Tradition and innovation in unison for nearly 500 years
Auerhammer Metallwerk has been processing metals and alloys for nearly 500 Years. As technology has progressed, the original hammer factory has made way for a modern state-of-the-art cold rolling facility.
Nowadays we specialize in manufacturing materials with unique features, which are then used in electrical engineering, electronics, automotive engineering, the aerospace industry, machinery and plant engineering, measurement and control technology and the energy sector.
In particular, our clad materials, thermostatic bimetals and coinage strip are used by most of us in our everday lives. Our motivated team uses its experience to continually develop the technical capabilities of Auerhammer to become your supplier of choice of special alloys.
1526 – first recorded reference to “Uttenhofer Eisenhammer”
1687 – manufacture of iron plate, iron wire and tin plate by Veit Hans Schnorr
of Carolsfeld
1823 – first plant in Europe to manufacture nickel silver, by Dr. Ernst August Geitner
1829 – opening of nickel silver mill at Auerhammer, with step-by-step introduction
of the manufacture of plate, wire, rod and profiles from nickel, silver,
copper-nickel, bronze, tombac, brass, copper and nickel
1858 – take-over of the company by Franz Adolph Lange and renamed
“Dr. Geitner´s Argentanfabrik F.A. Lange”
1918 – production of copper-clad steel plate
1931 – establishment of “F.A. Lange Metallwerke plc.”
1948 – post-war reconstruction of the business as “VEB Halbzeugwerk Auerhammer”
for the manufacture of steel plate
1950 – development and production of special metallic materials from iron-nickel,
iron-cobalt and iron-nickel-cobalt-alloys as well as thermostatic bimetals
1966 – production of parts in glass-to-metal sealing alloys for cathode ray tubes
1984 – installation of integrated strip cladding line, as well as cold-rolling strip mill.
New production line for colour television components
1990 – founding of “Auerhammer Metallwerk GmbH”
1992 – acquired by “Vereinigte Deutsche Nickel-Werke AG”, Düsseldorf
1994 – certified to ISO 9002
2000 – establishment as the Group’s centre of excellence for flat mill products
2001 – subsidiary of the Deutsche Nickel AG Technology Group
2003 – certified to ISO 9001:2000
2005 – subsidiary of DNICK Holding plc
2006 – re-certified to ISO 9001:2000
2008 – completion of on-site renovation work
2009 – certified to ISO 9001:2008
2015 – AMW becomes 100% subsidiary of Wickeder Westfalenstahl
Please, contact us:
Auerhammer Metallwerk GmbH
Hammerplatz 1
08280 Aue -Bad Schlema
Phone: +49 3771 272-0
Fax: +49 3771 272-201
info@auerhammer.com