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GELCO General Electronic Company

GELCO General Electronic Company S.p.A.

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GELCO fondata nel 1981, è una società leader nell’offerta di servizi di progettazione e produzione di apparecchiature elettroniche per la difesa e per l’elettronica Hi-Tech professionale, sia in campo nazionale che in campo internazionale.

L’esperienza maturata in più di 30 anni, unitamente al costante aggiornamento tecnico e tecnologico, permettono di offrire servizi e prodotti di elevata qualità con la possibilità di soddisfare le molteplici richieste ed esigenze di un mercato in continua evoluzione.

Gli elevati standard qualitativi raggiunti dall’azienda sono confermati da un Sistema di Qualità totale certificato secondo la normativa EN 9100, ulteriore passo verso la soddisfazione totale dei clienti, da sempre obiettivo primario. Gelco infatti è stata certificata fin dal 1992 secondo la AQAP-4 e AQAP-120.

L’azienda è dotata di un organizzazione moderna e flessibile; la sede è a Viterbo in uno stabilimento di circa 2700 mq dove operano attualmente circa 50 dipendenti e possiede una camera pulita di 80 mq.

 

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Information

  • Company Dimension

    Medium

  • Share capital

    € 1,000,000.00

  • CEO

    Enzo MANCINI

GELCO is a customer-oriented company operating since 1981 in the professional electronics sector, both nationally and internationally.

The experience gained in more than 40 years, together with the constant technical and technological updating, allows us to offer high quality services and products with the possibility of satisfying the multiple requests and needs of a constantly evolving market.

The high quality standards achieved by the company are confirmed by a total Quality System certified according to the EN 9100 standard, a further step towards total customer satisfaction, which has always been a primary objective. In fact, Gelco has been certified since 1992 according to AQAP-4 and AQAP-120. It is also ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 certified.

The company has a modern and flexible organization; the head office is in Viterbo in a factory of about 3000 square meters where about 75 employees currently work and has a clean room of 80 square meters and one of 68 square meters in which it carries out microelectronics and space activities.

GELCO was certified from 1992 (AQAP-4 and AQAP-120), then (ISO 9002-94) in 1999 and since 2003 is in conformity with regulation ISO 9001:2008 (CSQ/IMQ certification).Actually has EN 9100 certification.

Company capabilities are:

  1. Design
  2. Industrialization
  3. Production including purchase materials
  4. Technical services

 

The following provides a detail of the capabilities mentioned above:

 

Design

Design activities arising mainly from the requirements of the customer. Inputs provided may also be a simple design idea, the solutions achieved are shared with the customer that participate to the entire design process.

Main applications:

  • Linear and switching power supply
  • Digital boards
  • Analogical boards
  • ATE test benches, needle beds
  • Software
  • Firmware
  • Electrical and mechanical CAD design
  • Trouble-shooting
  • PCB Routing
  • Study and design of military and aerospace wiring and interconnection systems
  • Design and manufacturing of flight model for harnesses, boards and subassemblies.

 

Industrialization

  • Constructive documentation and industrialisation of equipment and systems
  • Production of limited series, prototypes and pre-series
  • Design of testing procedures
  • Design and integration of test systems

 

Production

The main services offered by the company are:

  • Assembly of electronic cards in SMT technology (including BGA and uBGA) and in PTH technology (IPC610). Division equipment:

SMT division
Pick&Place
Pick&Place with glue dispenser
Remelting oven
Automatic inspection system
BGA rework station
XRay inspection

PTH division
Preforming machines for PTH components
Wave welder
Washing stations
Welding stations                                                                                                                                                                                  Selecting soldering machine

  • Preparation of wiring including RF cables (ECSS-Q-70-08A, ECSS-Q-70-26A, MIL-DTL 22520G)
  • Electromechanical equipment assembly
  • Functional testing (analogical, digital, potency, radio frequency)
  • Testing of wiring and mother boards (insulation and continuity automatic test)

 

Clean room activities consisting in:

  • Microelectronics assembly for space and defence
  • Test of boards and sub-assemblies

 

Technical services

  • Support in product planning and industrialization
  • Support in breakdown analysis
  • Environmental stress screening (climate chamber, vibration system)
  • Retrofit and product re-engineering
  • Maintenance service and technical assistance
  • Obsolescence management and resolution

 

Certifications

  • IPC 7711/7721 for rework and repair
  • J-STD-0001 for manufacturing
  • ICP-A 610 for inspection
  • IPC-A-600 – Acceptability of Printed Boards
  • ECSS-Q-ST-70-38 “high reliability soldering for surface mount and mixed technology”
  • ECSS-Q-ST-70-28 “Repair and modification of printed circuits board”
  • ECSS-Q-ST-70-08 “The manual soldering of high reliability electrical connections”
  • IPC/WHMA-A-620 “Requirements and Acceptance for Cable and Wire”

 

  • COMPONENTS
  • CONSULTATION, COMMAND AND CONTROL, COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS/EQUIPMENT
  • DESIGNING
  • FIXED AND FIELD FACILITIES, LOGISTIC AND TRAINING SERVICES
  • MAINTENANCE, TRANSFORMATION AND OVERHAUL
  • R&D ACTIVITIES
  • WEAPONS, WEAPON SYSTEMS AND AMMUNITION
  • WEAPONS
  • WEAPON SYSTEMS
  • ELECTRIC POWER GENERATORS
  • ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS AND SYSTEMS
  • EQUIPMENT AND FITTING-OUT MATERIALS
  • EQUIPMENT FOR
  • LOGISTIC SUPPORT
  • MAINTENANCE TOOLS, TEST BENCH
  • missile components
  • auxiliary engines and missile components
  • cables and wires for wiring
  • interconnecting cables
  • electronic components for weapon systems
  • power cables
  • circuit components, panels and plants
  • converters
  • cables and wires for wiring
  • power cables
  • electronic equipment
  • for airborne platforms
  • for naval platforms
  • for land-based platforms
  • for space platforms
  • aircraft
  • ground vehicles
  • satellite communications
  • vessels
  • maintenance services