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Construction Safety Training Equipmentgmdirectinc.com

Xi'an-based Chinese safety experience training equipment manufacturer (brand: Taipu / GM Direct Marketing) serving state-owned construction, infrastructure, nuclear, and power clients with physical safety halls, VR training systems, and smart construction site management platforms across China and select overseas projects.

Company typePrivate
Founded2015
HeadquartersFort Worth, United States
Headcount1–10
GTM typeB2B
OfferingHardware or Manufacturing

What GM Direct Marketing does

Xi'an Taipu Security Technology Co., Ltd., operating under the brand Taipu (泰普) and commercially referenced as GM Direct Marketing on the gmdirectinc.com domain, is a Chinese experiential safety training equipment manufacturer founded in 2015 and headquartered in Xi'an, Shaanxi. The company designs, manufactures, and installs physical safety experience halls (covering fall protection, electrical, fire, mechanical, and PPE training), VR-based safety experience systems with 100+ modules, and a Smart Construction Site Management Platform integrating real-name registration, facial recognition attendance, environmental monitoring, tower crane visualization, and AI-based unsafe behavior detection. Its technology stack combines VR/AR, IoT sensors, computer vision, microcomputer control systems, and a cloud big-data platform, with 30+ patents and multiple software copyrights underpinning the integrated offering. The company also produces a patented 360-degree boom-type concrete distribution machine, broadening its construction-site equipment footprint.

The business model is primarily B2B project-based hardware sales with bundled turnkey installation and after-sales services, supplemented by software platform and mobile APP subscriptions for the smart construction site system. Customers are predominantly large Chinese state-owned construction enterprises (China Railway, China State Construction, Shaanxi Construction Group), tier-1 real estate developers (Vanke), power and nuclear SOEs (China Guangdong Nuclear Power, Guohua Dingzhou), and government or vocational education buyers, with international shipments into Pakistan (China Nuclear Power Karachi project), India, Singapore, and East Timor. Go-to-market combines enterprise field sales, government-aligned safety production events, CCTV Credit China media partnerships, and project case-study marketing. Revenue is not publicly disclosed and no external institutional funding has been identified, consistent with a founder-owned, organically-financed niche industrial equipment manufacturer.

GM Direct Marketing firmographics

Firmographics

Name: GM Direct Marketing
Legal name: 西安泰普安全科技有限公司 (Xi'an Taipu Security Technology Co., Ltd.)
Website: https://gmdirectinc.com
Company type: Private
Founded year: 2015
Operating status: Operating
Headcount range: 1–10 employees
Short description: Xi'an-based Chinese safety experience training equipment manufacturer (brand: Taipu / GM Direct Marketing) serving state-owned construction, infrastructure, nuclear, and power clients with physical safety halls, VR training systems, and smart construction site management platforms across China and select overseas projects.
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GM Direct Marketing industry classification

Industry

Product category: Construction Safety Training Equipment
NAICS: Construction Machinery Manufacturing (333120), Agriculture, Construction, and Mining Machinery Manufacturing (3331)
SIC: Construction Machinery & Equip (3531), Misc Industrial & Commercial Machinery & Equipment (3590)
akta.pro primary industry: Safety, Compliance & Risk Training Simulations (EHS, OSHA, Hazard Response) (EDAFAJAD)
akta.pro secondary industries: Machine Safety, Guarding & Industrial Equipment Safety (EDABAEAG), Working at Heights, Fall Protection & Scaffolding (EDABAEAH), Construction & Mining Robotics (HDAAAIAE)

Keywords

Construction safety equipment
VR safety training
Smart construction site
Experiential safety training
Industrial worker training

Where GM Direct Marketing is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city: Fort Worth
HQ country: United States
HQ region: North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GM Direct Marketing business model

Business model

GTM type: B2B
Offering type: Hardware or Manufacturing
Cost components: Supply Chain, Operations, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

Physical Safety Experience Equipment Sales: Sale of physical safety experience training equipment including fall prevention systems, electrical safety simulators, fire safety equipment, safety helmet impact testers, balance beam systems, and integrated experience halls. Products are customized, manufactured in-house, and installed on-site. One-time revenue per project.
VR Safety Experience Systems: Sale and deployment of VR-based safety training software and hardware systems covering various construction hazard scenarios. Includes immersive experience equipment with headsets and motion platforms.
Smart Construction Site Management Platform: Integrated software platform for construction site management including real-name registration, face recognition attendance, environmental monitoring, tower crane monitoring, and mobile app access. Sold as platform software with hardware integration.
On-site Installation and After-sales Service: Turnkey installation, commissioning, and after-sales maintenance services for safety experience facilities. Includes 3D design, manufacturing, on-site installation, and training support.

Pricing tiers

Model	Billing	Price
Other	Multi-year contract	Custom project-based pricing for safety experience halls, VR systems, and smart site platforms.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

GM Direct Marketing product offering

Product offering

Core offering

GM Direct Marketing (Xi'an Taipu Security Technology) manufactures and installs physical construction safety experience halls with training equipment (fall protection, electrical, fire, helmet impact, balance beam simulators), supplies VR-based immersive safety training systems covering scenarios such as high-altitude work, fire escape, tower crane, and tunnel hazards, and licenses an integrated smart construction site management platform that combines real-name labor registration, facial-recognition attendance, AI behavior monitoring, environmental sensing, and tower-crane visualization. Solutions are delivered as customized turnkey projects with 3D design, in-house manufacturing, on-site installation, and after-sales service.

Product overview

西安泰普 (Taipu/Xi'an Taipu Safety Technology) is a safety experience training equipment manufacturer offering a comprehensive portfolio centered on experiential safety training products for the construction industry. The core offerings include physical safety experience halls with equipment (safety helmet testing, safety belt experiences, fall protection, electrical safety, fire safety), VR-based virtual reality safety training experiences, and smart construction site management systems. Products integrate AI technologies including computer vision for behavior monitoring and cloud platforms for data management. The company also provides industrial worker training centers, smart safety technology museums, and concrete distribution equipment. The portfolio spans physical safety training, VR simulation, and intelligent management systems serving construction, railway, nuclear, hydroelectric, highway, and bridge industries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

VR Safety Experience Hall (VR安全体验馆) Virtual reality-based immersive safety training system covering high-altitude operations, kitchen fires, tower crane, tunnel, bridge construction, fire escape, and high-rise building emergency scenarios; sold as a turnkey system with headsets and motion platforms to construction enterprises and infrastructure operators.
Smart Construction Site Management System (智慧工地管理系统) Cloud-based construction site management platform integrating real-name labor registration, facial-recognition attendance, AI-powered visual inspection of unsafe behaviors, environmental monitoring, tower-crane visualization, QR-code traceability, and a mobile app for site management personnel.
Safety Experience Hall Equipment (安全体验馆设备) Physical safety experience training equipment including safety helmet impact testing, safety belt experience, balance beam, portal fall experience, comprehensive electrical experience, fire extinguisher demonstration, heavy object handling, mechanical injury, over-current experience machine, high-altitude fall, electronic firefighting, and personal protective equipment display systems; sold as part of a customized safety experience hall installation.
Industrial Worker Training Center (产业工人培训中心) Comprehensive worker training facility featuring a cognitive teaching area, safety experience zone, practical assessment area, bridge time tunnel, craft display area, and party building cultural exhibition hall for multi-functional industrial worker education and training.
Smart Safety Technology Museum (智慧安全科技馆) Intelligent safety technology museum combining VR experiences, AR applications, AI analysis systems, holographic projections, and smart rail screens for interactive safety education and training; designed as a turnkey venue for municipal and corporate safety education centers.
Concrete Distributor Machine (布料机) 360-degree full-slewing boom-type concrete distribution equipment with patented hydraulic lifting system using a self-propelled crawler crane chassis, articulated loading belt, and telescopic distribution belt for construction site concrete pouring operations.
Standardized Construction Site Quality Samples (标准化工地样板) Quality demonstration display area showing construction standards including main structure samples, brick plastering, staircases, kitchen/bathroom, roofing, electrical embedding, plumbing wells, curtain wall stone dry-hanging, basement waterproofing, and independent column samples; sold as a turnkey display installation at construction project sites.

Quantifiable outcome

Workers' safety awareness significantly improved after experiential training
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Companies that use GM Direct Marketing

Customer profile

Named customers14 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

GM Direct Marketing technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API: No
API docs
API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability7 records

Feature5 records

GM Direct Marketing partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

CCTV《信用中国》(CCTV Credit China)coreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 June 2019Long-term strategic cooperation agreement signed in June 2019. Taipu designated as Credit China featured enterprise and program partner. CCTV provides media coverage and brand promotion through documentary-style interviews and program features.
Bengbu Municipal Housing and Urban-Rural Development Commission (蚌埠市住建委) & Bengbu Municipal Education BureauminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2018Government bodies that selected Taipu to design and build the Bengbu Vocational Education Campus Safety Experience Hall following a public tender process in 2018.
Shaanxi Construction Group (陕西建工集团)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Designated as Honest Cooperation Partner by Shaanxi Construction Group in 2017. Active collaboration on multiple Shaanxi-based construction projects including the Qujian affordable housing project.
Gansu Highway Construction Group (甘肃路桥建设集团)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Awarded Excellent Cooperation Unit by Gansu Highway Construction Group in 2016. Collaborative safety experience equipment installation for highway construction projects.
China Railway Construction Corporation 1st Bureau (中铁一局)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Strategic development partnership established in 2015. China Railway 1st Bureau collaborated with Taipu on multiple construction safety experience projects, including the Yangping project and Chengdu Metro safety experience hall.
China State Construction Engineering Corporation 3rd Bureau (中建三局)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Awarded Excellent Cooperation Unit by China State Construction 3rd Bureau in 2015. Multiple collaborative safety experience hall projects including the Chengdu Lai'an project.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

GM Direct Marketing competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Regional players

EuroSafety: European provider of fall-protection, working-at-heights, and construction safety training products and equipment. Comparable product breadth on the physical safety training equipment side but operates primarily in a different geography.

Direct peers

Interplay Learning: US-based VR/simulations training platform serving skilled trades and safety use cases, including EHS, OSHA-aligned, and equipment-safety simulations. Closely comparable to Taipu's VR-based safety experience system product line for industrial workers.
3D Safety: Provider of physical and experiential construction safety training equipment and facilities, including fall protection and electrical safety experiences. Closely mirrors Taipu's core physical safety experience hall product line for construction workers.
Strivr: Enterprise VR training platform used for workplace safety and onboarding across industrial settings. Comparable in that it delivers immersive VR-based safety and procedural training to large enterprise workforces, overlapping directly with Taipu's construction-site VR experience modules.
Talespin: VR-based immersive learning platform focused on workforce upskilling and safety, including construction and industrial hazard scenarios. Overlaps with Taipu's experiential VR safety training across hazard-response modules.
PIXOVR (formerly Pixo VR): VR/AR training solutions for industrial and safety applications used by large enterprises. Closely aligned with Taipu's combination of VR safety modules and enterprise sales to industrial customers.

Broad incumbents

SafetyCulture: Workplace operations and safety platform with inspections, training, and IoT sensor data used across construction and industrial sites. Comparable in the smart construction site management software layer Taipu offers alongside hardware.
ClickSafety: Long-established OSHA-aligned EHS training provider covering construction safety, fall protection, and hazard response. Comparable as a broader incumbent in the construction safety training space, though primarily digital training rather than physical/VR experiential delivery.
Procore Technologies: Construction management SaaS platform used by major contractors for project, workforce, and safety workflows. Adjacent to Taipu's smart construction site platform in addressing digital site management and worker-tracking at large construction projects.

Emerging players

BIS Safety Software: EHS and safety training compliance software covering fall protection, working-at-heights, and construction safety. Comparable adjacency to Taipu's physical and VR safety experience products on the training-content side, though lacking the hardware/experiential component.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

GM Direct Marketing compliance and trust

Trust signal

Compliance7 records

GM Direct Marketing financial estimates

Financial estimate

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

GM Direct Marketing leadership team

Management profile

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

GM Direct Marketing funding detail

Funding detail

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

GM Direct Marketing M&A and investment

M&A and investment

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about GM Direct Marketing

What does GM Direct Marketing do?

Is GM Direct Marketing a public or private company?

GM Direct Marketing is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.

When was GM Direct Marketing founded?

GM Direct Marketing was founded in 2015. It employs 1 to 10 people.

Where is GM Direct Marketing based?

GM Direct Marketing is headquartered in Fort Worth, United States, in the North America region.

How does GM Direct Marketing make money?

Four revenue lines are on record. Physical Safety Experience Equipment Sales are the primary driver. The others are VR Safety Experience Systems, smart Construction Site Management Platform and on-site Installation and After-sales Service.

Who are GM Direct Marketing's main competitors?

EuroSafety is listed as a regional player. Direct peers are Interplay Learning, 3D Safety, Strivr, Talespin and PIXOVR (formerly Pixo VR). Broad incumbents are SafetyCulture, ClickSafety and Procore Technologies. BIS Safety Software is listed as an emerging player.

Does GM Direct Marketing have an API?

No public API is recorded for GM Direct Marketing.

What industry is GM Direct Marketing in?

GM Direct Marketing's product category is Construction Safety Training Equipment. Its primary akta.pro industry code is EDAFAJAD, Safety, Compliance & Risk Training Simulations (EHS, OSHA, Hazard Response), with a secondary code of EDABAEAG, Machine Safety, Guarding & Industrial Equipment Safety. Its NAICS code is 333120 and its SIC code is 3531.