History

In shape for you for over 600 years

Schmiedeberger Gießerei GmbH was founded in 1412 and is one of the oldest subsidiaries of the DiHAG Group. Discover our various stages of development from the ‘iron hammer’ to the high-tech company we are today.

2023

Commissioning of the automatic fettling centres ‘Maus 600’ and ‘Maus 900’ from Reichmann

2019

Capacity expansion of melting furnaces 1 and 2 from 5 tonnes to 6 tonnes

2016

Foundation of ‘SG CNC Bearbeitungs GmbH’ at the foundry site

2014

Construction of the 2nd fully automatic sand preparation system for moulding plant 2

2012

New compressor station with waste heat utilisation and expansion of the core shop (80 l machine)

2008

Commissioning of the 2nd moulding line with box size 1400x900x400/400

1996

Shutdown of the manual moulding shop and commissioning of the automatic green sand SEIATSU moulding plant with box size 900x700x250/200

1996

Takeover into the DIHAG group of companies

1994

Commissioning of the electric melting furnaces

1990

Foundation of Schmiedeberger Gießerei GmbH

1954

Spin-off from VEB Nagema and foundation of the independent company VEB Gießerei und Maschinenbau ‘Ferdinand Kuhnert’ Schmiedeberg

1951

First-time production of foundry machines and systems

1948

VEB Mühlenbau Schmiedeberg

1946

Transfer of the company to public ownership

1945

Dismantling the systems

1943

Construction of a steel and tempering plant

1925

Germany's most important milling companies merged to form MIAG - Mühlenbau Industrie Aktiengesellschaft

1889

the factory was officially called ‘Eisenwerk Schmiedeberg’

1885

‘Eisenhüttenwerk und Maschinenbauanstalt Schmiedeberg’, production of forgeable cast iron

1839

Birth of the Schmiedeberg foundry and construction of a blast furnace

1791

the so-called iron hammer was already producing 2000 - 3000 hundredweights of pig iron a year

1412

First documented mention of a ‘Nuwen Smedewercke’ - a new forge

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