powder Finishing will bring everything that is possible with this technology to its customers under a fundamental premise: to increase productivity and improve product quality.