TRIMET Essen casts its ten-millionth tonne of aluminum

The record batch was manufactured as press bolts and delivered to Otto Fuchs KG. The international company processes the material into high-quality components for the automotive industry, global aerospace and demanding industrial applications.

‘The ten millionth tonne of aluminium demonstrates the efficiency of the production site and underlines the importance of a reliable supply of a strategically important material from domestic production to industry,’ says Philipp Schlüter, CEO of TRIMET Aluminium SE. ‘This milestone stands for technological expertise, sustainable site development and the stability of long-term industrial partnerships – such as the one we have with Otto Fuchs KG.’

The long-established family business has been a TRIMET customer since 1994 and is supplied with aluminium alloys in various formats by the materials specialist. 

‘TRIMET is a reliable partner for our company, whose high quality standards and outstanding flexibility are particularly important in an increasingly dynamic market environment,’ says Andreas Engelhardt, personally liable partner at Otto Fuchs KG. ‘Our long-standing cooperation forms an important basis for our joint competitiveness.’

The aluminium plant in Essen began operations in 1971. With the takeover of the aluminium smelter and the associated foundry in 1994, TRIMET secured the continued existence of the site, which at that time had 380 employees. Since then, the family-owned company has continuously modernised the production facilities and systematically expanded the foundry. Today, the site employs around 850 people and production capacity has been significantly increased

While the foundry had an annual capacity of 74,500 tonnes at the time of acquisition, it now produces around 285,000 tonnes of foundry products annually. In the various casting plants, high-quality alloys are produced from the primary aluminium from the neighbouring electrolysis plant and from aluminium scrap. These alloys are supplied to the processing industry in the form of rolled ingots, pressed ingots and ingots for a wide range of applications.