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