# Hertwich Engineering GmbH

Country of seat: Austria  
Data as of: 2026-10-20, version 2.31  
Page: https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/hertwich-engineering-gmbh

## Technology supplier

> A picture of the supply market – not a commercial recommendation.

- Processes at the customer: [melting and casting](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/technology/topienie-odlewanie.md), [heat treatment (annealing, solution treatment, ageing, brazing)](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/technology/obrobka-cieplna.md)
- Confirmed metals: aluminium

- DC casting line for slabs and billets – Braunau am Inn – design and supply of melting furnaces, casting machines and homogenising furnaces for aluminium foundries (Braunau am Inn, Austria); confirmed: aluminium; Product form: ingot; Source [B] Company website – page on casting plants (VDC machines for round and flat ingots) (hertwich.com), 2026-10-20 – https://www.hertwich.com/products/casting
- ingot and sow casting line – Braunau am Inn – design and supply of melting furnaces, casting machines and homogenising furnaces for aluminium foundries (Braunau am Inn, Austria); confirmed: aluminium; Product form: ingot; Source [B] Company website – page on casting plants (HDC horizontal casting of ingots, T-bars and busbars) (hertwich.com), 2026-10-20 – https://www.hertwich.com/products/casting
- fuel-fired melting and holding furnace – Braunau am Inn – design and supply of melting furnaces, casting machines and homogenising furnaces for aluminium foundries (Braunau am Inn, Austria); confirmed: aluminium; Product form: scrap; Source [B] Company website – page on melting furnaces for aluminium and aluminium scrap (hertwich.com), 2026-10-20 – https://www.hertwich.com/products/melting-furnaces
- rotary furnace for scrap and dross melting – Braunau am Inn – design and supply of melting furnaces, casting machines and homogenising furnaces for aluminium foundries (Braunau am Inn, Austria); confirmed: aluminium; Product form: scrap; Source [B] Company website – page on melting furnaces (URTF universal rotary tilting furnaces) (hertwich.com), 2026-10-20 – https://www.hertwich.com/products/melting-furnaces
- billet and slab homogenising furnace – Braunau am Inn – design and supply of melting furnaces, casting machines and homogenising furnaces for aluminium foundries (Braunau am Inn, Austria); confirmed: aluminium; Product form: ingot; Source [B] Company website – page on aluminium ingot homogenising plants (hertwich.com), 2026-10-20 – https://www.hertwich.com/products/homogenizing

### Deliveries to register plants

- Hertwich Engineering GmbH → [aluminium recycling plant Torija (Hydro, Torija (Guadalajara))](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/hydro#aleu-p107): billet and slab homogenising furnace – Three batch billet homogenizing furnaces with two cooling chambers, billet saw, ultrasonic testing and packing station for the new Torija recycling plant; start-up scheduled for 2026. (2024); ordered; Source [B] Hertwich Engineering press release of 27.08.2024 on the delivery of homogenising technology for Hydro in Torija (hertwich.com) – https://www.hertwich.com/news-media/news/hydro-aluminium-invests-in-hertwich-homogenization-technology-for-new-recycling-plant-in-spain
- Hertwich Engineering GmbH → [Exlabesa Building Systems / Exlabesa Industry (Exlabesa Building Systems / Exlabesa Industry, Padrón)](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/exlabesa-building-systems-exlabesa-industry#aleu-p253): billet and slab homogenising furnace – Additional continuous billet homogenizing furnace with air cooling station, long-billet stacker and PET strapping for the Exlabesa recycling plant in A Coruña province (homogenizing capacity up by 30,000 t/y). (2024); ordered; Source [B] Hertwich Engineering press release of 01.02.2024 on an additional continuous homogenising installation for Exlabesa (hertwich.com) – https://www.hertwich.com/news-media/news/exlabesa-expands-aluminium-recycling-capacities-with-additional-continuous-homogenizing-plant-from-hertwich-engineering
- Hertwich Engineering GmbH → [Wutöschingen – foundry, extrusion plant, machining and finishing (Aluminium-Werke Wutöschingen AG & Co. KG, Wutöschingen)](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/aluminium-werke-wutoschingen-ag-co-kg#pm-aluminium-werke-wutoschingen-a-wutoschingen): DC casting line for slabs and billets – New vertical direct-chill (VDC) caster for extrusion billets (20 strands of 289 or 305 mm, up to 7 m long) in the modernised AWW billet casthouse. (2023); delivered; Source [B] Komunikat Hertwich Engineering z 02.12.2023 o instalacji odlewania pionowego w AWW (hertwich.com) – https://www.hertwich.com/news-media/news/vertical-casting-plant-of-hertwich-sets-milestone-in-modernization-at-aww-in-germany
- Hertwich Engineering GmbH → [remelting plant (remelt plant) (Hydro Extrusions, Ghlin (Mons))](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/hydro-extrusions#aleu-p118): fuel-fired melting and holding furnace – Ecomelt-PS200 multi-chamber melting furnace (60,000 t/y) with skimming machine at the Hydro casthouse in Ghlin; ordered 2018, commissioned May 2019. (2019); commissioned; Source [B] Komunikat Hertwich Engineering z 27.08.2019 o uruchomieniu pieca Ecomelt w Ghlin (hertwich.com) – https://www.hertwich.com/news-media/news/hydro-extrusion-lichtervelde-nv-starts-operation-of-hertwich-ecomelt-melting-furnace
- Hertwich Engineering GmbH → [Exlabesa Building Systems / Exlabesa Industry (Exlabesa Building Systems / Exlabesa Industry, Padrón)](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/exlabesa-building-systems-exlabesa-industry#aleu-p253): fuel-fired melting and holding furnace – Ecomelt PR130 multi-chamber melting furnace with charging unit for the Exlabesa casthouse in Padrón (capacity increase to 60,000 t/y). (2019); ordered; Source [B] Hertwich Engineering press release of 01.10.2019 on deliveries for Exlabesa in Padrón (hertwich.com) – https://www.hertwich.com/news-media/news/hertwich-supplies-aluminium-multi-chamber-melting-furnace-and-continuous-homogenization-to-exlabesa
- Hertwich Engineering GmbH → [foundry (Gießerei) Meinerzhagen (OTTO FUCHS KG, Meinerzhagen)](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/otto-fuchs-kg#aleu-p272): fuel-fired melting and holding furnace – Ecomelt-PS150 multi-chamber melting furnace (7.7 t/h) and two 20 t tilting holding and casting furnaces for the Otto Fuchs casthouse in Meinerzhagen. (2019); ordered; Source [B] Hertwich Engineering press release of 03.12.2019 on an order from Otto Fuchs (hertwich.com) – https://www.hertwich.com/news-media/news/otto-fuchs-orders-aluminium-multi-chamber-melting-furnace-from-hertwich
- Hertwich Engineering GmbH → [Exlabesa Building Systems / Exlabesa Industry (Exlabesa Building Systems / Exlabesa Industry, Padrón)](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/exlabesa-building-systems-exlabesa-industry#aleu-p253): billet and slab homogenising furnace – Continuous billet homogenizing furnace with air cooling station, stacker, saw and strapping for Exlabesa in Padrón; ordered 2018, put into operation in the second half of 2018. (2018); commissioned; Source [B] Hertwich Engineering press release of 01.10.2019 on deliveries for Exlabesa in Padrón (hertwich.com) – https://www.hertwich.com/news-media/news/hertwich-supplies-aluminium-multi-chamber-melting-furnace-and-continuous-homogenization-to-exlabesa
- Hertwich Engineering GmbH → [Brescia – felgi aluminiowe (Cromodora Wheels, Ghedi)](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/cromodora-wheels#asi-cromodora-wheels-brescia): fuel-fired melting and holding furnace – Ecomelt chip remelting furnace (10,000 t/y) with chip pre-treatment at the Cromodora Wheels plant in Ghedi; supplied and commissioned.; commissioned; Source [B] Hertwich Engineering press release of 13.01.2020 on the start-up of a swarf remelting furnace at Cromodora Wheels (hertwich.com) – https://www.hertwich.com/news-media/news/cromodora-wheels-starts-operation-of-a-chip-melting-furnace-supplied-by-hertwich-engineering