Location Herzogenburg Lightmetal

Herzogenburg Light Metal

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.

Lightmetal casting in Herzogenburg is aluminium high pressure die casting and permanend mould casting. With over 650 employees, the company is a significant regional employer.

Profile

  • Foundation: 1862 Kaiserlich-königliche Schlosserwaren-Fabrik
  • Acquisition: 1972 by Georg Fischer
  • Employees: 660 (High pressure die and permanend mould casting)
  • Production capacity: 24,100 tonnes/year ~ 7,5 mill parts/year

Materials

  • AlSi10Mg
  • AlSi10MnMg
  • AlSi10CuNiMg
  • AlMg5Si2Mn
  • AlMAlSi7Mg
  • AlSi8Cu3

Certification

  • EN ISO 9001EN ISO 9001
  • DIN EN ISO 14001
  • ISO TS 16949
  • EN 10002-1
  • OHSAS 18001

Quality Assurance

  • Material analysis laboratory
  • Three-coordinate measuring instruments
  • Testing devices for X-ray, ultrasound and hardness testing, and for crack tests using fluorescent media

Production Program

Aluminium pressure die casting and permanent mould casting components for cars, trucks and industrial applications.

Pressure die casting: structural parts, oil pans, housings etc.

Permanent mould casting: knuckles, wheel carriers, wheel hubs, housings and casting nodes etc.

Special Features

  • Computer-aided design (CAD) and manufacturing (CAM)
  • Complex parts on large-scale machines
  • Value chain: Supplies ready-to-fit subassemblies
  • Modern joining technologies
  • 3D-Lasercutting

Address

Georg Fischer Druckguss GmbH & Co. KG / Georg Fischer Kokillenguss GmbH
Wiener Straße 41-43
3130 Herzogenburg
Austria

info dot he dot au at georgfischer dot com

Markus Rosenthal
Managing Director
Georg Fischer Druckguss GmbH & Co KG /
Georg Fischer Kokillenguss GmbH

Dieter Gimpl
Director of Sales
Georg Fischer Druckguss GmbH & Co. KG /
Georg Fischer Kokillenguss GmbH

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