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M.C. Gill Corporation was founded on September 11, 1945 by Merwyn C. (MC) Gill, in a garage in Montebello, California.
The company’s initial focus was to market post-war consumer items, such as laminated place mats, lamp shades, and plastic wall coverings. We even tried a balsa wood bat with cork balls in an effort to tap into the post war baby boom that was coming.
After seven years of struggling, the focus of the business changed to light-weight, high-specific strength, corrosion-resistant materials being used in the aircraft industry. A transition was made away from consumer products into the then new world of Composites.
M.C. Gill Corporation became a principal supplier to Douglas Aircraft, supplying cargo compartment liner, in kit form, for the DC-6.
By the late 1950s, we had developed a new cargo liner laminate that was vastly superior to what was being installed by the airplane manufacturers. Gilliner 1066 became so successful that throughout the airline industry baggage compartment liners were referred to as “Gilliner”. Since that time the corporation has produced and put into service more aircraft cargo liner laminates than any other manufacturer.
In the mid-1960s, when spiked heels on women’s shoes became popular, the corporation developed a line of floor panels that would withstand the high loading that those shoes produced. We began selling this flooring to the airlines as replacement flooring and used that as a springboard to enter the aircraft flooring business in a big way. We are currently qualified to all Boeing, McDonnell Douglas, Airbus, Embraer and Bombardier floor panel specifications.
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