01 - THE OTTO FUCHS GROUP - Otto-Fuchs-Nachhaltigkeitsberichte

THE COMPANY

The OTTO FUCHS Group based in Meinerzhagen, Germany, is a leading international company within the non-ferrous metals industry. Drawing on its own research and outstanding materials expertise, the Group develops and manufactures highly specialized products and solutions for customers in the field of aerospace, in the automotive and construction industries, and in other industrial technology branches. The nine subsidiaries within the OTTO FUCHS Group are divided among the divisions Aerospace, Automotive, and Extrusions in line with the key customer groups, alongside Schüco as the largest subsidiary. More than 9,500 employees around the world play their part in the Group’s success. OTTO FUCHS1 (not including Schüco International KG) generated sales of 1.1 billion euros in 2017..

OTTO FUCHS KG: NUCLEUS AND CORPORATE CENTER
The Group’s parent company is OTTO FUCHS Kommanditgesellschaft, which was founded in Meinerzhagen in 1910. More than 2,900 employees work here. The site in South Westphalia is also the Group’s corporate center, encompassing almost all the materials and all the metal forming technologies. Highquality finished and semifinished products are manufactured here, in particular metallurgically sophisticated forged pieces, extruded products, and rolled rings made of aluminum, magnesium, copper, titanium, and nickel alloys.

AEROSPACE DIVISION
OTTO FUCHS KG and Weber Metals in Paramount, USA, have established themselves as renowned suppliers to the aerospace industry with their Aerospace division. The two division sites manufacture upward of 5,000 products using close to 100 different alloys which can be molded in various presses with forces of up to 60,000 tons1. In addition to engine components and structural parts for the fuselage, wings, and landing gear, the division manufactures products for related high-tech areas like the railroad industry and industrial technology.

AUTOMOTIVE DIVISION
The Automotive division consists of the German sites OTTO FUCHS KG and OTTO FUCHS Surface Technology2 in Meinerzhagen, OTTO FUCHS Oberflächentechnik in Leonberg, and OTTO FUCHS Dülken, the metal forging companies in South Africa (Foxtec-Ikhwezi) and China (OTTO FUCHS Technology Shenyang), and the wheel plant in Hungary (OTTO FUCHS Hungary). This division’s primary products are forged aluminum wheels and forged products for chassis, engines, steering, transmission, and vehicle hydraulics. OTTO FUCHS manufactures around 100 million parts a year for the automotive industry.

EXTRUSIONS DIVISION
OTTO FUCHS is able to extrude a wide array of alloys using various extrusion methods, both direct and indirect, as well as the process for seamless pipe extrusion. The Extrusions division’s primary products are extruded profiles for construction elements like windows, doors, and facades, which are turned into versatile construction elements among others by the subsidiary Schüco International KG. The Extrusions division also manufactures intermediate products for the Aerospace and Automotive divisions. The company OTTO FUCHS Drilling Solutions was founded in Meinerzhagen in 2014 to market products and solutions in the oil and gas segment..

SCHÜCO INTERNATIONAL KG: SYSTEMANBIETER MIT INTERNATIONALEM NETZWERK
Schüco International KG, which is based in Bielefeld, Germany, and has sites in 43 countries, has a special status among the subsidiaries within the OTTO FUCHS Group. With its 4,750 employees and more than 12,000 partners, it develops and sells window, door, and facade systems in more than 80 countries. The company has been owned by OTTO FUCHS KG since 1964. Its close coordination with the Extrusions division, which supplies Schüco with some of the aluminum profiles it needs, gives the company a unique position within the market.