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, lightweight component manufacturing, and machine tools for various markets including the automotive market.

-The Company operates its business through 3 divisions: GF Casting Solutions, GF Piping Systems, and GF Machining Solutions. Among the 3 divisions, GF Casting Solutions division is related to the automotive industry.

-The GF Casting Solutions is one of the leading solution providers of lightweight components in the mobility and energy industries. The automotive’s products include cross-car beams using aluminum, magnesium, iron or superalloys.

-In the fiscal year ending December 2022, GF Casting Solutions accounted for 22.3% of the company's total sales, of which 77% were for automotive applications.

Shareholders

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

Products

Light vehicles
Body/Structure
-Shock towers
-Rear Door Frame
-Upper Door Frame
-Tank Cap
-Tank Frame
-Front End Carrier
-Rear Center Console
-Front Center Console
-Instrument Panel Beam
-Hinge Support
-Door Frame
-Cross Car Beam
-Front Torque Box
-Rear Torque Box
-Rear Side Member
-Safety Belt Spool
-Seat Frame
-Convertible Roof Top
-Finisher Passenger Side
-Finisher Driver Side
-Center Stack
-Endcap LH & RH
-Center Console

E-mobility
-High Voltage Connector
-Battery housing
-E-Axle housing 
-E-Axle cover
-E-Engine housing

Powertrain
-Gearbox housing
-Engine Block
-Rear Axle Housing
-Intermediate Housing
-Oilpan Cover
-Crankshaft
-Differential Housing
-Bedplate
-Drive End Shield
-Converter Housing
-Transmission Housing
-Turbocharger Housing
-Exhaust Manifold

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


Commercial vehicles
Frame
-Brake caliper
-Assembly bracket
-Step bracket
-Rod bracket
-Cross beam
-Air bellow yoke
-Bogie B Ride
-Cradle T
-Bionic wheel hub

Powertrain
-Transmission housing

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).
Jan. 2023 Opened a new machining center at GF Casting Solutions Leipzig, Germany.

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