Fill (company)
| Fill Gesellschaft mbH
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| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1966 |
| Seat | Gird |
| management | Andreas Fill, Wolfgang Rathner |
| Number of employees | 900 (2019) |
| sales | 169 million € (2019) |
| Branch | Mechanical and plant engineering |
| Website | www.fill.co.at |
| Fill Beteiligungsverwaltungs GmbH | |
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| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1999 |
| Seat | Gird |
| management | Andreas Fill |
Fill is an internationally active special machine and plant construction company for various industrial sectors in Gurten in the Innviertel , Upper Austria . The business activities include the metal, plastic and wood sectors for the automotive, aerospace, sports and construction industries. The family business, founded in 1966, employs around 900 people.
History and company profile
In 1966, Josef Fill founded the metalworking company Fill Maschinenbau with two employees in Gurten . A gas station served as a second pillar. Mechanical engineering soon began, for example for ski fishermen in 1970, for various wood processing companies, and from 1979 for the plastics and automotive industries.
In 1976/77 the company manufactured machines and systems for the ski industry, automated processes in PU ski production, and in 1981 developed and produced a CNC milling machine for processing ski components. From 1986 Fill supplied all major ski and snowboard manufacturers worldwide.
The Fill Gesellschaft mbH emerged from the sole proprietorship in 1987 with 137 employees at the time. In 1989, the 100 million schilling turnover limit (7.5 million euros) was exceeded . In 1991 the first CAD stations and a PPS system were installed. In 1994, Fill delivered the first systems for the foundry industry to Mandl & Berger (now Nemak ) in Linz . The foundry technology developed into the division of the company with the highest turnover.
From 1996, Fill supplied systems to international automotive suppliers and automotive manufacturers. According to our own estimates, parts that were manufactured on Fill systems are installed in every third passenger car worldwide.
In 1997 the company was certified according to ISO 9001 .
In 1999, Fill Beteiligungsverwaltungs GmbH was founded .
In 2000, Andreas Fill took over management and shares from his father Josef. In 2001 the conversion from a commercial to an industrial company took place . From 2006 band saws for industrial use, patented wood thin-cutting machines and automatic repair systems for solid wood panels came to the field of activity.
In 2005 Fill had almost 300 employees, 45 of whom were apprentices . In 2009, together with other companies from the Innviertel, a separate apprenticeship with Matura class was set up at the WIFI Ried im Innkreis . In 2011, 54 apprentices were trained, which corresponds to a tenth of the workforce. At that time, 50% of the workforce were former in-house apprentices.
In 2010 the company received an order from FACC (Ried) for an ultrasonic testing system for the aviation industry in Abu Dhabi. In 2012, a laying system for the belt cores of the rotor blades of wind turbines - which previously had to be laid by hand - was presented.
In 2011, the company achieved incoming orders of over € 100 million (€ 85 million in sales) for the first time with an export quota of 90%. It is one of the leading companies in the Innviertel region and one of the 250 companies with the highest turnover in Upper Austria.
In 2012, € 25 million was invested in the Gurten location. The production area was enlarged by 8000 m²
In 2014, Fill founded two wholly owned subsidiaries, one in Shanghai (China) and one in Puebla (Mexico).
In 2016 the new customer and innovation center with an event center of a childcare facility was opened. In 2018, the company put a 5,000 square meter photovoltaic system into operation. Since April 2019, Fill has been building a center for digitization, research and development at the Gurten location.
Participations Fill Beteiligungsverwaltungs GmbH
- Fill Gesellschaft mbH: 100%
- elotec GmbH (sheet metal processing): 20%
- CORE smartwork GmbH (software and consulting): 60%
- FOX Velution GmbH (development): 26%
- Fill Mexico, S. DE RL DE CV: 100%
- Fill Machinery & Engineering Co., Ltd .: 100%
Former holdings
- Weitblick systems GmbH (image processing systems): 52% (2010–2015), 74.9% (2015–2017), complete takeover by Fill Beteiligungsverwaltungs GmbH in Q1 / 2017 with subsequent integration into operational Fill Gesellschaft mbH
Trivia
There are no entrepreneurial ties with the group of companies around Fill Metallbau in Hohenzell, which slipped into insolvency in 2017 . The same name results from the fact that the company founders of the two companies Alois and Josef Fill are brothers.
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Fill Gesellschaft mbH in Gurten. Creditreform / firmenabc.at, accessed on July 4, 2013 .
- ↑ Facts & Figures. In: fill.co.at. Retrieved December 7, 2017 .
- ↑ Fill Beteiligungsverwaltungs GmbH. Wiener Zeitung / firmenmonitor.at, accessed on January 6, 2017 .
- ↑ Fill - a master of his subjects. Innovative strength made in Austria. In: Association of Austrian Foundry Experts - voeg.at (Ed.): Giesserei-Rundschau . No. 25 , 2005 ( online [PDF; accessed July 4, 2013]). online ( Memento of the original from April 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (pdf; 163 kB)
- ↑ Every 3rd car worldwide contains parts produced on Fill machines. Hardly any car manufacturer in the world can ignore the mechanical engineering company Fill. Oberösterreichische Nachrichten , September 28, 2011, accessed on July 4, 2013 .
- ↑ World premiere at LIGNA 2007. Major German customer buys machine on the first day of the fair. (No longer available online.) Automobil-Cluster Upper Austria, May 18, 2007, archived from the original on August 20, 2010 ; Retrieved July 4, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Fill Maschinenbau manufactures saw bands itself. (PDF; 16 kB) (No longer available online.) Fill Maschinenbau Mediaservice May, 17 May 2011, formerly in the original ; Retrieved July 4, 2013 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Fill on expansion course thanks to new band saw technology. (PDF; 77 kB) (No longer available online.) Fill Mediaservice, April 2007, formerly in the original ; Retrieved July 4, 2013 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Karl Leitner: After skiing, Fill takes on the wood industry. Wirtschaftsblatt online, July 29, 2007, archived from the original on January 10, 2016 ; Retrieved July 4, 2013 .
- ↑ Leading companies in Innviertel start Matura class for apprentices. (No longer available online.) Wintersteiger , May 14, 2009, formerly in the original ; Retrieved July 4, 2013 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Fill enters the aviation industry. Der Standard Online, September 15, 2010, accessed July 4, 2013 .
- ↑ Machine misplaces rotor blade belts. erneubarenenergien.de, November 7, 2012, accessed on July 4, 2013 .
- ↑ Johann Lefenda, Gerlinde Pöchhacker-Tröscher, Franz Peter Seiler : survey of ownership of the top 250 companies in Upper Austria and its economic significance. (PDF; 2.1 MB) (No longer available online.) Industrial Association of Upper Austria, March 2011, archived from the original on June 17, 2012 ; Retrieved January 21, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Fill Gurten expands plant by 25 million euros. Oberösterreichische Nachrichten, April 25, 2012, accessed April 7, 2013 .
- ↑ Thomas Streif: Fill Maschinenbau: Positive mood at the "Aluminum 2012" trade fair. Bezirksrundschau - mein district.at, October 16, 2012, accessed on April 7, 2013 .
- ↑ Businesses should increasingly heat with bioenergy. Biomasseverband Oberösterreich, archived from the original on February 19, 2013 ; Retrieved October 4, 2013 .
- ↑ Susanna Sailer: Fill Maschinenbau: Fill is growing particularly dynamically in China. Wirtschaftsblatt, June 21, 2015, archived from the original on June 22, 2015 ; accessed on June 21, 2015 .
- ↑ Fill opens a branch in China. (No longer available online.) Factorynet.at, June 8, 2015, formerly in the original ; accessed on June 8, 2015 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Fill Maschinenbau is stepping on the gas for the auto industry in Mexico. OÖ Nachrichten, March 20, 2015, accessed on March 20, 2015 .
- ↑ Fill expanded to include energy and vision. Oberösterreichische Nachrichten, January 24, 2013, accessed on July 4, 2013 .
