WELCOME ONBOARD

Welcome to the business unit “Yacht Equipment” of the company Gilbert & Schmalriede GmbH & Co. Kg.
In the area of ship and yacht equipment, Gilbert Schmalriede has grown to become one of the leading suppliers for the maritime sector throughout Europe over the past few years.

We provide independently developed individual solutions tailored to the requirements and wishes of our customers. Our product range includes diverse boat and working cranes, rescue and life-saving cranes, davit systems, gangways, outer shell doors and platforms, illumination masts (singly or multiply telescopic), awnings and special systems according to customer requirements.
Most equipment contains technologies with complex functions and requires experienced operation with internal production for this in order to satisfy all requirements.
As a partner for the area of machine and system construction in ship and yacht equipment, the functional capacity and reliability of our plant and systems is at the forefront.

The application of our products by prominent manufacturers guarantees a long service life, reliability against failure and worldwide spare parts service.

>> NEWSFLASH

March 2009
Load inspection of a lifeboat crane made from aluminium under maximum load using strain gage tests in conjunction with the University of Applied Sciences Oldenburg/East Friesland/Wilhelmshaven for supporting and examining our calculations and finite element results.

April 2009
Development completion and use of our own produced load holding valves and their housings in stainless steel, on request highly polished, as a substitute for pendants available on the market made from normal steel for reducing corrosion-prone components in our systems.

June 2009
Development completion and production begin of the company's own lighting system for gangways in stainless steel, highly polished.
Why not browse through our pages and get an overview of our products, services and options. If you are interested, we are always available for a discussion – also a personal meeting.

>> NEWSFLASH

September 2009
Production of our first telescopic illumination mast made from carbon-fibre composite material in a carbon look.

October 2009
Development work and prototype construction of a hydraulic cylinder with integral load holding for reducing susceptibility to corrosion of external valves and increasing the operational safety of our cranes.

December 2009
Start of a test series for the laser treatment of stainless steel surfaces.

Gilbert & Schmalriede GmbH & Co. KG | Friedrich-Kocks-Str. 3 | 28197 Bremen (Germany)
Tel. +49 (0)4 21 59 659-0 | Fax: +49 (0)4 21 59 659-222 | info@gilbert-schmalriede.de | www.gilbert-schmalriede.de
Impressum | webmaster