that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . june 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message gma cover corp. type privately owned industry defense founded 1974 headquarters port huron michigan usa area served worldwide key people brian hodges ceo products camouflage soft top covers shelters parachutes solar shade systems website www.gmacover.com gma cover corp. gma . 1 since 1974 gma s focus was in manufacturing textile products 2 and in 2010 gma expanded their textile offerings beyond defense to include commercial and disaster relief products . 3 contents 1 history 2 management 3 locations 3.1 port huron michigan usa 3.2 high frequency welding in soft tops 3.3 light weight modular bow kits 3.4 ulcans support poles 4 defense 4.1 aketon 4.2 aerial delivery systems 5 international partnerships 5.1 musthane 6 references history edit gma was founded in 1974 . 1 gma s first sale in the defense market came in 1990 when they delivered their first order of hmmwv soft tops to original equipment manufacturer am general . 4 gma soon secured contracts with the united states department of defense and in 1993 introduced a value engineering change proposal to tacom for the use of high frequency welding in manufacturing soft tops a technological advancement which has now become the industry standard . by the late 90 s gma had secured an 80 % market share for soft top vehicle covers . 5 since then gma cover corp. has specialized in providing textile products and components for military application including soft tops bow kits camouflage nets and vehicle covers . 6 gma shutdown all operations in september 2013 and liquidated all assets prior to 2014 . management edit brian hodges was appointed ceo and chairman of the board of gma usa in january 2011 . locations edit port huron michigan usa edit gma began operations in michigan in 1991 and has since expanded from a small plant to three plants with over 200 000 square feet 19 000 m2 of manufacturing space . in 2009 gma was named the u.s. army s top michigan small business contractor . 4 high frequency welding in soft tops edit in 1993 gma cover corp. submitted a value engineering change proposal for the manufacturing process of soft top covers . this proposal offered high frequency welding of vinyl coated seams as an alternative to stitching for soft top assemblies of a four man crew kit . the adoption of this technology which is currently the industry standard addressed the severe leakage problem encountered in the field on the four man soft top . this vecp had been incorporated into eighteen nsns . on august 31 1995 gma reached a pricing settlement with tacom based on 2.4 m in savings anticipated to be accrued by the government as a result of these changes . light weight modular bow kits edit in 2006 gma was successful in contributing a value engineering change proposal for light weight modular bow kits for fmtvs ; a change which was adopted across 22 nsns . as a result of this vecp contribution gma s command intelligence centre was recognized for engineering excellence by the department of defense through a value engineering achievement award for fiscal 2006 . 5 awarded at the pentagon it honored gma s light weight modular bow kit vecp which designed a more soldier friendly system and provided the government with an estimated savings potential of 10 million over 5 years in procurement and logistics costs . ulcans support poles edit on september 2 2009 gma presented vecp 0v8c5 09 vecp 001 to the department of the army communications electronics command . the proposed engineering modifications were accepted and the vecp approved . the change impacting ultra light weight camouflage net systems support poles offers a stronger lighter weight pole which can be used to support any type of netting system . the engineering changes made will save the united states government an estimated 17 million over the next five years . citation needed defense edit aketon edit gma s defense line is aketon named after the medieval practice of roman warriors cloaking their armor with additional protection called aketon . 6 the aketon line encompasses the following product offerings aketon cover soft top covers for military vehicles aketon hide camouflage screens aketon drop cargo parachutes aketon change two sided camouflage nets aketon shade solar shade systems aketon move camouflage fitted to military vehicles aketon cool camouflage which reduces solar loading aketon fuel flexible fuel tanks aketon hold webbing and bagging aketon shelter military tent systems aketon solo camouflage designed for individual use aketon stop containment booms aerial delivery systems edit in october 2010 gma entered the us defense market for aerial delivery systems namely cargo parachutes . the company was awarded an initial contract for g12 cargo parachutes valued at 8.3 million followed by an award for low velocity parachutes valued at 14.7 million . 7 international partnerships edit musthane edit in august 2010 gma entered the commercial and disaster relief market after signing an international partnership with musthane 8 a french private joint stock industrial company . designing resilient and flexible structures is musthane s core area of expertise . 9 they have signed an exclusivity agreement for the transfer of technology from musthane to gma for the north american market . references edit http www.gmacover.com http www.profilecanada.com category.cfm cat 2394 canvas and related products & pos 73 & slid 0 http gmacovercorp.blogspot.com 2010 07 gma partners with musthane to launch.html http www.canadainternational.gc.ca atlanta commerce can 2010 mi.aspx lang eng http www.defense.gov releases release.aspx releaseid 10583 http heraldry armoury and more.com picture library aaa.htm http www.defenseindustrydaily.com up to 88m for low velocity cargo parachutes 06919 http www.musthane.com http www.musthane.com expertises flexible structure retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title gma cover corp. & oldid 709362442 categories defense companies of the united stateshidden categories articles with a promotional tone from june 2012all articles with a promotional toneall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from december 2013 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 march 2016 at 14 03 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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