ACMH

ACMH designs and builds containers, ground support equipment and mobile solutions in Honfleur, France. Its full name is Ateliers de Construction Mécanique de Honfleur.

The company was founded in 1933. It started in shipyards and built vessels. In the 1950s it added a new line of work. It began designing containers for military use and for the young space industry. Boat building went on until the mid-1980s. Then ACMH turned fully to weapon system containers and mechanical ground support equipment, known as MGSE, for the aerospace industry.

For defence customers, ACMH designs and makes logistics containers for weapon systems. It also makes reconnaissance pods.

For the space industry, the company designs and builds ground equipment. These tools let crews handle satellites or rocket parts on the ground. It also offers containers for satellites.

ACMH builds fitted-out shelters and containers for the military. Some are sea containers set up to support people, with laundry, sanitary or kitchen use. Others support equipment, such as a workshop for servicing rockets or vehicles. The company also designs reinforced tactical shelters that are shielded against electromagnetic radiation.

Industrial customers can order parts made to their own drawings. These include sheet-metal work and welded structures in steel, stainless steel or aluminium. The company also builds fitted-out containers for industry.

Today ACMH also uses its long experience to offer solutions for humanitarian use and industry. Customers can send a project and a specification, and the company will discuss it with them.

Services

• Weapon system containers
• Reconnaissance pods
• Mechanical ground support equipment
• Satellite containers
• Military shelters
• Fitted-out containers
• Welded structures
• Sheet-metal work
• Humanitarian containers