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GYS has challenged its way to the top of its industry , but is only just getting started
GYS is a family-owned business , heralded as an industry leader in the design and manufacture of welding equipment , battery chargers and vehicle body repair systems . Although its headquarters are based in Laval , France , it has locations across the UK , Italy , Germany , China and now , Spain . It was founded in 1964 , but the year 2020 marked a significant turning point in a 25-year endeavor into Research and Development ( R & D ) – a timeline with correlative
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links to an exponential period of growth that the company has seen since 1997 .
There is no better descriptor to set the tone for a discussion on GYS , than that delivered by Neil Pulsford , Managing Director : “ GYS is a challenger . The last four
GYS ’ strapline ‘ invest in the future ,’ reflects the company ’ s modus operandi
years have been extremely important for the world of welding . The industry is a vast entity , with a multitude of players and products around the globe . To give you an idea of the breadth of these products , at GYS we produce a huge range from lowcost , simple technologies , priced around € 150 , up to high-end , software-driven machines , which sell for thousands . Today , our
“ most advanced machines contain in excess of one million different lines of software . GYS ’ strapline ‘ invest in the future ,’ reflects the company ’ s modus operandi and speaks for the immense journey into R & D that we have undertaken throughout the last few decades to ensure that our product range can offer clients the maximum possible from the technology available .”