Herzogenburg – the city with approximately 8,000 inhabitants is
halfway between the Westautobahn (St. Pölten exit) and the Danube
west of Vienna. It is nestled in a picturesque landscape of orchards
and vineyards.
Herzogenburg has a family-friendly vacation offering with
numerous sites for outings like the Heiligenkreuz and Walpersdorf
palaces, and several museums.
Five companies in two different locations represent GF Automotive
in Austria. Four of these are based in Herzogenburg in Lower Austria,
where around a quarter of all of the country’s foundries are
located. In Herzogenburg, GF Automotive manufactures components using
the iron casting, pressure die casting and gravity die casting processes.
Until 2002, this was done in one company; now manufacturing is
performed by three independent companies. One of these is Georg
Fischer Eisenguss GmbH.
Location Herzogenburg Iron Casting
Profile
- Foundation: 1862
- Acquisition: 1972 by Georg Fischer
- Employees: 235
- Production capacity 35,000 tonnes/year
Materials
Cast iron with nodular graphite as per DIN EN 1563.
Additional special alloys by Georg Fischer: SiMo 1000.
Certification
- DIN EN ISO 14001
- ISO TS 16949 : 2002
- OHSAS 18001
Quality Assurance
- Material analysis laboratory
- Three-coordinate measuring instruments
- Testing devices ultrasound and hardness testing
Production Program
Cast components made from nodular cast iron for passenger cars and
commercial vehicles. These parts include crankshafts, camshafts,
exhaust manifolds, brake carriers, and differential casings and
rear-axle frames.
Special Features
- In-house model construction
- Computer-aided design (CAD) and manufacturing (CAM)
- Supplier of ready-to-fit subassemblies