Hexcel Corporation, a leader in advanced composites, and Groupe Gazechim Composites, an official Hexcel distributor for over 20 years, and a leader in distribution and logistics, have joined hands to provide customised kitting services for advanced composite materials sold to aerospace and defence customers and for high-performance industrial applications.
The joint venture, named HexCut Services, brings together Hexcel and Gazechim to provide pan-European kitting services that will include Hexcel’s innovative carbon fibre prepreg and other composite materials such as adhesives and fabrics for aerospace, defence and industrial applications. Pre-cut kits save customers time and investment, reduce inventory and minimise material losses through scrap reduction.Hexcel Corporation, a leader in advanced composites, and Groupe Gazechim Composites, an official Hexcel distributor for over 20 years, and a leader in distribution and logistics, have joined hands to provide customised kitting services for advanced composite materials sold to aerospace and defence customers and for high-performance industrial applications.#
Gazechim’s existing kitting plant in Maulévrier, 75 kilometers east of Nantes (France), acquired in 2016, will be the initial hub for providing pre-cut kits to customers as well as central services in the future to a network of local kitting facilities in Europe.
Thierry Merlot, Hexcel president – Aerospace, Europe, MEA and Asia/Pacific, said, “This is a great opportunity for us to join together with Gazechim, a trusted and well-established partner, to offer our leading advanced composite products to customers in a way that helps them become more productive and profitable.”
Gazechim will own a majority share of the joint venture. Jean Guittard, chairman Gazechim, said, “This project marks a new era between Hexcel and Gazechim and consolidates our long-term partnership of almost 20 years.” (SV)
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