DEMGY GROUP PURCHASED THE AIRCRAFT INTERIORS MANUFACTURER TOOL-GAUGE OF TACOMA, WA, ON MARCH 31, 2025. DEMGY was interested in expanding their aerospace services, specifically in the Pacific Northwest, and into ' growing their footprint ' in the U. S. and specifically with Boeing, said Mike Walter, DEMGY America president. The name DEMGY stands for ' Dedienne Multiplasturgy( Plastics) Group.' Founded in 1947 by Roland Dedienne in France, the company has been in operation for nearly 80 years. It has grown by acquiring like-minded industry businesses to align with its mission of utilizing plastics and composites solutions. Now, Tool-Gauge is known as DEMGY Pacific. Walter said of the company at large,“ We are kind of like the Cheesecake Factory of the endless menu of capabilities,”— meaning that they aim to be a one-stop shop for customers, offering a wide range of technology for each application, just as the Cheesecake Factory offers a wide range of dishes. Walter said DEMGY Group is well established in Europe. Their headquarters are in Normandy, France, where they have a campus facility featuring advanced technologies in plastic component manufacturing.
Tool-Gauge is a widely-respected industry supplier in the Northwest region, employing approximately 200 staff members. The broader company has approximately 1,000 employees, with plants in France, Germany, Romania, and two locations in the U. S.: Chicago and Tacoma.
Walter, who came out of the DEMGY Chicago plant to head up DEMGY Pacific, was impressed by the expertise and teamwork of the Tool-Gauge team. He noted their wealth of knowledge and their ability to work well together. He particularly admired the complexity of the parts made at the Tacoma plant, which combines plastic molding, CNC machining, and assembly to produce complex parts for a variety of aircraft applications.
Walter is a lifelong manufacturer, " I love manufacturing, I ' ve been around it all my life; I am comfortable with it. In the custom manufacturing environment, there is something satisfying about seeing a concept come to life and then seeing the same item emerge from the machine, one after another.” He finds the process of adding automation to manufacturing intriguing.
That location also has a metals division. New Product Introduction( NPI) Engineering Manager Kevin Potter, who is responsible for introducing new products into the manufacturing process, stated that having both plastics and metal competencies, combined with the metal division,
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