Competence, experience and performance form the strong and successful foundation for one of the leading German iron foundries for more than 85 years. In the attachment with the region, the tradition and the high quality expectations. In this sense we look back with pleasure at the history of our company, but especially we look to the future and to new objectives. To new technology and to a claim to innovation, perfection and employee qualification.
| 1932 | August Baumgarte founds the company "Eisengiesserei Baumgarte GmbH" |
| 1952 | Laying the foundation stone for a new foundry in South Brackwede |
1957 | Enlargement of the production capacity through the department Manual Form Casting |
1961 | Investment in new enamel technology with shaft melting furnaces and cupola ovens |
1969 | Establishment of a new hall for the Core Making Department |
1974 | Modernisation through automatic blasting equipment for hand-formed parts of up to seven meters in size |
1975 | Ernst-August Baumgarte becomes company director together with his father Hans Baumgarte |
1975 | Purchase of a fully automatic moulding line for still more machine casting competence |
1975 | Installation of a new line-frequency induction furnace with a melting capacity of eight metric tonnes |
1984 | Purchase of a fully automatic moulding system for horizontal casting |
1987 | Installation of the second generation of the "Disamatic" moulding system |
1988 | Installation of a fully automatic sand-conditioning technology |
1990 | The mechanical moulding shop is closed and replaced by a modern moulding system |
1993 | Installation of two major machining centres for washing machine bearing-crosses |
1993 | Construction of a new storage depot for the "Supplied Just-in-Time" cast products |
1994 | Start of the capital investment programme "Foundry 2000" for melting and moulding technology |
1995 | Installation of a fully automatic moulding line for smaller to middle-size cast parts |
1996 | Design of a moulding system for big cast parts with a cast weight up to 600 kg |
1997 | Size of workforce: 230. Produced tonnage: 21,000 metric tonnes. Performance per man/hour: 77.8 kg |
1998 | Closure of the manual moulding department, in order to create place for modern machine moulding technology |
1998 | Further purchase of processing machines for the bearing housings finishing shop |
1999 | Death of Hans Baumgarte senior |
2001 | Disamatic moulding machine for the further improvement of precision with the wet moulding method |
2003/04 | Installation of 4 medium frequency electric ovens with a melting capacity of up to 18 metric tonnes |
2005 | Establishment of a new model storage depot; Ernst-August Baumgarte becomes sole proprietor. |
2008 | Installation of a modern sand-conditioning technique to improve the sand quality |
2009 | Establishment of a modern warehouse centre |
2010 | Renewal of the moulding plant II |
2011 | The capital of the foundry is transferred in steps to a charitable foundation. |
2013 | Start machining of pump housings in the new production hall |
2014 | Implementing of a further machining centre for the processing of big pumps. |
2016 | The new installation of the moulding plant I |
2017 | Launch of two other processing machines for the machining of pumps |
2018 | Restructuring of logistic processes in the cast post treatment due to a new conveyor technology and high rack systems Installation of a VIBRA-DRUM® for cooling the castings |