PLY Engenharia Lda

Company Profile

Ply is a design and prototyping company based in Portugal. The company is focused in providing solutions to clients in industries involving mechanical manufacturing.

Ply is a one-stop-shop, specialised in multi-material design, providing lightweight and cost efficient solutions. It provides solutions using advanced manufacturing and joining techniques, and materials such as ultra-high-strength steel, aluminium, composites, fibre metal laminates.

The core competencies draw mainly on the founder's background, which includes, among others:

• Structural analysis and carbon fibre/honeycomb design at CERN's Tracker Project (prize awarded by CERN for "Excellent Performance").
  
• Development of ultra high strength steel cargo floors for light trucks (prize awarded by Swedish Steel AB for the innovative use of UHSS).
  
• Improvement of the body's torsional stiffness in Volkswagen Group's cars through the use of weldbonding technology.
  
• Studies in Berkeley University in the field of composites.

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