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A century of excellence

Our Company Journey

From its humble beginnings in 1922 as “Caloriewerke Gautschi & Brand” in Singen, Germany, Gautschi has evolved into a global leader in industrial furnace technology and engineering solutions. 

  • 1922

Rudolf Gautschi founds “Caloriewerke Gautschi & Brand” in Singen, Germany. Manufacture of small-sized furnaces for various applications.

Gautschi Standort Singen, Schweiz
  • 1935

Company moves to Schaffhausen, Switzerland.

  • 1948

Final move to Tägerwilen, Switzerland as “Gautschi Electro-Fours SA.”

  • 1969

Rudolf Gautschi retires at the age of 80; company sold to RUHRGAS AG of Germany.

Rudolf Gautschi, Gautschi Gründer
  • 1984

KHD Humboldt Wedag AG acquires Gautschi Electro Fours SA. Engineering, manufacture and assembly of turn-key casthouse equipment for the primary and secondary aluminum industries.

  • 1995

Development of a regenerative combustion system (Gautschi VAREGA®), specially designed for use in aluminum melting furnaces.

  • 1998

Merger with the German-based MAERZ Furnace Company, forming “Maerz-Gautschi” under the umbrella of the RHI Engineering Group.

  • 2002

DBAG acquires all RHI Group companies. Establishment of “HTE” as the new group holding company.

Major Innovations
  • First installation of a newly-developed regenerative burner system (VAREGA) for high-capacity round top charged remelt furnaces.
  • Realization of a new pusher-type furnace design for high efficiency.
  • New developments for shaft furnaces.
  • Realization of a complete remelt casthouse.
  • HDC with robot stacking.
  • 2005

Gautschi™ purchases all relevant patent and trademark rights surrounding Airsol Veil®and Airglide®billet mold technology from Hydro Aluminum.

This technology goes back to 1991, when VAW and Gautschi™ began to cooperate in the joint development of a new mold control system. Since then their combined publications, together with an ongoing and intensive exchange of know-how with regard to performance improvements, developments and applications, has resulted in the development of the Airglide®mold system.

  • 2005

Establishment of a Beijing-based subsidiary in the People’s Republic of China.

  • 2008

Separation from MAERZ. Change of company name to Gautschi Engineering GmbH.

  • 2010

Acquisition of Gautschi Engineering GmbH by Swiss-based EED Holding AG of the EBNER GROUP. 

  • 2010

Gautschi Industrial Equipment (Suzhou) Co., Ltd., China joins us.

  • 2017

Gautschi North America LLC joins us.

  • 2019

Start of construction CRC Casthouse (R)Evolution Center.
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  • 2019

Gautschi introduces the new Compact Coil Furnace (CCF), which provides astonishing savings in energy consumption. 

Compact Coil Furnace
  • 2020

Relocation of Gautschi to Austria and start of activities at the Casthouse (R)Evolution Center.

  • 2020

Gautschi introduces a new generation of slab molds.

Gautschi slab mold
  • 2022

Gautschi celebrates 100-years.