Auto Shanghai 2025: KIRCHHOFF Automotive, Germany to present innovative body solutions On April 12, KIRCHHOFF Automotive announced in a social media post that it will present innovative body solutions at Auto Shanghai 2025. It will present products with improved crash performance, reduced weight, and CO2 emissions. It will also display an innovative steel module cross-member in an open shell design with high functional integration for greater cos...

News  Updated at: 2025/04/14

KIRCHHOFF Automotive supplies various parts for Stellantis, Audi, and Ford models KIRCHHOFF Automotive, on its winter edition issue, announced that it will manufacture a wide range of products for the STLA Large Stellantis platform, including the Jeep Wagoneer S luxury SUV and the Recon, at its Querétaro and Puebla II plant in Mexico. The plant will supply trunk recess, fascia bracket assembly, aluminum brake splash shield, cross car beam and fu...

News  Updated at: 2024/12/24

KIRCHHOFF, Germany to present lightweight construction and safety technologies at IZB On October 14, KIRCHHOFF Automotive announced that it will be showing the latest developments in the field of lightweight construction and safety at the IZB exhibition.  It will present the first use of "SIBORA" silicon-boron steel grade, developed in collaboration with Volkswagen AG and successfully tested on various prototypes. SIBORA is a new steel grade tha...

News  Updated at: 2024/10/17

KIRCHHOFF Automotive, Germany and Hyundai Steel partner on low-carbon steel products On July 10, KIRCHHOFF Automotive signed a memorandum of understanding with Hyundai Steel Company to supply low-carbon steel products. It will give KIRCHHOFF Automotive an additional opportunity to source green steel from as early as 2025. Hyundai Steel Company will supply steel in the form of cold-rolled and hot-dip galvanized coils. KIRCHHOFF Automotive will tes...

News  Updated at: 2024/07/12

KIRCHHOFF, Germany expands operations in Hungary On June 10, KIRCHHOFF Automotive opened the recently renamed “Kirchhoff fasor” (“Kirchhoff Avenue”) in front of the factory premises in Esztergom. It is investing around HUF 20 billion (almost EUR 51 million) in new production and logistics halls and complex robot-controlled welding technology in Esztergom and Dorog. This will create 100 new jobs in the region. The 5,600 square meter halls ...

News  Updated at: 2024/06/11

Kirchhoff announces expansion at Puebla plant in Mexico On April 8, Kirchhoff Automotive announced an expansion at its plant in Puebla, Mexico. The expansion consists of expanding the plant area by 100,000 square meters of production space, due to the increase in demand. This expansion at the Puebla plant is in addition to the opening of its new plant in the state of Guanajuato, which is expected to begin operating in 2025. (Kirchhoff press relea...

News  Updated at: 2024/04/10

Kirchhoff to install USD 40 million plant in Guanajuato Mexico On February 23 was announced that Kirchhoff will invest USD 40 million for a new plant in the municipality of San Jose Iturbide, Guanajuato, Mexico. This new plant will be dedicated to the painting and welding processes of structural components for the automotive industry and will generate around 300 new jobs. Kirchhoff is a Tier 1 supplier of BMW. This will be its fourth plant in Mex...

News  Updated at: 2024/02/28

KIRCHHOFF, Germany and H2 Green Steel, Sweden partner on near zero emissions steel On January 16, KIRCHHOFF Automotive signed a 7-year agreement with H2 Green Steel for the delivery of near-zero emissions steel. The EUR 130 million order from KIRCHHOFF Automotive will see deliveries of green steel from H2 Green Steel’s Boden plant starting in 2027, to KIRCHHOFF Automotive’s plants across Europe.   Steel accounts for 50% of KIRCHHOFF Automoti...

News  Updated at: 2024/01/16

KIRCHHOFF, Germany trials ArcelorMittal’s Fortiform automotive steels for cold stamping On November 24, ArcelorMittal announced that in a recent project, KIRCHHOFF Automotive undertook an assessment of ArcelorMittal’s Fortiform ultra-high strength steel at its R&D facilities in Germany and Canada. Fortiform allows OEMs to develop structural elements using cold-forming methods such as stamping.  As Fortiform steels have higher mechanical prop...

News  Updated at: 2023/11/27

thyssenkrupp Steel to supply bluemint CO2-reduced steel to KIRCHHOFF, Germany  thyssenkrupp Steel concluded a memorandum of understanding with its long-standing customer KIRCHHOFF Automotive GmbH regarding the supply of bluemint CO2-reduced steel. KIRCHHOFF will use hot-forming steel to develop and produce complex metal and hybrid structures for bodyshells and chassis that are lightweight, economical, and crash-safe. (Based on thyssenkrupp Steel...

News  Updated at: 2023/11/27

Kirchhoff, Germany to invest EUR 50 million in expansion of Hungary plants On July 19, the Hungarian Investment Promotion Agency announced that KIRCHHOFF Automotive GmbH will invest EUR 50 million at its sites in Esztergom and Dorog and create 80 new jobs. For the Esztergom plant, it will invest EUR 50 million to construct two production and logistics halls with a total area of 6,200 square meters. In Dorog serial production for four automotiv...

News  Updated at: 2023/07/20

SSAB, Sweden and KIRCHHOFF, Germany start collaboration on fossil-free steel On July 14, KIRCHHOFF Automotive GmbH and SSAB announced a partnership on fossil-free steel to reduce CO2 in car body construction. KIRCHOFF Automotive’s crash boxes, lower beams, and closure plates are manufactured using the cold forming process, and the individual parts weigh between 300 grams and 1.3 kg. By using the SSAB Fossil-free Steel, KIRCHHOFF Automotive sa...

News  Updated at: 2023/07/14

KIRCHHOFF, Germany receives award for outstanding quality from Mercedes-Benz On June 30, KIRCHHOFF Automotive GmbH announced that it has received the award for outstanding quality from Mercedes-Benz. The award ceremony took place as part of the Supplier Circle on June 19, 2023. It is one of only two companies to receive this award this year. For the purchasing area "Production Material", KIRCHHOFF Automotive received the award for an exceptionall...

News  Updated at: 2023/07/05

KIRCHHOFF, Germany to supply parts for GM’s BEV pickup line up from Canada plant On June 30, KIRCHHOFF Automotive GmbH announced that its plant in North York, Canada, has received the GM Supplier Quality Excellence Award. Recently, GM has awarded new business to this plant that will go on GM’s new BEV pickup lineup.This assembly, along with large BIW (body in white) assemblies for the ICE version, make North York a key facility supporting GM ...

News  Updated at: 2023/07/04

KIRCHHOFF Automotive, Germany to expand Mexico plants On June 5, KIRCHHOFF Automotive GmbH announced that it had already received numerous new orders for production in Mexico. It will expand its Querétaro site. The Querétaro II plant will start in 2025. It will have an e-coating line with the possibility of thick-film coating as well as preparations for a possible mild pickling process. The expected plant area will be 15,000 square meters.  I...

News  Updated at: 2023/06/12

KIRCHHOFF, Germany to expand Hungary plant On June 1, KIRCHHOFF Automotive GmbH announced that a new construction phase was initiated at its plant in Esztergom, Hungary at the end of 2022 due to orders for larger and more complex assemblies. From late summer, 70 employees will produce the first assemblies here on 6,400 square meters of state-of-the-art production lines and deliver them to its customers. Due to extensive orders from its customer...

News  Updated at: 2023/06/07

Auto Shanghai 2023: KIRCHHOFF, Germany to present product innovations On April 18,  KIRCHHOFF Automotive GmbH announced that it will showcase product innovations and innovative technologies for the next generation of lightweight automotive construction at Auto Shanghai 2023. The focus of its trade show presence, under the slogan MAKING.MOBILITY.SAFE., will be on innovative crash-relevant structural parts in lightweight construction as well as c...

News  Updated at: 2023/04/19

ArcelorMittal develops low carbon steel solutions for KIRCHHOFF, Germany On March 2, ArcelorMittal and KIRCHHOFF Automotive signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) which focuses on developing low carbon-emissions steel for cars and trucks. It covers many different areas of development and steel solutions, but its principal focus is to strengthen the two companies’ collaboration on sustainability topics. This includes a project to develop and...

News  Updated at: 2023/03/06

KIRCHHOFF, Germany to reduce CO2 through induction in hot forming On February 17, KIRCHHOFF Automotive GmbH announced that it is bringing the inductive heating of molded blanks for hot-formed car body components to series production readiness, together with the German University of Paderborn and other companies. This process can be used to produce high-strength and very lightweight body parts. If such parts are installed in the vehicle, it has a...

News  Updated at: 2023/02/20

KIRCHHOFF, Germany updates about capacity expansion and new business wins On December 6, KIRCHHOFF Automotive GmbH announced that, in North America, two years of detailed research and development work on the use of Gen-3 steel resulted in the first order for a crash-relevant component made of this material. The plants in China and Romania are currently undergoing extensive expansion specifically for the startup of new products for electric vehi...

News  Updated at: 2022/12/13