Georg Fischer AG

Company Profile

■URL

https://www.georgfischer.com/

■Address

Amsler-Laffon-Strasse 9, 8201 Schaffhausen, Switzerland

Business Overview

-Founded in 1802, the Switzerland-based Company provides pipe systems for the transport of liquids and gases, lightweight casting components, and precision manufacturing technologies for various markets including the automotive market.

-The Company operates its business through four divisions. In April 2024, the Company renamed the GF Uponor division to GF Building Flow Solutions. As such, the Company’s four operating divisions are as follows: GF Casting Solutions, GF Piping Systems, GF Building Flow Solutions, and GF Machining Solutions. Among the four divisions, GF Casting Solutions division is related to the automotive industry.

-The GF Casting Solutions division is a leading solution provider of lightweight components for the automotive and aerospace industries. Products that the division provides for the automotive industry utilize materials such as aluminum, magnesium, iron or superalloys.

-The GF Casting Solutions division’s sales in the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, accounted for 22.6% of the Company's total sales. Approximately 76% of the GF Casting Solutions division’s sales were for automotive applications.

Shareholders

-The Company is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange, Switzerland’s principal stock exchange.

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Products

Light vehicles
Body/Structure
-Shock towers
-Shock tower supports
-Rear door frames
-Upper door frames
-Tank caps
-Tank frames
-Front end carriers
-Rear center consoles
-Front center consoles
-Instrument panel beams
-Hinge supports
-Door frames
-Cross car beams
-Front torque boxes
-Rear torque boxes
-Rear side members
-Safety belt spools
-Seat frames
-Convertible roof tops
-Passenger-side finishers
-Driver-side finishers
-Center stacks
-Left-hand and right-hand endcaps
-Center consoles

E-mobility
-High-voltage connectors
-Battery housings
-E-Axle housings
-E-Axle covers
-E-Engine housings

Powertrain
-Gearbox housings
-Engine blocks
-Rear-axle housings
-Intermediate housings
-Oilpan covers
-Crankshafts
-Differential housings
-Bedplates
-Drive-end shields
-Converter housings
-Transmission housings
-Turbocharger housings
-Exhaust manifolds

Chassis
-Wheel Carrier
-Control Arm
-Steering Knuckle
-Transmission Bracket

Commercial vehicles
Frame
-Brake calipers
-Assembly brackets
-Step brackets
-Rod brackets
-Cross beams
-Air bellow yokes
-Bogie B Ride
-Cradle T
-Bionic wheel hubs

Powertrain
-Transmission housings

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History

1802	Johann Conrad Fischer founded the first iron foundry in Schaffhausen, Switzerland.
1948	Under the management of Georg Fischer, the son of J.C.Fischer, it had become one of the European leaders in industrial steel casting.
Jan. 1991	The Company was restructured into a holding company with entrepreneurial and legal independence in principal industrial activities, and Georg Fischer Ltd. was established.
1999	Acquired Mossner Group, light-alloy manufacturer in Germany.
Nov. 2001	Commissioned a new production line for cast iron parts at its Singen plant in Germany.
Oct. 2005	Announced that its new light metal foundry in Suzhou was officially inaugurated.
Dec. 2006	Acquired the entire capital of E.D.C. Inc., Montreal.
Jan. 2014	Divested the gravity die-casting operations in Herzogenburg (Austria).
Jul. 2014	Acquired 51% of the capital of Meco Eckel GmbH in Germany.
Aug. 2016	Jointly acquired Langfang Shuchang Auto-parts Co., Ltd. together with Lingyun Industrial Co., Ltd. for CNY 109.16 million. The Company and Lingyun Industrial each own a 50% stake.
Nov. 2017	Acquired Eucasting Ro SRL, a high-pressure aluminum die casting specialist in Romania.
Apr. 2018	Acquired Precicast Industrial Holding SA (Switzerland), a precision castings specialist in Switzerland.
2018	The two iron casting plants in Singen and Mettmann (Germany) have been acquired by Fondium B.V. & Co. KG, Mettmann.
2019	Divested its iron foundry in Herzogenburg (Austria) to MRB FerCon GmbH.
2022	New plant in Shenyang (China).
2022	Acquired the business premises of the former Greiner Assistec in St. Gallen (Austria).
2022	Sold its 50% stake in GF Linamar LLC, Mills River (US), to Linamar Corp., Guelph (Ontario, Canada).