C. Hafner
| C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG | |
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| legal form | GmbH & Co. KG |
| founding | 1850 |
| Seat | Wimsheim , Germany |
| management |
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| Number of employees | approx. 200 (2018) |
| sales | approx. 700 million EUR (2016) |
| Branch | Precious metals , technology |
| Website | c-hafner.de |
C. Hafner is a German gold and silver refinery , which is located next to the recycling of precious metals has specialized in products and services in the field of precious metals technology. C. Hafner is one of the leading providers in Europe in this area .
history
In 1850, C. Hafner was founded by Carl Hafner in Pforzheim as a company for sweeping cleaning . Since Pforzheim was one of the world's largest centers for jewelry and watch production at that time, precious metals were mainly recycled from waste from jewelry and watch production in Carl Hafner's company . In 1892, Robert Hafner Senior, representing the second generation of the founding family, merged the company with the Carl Dieterle trial facility. From 1920 the production of semi-finished products for the jewelry industry was introduced. Herbert Hafner built up the metallurgical laboratory and gradually developed metal alloys a. a. also for dentistry and thus laid the foundation for the dental division. The highlight in 1930 was the development of the first tooth-colored gold alloy . 1945 Robert Hafner jun. after his return from captivity, the company that had been destroyed in the war reopened. In 1995 the management of the company was transferred to the fifth generation of the family, Birgitta Hafner and Philipp Reisert. In August 2015, C. Hafner moved into the newly built company headquarters in Wimsheim . The location of the separation in Pforzheim remained.
C. Hafner sees it as his responsibility to make his contribution against global climate change. In 2019, the company became the first gold and silver refinery to make its gold production CO₂ neutral.
Products and services
Today C. Hafner is active in the areas of precious metal recycling , dental technologies, precious metal products and precious metal trading. The company's products and services are used in the jewelry and watch industry , dentistry , measurement and testing technology, medical technology and in the investment sector . Such as gold bars , semi-finished products , precious metals , materials , dental alloys, etc. The patented innovations that C. Hafner has brought onto the market include the service "Milling in precious metal " in the field of dentistry and the new platinum alloy "PlatinGold" "with a precious metal content of 97%.
Certificates
- RJC COC certificate
- LBMA Responsible Gold Certificate
- DAkksS - German accreditation body
Web links
- Literature by and about C. Hafner in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Website of C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG
- PlatinGold alloy website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jobs in the Northern Black Forest. Retrieved January 24, 2018 .
- ↑ Federal Gazette Financial Reports. Retrieved January 24, 2018 .
- ↑ Erhard Brepohl : Theory and Practice of the Goldsmith; 2003, ISBN 3-446-22364-9
- ↑ Goldschmiede Zeitung: New standards for alloys; Issue No. 3, 2016
- ↑ Company history. Retrieved January 24, 2018 .
- ↑ Goldschmiede Zeitung. Retrieved June 30, 2020 .
- ↑ Iris Wimmer-Olbort: Metamorphosis: 250 Years of Goldstadt Pforzheim; 2017, ISBN 978-3-9818171-0-2
- ↑ Swiss Dental Community: C.HAFNER –cehaGold: Innovative service; Issue No. 4, 2015
- ↑ Goldschmiede Zeitung: Know what the industry needs. Retrieved January 24, 2018 .
- ↑ RJC press release. Retrieved January 24, 2018 .
- ↑ LBMA Responsible Gold Certificate. Retrieved January 24, 2018 .
- ↑ Annex to the accreditation certificate. Retrieved January 24, 2018 .