Otto Fuchs KG
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| legal form | KG |
| founding | 1910 |
| Seat |
Meinerzhagen , Germany
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| management | Hinrich Mählmann |
| Number of employees | 10,000 (2017) |
| sales | 2.6 billion EUR (2017) |
| Branch | Metal processing |
| Website | www.otto-fuchs.com |
| Status: 2017 | |
The Otto Fuchs KG is a company in Meinerzhagen . The company works as a metal processor (forging, extrusion and ring rolling ) for the automotive industry , aerospace technology , construction and mechanical and plant engineering.
history
Metall- und Armaturenwerke Meinerzhagen GmbH , founded by Otto Fuchs on May 2, 1910, was initially a small brass foundry . When Fuchs died in 1931, his son Hans Joachim Fuchs took over the business and expanded the product range to include aluminum in the 1930s . He converted the company into a limited partnership .
Business contacts were established with the aviation industry, which was booming due to the Second World War. Fuchs later included magnesium processing in the program. As an important war enterprise, it was subject to the influence and surveillance of the Nazi regime .
In the 1950s, aviation demanded the use of the new “super metal” titanium . Fuchs got into the business and made titanium forgings from then on. The mass production of synchronizer rings was more profane . In the 1960s, Fuchs took over Schüco International KG . Fuchs was best known for his Fuchs rims , which were mainly used in higher-quality Porsche automobiles. In 1974 Otto Rudolf Fuchs took over management of the business from his father. His family now owns 50 percent of the company; the other half is in the hands of his half-sister Christiane Fuchs' family.
Otto Fuchs (as of 2017) employs more than 2500 people in Meinerzhagen . According to the newspaper Die Welt 2009 , the company was ranked 238th in the German economy in terms of turnover .
Holdings
The company also has a 50:50 joint venture founded in 1995 with the rim manufacturer Superior called SUOFTEC (Superior Otto Fuchs Technology) in Tatabánya, Hungary . In 2010 the relationship was dissolved. Otto Fuchs Hungary Kft. In Tatabánya is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Otto Fuchs.
Weber Metals Inc., based in Paramount , California, is also part of the group. Metal parts are manufactured there for the aircraft manufacturer Boeing , among others .
Since 2006 the Otto Fuchs company has owned 70% of Foxtec Ikhwezi in South Africa for the delivery of wishbones to Mercedes-Benz South Africa .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Otto Fuchs KG from Meinerzhagen on a growth path . Westfalenpost . Retrieved June 29, 2018.
- ↑ Dirk Maximowitz: Otto Rudolf Fuchs: "Active retirees" will be 80 on Monday . Westfälische Rundschau . January 11, 2008. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
- ↑ Hinrich Mählmann conducts discussions in a small group on her first visit to Bielefeld . Westphalia sheet . June 12, 2012. Accessed July 17, 2013. (No longer available online.)
- ↑ Otto Fuchs KG - factsheet. (PDF) Retrieved September 11, 2017 .
Coordinates: 51 ° 6 ′ 22.5 ″ N , 7 ° 38 ′ 2.5 ″ E