Hirschvogel Group (Hirschvogel Holding GmbH)
Company Profile
Business Overview
-The Company is one of the largest international automotive suppliers in steel and aluminum forged and machined parts.
-In 2021, the Company made strategic adjustments in response to the prevailing trends in the automotive industry. The main focus was to realign its business toward E-mobility and zero-carbon mobility concepts. About 70% of the orders received by the Company in 2021 were directed towards sustainable business practices.
-At the start of 2022, the Company underwent a restructuring process, leading to a change in its name from the Hirschvogel Automotive Group to the Hirschvogel Group. This new organizational structure brought together the Company's nine production subsidiaries and two affiliated companies under a unified unit.
-By 2025, the Company has set a target to achieve a minimum of 50% of its total sales through sustainable products. Looking further ahead, the Company aims to raise this percentage to over 70% by 2030.
Shareholders
-The Company is a family-owned private entity.
Products
Fuel systems
-Injector bodies
-Steel pump housings
-Connectors
-Gasoline and diesel rails
-Camshafts
-Cylinder heads
-Distributor pumps
-Pump-nozzle systems
Transmission
-Transmission shafts
-E-transmission shafts
-Countershafts
-Parking gears
-Ring gears
-Reverse gear shafts
-Planet carriers
-Output shafts
-Double-clutch hollow transmission shafts
-Three-armed flanges
-Spline hubs
-Gearwheels with splines
Powertrain
-Rzeppa stub axles
-Flanged shafts
-Hub shafts
-Intermediate shafts
-Constant velocity joint shafts (tripods)
-Pinions
-Disk carriers
-Forged differentials
-Fixed ball joints
-Plunge ball joints
-Differential bevel gears
-Ring gears
Chassis and body
-Steering knuckles
-Wheel carriers
-Wheel hubs
-Brake calipers
-Axle supports
-Bearing rings
-Control arms
-Damper forks
-Support dishes
-Fastening points
-Connecting components and bolt-on points
Engine
-Balancer shafts
-Balancer shafts with needle bearings
-Balancer shafts with hollow journals
-Eccentric shafts
-Splined shafts for Variable Valve Timing system
-Variable valve control systems
-Steel pistons
-Steel piston heads
-Steel piston bases
-Exhaust camshafts
-Chain wheels
-Camshaft gears
-Cooling adapters
-Exhaust gas aftertreatment housings
Electric motor
-Rotor shafts
-Rotor carriers
-Input shafts
-Hubs
-Hubs with forged axial splines
-Heat sinks
History
| 1938 | Founded industrial forge Hammerwerk Hirschvogel OHG. |
| 1963 | Constructed new facility at Denklingen which serves as current headquarters. |
| 1971 | Renamed Company to Hirschvogel KG. |
| 1981 | Renamed Company to Hirschvogel Umformtechnik GmbH. |
| 1988 | Founded first overseas facility, Hirschvogel Inc., in Columbus, Ohio, US. |
| 2001 | Formed joint venture with Taiwanese partner Chian Hsing Forging in China. |
| 2005 | Dissolved joint venture in China and formed new wholly owned subsidiary in China, Hirschvogel Automotive Components (Pinghu) Co., Ltd. |
| 2008 | Formed joint venture with Mahle, Mahle Hirschvogel Forjas S.A., through the takeover of shares of Forjas Brasileiras. |
| Formed joint venture in India, Hirschvogel Kalyani India Pvt. Ltd., with Kalyani Thermal Systems Ltd. | |
| 2009 | Formed joint venture in Poland, Hirschvogel Kotani Poland Sp. z.o.o., with Japanese partner Kotani. |
| Founded Hirschvogel Holding GmbH as parent company of all group companies. | |
| 2011 | Acquired shares of joint venture in Poland and renamed new wholly owned subsidiary, Hirschvogel Components Poland Sp. z.o.o. |
| 2012 | Acquired shares of joint venture in India from partner and renamed new wholly owned subsidiary, Hirschvogel Components India Pvt. Ltd. |
| 2015 | An additional machining hall will go into production at the Hirschvogel plant in Pinghu, China. |
| Jul. 2016 | Founded Hirschvogel Components Mexico S.A. de C.V. to set up a new plant in San Juan del Río, Querétaro, Mexico. |
| Apr. 2018 | Announced that it inaugurated a USD 30 million production facility in San Juan del Rio, Mexico. |
| 2019 | Formed joint venture with Gerg Group, Hirschvogel Gerg Innovationszentrum Gmbh & Co. KG for the development and production of prototypes and small series. |
| 2020 | Founding of a new wholly owned subsidiary, Hirschvogel E-solutions Gmph in Kaufbeuren, for the future E-mobility market |
| 2022 | Restructured organization to include all production companies and affiliated companies under a single entity. In addition, the Company changed its name to Hirschvogel Group. |
| Apr. 2022 | Established new in-house bicycle and micromobility business unit. |
Supplemental Information 1
>>>Business Report FY ended Dec. 31, 2014
Archives of Past Exhibits
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