Company's History
| 1922 | Rudolf Gautschi established „Caloriewerke Gautschi & Brand“ at Singen/Germany. Production of small sized Furnaces for various Applications. |
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| 1935 | The Company moved to Schaffhausen/Switzerland. |
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| 1948 | Final Move to Tägerwilen/Switzerland as „Gautschi Electro-Fours SA“. |
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| 1969 | Rudolf Gautschi retires 80 years old. The company was sold to the German RUHRGAS AG. |
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| 1984 | KHD Humboldt Wedag AG aquired Gautschi Electro Fours SA. Engineering, Manufacturing, Assembly of turn-key Cast House Equipment for Primary and Secundary Aluminium Industry. |
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| 1998 | Merger with the German based MAERZ Furnace Company to „Maerz-Gautschi“ under the Roof of the RHI Engineering Group |
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| 2002 | DBAG aquired all RHI Group Companies. Establishment of „HTE“ as a new Group Holding Company. Major Innovations First Installation of a new developped Regenerative Burner System (VAREGA) for high Capacity Round Top charged Remelt Furnaces. Realisation of a new Pusher Type Furnace Proposal for high Efficiency. New Developments for Shaft Furnaces. Realisation of a complete Remelt Cast House. HDC with Robot Stacking. |
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| 2005 | Gautschi™ purchased all relevant patents and trademark rights from Hydro Aluminium concerning the Airsol Veil® and Airglide® billet mould technology. This goes back to 1991, when VAW and Gautschi™ set up a cooperation for the joint development of a new mould control system. Since then, combined publications together with an ongoing intensive know how exchange with regard to performance improvements as well as developments and applications has resulted in the development of the Airglide® mould system. |
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| 2005 | Establishment of a Beijing based subsidiary in the Peoples Republic of China. |
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| 2008 | Separation from MAERZ. Change of company name to Gautschi Engineering GmbH. |
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| 2010 | Acquisition of Gautschi Engineering GmbH by the Swiss based EED Holding AG |