Gometegui, experts in component manufacturing for the heavy industry

• We work in various sectors: wind power generation, nuclear, tunnel boring machines, hydraulic energy, steel industry…

• We seek continuous improvement and optimisation of the production system through ‘Lean Manufacturing’

Gometegui has been supplying the heavy industry for over 40 years, offering complete solutions to each and every one of our clients. In addition, we consider your satisfaction to be paramount, so we assign a Project Manager to each project and help turn design into manufacture, putting our wide range of machinery at your service.

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These are some of the competitive strengths that differentiate us from the rest of the companies in the industry:

 

1. A single provider with large production capacity

It is common to have to look for a provider for each component manufacturing process in the heavy industry market. Gometegui has included and improved all the processes, ranging from material acquisition to logistics. Moreover, the fact that all the steps to assemble any part are grouped together under the same workshop makes the work of the buyers easier.

Our production capacity reaches figures of up to 200 t of lifting capacity and machining for components up to 12 m in diameter and 6 m in height. Gometegui has lathes with capabilities that are hardly seen in the rest of Europe.

As far as welding is concerned, our experience covers all kinds of possibilities, which can be reinforced through investments, if necessary.

For painting work, we have 2 cabs up to 6 m high and 9 m wide, a very significant size for the production of components for the heavy industry.

It should be noted that, although we offer a comprehensive solution, the overall production of our company is not limited at any time. In fact, we have had more than 30 projects in progress at the same time, reflecting the great capacity our workshop, and our team, have to offer.

 

2. Different sectors of the heavy industry

Gometegui works in different sectors within the heavy industry:

• Wind power generation: extensive experience in component manufacturing for wind turbines. We specialise in large wind turbines up to 12 MW.
• Nuclear: machinery capable of machining the largest components. Our knowledge and experience in welding enables us to meet the requirements of this industry.
• Tunnel boring machines: we are specialists in this type of equipment, for which we also produce rings and housings. They have very strict construction requirements, something we have been working on for years.
• Hydraulic energy: experience in component manufacturing for hydraulic power generation. We manufacture rotors, housings and crossheads, among others.
• Steel industry: we are able to manufacture all the components of a steel mill, following the highest standards and the most demanding requirements.
• Shipbuilding: high added value in the manufacture of parts and equipment for the shipbuilding sector.
• Big Science: we have built the structure for the dome of the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST), the largest in the world so far.

 

3. Experience and reputation

Gometegui was founded in 1977, and since then we have been more than 40 years in operation, having worked in more than 30 countries with more than 5,000 manufactured references and with benchmark institutions in the heavy industry sectors, such as CENER, Siemens, Rolls Royce, Rainpower, General Electric…

 

4. Project management and work methodology

We provide constant support to the client during the entire project process. We assign a Project Manager who is responsible for the achievement of all milestones within the agreed deadlines.

For companies that need their components to be manufactured in series, Gometegui offers an extraordinary service; as a partner, we work side by side with the client in search of improvements, as well as production optimisation.

 

5. ‘Lean Manufacturing’

Thanks to the Lean Manufacturing method, which is a very unusual system in the heavy industry, and which we introduced two years ago, we have achieved  excellent performances. We published a post about this recently, click here to access it.

We are in the quest for operational excellence, and we organise daily meetings with the managers of each department in order to share the progress, the needs or the possible deviations in our projects. Due to this change, we have managed to fulfil over 98% of the deliveries, which has led to a response of total trust from our clients.

 

6. Quality, guarantee and inspection

Quality assurance is the main reason why so many important clients have trusted us for so many years. We work in sectors where late deliveries and unjustified cost overruns cannot be accepted. That is why we plan. We keep our clients informed at all times; we want them to feel that manufacture is well backed up. In addition, to guarantee the quality of the components we manufacture, we offer the possibility of carrying out non-destructive internal trials.

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