Hirschvogel Automotive Group
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| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1938 |
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Denklingen , Bavaria , Germany
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| Number of employees | 6,000 (2019) |
| sales | EUR 1.23 billion (2019) |
| Branch | Automotive supplier |
| Website | www.hirschvogel.com |
The Hirschvogel Automotive Group is a global automotive supplier based in Denklingen, Bavaria . The company is active in the massive forming and machining of steel and aluminum and is one of the largest companies in the industry. The majority of the company shares are held by members of the Hirschvogel and Britzger families and 38% by the Frank Hirschvogel Foundation.
history
Originally a small village smithy, it was converted into an industrial smithy in 1938 and a new production hall was built on the green field at today's headquarters in 1963. The internationalization of the company began in 1988 when the subsidiary Hirschvogel Incorporated was founded in the USA ( Columbus ). Further subsidiary plants followed in Poland, China and India. The youngest plant in Mexico was officially opened on April 11, 2018.
Products and range of services
As a development partner for the automotive industry and a manufacturing specialist in the processes of massive forming and further processing - of both steel and aluminum - the application areas include diesel / gasoline injection, engines, e-drives, transmissions, drive trains, chassis in cars and commercial vehicles as well as components in off-highway -Applications to the core competencies.
The massive forming and machining processes are used in various combinations or exclusively in all plants. There are three main forming processes for steel as a material: hot, warm and cold forming with different forming temperatures between room temperature and 1,250 ° C. Aluminum forming is also part of the Hirschvogel range of services. In addition, the massively formed components are refined by means of machining or other processing methods at the customer's request until they are ready for installation.
In October 2018, the company announced that it had become the world's largest manufacturer of rotor shafts for electric motors in electric cars .
Locations
- Denklingen in Upper Bavaria (Hirschvogel Holding GmbH and Hirschvogel Umformtechnik GmbH)
- Schongau in Upper Bavaria (Hirschvogel Components GmbH)
- Marksuhl in Thuringia (Hirschvogel Eisenach GmbH and Hirschvogel Aluminum GmbH)
- Columbus in the USA (Hirschvogel Incorporated)
- Pinghu in China (Hirschvogel Automotive Components (Pinghu) Co. Ltd.)
- Gliwice in Poland (Hirschvogel Components Poland Sp. Z oo)
- Sanaswadi near Pune in India (Hirschvogel Components India Pvt. Ltd.)
- San Juan del Río in Mexico (Hirschvogel Components Mexico SA de CV)
Awards
- 2010: " Toolmaker of the year " and victory in the "Internal toolmaking over 100 employees" category for the Hirschvogel Automotive Group in the "Excellence in Production" competition
- 2013: ZF Supplier Award, "Global Supplier" category
- 2015: Steel Innovation Award , "Products made of steel" category: "Steel replaces aluminum - pistons for passenger car diesel engines" together with Daimler AG and KS Kolbenschmidt GmbH
Web links
- Homepage of the Hirschvogel Automotive Group
- Homepage of the Frank Hirschvogel Foundation
- Hirschvogel Tech Solutions homepage
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hirschvogel Automotive Group - a company with passion. Retrieved March 7, 2019 .
- ↑ Chronicle - 75 years of Hirschvogel. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on March 26, 2018 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )
- ↑ [1] , press release plant opening in Mexico
- ↑ Hirschvogel Automotive Group becomes the largest rotor shaft manufacturer for passenger cars worldwide (PDF). October 12, 2018, accessed December 24, 2018 .
- ↑ Bernhard Kutkatt: Excellence in Production: Hirschvogel-Werkzeugbau is Toolmaker of the Year 2010. Accessed on March 25, 2018 .
- ↑ Thomas Günnel: ZF awards top suppliers. Retrieved March 25, 2018 .
- ↑ Steel replaces aluminum pistons for passenger car diesel engines. (PDF) In: Stahl-Innovationspreis 2015. Wirtschaftsvereinigung Stahl , June 9, 2015, accessed on July 8, 2016 : "Steel innovations awarded in Berlin"