At the foot of the Black Forest

Achern-Fautenbach, between Karlsruhe and Freiburg im Breisgau, has been the headquarters of the international fischer group since 1971. Here, the machines and methods are developed that provide technically sophisticated longitudinally welded tubing worldwide as well as components and subassemblies developed from them.

The hydroforming pioneers

fischer Hydroforming has been part of the fischer group since 2007. With the acquisition of the former hde Solutions in Menden, the fischer group secured the experience and expertise of the leading German hydroforming pioneers. Today that benefits the entire fischer group and its customers from Mexico to China.

Specialists for vacuum cleaner tubes

Since the mid-1990s, a new focus of the fischer group has developed from Sundern in Germany: stainless steel vacuum cleaner tubes as plug-in and telescopic tubes. Today, the fischer group supplies sophisticated household appliance manufacturers with millions of units – some exclusively – of suction tubes of first-class quality.

Very successful in the fischer group

In 1998, the fischer group acquired an existing plant in Griffen (Austria) as a competence centre for inline bright annealed, TIG welded and seam smoothed tubes. Thanks to the new beginning as fischer Edelstahlrohre Austria and a consistent strategic realignment, not only were jobs saved. It was the beginning of a special success story.

The first overseas location of the fischer group

More than 30 years of longitudinally welded stainless steel tubing and over 15 years of tubing technology for the North American market. Today, more than 350 employees work here on approximately 30,000 m² of production space.

Automotive expertise for America

With the branch in Manchester, Tennessee, the fischer group also has a factory right in the heart of the U.S.A. With a focus on thin-walled stainless steel exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) tubes and tubing for the bus industry, fischer USA has developed its own profile – and has been delivering exceptional growth since 2012.

Automotive expertise for America

In the early 1990s, a hotspot in the automotive industry developed in Mexico. The fischer group was on the spot right from the start: first with tubing production, later with tubing technology – and today with the complete manufacturing expertise of the fischer group.

Supplying South America over short distances

With the location in Uruguay, the fischer group has been able to considerably reduce freight costs since 2009, above all to Brazil and Argentina, thus significantly improving its competitive position in South America. The strategic expansion of the site with its first own slitting line for coil material made production even more flexible. This is as beneficial in the automotive industry as it is in the sugarcane industry.

Leading in South Africa

The fischer group has been present in South Africa since 1990 – and has since become the leading supplier of longitudinally welded stainless steel tubing and components constructed from them.

Rapid growth in Asia

In 2006 the fischer group decided to go into China. A good decision. Within just a few years, a rented workshop with 11 employees developed into several new own buildings with more than 13,000 m² and more than 120 employees – with the complete range of fischer group's state-of-the-art technology: from tubing production to hydroforming.