INDUSTRY NEWS
New sales manager at Eisenwerk Arnstadt GmbH
in February. For twelve years, the 39-year old has been supporting the international sales of EWA, a subsidiary of DIHAG Holding GmbH. Since February 2015 Thorsten
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Jakob has been managing sales officially – having participated in management since last summer. Up to this point he predominantly looked after the English and French speaking customers and markets. According to his own account, the Sales Manager wants to
horsten Jakob was appointed as sales manager at Eisenwerk Arnstadt GmbH (EWA)
continue these reliable customer partnerships. “I look forward to collaborating with my competent sales team as well as across the various departments, to develop new strategies together and implement these successfully,” commented Jakob. The EWA, a subsidiary of DIHAG Holding GmbH, is a leading foundry in the sector of cast brake shoes and brake blocks. Long-term EWA customers include numerous national railways, in addition to well-known European private railways, private railcar leasing companies and wagon manufacturers.
DIHAG Holding GmbH DIHAG Holding GmbH is one of the largest independent Foundry Groups in Western Europe. With an annual turnover of about 350 million Euros and an equity ratio of more than 55 percent, DIHAG Holding GmbH is a financially sound partner. Since 2008 alone, DIHAG Holding GmbH has invested 150 million Euros in state-of- the-art plants and technologies. The Foundry Group manufactures technically sophisticated and ready-to-install castings of less than one kilogram up to 160 tons in weight as individual pieces, in small, medium or large series. The most varied materials, such as grey, spheroidal graphite or steel cast iron as well as copper alloys are processed. The long-term DIHAG Holding GmbH customers come from the sectors of energy, iron, steel plant and mechanical engineering, shipbuilding and mining, as well as wind energy and rail. Central components of corporate strategy are the broad diversification of the sector and product portfolio, further growth and know-how-transfer within the Group. DIHAG Holding GmbH consists of the following companies:
Mecklenburger Metallguss GmbH, Meuselwitz Guss Eisengießerei GmbH, Walzengießerei Coswig GmbH, Spezialguss Wetzlar GmbH, Schmiedeberger Gießerei GmbH, Lintorfer Eisengießerei GmbH, Stahl- und Hartgusswerk Bösdorf GmbH, Eisenwerk Arnstadt GmbH, Euro Metall Kft. and Odlewnia Żeliwa Bydgoszcz Sp. z o.o. Each of the ten long-standing foundries has its own product and market- specific orientation.
Company contact DIHAG Holding GmbH Dr. Heiko Brauckhoff • DIHAG Holding GmbH Altendorfer Strasse 44 • D-45127 Essen, Germany Tel: +49 201 87245-0 • Fax: +49 201 87245-55 Email:
info@dihag.com • Internet:
www.dihag.com
2 IMT March 2015
Thorsten Jakob has been appointed as sales manager at Eisenwerk Arnstadt GmbH
Eisenwerk Arnstadt GmbH Eisenwerk Arnstadt GmbH is a leading foundry in cast brake shoes
and brake blocks. An outgrowth of special works developed by Deutsche Bahn, the German railway, the company was originally founded in 1921. The company currently offers an entire product range of brake shoes as well as a complementary offerings of other products such as instrument panels and casings. The available production systems include an automatic moulding line with box sizes 800 x 650 x 250/250 millimetre, an automatic cupola line, a continuous fettling machine as well as grinding machine. In addition to well-known private railways, private car leasing
companies and wagon manufacturers, loyal customers of Eisenwerk Arnstadt GmbH include numerous national railways. Eisenwerk Arnstadt GmbH is a qualified supplier (HPQ) to the German Railways (DB AG), “Excellence SNCF”-supplier to the French National Railways (SNCF) and a supplier to the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) as well as to the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB). Eisenwerk Arnstadt GmbH has belonged to DIHAG Holding GmbH
since 1999. In this highly efficient holding, ten respected foundries have formed an alliance. Under the joint holding umbrella, each subsidiary operates independently as a specialist in its respective market segment.
Company contact Eisenwerk Arnstadt GmbH Thorsten Jakob • Eisenwerk Arnstadt GmbH Bierweg 4 • D-99310 Arnstadt, Germany Tel: +49 3628 596-0 • Fax: +49 3628 602-971 Email:
info@ewa-guss.de • Internet:
www.ewa-guss.de
www.internationalmetaltube.com
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