OTTO FUCHS KG
Company Profile
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https://www.otto-fuchs.com/en/home.html
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Business Overview
-The Company is a manufacturer of lightweight metals, extrusions, forgings and semi-finished and finished products from aluminum, magnesium, copper, titanium and nickel alloys. It provides products for the automotive, aerospace, construction and industrial engineering industries.
-The Company is organized into three divisions: Aerospace, Vehicle and Extrusions.
-The Company has an annual production capacity of 2.5 million aluminum forged wheels and 41 million forged transverse links.
Shareholders
-The Company is privately owned.
Products
-Aluminum forged wheels
-Forged and extruded vehicle components
- Suspension arms and transverse links
- Side skirts
- Cockpit supports
- Synchronizer rings
-Steering housings
-Battery housings
History
| 1910 | Established as a brass foundry. |
| 1930's | Was the first medium-sized company in Germany to use the material of the future-aluminum. |
| 1940's | Large, high-quality die-forged parts mark another technological leap forward. Magnesium and its alloys supplement the range of materials used. |
| 1950's | Production of synchronizing rings started. |
| 1964 | Made the first mass-produced aluminum wheel, "vane-type" for the Porsche 911. |
| 1960's | Acquisition of Schueco. |
| 1970's | Was the first in Europe to manufacture forged aluminum parts, synchronizing rings and forged aluminum wheels for mass-produced passenger cars, thus opening up new possibilities for light-weight construction in the automotive industry. |
| 1980's | Acquisition and expansion of Weber Metals. |
| 1997 | Established a Hungarian joint-venture with Superior Industries, the world's largest manufacturer of aluminum wheels. The 50/50 joint venture, Suoftec Light Metal Products Production & Distribution Ltd., started trial production at its new aluminum car wheel factory in Tatabanya, Hungary. |
| 1990's | At the request of customers, products become increasingly specific. |
| 2006 | Foundation of the Joint-Venture FOXTEC Ikhwezi (Pty) Ltd. in East London, South Africa with IKHWEZI Investment Holding (Pty) Ltd. (30%). |
| 2010 | Acquired 50% shares in the 50-50 joint-venture called Suoftec Light Metal Products Production & Distribution Ltd. from its joint-venture partner, Superior Industries. |
| 2012 | Chinese subsidiary OTTO FUCHS Technology (Shenyang) Co. Ltd., founded in 2011, will start production of forged chassis parts in China in 2012. |
| 2018 | Announced the new construction of OTTO FUCHS Surface Technology in Meinerzhagen, Germany. |
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