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Das Geschäftsvolumen, des Weltmarktführer für Maschinen und Anlagen für Aluminiumgießereien, hat sich gegenüber 2019 verdoppelt und wird im Jahr 2022 einen neuen Höchststand in der Firmengeschichte erreichen.

• Green aluminum through CO₂-neutral power generation
• Another step toward achieving global climate protection target

Nordural, Iceland part of Century Aluminium has ordered Hertwich Engineering to supply a complete aluminium billet casthouse with zero greenhouse-gas emissions.

Eurometal S.A., a company of the Eko-Świat group, has placed an order with Hertwich Engineering for the supply of an Ecomelt-PR100 multi-chamber melting furnace for the expansion of its aluminium casthouse in Klomnice, Poland. The plant, with a capacity of 30.000 tons per year, is scheduled to start operation in spring 2021.

Cromodora Wheels SPA has installed a chip recycling furnace for wheel production in Ghedi, Italy. The furnace with a capacity of 10,000 tons per year was successfully supplied and commissioned by Hertwich Engineering.

Otto Fuchs KG supplements its casthouse in Meinerzhagen with one Ecomelt-PS150 melting furnace and two tilting holding and casting furnaces from Hertwich Engineering. The new recycling furnace will be the fifth Ecomelt furnace and with a capacity of 7,7 t/h the largest one at Otto Fuchs. Both casting furnaces, which are also part of the scope of supply, are designed for a capacity of 20 t. This order maintains the successful partnership between Otto Fuchs and Hertwich, which already exists for more than 15 years.

In close partnership with Hertwich Engineering, Exlabesa put into operation a Hertwich Continuous Homogenizing plant at its Padron based facility in the latter part of 2018. Following from this investement Exlabesa have now ordered the Multi Chamber PR130 Melting Furnace (complete with charging unit) which will increase its capacity to 60,000 tons from its Padron casthouse.

Hydro Extrusion Lichtervelde NV has installed a modern Aluminium Multi-Chamber Melting Furnace Type Ecomelt-PS200 including a rail-guided skimming machine in its casthouse in Ghlin, Belgium. The plant with a melting capacity of 60,000 tons per year was successfully supplied and commissioned in May 2019 by Hertwich Engineering.

Hertwich Engineering received an order from Hydro Extrusion Lichtervelde NV for the supply of a multi-chamber melting furnace Ecomelt-PS200 including skimming machine. The plant with a melting capacity of 60,000 tons per year will be installed in the casthouse in Ghlin, Belgium. Commissioning is scheduled for the first half of 2019.

Constellium Extrusions Dĕčín s. r.o., Czech Republic, has placed an order with Hertwich Engineering for a further continuous homogenizing plant including helical ultrasonic testing station and billet saw for aluminium extrusion billets. With a capacity of 9 tons per hour, the new homogenizing furnace is considerably larger and more powerful than the plant for 3 tons per hour delivered in 2016. It is scheduled to go into operation in  first semester 2019.