GF Casting Solutions
Swiss casting and additive manufacturing division of Georg Fischer that produces lightweight metal components for mobility, aerospace, and energy customers, operating an in-house AMotion Center for large-format metal 3D printing.
- CEO / Founder
- Carlos Vasto
- Team Size
- 1001-5000
- Stage
- Subsidiary
Technology & Products
Key Products
Aluminum high-pressure die castings; Iron castings (machine-moulded); Additively manufactured metal components (AMotion Center); Structural lightweight parts; Aircraft engine components; E-mobility housings and battery components
Technological Advantage
GF Casting Solutions' advantage rests on integrating additive manufacturing into a large-scale casting operation: it can prototype and produce complex metal geometries via AM and then transition them to high-volume casting, giving customers a single supplier across the product lifecycle. The AMotion Center and aerospace-focused large additive solutions are the visible AM assets, and the group holds process and product patents filed under GF Casting Solutions AG. The advantage is largely process and integration know-how rather than a single defensible AM technology, and is therefore replicable by other well-capitalized casting groups; no independently benchmarked AM performance metrics were found.
Differentiation
Value Proposition
Delivers weight-optimized structural and powertrain components through combined casting and additive manufacturing, letting OEMs consolidate parts, cut tooling lead times, and hit lightweighting targets without new dies.
How They Differentiate
Differentiates from pure die casters such as Nemak and Ryobi by pairing high-volume casting with in-house large-format metal additive manufacturing, enabling low-volume and prototype metal parts without dedicated tooling; against Handtmann it leverages a broader multi-material portfolio spanning aluminum and iron across 14 global sites.
Market & Competition
Target Customers
Automotive OEMs, commercial-vehicle and off-highway manufacturers, aerospace and energy equipment makers
Industry Verticals
Automotive; Aerospace; Energy; Industrial; Off-highway
Competitors
Nemak; Handtmann; Ryobi
Growth & Milestones
Growth Metrics
2024 sales of CHF 910M with 7.0% EBIT margin and 17.6% ROIC; approximately 3,792 employees; announced a $184M Augusta, Georgia plant (350 jobs) in May 2024
Major Milestones
1802: Georg Fischer parent group founded; 1993: GF Casting Solutions AG legal entity established in Schaffhausen; 2018: GF Automotive renamed GF Casting Solutions; 2024: Announced $184M investment in new Augusta, Georgia manufacturing facility (350 jobs); 2025: Sold Leipzig iron foundry to Linamar; 2026-02-12: Completed divestment of the automotive business to Nemak S.A.B. de C.V.
Notable Customers
Mercedes-Benz; BMW; Volvo
AM patents
AM-relevant patents linked to this company.
- Patents
- 4
- Granted
- 0
- Families
- 4
Leading domains: material (4), process (4), software (1)
Filings by year: 2023: 3 · 2022: 1
- ALUMINUM ALLOY20240327954 · US
- HOCHDRUCKGUSSWERKZEUG04223431 · EP
- Aluminum alloy118726796 · CN
- ALUMINIUM ALLOY04438752 · EP