High Performance Industrietechnik

What High Performance Industrietechnik does

HPI High Performance Industrietechnik GmbH is a specialized Austrian industrial equipment manufacturer founded in 1988 in Ranshofen, Austria, focused on the horizontal continuous casting of light metals — principally aluminum and magnesium. The company's product portfolio spans the full casthouse workflow: charging machines (up to 20-ton loading capacity), horizontal casting lines (3,000–50,000 tons/year), the proprietary ForgeMaster® mold generation for forging stock, VDC Magnumcast® for magnesium billet production, continuous homogenizing lines, ultrasonic and conductivity testing systems, sawing/packing/handling/marking equipment, and an aluminum atomizer for powder production (2,000–6,000 tons/year). HPI also operates the Casthouse (R)Evolution Center (CRC), founded in 2019, as a working pilot foundry for alloy research, customer trials, and small-series production. Proprietary technology is protected via registered trademarks (ForgeMaster®, Magnumcast®, CRC, VAREGAENVICOM) and emphasized technical differentiators include the smallest columnar rim zone, up to 36-hour casting campaigns, and up to 50% reduction in material losses during peeling.

The company operates as a private subsidiary of EBNER GROUP (since 2017), jointly bidding with sister company Gautschi Engineering on turnkey casthouse projects that bundle HPI's casting equipment with Gautschi's melting furnaces and regenerative burner technology. Revenue derives from one-time custom industrial plant construction projects (large-scale capex sales), supplemented by spare-parts supply and technical services/maintenance for the installed base. The go-to-market is enterprise field sales with technical sales engineers maintaining direct relationships with global aluminum primary producers, magnesium casters, and precision forging companies — exemplified by publicly disclosed customers Bharat Forge Aluminium USA and Jiangsu Pacific Precision Forging. HPI has offices in Ranshofen, Austria (headquarters) and Wadsworth, Ohio (USA), and is managed by DI Stefan Pelech and Dr. Udo Weilerscheidt.

The core customer segments served are: (1) aluminum industry primary producers producing extrusion/forging billets, plates, slabs, busbars, T-bars, and ingots for automotive, aerospace, and industrial applications; (2) the magnesium casting industry for aerospace and automotive lightweight components; (3) precision forging companies requiring highly automated scrap-to-finished-product lines; and (4) custom plant engineering for specialized production requirements. HPI has not disclosed revenue, headcount, funding, or certification data publicly; the company is privately held with no venture capital or public ownership structure indicated.

Name

High Performance Industrietechnik

Legal name

HPI High Performance Industrietechnik GmbH

Website

https://hpi.at

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

HPI High Performance Industrietechnik GmbH designs and builds custom horizontal continuous casting equipment and complete casthouse production lines for the global light metals (aluminum and magnesium) industry, serving primary producers and precision forging companies since 1988.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

NAICS

Metalworking Machinery Manufacturing (33351), Rolling Mill and Other Metalworking Machinery Manufacturing (333519)

SIC

Metalworkg Machinery & Equipment (3540), Special Industry Machinery (No Metalworking Machinery) (3550)

akta.pro primary industry

Metal Forming & Fabrication Machines (Presses, Bending, Shearing, Stamping) (IMAHADAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Steel Casting (Continuous Casting, Ingots, Semi-Finished Slabs/Billets/Blooms) (IMAKABAD), Metals & Steel Mill Facility Construction (IMAFADAF)

Keywords

• Horizontal continuous casting
• Light metal foundry equipment
• Aluminum casting plants
• Industrial plant engineering
• Continuous casting lines

Headquarters

HQ city

Ranshofen

HQ country

Austria

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Revenue model

1. Custom Industrial Plant Construction: Design, engineering, manufacturing, delivery, installation supervision, commissioning and testing of complete production lines for aluminum and magnesium processing. Revenue from large-scale industrial equipment projects.
2. Spare Parts and Aftermarket: Supply and management of spare parts for HPI equipment. Quality spare parts to ensure systems remain operational.
3. Technical Services and Maintenance: Preventive maintenance, technical on-site service, individual technical support, and technological upgrades for existing HPI equipment.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

HPI designs, engineers, manufactures and commissions industrial plants and equipment for horizontal continuous casting of light metals (aluminum and magnesium). Its portfolio spans complete production lines and standalone machines for remelting, charging, casting, heat treatment, ultrasonic testing, sawing, marking, packaging, handling, and modernization, delivered as engineered-to-order turnkey solutions to primary aluminum producers and precision forging companies worldwide.

Product overview

HPI (High Performance Industrietechnik) offers a comprehensive portfolio of industrial equipment and systems for the light metal industry, specializing in the horizontal casting of aluminum and magnesium. The product portfolio is organized around core equipment categories: casting systems (horizontal casting lines, ForgeMaster® molds, VDC Magnumcast® for magnesium, and "Super Size" machines for large ingots); melting and remelting (Aluminium "Flex" remelt plant, charging machines, launder systems); processing equipment (continuous homogenising lines, billet sawing and packing lines, sawing lines for profiles); and quality assurance (ultrasonic testing equipment, measuring and testing equipment, marking systems). The ecosystem also includes handling and stacking systems, an aluminum atomizer for powder production, and the Casthouse (R)Evolution Center (CRC) pilot facility. These products work together as integrated production lines, from scrap charging through melting, casting, homogenizing, testing, sawing, marking, and packaging, enabling complete turnkey solutions for aluminum and magnesium manufacturing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• HPI ForgeMaster®: Latest mould generation for horizontal continuous casting of forging stock billets, enabling optimum solidification conditions and homogenous strand formation.
• VSG Magnumcast®

Quantifiable outcome

• Production capacity from 3,000 to 50,000 tons/year per casting line
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• MIGAL.CO GmbHcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2014Project partner in BAWeRIA (Bavarian-Austrian advanced Welding wire Research and Innovation Action) cross-border initiative to set new standards in welding wire production. BAWeRIA integrates all core production processes from molten aluminium to finished drawn wire.
• LKR / AIT (Austrian Institute of Technology)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperation with LKR/AIT for feasibility studies of special alloys and formats. Enables transfer of research to small-scale industrial plant at Casthouse Revolution Center with batch sizes of 1.5 or 7 tons.
• EBNER GROUPcoreOthersHPI became part of EBNER GROUP in 2017. Enables synergies with sister company Gautschi Engineering (nearly 100 years in foundry equipment) and combined strengths in foundry equipment technology and horizontal casting expertise.
• Gautschi Engineering GmbHcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBoth HPI and Gautschi are members of EBNER GROUP. Joint supply of complete casthouse facilities including HPI horizontal casting equipment and Gautschi melting furnaces with VAREGAENVICOM regenerative burners. Collaborated on Bharat Forge Aluminium USA and Jiangsu PPF projects.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Novelis: Global aluminum rolling and recycling leader (Hindalco subsidiary). Functions as a downstream customer profile representative rather than a direct competitor; useful for benchmarking HPI's aluminum end-market exposure.
• Pyrotek: Global supplier of consumables, equipment, and engineered materials to the aluminum industry. Adjacent ecosystem participant that supplies casthouse customers alongside HPI's equipment rather than competing directly in casting machines.

Direct peers

• Gautschi Engineering: Sister company under EBNER GROUP and long-established (~100 years) supplier of foundry melting furnaces and casthouse equipment. Directly comparable in product family and customer base; jointly delivers turnkey casthouse projects with HPI.
• Continuus-Properzi: Italian specialist in continuous casting and rolling of non-ferrous metals (aluminum, copper, zinc). Highly comparable on continuous casting technology platform overlapping with HPI's horizontal casting lines.
• Hertwich Engineering: Austrian/German manufacturer of aluminum casthouse equipment including homogenizing furnaces, sawing, and conveying systems, now part of SMS group. Hertwich competes directly with HPI across the casthouse equipment stack.
• Wagstaff: U.S.-based specialist in aluminum casting equipment, including direct chill and billet casting systems. Wagstaff is the closest direct competitor to HPI in horizontal and vertical aluminum casthouse equipment for extrusion and forging stock.

Broad incumbents

• Danieli: Italian large-scale metals plant builder covering iron, steel, and aluminum casthouse equipment. Competes with HPI in turnkey aluminum casthouse projects, though Danieli's primary footprint is steelmaking.
• Primetals Technologies: Global metals technology company (Mitsubishi-VAI successor) serving steel and aluminum producers with continuous casting and rolling solutions. Overlaps with HPI's continuous casting technology at a broader scale and geographic reach.
• SMS group: German global metals technology group offering equipment and plants for steel and aluminum, including casthouse technology via Hertwich. Overlaps with HPI in aluminum casthouse equipment but competes across a much broader portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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