Civil Aeronautics

Spi historical Partner to manufacturers

As early as 1980, SPI engaged in a sub-contracted partnership with Airbus, for the painting of composite components and elements, and a few years later with Dassault for the painting of sub-assemblies and complete aircraft. SPI operates both at the forefront with manufacturers as with the complete Supply Chain of large and small companies. SPI is an industrial painter which operates on all civil French planes, the entire Airbus range, ATR and Falcon.

40 years later, SPI holds a great number of aeronautic qualifications and certifications, and operates in sub-contracting and in-situ services on all types of materials, be they composites and/or metallic. For simple operations or complex treatments, from mass production of prototype, to elementary components or large aero-structure sub-assemblies, our skill is the result of an ongoing imperative on quality.

SPI’s experience is completed in the field of painting and decoration of aircrafts, interior design and aero equipment. Achieved for the benefit of our most demanding clients such as Dassault for its business planes, or VIP helicopters, these missions demonstrate SPI’s capacity to intervene along the entire supply chain. For many years now, SPI has acquired the technology for marking, labelling and decorating, on all types of supports, from small to medium size, using modern technical tools for digital printing, transfer and other techniques. This expertise is the demonstration of SPI’s capacities to offer a complete solution.

The expertise in the different techniques in aeronautic painting, surface treatment, sealing is driven by a company culture which places ‘best in class’ training and meeting the requirements between customers’ requests and available solutions. Our teams, at all levels, know the procedures, methods and settings exclusive to the records for which nothing must be left to guesswork or approximation.

This constant attention, the monitoring of technological development and an investment policy offering only the best potential have resulted in a constantly renewed trust on the part of airplane manufacturers and of the Supply Chain, which is proved by the fact that new contracts have reinforced the partnership and have opened new features.

SPI can now manage complete portions of industrial production directly on client premises, relieving them of daily operations, purchasing, staff management and schedules. Operated by painting specialists, surface treatments, and sealing, these managements are optimized. The Engineering department elaborates methods as well as the associated documentation, based on manufacturers’ specifications, which become the norm and demonstrate the high-level of competences and product expertize.

Coupled with its engineering skills, SPI is a creator of global solutions and a long-term business partner, unparalleled in its line of business. SPI operates in new as well as in MRO activities (Airbus, DFS, Lisi…).

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Masquage avant peinture sur Falcon Dassault
Peinture, traitement de surface, marquage sur élément de cockpit d'avion
Emplanture d'aile de Rafale en cours d'étanchéification
Peinture sur pièce métallique
Peinture sur bec de bord d'attaque
Peinture et décoration d'aéronef Falcon Dassault
Recherche et développement, traitement des déchets
Piece aéronautique
Finition de Falcon Dassault après peinture
Ultime finition avant livraison
Finition après peinture d'avion Falcon Dassault
Préparation pour réalisation de joint à Méaulte
Peinture de pièces d'hélicoptère en MCO
Préparation d'hélicoptère avant peinture
Dassault Falcon 7X peint par SPI
Pose de joint d'étanchéité sur fuselage Airbus
Etanchéité sur un fuselage Airbus à Méaulte

Precise skills

Sub-contracting (Ex-situ)

Activity

Liquid paint (airless, airmix, conventional, electrostatic), Powder (thermo lacquering), Varnishing (hard base, deep varnish…)

Metallic and composite materials

All types of liquid paints: Solvant based, LowVoc, Hydro, base coat, finish, varnish, anti-lightning, anti-corrosive, anti-friction, conductive, chock proof celloflex, peelable…

Surface treatment: Alodine, Surtec650, OAS, OAC, Alodine projection, phosphating, polishing (aluminum, stainless steel, polycarbonate)

Design and manufacture of safety masks and maskings

Marking :

Serigraphy, pad printing, digital printing, Imaje ink jet, precise micro serigraphy

Design and producer of labels, stencils, self-adhesive graphics, transfers…

Elementary parts, sub-assemblies, finished products

Volumes : single to medium lot units

 

Service provider (In-situ customer site)

Liquid paint, Vapour Barrier (Finch), water repellent, special resins, PR seals, Varnish,

All application type (airless, airmix, conventional, electrostatic)

Polishing (aluminum, stainless steel, polycarbonate)

Decoration (labels, stencils, self-adhesive graphics, painted decorations…

Surface treatment

Metallic and composite materials

All types of liquid paints : Solvent based, low Voc , hydro.., base coat, finish, varnish, anti-lightning, anti-corrosive, anti-friction, conductive, chock proof celloflex, peelable…

Elementary parts, sub-assemblies, complete sections, helicopters, avionics

Volumes : single to medium lot units

Human and technical resources

Sub-contracting (Ex-situ)

Human Resources

150 people backed by a structure covering the functions of Engineering/Methods, Quotations, Quality, Maintenance and New Works, Purchasing & Logistics, Operations, Finance, H.R.

Technical Resources

  • 11 painting booths from just over 65 x 43sq. feet up to just over 372 x 54sq. feet (with temperature and humidity control for some)
  • 5 preparation booths
  • 3 ovens
  • 2 micro-sand blasting booths
  • 1 sand blasting booth
  • 1 chemical treatment line
  • 1 stove powder coating line

Service Provider (In-situ customer site)

Human resources

  • 250 people backed by dedicated customer targeted structure on the customer site as well as by the complete central structure.

Material customer resources delegated to SPI

  • Whole buildings
  • Complete dedicated workstations on the lines in the buildings
  • Workstations shared with the customer in co-activity

Nos clients - Civil Aeronautics

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