Capabilities · Gebrema
How We Work.
From the moment a drawing arrives to the moment your parts leave the factory: every step, every decision gate, every quality check. This is the complete Gebrema production process.
Most suppliers will tell you what they make. Few will show you how they make it. Gebrema's production process has been refined in-house over 75 years. It has documented decision gates, multi-stage quality inspection and full material traceability, because the customers who audit Gebrema to automotive standards expect nothing less.
The five phases below are the complete chain, from the moment a request is assessed to the moment parts arrive on your line. Understanding it is useful whether you are a procurement manager doing due diligence, an engineer evaluating a new supplier, or a quality team preparing an audit.
Phase 01 · Commercial and technical assessment
Every new request is evaluated twice before Gebrema commits. First commercially: is this a part and volume that fits the production model? Then technically: can this part be machined to specification on the rotary transfer platform? Both assessments happen before an offer is issued, with co-production suggestions made here if applicable. A request that fails either gate is declined. This protects the customer as much as it protects Gebrema. Production proceeds only once the offer is approved.
Phase 02 · Setup and procurement
Before a single part is made, Gebrema engineers the complete setup. Raw material is contracted and approved to specification, and material traceability starts here. Tooling is designed and ordered in-house, specific to the part and maintained for the life of the relationship, not bought off a shelf. The machine is set up and validated, and every parameter is confirmed before the first cycle runs.
Phase 03 · Production and quality control
The machine runs, 24 hours a day where required, through the night and over the weekend. Quality control does not wait until the end of a batch. Parts are inspected during production: non-conforming parts are caught and removed before they compound into a batch problem. Raw material is approved on arrival, the rotary transfer machine produces one complete finished part per cycle, and the batch is approved only when quality control signs it off. No parts leave the factory without that sign-off.
Phase 04 · Finishing, treatment and delivery
Parts are degreased in-house. Where surface treatment is required, nickel, zinc or tin plating, passivation, Gebrema coordinates the full process through pre-audited external partners, managing logistics, tracking the batch and conducting final inspection on return. Final inspection precedes packaging to your specification: counted bags, trays, custom labels. Gebrema organises transport, and kanban and call-off schedules are supported for ongoing supply. One purchase order, one accountable supplier.
Phase 05 · Materials and sustainability
Metal scrap and empty coils do not leave the floor as waste. They are separated, degreased and returned to the recycling chain, 55 tonnes per month, with brass swarf value credited back to customers. Every kilogram of material is tracked, from incoming coil to outgoing part or recycled scrap. This is how Gebrema has operated since 1950, long before sustainability became a reporting requirement.
Three things our process guarantees
Two gates before commitment
Every request is assessed commercially and technically before an offer is issued. A part that fails either gate is declined, protecting the customer as much as Gebrema.
Quality caught in-process
Parts are inspected during production, not only at the end. Non-conforming parts are removed before they compound into a batch problem. No parts leave without sign-off.
One accountable supplier
From raw material through finishing, treatment and transport, Gebrema manages the full chain. One purchase order. Full material and treatment traceability on request.