AED-Automation is a global leader in the development and manufacture of automated process solutions for the world’s forging and casting industries. Philip Yorke talked to Franz Neuner, the company’s international sales director about its latest high-pressure ‘inner-coating’ systems and its growing presence in the emerging economies.
DEVELOPING HIGH-PERFORMANCE PROCESS SOLUTIONS A
ED Automation was founded in 1973 at a time when it was known as the Acheson Group, which was for many years the market leader in the area of graphite dispersions and graphite coating systems. The company’s extensive manufacturing plant at Dornstadt was built in 1973 by the Acheson Group and has since seen major investments to make it the leading, state-of-the-art facility in its market sector. After being acquired by the ICI Group in 1998 and subsequently by Henkel in 2008, the company returned to private ownership in 2010 when it was purchased by the
family-owned Wollin Group of Germany, thus bringing together almost 40 years of advanced automation technology.
Leading in automated process solutions AED Automation continues to set the industry standards when it comes to foundry and die-casting automation and in particular, the area of specialised cooling and lubrication processes. Perfect lubrication for casting or forging dies requires perfect application technology to optimise both the processes and a customer’s profits. This was the driving force behind the
construction of the original engineering site in Dornstadt in 1973, since which time the company has grown to become a global pioneer in precision spraying technology in this highly specialised market segment. Today, AED Automation offers a complete line-up of high-performance spraying systems, as well as lubricant mixing and dosing units, in addition to ground-breaking foundry automation solutions and services. AED Automation offers standardised as well as tailor-made casting-line solutions for its customers with an unparalleled range of linear, robotised and gantry solutions, all of
