Sheet metal parts and assemblies, made near Lyon.
Laser cutting, CNC bending, welding, powder coating and assembly on one site — from a single prototype to series. Part of the Aries Group.
A complete sheet metal chain since 1956
Guret is where the Aries Group started. For almost seventy years the Brignais plant has cut, bent, welded, painted and assembled thin and mid-thickness sheet metal for French and European machine builders.
Everything happens on one site: Trumpf lasers, LVD press brakes with automatic tool changing, welding stations, a powder coating line and an assembly hall. A part can go from flat sheet to a painted, assembled and packed sub-assembly without leaving the plant.
A local engineering team turns your drawings into production — feasibility, flat patterns, welding jigs, PPAP files — and stays your contact through the series. When volumes grow or parts get heavier, our plants in Slovakia take over with the same methods.
What we do here
Laser cutting near Lyon
Trumpf laser cutting of steel, stainless steel and aluminium sheet.
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CNC bending with automatic tool changing
LVD press brakes with ToolCell automatic tool changing, offline programming, rolling.
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MIG/MAG, TIG and spot welding
Qualified welders for steel, stainless steel and aluminium sheet assemblies.
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Powder coating
In-house powder coating line, any RAL colour, on the same site as fabrication.
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Insert crimping, assembly and packing
Press-fitted fasteners, mechanical sub-assemblies, packing and shipping.
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Parts made here
Equipment, materials and certifications of the plant.
The plantPrototype to series
Short runs and repeat series on the same machines, with the same quality plan.
Painted and assembled
In-house powder coating line, insert crimping, mechanical assembly and packing.
Engineering in Lyon
Industrialisation, PPAP, FMEA and tooling design by a team you can visit.
Backed by a group
Two plants in Slovakia for heavy parts, robot welding and extra capacity.
Where our parts go
Machine building
Machine enclosures, guards, panels and frames, painted and assembled.
Packaging and printing machinery
Precise housings and sub-assemblies for high-end machines.
Buses and commercial vehicles
Bodywork parts, brackets and sheet metal sub-assemblies.
Agricultural and handling equipment
Covers, cab parts and brackets in steel and stainless steel.
Frequently asked questions
- What thickness do you work?
- Thin and mid-thickness sheet: from about 0.5 mm up to the 20 mm range for laser cutting, depending on the material. Heavier plate goes to our sister plants in Slovakia.
- Do you make prototypes and small series?
- Yes. Guret makes single prototypes and small series as well as repeat series, on the same machines.
- Do you paint and assemble?
- Yes. We powder coat in-house in any RAL colour, press in fasteners and mount mechanical sub-assemblies before packing.
- Where is the plant?
- In Brignais, in the Rhône, about 15 km south-west of Lyon, with quick access to the A7 and A45 motorways.
Have a drawing? Send it — an engineer answers.
Quotes usually within 48 hours.