Success Story

Innovations made in NRW
Siempelkamp Giesserei, partnership with medium-sized companies

The Krefeld-based world market leader for hand mold casting solutions is digitialising its entire furnace operation with the help of two innovative partner companies. This success story is reported in the VDMA magazine “Innovations made in NRW” with a focus on startup cooperations.

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(Source: ProduktionNRW c/o VDMA)

Project team: Dirk Howe (Siempelkamp Giesserei), Till Schreiter (ABP Inductions Systems), Markus Fournell (ABP Induction Systems), Stefan Schmitt (Zorc Technology), Dr. Georg Geier (Siempelkamp Giesserei), Dirk Trippelsdorf (Zorc Technology)

Further information

Press release “Digitalization Campaign at SGK”

About Siempelkamp Giesserei

Siempelkamp is a globally active group of companies with the business units Mechanical and Plant Engineering, Casting Technology, and Engineering and Service. Nearly 3,000 employees worldwide ensure that the Siempelkamp Group is represented among the world leaders with its technologies.

Siempelkamp Giesserei GmbH in Krefeld specializes in the production of hand-molded large castings of up to 320t made of cast iron with nodular graphite and is one of the largest hand-molding foundries in the world. The comprehensive and customer-oriented service package includes the entire production process from design, calculations, pattern making, molding and casting to mechanical processing as well as packaging and transport.