The Gill Corporation

The Gill Corporation is a manufacturer of high-performance composites based in El Monte, California. The company's website says it has been in this field since 1945. It makes honeycomb, sandwich panels, liners, laminates, CNC machined parts and assemblies for aircraft and other industries, and it also develops custom products with its customers.

Product types

• Cargo liners and laminates for baggage and freight compartment walls and ceilings
• Floor panels in composite sandwich construction
• Interior panels for aircraft cabins
• Fabricated parts
• Honeycomb core, formed from sheet material into hexagonal or rectangular cells
• Machined honeycomb assemblies, with different cell sizes, densities and paper thicknesses
• Commercial grade panels using a range of structural core materials and skins
• Shock absorbers that use the energy-absorbing properties of honeycomb, for aerospace, high-speed trains and automotive safety
• Specialty and custom products

Products by OEM

The Gill website groups qualified products by aircraft manufacturer, including Airbus, AVIC, Boeing and Douglas, Embraer, Falcon Jet and Lockheed. Customer logos shown on the site include Collins Aerospace, Bombardier, Gulfstream, Textron, Spirit AeroSystems, Northrop Grumman, Leonardo, HAECO, Delta, American Airlines, FedEx and SpaceX.

Capabilities

• Product research and development
• Laminate manufacturing to specific temperature requirements and industry specifications
• Honeycomb manufacturing, from commercial grade core to aeronautical and space applications
• Special processing, converting raw honeycomb into detailed shapes
• Sandwich panel manufacturing
• Fabrication, assembly and kitting
• Precision machining of titanium, steel and aluminum for aerospace customers
• Value engineering and quality control

Industries served

The site lists aerospace first, including commercial aircraft, business jets and helicopters, alongside other transport and industrial markets. It also publishes yearly volumes for panels, prepreg and resins, and a worldwide employee count.