Georg Fischer AG
Company Profile
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. |
Supplemental Information 1
>>>Business Report up until FY ended Dec. 31, 2010
>>>Business Report up until FY ended Dec. 31, 2014
>>>Business Report up until FY ended Dec. 31, 2015
>>>Business Report up until FY ended Dec. 31, 2018
>>>Business Report up until FY ended Dec. 31, 2019
>>>Business Report up until FY ended Dec. 31, 2021
Note: A figure in brackets ( ) indicates a loss