Ceremonial opening of the HARDTOP HUAHENG (Shan Xi) wear-resisting castings Co., Ltd. (China)

On 1 June 2015, Hardtop established a joint venture company called HARDTOP HUAHENG (Shan Xi) wear-resisting castings Co., Ltd. The venture, which was granted its business licence on 18 November 2015, is based in Yangquan City (Shan Xi), about 400km south-west of Beijing. It is the first joint venture between a German and Chinese company in Yangquan, a city with c. 1 million inhabitants.
On 12 December 2015 HARDTOP HUAHENG (Shan Xi) wear-resisting castings Co., Ltd. had its official opening. Dr. Armin Issleib, owner director of HARDTOP Giessereitechnologie GmbH, Magdeburg and Chris Hofmann (also of HARDTOP), as well as customers and officials representing Yangquan City, including the Mayor, Director of the Technical Department, Director of the Investment Promotion Department, representatives of the Investment Bank and representatives of the Communist Party of China all attended the opening.
The foundry has 65 employees and encompasses 20,000m² of land. Its production capacity is 1600t/yr of wear castings. Bimetallic hammers will be the company’s future specialty product. The first bimetallic parts were produced in December 2015.