Hirschvogel Group (Hirschvogel Holding GmbH)

Company Profile

■URL

https://www.hirschvogel.com/

■Address

Dr.-Manfred-Hirschvogel-Str. 6 86920 Denklingen, Germany

Business Overview

-The Company is one of the largest international automotive suppliers in steel and aluminum forged and machined parts.

-In 2021, the Company adjusted its strategy to the trends shaping the automotive industry, focusing on aligning its business towards E-mobility and zero-carbon mobility concepts.

-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. The Company aims to increase this percentage to more than 70% by 2030.

Shareholders

-The Company is a family-owned private entity.

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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

Combustion 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
-Single-part monoblock piston with integrated cooling duct
-Carrier shafts
-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

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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.
2008	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.
2009	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.
Jul. 2024	Sold production facility in Columbus, Ohio, U.S. to Mutares.