HAI to invest 100 million euro

Hammerer Aluminium Industries continues the dynamic development course of recent years and invests 100 million euros in the further development of the Group.

Ranshofen (October 11, 2022) – With this investment, the aluminium expert Hammerer Aluminium Industries (HAI) is setting another milestone in the consistent growth strategy of the HAI Group. With two new extrusion lines, including processing centers and the construction of a logistics center, the course is set for the future.

Second 60 MN extrusion line at the Ranshofen site in planning

This year, a 60 MN extrusion line was installed at the Ranshofen site and will soon go into operation. Next year, investments will be made in another highly automated 60 MN extrusion line with all upstream and downstream production facilities for the Extrusion Ranshofen, covering an area of around 8,000 m². The HAI Group develops into the technology leader for aluminium components for the transport sector at the Ranshofen site. Lightweight components for e-mobility are increasingly in demand. The new installation produces highly complex aluminium profiles with outstanding crash properties for all well-known OEMs in Europe.

Capacity expansion with a new 40 MN extrusion line in Cris

At the Romanian site in Cris, investments are also being made in a highly automated extrusion line with the associated infrastructure, thereby significantly expanding production capacity. In Cris, production is geared towards high-quality products for the solar, construction and industrial sectors. “With the new facility, urgently needed capacities will be developed in order to be able to support customers in their growth in the years to come, given the already very high capacity utilization,” sums up Rob van Gils, CEO of the HAI Group. Since the takeover of the Cris site with 200 employees in 2019, the team has almost doubled with a current level of almost 400 employees.

Logistics center in Ranshofen

The current logistics area in Ranshofen is bursting at the seams. Therefore, a 14,000 m² state-of-the-art logistics center with a hall, warehouse and loading area will be created at the site as early as the beginning of 2023. Several trucks can be loaded and unloaded in parallel in the loading area. A high-bay warehouse is available for customer load carriers, in which storage and retrieval can be carried out automatically.

The new property will also take environmental protection into account and house a photovoltaic system with a capacity of 1 MW peak on the roof.

Pioneer in sustainability

“With the new investments and the recent investments made at our company locations, we as the HAI Group are optimally positioned to be able to continue to grow with our customers from transport, industry and construction,” explains Rob van Gils the orientation for the next few years.

All planned investments correspond to the latest available standards in terms of environmental protection, energy consumption and safety. This also underlines the ambitious sustainability strategy that makes Hammerer Aluminium Industries a pioneer in lightweight aluminium construction. By using an average of 80% recycled material and primary aluminium from certified production, which is generated 100% with electricity from renewable energy sources, HAI is a pioneer in climate protection. With the sustainable alloys SustainAl 2.0 and SustainAl 4.0, launched in 2021, HAI offers customers a material with a carbon footprint well below the European average.

HAI has successfully set the course for the future and is positive about the coming business years.

The HAI Group

Hammerer Aluminium Industries employs 2,000 people. The company was founded in 2007 and has its headquarters in Ranshofen in Upper Austria as well as seven further locations in Germany, Romania and Poland. HAI can look back on a great success story. It combines dynamics and the innovative spirit of a young company with the experience of a traditional business. For 2022 HAI expects a turnover of 950 million euros in the three production areas Casting (foundry), Extrusion and Processing (mechanical further processing). The products of the HAI Group can be found in the construction sector, automotive, transport and electrical engineering as well as mechanical and plant engineering.

Media contact:

Elfriede Dicker, Assistant to the Management & Marketing HAI Group
Hammerer Aluminium Industries Holding GmbH
Lamprechtshausener Straße 69
5282  Ranshofen, Austria
0043 7722 891 2540
0043 664 884 61096
elfriede.dicker@hai-aluminium.com