Quality matters to your customers, to you and to your bottom line. That’s why we continually invest in quality processes and defect reduction at Gil-Mar, ensuring nothing but the best precision-machined parts come off our lines and into your products.

Our quality management system combines decades of innovation and expertise with industry standards and relevant benchmarks. It is registered under the IATF 16949:2016 international standard for quality management system requirements for the design, development and production of automotive-related products.

Since 1982, Gil-Mar has become the nation’s largest supplier of steel tank track components.

Gil-Mar was founded in Farmington Hills, Michigan in 1982 by Gil and Joe Ruicci to manufacture military components.

At Gil-Mar, we recognize our responsibility to help take care of our environment.

Gil-Mar has been a Tier One machine, welding and assembly supplier to the OEMs for nearly 40 years

IATF 16949:2016 is an automotive industry-specific standard that focuses on defect prevention and the reduction of variation in waste in the production of automotive parts. Achieving and maintaining certification to this standard allows Gil-Mar to achieve certification or compliance with other key industry and stakeholder standards, including:

• ISO 14001 Certified
• IATF 16949 Certified
• Ford Q1 Certified
• Fully Approved Global FCA Production Supplier
• Control plans, FMEA, operator guides, visual inspection
• Lot traceability
• Gage R&R studies
• Corrective Action System
• Calibration System
• CMM capability

The purpose of the supplier quality manual is to communicate quality, delivery and purchasing requirements. This manual outlines business rules and supplier requirements necessary to standardize supplier processes, rejections and supplier performance.