Presse Info Press release Hot forming: Less weight, better ...

Presse Info
Press release
VOIT HOLDING GMBH & CO. KG
Astrid Wilhelm-Wagner
Manager Public Relations
& Marketing
Saarbrücker Strasse 2
66386 St. Ingbert
Tel: +49 68 94 909 - 245
Fax: +49 68 94 909 - 104
astrid.wilhelm-wagner@voit.de
www.voit.de
facebook.com/WillyVoit
Not many companies can master this technology and
capacities on the international market are correspondingly
in short supply. A new supplier within this
market is VOIT TPH – Technology for Press Hardening,
a spin-off of WILLY VOIT GmbH & Co. KG., which was
founded in 1947 (www.voit.de). The automotive
supplier with global operations has a workforce of
approximately 1,000 employees at its headquarters
in St. Ingbert (Germany) and over 1,600 employees
worldwide at six production locations in Germany,
France, Poland and Mexico. The portfolio is made up
of three business units – aluminum high-pressure diecasting,
cold-forming and hot-forming technology.
High-precision, high-pressure die-cast parts are developed
and produced according to customer specifications
with finally- processed and finished functional
surfaces as well as finished castings and components
using punching, drawing and roll-bending technology
and innovative light-weight components
using hot-forming technology. The range includes
complete solutions from engineering through toolmaking,
the foundry, punching shop and finishing
department to logistics. Over 170 million parts are
fitted in the world’s most popular cars such as Audi,
BMW, Ford, Jaguar, Landrover, Mercedes, Opel, VW,
Porsche.... VOIT expertise and products are in high
demand on the market and are installed in more than
50% of cars. The company is also committed to the
fields of greentech and electro mobility.
In the field of hot-forming, VOIT is focusing on large
scale production. The first facility may soon be
followed by others. A capacity of up to three million
passes is to be available within the next three years.
Depending on growth forecasts, a total of six facilities
are planned for the next few years. It would then
be possible to produce between six and ten million
parts a year. The new hot-forming technology at
VOIT is a courageous step in the right direction as it
meets the OEM’s need for light and simultaneously
high-strength car body parts which therefore offer
a high degree of safety. As a result of the significant
reduction in the vehicle weight, they are ultimately
able to offer their customers concrete advantages
with regard to lower fuel consumption and reduced
CO 2 emissions.