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Metal meets plastic – AM-event at Fuchshofer impresses industry experts The specialist event “Metal meets Plastic” recently took place at the headquarters of Fuchshofer Präzisionstechnik GmbH in Eibiswald — a high-profile industry gathering focused on additive manufacturing. During the event, … Continued

SHAPING THE FUTURE OF THE FOUNDRY INDUSTRY TOGETHER This was the motto of the 65th International Foundry Congress in Portorož, Slovenia, from September 17 to 19, 2025. This trade fair has long since established itself as one of the key … Continued

Thank you to E-Plus-3D ! The Global Partner Summit 2025 was a perfectly organized event in Ludwigsburg and a complete success! Together with our European partners and our guests from China, we enjoyed an exciting and inspiring exchange of experiences. … Continued

Thank you to E-Plus 3D and Enis Jost for the excellent cooperation and delivery of the state-of-the-art EP-M400 S 3D printing system. Together with Fuchshofer Präzisionstechnik GmbH, a significant step has been taken toward the further development of additive manufacturing … Continued

Zukunft im Werkzeugbau (Formenbau) gestalten – gemeinsam beim FORUM.Werkzeugbau 2025 welches vom Kunststoff-Cluster organisiert wurde! Ende Juni war Johann Hagenauer beim Technologie- und Innovationszentrum Kirchdorf GmbH und bei Haidlmair GmbH.An diesen zwei Tagen ging es vor allem um steigende Kundenerwartungen, … Continued

 Wir freuen uns ab 11.08.2025 wieder auf Ihre Anfragen! 

A top event this year was the ACStyria Mobility Congress on May 8, 2025 in the hangar at Graz Airport, where top international speakers presented the latest trends and developments in mobility. DI Konrad Schmid-Schmidsfelden was there! The central aim … Continued

Exciting insights at the AM meeting at the Johannes Kepler University in Linz! An inspiring exchange with industry experts on all aspects of additive manufacturing – from industrial applications to innovative educational approaches. Particularly impressive: 3D printing is already an … Continued

A successful sales meeting in May 2025 at Heinrich Wagner Sinto Maschinenfabrik GmbH in Bad Laasphe. From May 7 to 9, international representatives from Brazil, the USA, China, Turkey and the EU met for strategic discussions on SEIATSU technology, sand … Continued

Am 24. und 25. April 2025 lud das Österreichische Gießerei-Institut gemeinsam mit dem Verein Proguss-Austria und dem Lehrstuhl für Gießereikunde an der Montanuniversität Leoben zur 67. Österreichischen Gießereitagung nach Leoben. Im Mittelpunkt der Veranstaltung standen Chancen und Risiken der Gießereiindustrie … Continued

HAGI was represented at the 3D Printing Forum in Vienna – the most important industry event in Austria – for the third time. Around 180 participants were present at Tech Gate Vienna on April 8, 2025 to network and listen … Continued

Sophie Hagenauer has been supporting us with marketing and social media since the beginning of March. Welcome to HAGI, dear Sophie!

From March 5 to 6, 2025, the Croatian Foundry Conference in Trakoscan under the motto “Ferrous and non-ferrous metallurgy in the 21st century”. took place In addition to good technical presentations, there was also time for meetings and exchanges with … Continued

Another year over! The joint Christmas party of HAGI and planbestand took place this year in the cellar of the Hagenauer family in Pyhra. We ended the year in a wonderful setting and in a cozy atmosphere. It was a … Continued

Von 13. bis 15.November 2024 ging die größte deutschsprachige Konferenz für Abfallwirtschaft und Recycling über die Bühne. Mehr als 750 Interessierte fanden sich an der Montanuniversität in Leoben ein: Führende Wissenschaftler, Branchenexperten und Studierende der Kunststofftechnik. Austausch innovativer Ansätze, neue … Continued

DI Konrad Schmid Schmidsfelden successfully participated in the E-Plus-3D Partner Meeting in Hangzhou/China in October 2024 as a representative of HAGI GmbH. The two-day event once again showed how important it is to bring together customers, resellers and partners from … Continued

Since mid-September, our sales engineer for bulk solids technology, Mr. Ernst Bair, has been visiting our customers electrically with a Tesla. This is now – alongside the VW ID.3 – the second electric car in the HAGI fleet. we wish … Continued

The 64th International Foundry Congress took place in Portorož, Slovenia, from September 18 – 20, 2024. The IFC was once again the meeting place for the international foundry – albeit with slightly fewer participants this year. Despite the current challenges … Continued

On June 25 th 2024, DI Johann Hagenauer flies to Füssen to give an interview for Foundry planet. Foundry-planet.com is a leading online platform dedicated to reporting and promoting the global foundry industry. Thomas Fritsch is CEO and editor-in-chief of … Continued

Sophie Hagenauer has successfully completed her studies “Event Engineering” at the New Design University in St. Pölten! Congratulations and all the best for the future!

The Austrian Foundry Conference took place at the Salzburg Congress from April 25 – 26, 2024. The motto of this year’s Great Foundry Technology Conference in Salzburg, organized by the BDG together with the VDG and the Austrian and Swiss … Continued

The 11th Annual Forum for Additive Manufacturing took place on April 11, 2024 at the Tech Gate in Vienna. Interesting presentations, technical discussions and exchanges with colleagues always make this event a fixed date in the calendar of AM enthusiasts! … Continued

The Croatian Foundry Association organized the Foundry Conference from 29.2.2024 to 1.3.2024 under the motto: “Production processes and their influence on casting quality” In addition to good technical presentations, there was also time for meetings and exchanges with colleagues from … Continued

March 21, 2024: As part of the preliminary acceptance of the new shaft melting furnace for Georg Fischer Casting Solutions Altenmarkt GmbH & Co KG, Norican Group (SWO IPG) was visited at the Pribram site in the Czech Republic. We … Continued

Casting of chassis and body components 2024 In order to follow the trend of the automotive industry on the part of the foundry machinery industry, the symposium “Casting of chassis and body components” was attended from March 19 – 20, … Continued

On January 29, 2024 an in-house seminar took place at HAGI GmbH! Management consultant Johannes Praun trained us on the topics: Motivation, team building, organization, sales marketing and acquisition with appropriate working methods! We are starting the new financial year … Continued

International trade fair for die casting: technology, processes, products EUROGUSS is a must for anyone who wants to stay on top of the key issues in the industry! EUROGUSS, the international trade fair for die casting: technology, processes, products, offers … Continued

Gemeinsam mit planbestand GmbH fand die Weihnachtsfeier von HAGI GmbH heuer in einem ganz besonderen Rahmen statt. Unser Kollege Konrad Schmid-Schmidsfelden hat uns samt Partner in sein Haus – Villa Eisenwerk – eingeladen. Dort wurden wir kulinarisch verwöhnt und verbrachten … Continued

Fuchshofer geht strategische Partnerschft mit E-Plus-3D ein

Almost 200 participants were welcomed to the processing technology seminar from October 11 to 13, 2023 in Leoben in the new building of the universität in Leoben. Intensive exchange of information – that was the aim of this specialist seminar. … Continued

A great partner meeting at E-Plus-3D in Hangzhou – China took place in October 2023. Customers and sales partners from numerous countries around the world came together to share their experiences. We were able to visit the impressive new premises … Continued

We are pleased to welcome our “new” well-traveled employee Ernst Bair back to HAGI GmbH. After 80.000 km and many experiences in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, Mr. Bair is once again at your disposal as a competent contact person … Continued

This year, FORMNEXT – the 3D printing trade fair – took place in Frankfurt from November 7 to 10. Formnext is one of the most important trade fairs in the field of additive manufacturing. It was an extremely successful trade … Continued

On September 30 we visited the open house of our customer GF Casting Solutions in Herzogenburg. Exciting insights into the smelter, DG production, information about manufactured parts for the automotive sector as well as discussions with our business partners were … Continued

The Slovenian Foundry Conference in Portoroz is always worth a visit. In addition to excellent lectures, you always meet people from the foundry industry to exchange ideas. This year, the IFC was held under the motto “Proactive, Innovative and Flexible … Continued

Nach dem Motto “O´zapft is” erfolgte der Bieranstich beim Fest der Freiwilligen Feuerwehr Pyhra Markt am 8.September 2023 heuer durch Herrn Hagenauer. Als Sponsor und Förderer der Feuerwehr Pyhra wurde ihm diese Ehre heuer zuteil.

Größen der europäischen Aluminiumindustrie trafen sich vom 4. bis 6. Juli 2023 am ehemaligen Glanzstoff Standort in St. Pölten. Erstmalig wurde diese Konferenz als FORUM ALUMINIUM abgehalten – das Interesse war groß und die Resonanz extrem positiv. Sie bot eine … Continued

The Bright World of Metals “The changing world needs cast iron, clean, sufficient, innovative and reliable”. (Headline from Thomas Fritsch – Foundry-Planet) In addition to interesting discussions with our business partners and an extensive supporting program, it was once again evident … Continued

ItalPresseGauss (IPG) hosted a 2-day sales meeting in Capriano del Colle, Italy, in February. Topics of the meeting were new modular Toggle Free Smart-series die casting machines and digital solutions in the foundry. It is worth highlighting that IPG has … Continued

The 10th Austrian 3D Printing Forum took place on 20.4.2023. Numerous participants from the AM industry came together for great presentations at Tech Gate Vienna. Our partner Mr. Enis Jost from E-Plus-3D was there with us – there was a … Continued

“Accepting challenges and being prepared for the future!” This was the motto of the Austrian Foundry Conference held in Schladming on April 27 and 28, 2023. In addition to the major topics such as energy and artificial intelligence, very interesting … Continued

For the first time, DI Hagenauer attended the Aalen Foundry Colloquium at Aalen University of Applied Sciences from May 4-5, 2023. In addition to interesting presentations from BMW, VW, Handtmann, SAG, etc., the main topics discussed were die casting, such … Continued

We congratulate Peter Kalkusch on his 80th birthday and wish him good health!

On December 8, 2022, the Christmas party of the Pyhra-Markt Volunteer Fire Department took place. On this occasion, the rainwear sponsored by +HAGI+ was handed over. “This will be a great relief for the comrades during flood operations”, Commander Thomas … Continued

Heuer fand die gemeinsame Weihnachtsfeier von +HAGI+ GmbH und planbestand GmbH im Restaurant Klangspiel in Stattersdorf statt. Es war eine wunderbare Gelegenheit, gemeinsam ungezwungen und abseits vom Schreibtisch das vergangene Jahr Revue passieren zu lassen. DANKE an Fa. Planbestand GmbH … Continued

Die Recy & DepoTech hat sich zur größten Abfallwirtschafts- und Recyclingkonferenz in Österreich, mit mehr als 500 Konferenzteilnehmern/innen, entwickelt. Die aktuellen Konferenzthemen, die Qualität der Vorträge und die organisatorischen Rahmenbedingungen haben die Recy & DepoTech weit über die österreichischen Grenzen hinweg bekannt … Continued

Die Formnext ist Fachmesse und Branchentreffpunkt der Additive Manufacturing-Branche und fand vom 15. – 18.11. 2022 in Frankfurt/Main statt. Es war ein großartiges Event – ein MUSS für jeden AM-Aktivisten. Auch +HAGI+ war wieder dabei! Diesmal bei unserem Partner E-Plus-3D! https://www.linkedin.com/posts/eplus3d-additive-manufacturing_meet-eplus3d-at-formnext-2022-activity-6999269059661877249-daWQ?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android Wir freuen uns … Continued

When Mirjam Jan-Blazic, President of the Slovenian Foundry Society, and her colleagues from the Faculty of Science and Engineering of the University of Ljubljana and the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Maribor invite to Portoroz, the participants … Continued

Grand Opening in Ludwigsburg HAGI as a partner celebrated the Grand Opening in the new office for Europe together with E-Plus-3D. The provider of industrial 3D printers opened its European office in Ludwigsburg. The opening was celebrated with executives, customers, … Continued

International Trade Fair for Diecasting Great joy for the die casting industry. The anticipation for the international trade fair for die casting 2022 was great after the forced break. EUROGUSS took place in Nürnberg from 8 to 10 June 2022. … Continued

On June 2, 2022, IFAT (World’s Leading Trade Fair for Water, Sewage, Waste and Raw Materials Management) was held in Munich. The fair was again a good opportunity to meet customers and partners and to exchange ideas.

The 3D Printing Forum took place again at TechGate Vienna on April 7, 2022. The event is always a good opportunity to exchange ideas with customers, suppliers and also scientists in AM manufacturing. The high-quality presentations of many companies such … Continued

At +HAGI+ GmbH we have been using a VWID3 electric car for over a year. A small contribution to climate protection – ideal for shorter distances to visit customers!

In 2021, our Christmas party again took place on a small scale due to Corona. Together with the company planbestand we let the old year come to an end and toasted to the new one. On behalf of the HAGI … Continued

As a sales representative, Konrad Schmid-Schmidsfelden is our specialist in the field of 3D printing! We toasted his 60th birthday and would like to thank him for his commitment to our company and to our customers! We wish you all … Continued

The Hungarian Foundry Conference was held in Hotel Abacus, Herceghalom, on October 15-17, 2021. Extensive information was provided on special fields such as the production of iron, steel and non-ferrous castings and traditional wood/plastic and metal moldings, in particular HPDC … Continued

After many months of restrictions and web meetings, it was time for face-to-face meetings From October 8-10, 2021 Heinrich Wagner Sinto Group invited to the representatives meeting in Bad Laasphe. Technically oriented lectures with focus on new developments in the … Continued

“Process data acquisition in die casting”. The seminar took place at HAGI GmbH on October 19, 2021. As an expert we were pleased to welcome Mr. Sebastian Dargel from Electronics GmbH, who guided the participants through the presentation. We would … Continued

From September 15 to 17, the international foundrymen conference (IFC) was held in Protoroz, Slovenia. During the three-day conference under the motto “Innovative solutions for the future of the foundry”, it was possible to discuss current challenges and make new … Continued

HAGI GmbH took part in the Austrian 3D-Printing Forum on 15 June 2021 in Vienna. The speakers reported on their experiences and gave the visitors an outlook on future developments and research. In addition to numerous interesting lectures and presentations … Continued

On June 8, 2021, the ACstyria Lightweight Construction Day took place. At the conference at the Red Bull Ring, the latest developments in lightweight construction were discussed. Numerous universities such as the Graz University of Technology and Montana University Leoben … Continued

Between September 2020 and June 2021, two ambitious students from HTBuVA named Isaak Paumann and Nino Malinowsky, completed their diploma in corporation with HAGI GmbH! Together they have been working on the design and construction of an 3D-printed shakeout, which … Continued

Germans federation of foundry industry announced its new presient! On the 27th of May 2021, Clemens Krüpper becomes the companies new president. Originally Clemens Küpper is from Bielerfeld and an former university colleague of DI Johann Hagenauer, our managing director … Continued

On October 22, 2020 we were exhibitor at the Austrian 3D-Printing Forum in Vienna. The 3D sector is developing rapidly and there is a multitude of innovations and new applications. Exciting lectures, a networking zone on site and virtual, exemplary … Continued

“Tradition and Future” was the theme of this year’s 60th IFC Portoroz (SLO), where +HAGI+ was present from September 16 – 18, 2020. Due to the corona pandemic, the 60th IFC in Portoroz 2020 was conducted with exemplary security measures. … Continued

This year the HAGI team and planbestand GmbH met for a cosy get-together in the restaurant OX in St. Pölten. Due to the Corona crisis we have not had the opportunity to say goodbye to Lisa personally yet, so we … Continued

We are pleased to inform you that HAGI has put a demo system for 3D printing into operation. In the course of an internship, the entire process is implemented – from scanning to data processing using Solid Edge, up to … Continued

Since April 2020, we have had the company Dr. Ing. Gössling as our new contractual partner. We are pleased to represent Dr. Ing. Gössling in the field of conveyor and automation technology, process engineering and slat conveyors. We are looking … Continued

Due to a career change, Ms Lisa Schmid has left HAGI GmbH in March 2020. We very much regret her decision, but thank her for her commitment and wish her all the best for her future career and private life. … Continued

We may welcome our new employee at HAGI: Mr. Gerhard Manseder He will take over the agenda and thus the complete sales in the bulk goods sector of Mr. Bair from 01. March 2020. You can reach him under gerhard.manseder@hagi.at or … Continued

Progress in the processing of primary and secondary raw materials – machines, processes, products On 23 and 24 January 2020, we participated together with our partners of the bulk goods industry, JÖST GmbH + Co KG, Eriez Magnetics Vertriebs GmbH und … Continued

International Trade Fair for Die-Casting Last week we visited from 14. to 16. January 2020 the EUROGUSS in Nuremberg. This year the topics were the latest trends in technology, innovative processes as well as current product innovations along the entire … Continued

  Last Thursday, the annual Christmas Party of HAGI GmbH und planbestand GmbH took place. We spent a cosy evening at the “Hofbräu am Steinertor” in Krems with punch, mulled wine and delicious food. Our company is closed from 24.12.2019 to … Continued

  At the beginning of November, we had reason to celebrate, because Lisa completed her master study in “Marketing and Consumer Research” with excellent merit at the Austrian Marketing University of Applied Sciences in Wieselburg. We congratulate her on her … Continued

WELCOME KONRAD – GOODBYE AND THANK YOU SONJA We would like to welcome our new team member. Mr. DI Konrad Schmid-Schmidsfelden has been with us since October as sales engineer for a new, innovative devision of HAGI GmbH. His contact details … Continued

  From 18 to 20 September 2019, everything focused at IFC Portoroz (SLO) on the topic “Casting as complex components“. We were also there to advise interested visitors and to gather new impressions and information by participating in various lectures. … Continued

GIFA 2019  ||  25. – 28. June 2019  ||  Düsseldorf The Bright World of Metals In addition to interesting discussions with our business partners and the extensive fair programm, the project conclusion between our customer Ferropreis and our partner company … Continued

From 27 to 31 May 2019, LIGNA, the world’s leading trade fair for tools, machinery and equipment for woodworking and processing, presented innovations and applications for the entire industry. During this time, +HAGI+ GmbH and our partner ERIEZ looked after … Continued

Well recovered, we are available on the 12th of August again and take care of your concerns.

On 11th and 12th April 2019 we participate in the Austrian Foundry Conference in Schladming as an exhibitor. Under the motto “The foundry in the changing of digitization“, very interesting and informative lectures were held. We would like to thank … Continued

The sustainable aspect is of great importance for HAGI GmbH. That’s why we support a beekeeper in the region and became bee sponsor. As a thank you we get every year fresh honey from the HAGI-bees. 

Lean Management is the efficient design of all methods and processes in a company. The aim is to meet customers’ requirements with little time and ressources, but with the best qualitay. Before making any new investments, it is advantageous to … Continued

3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing, is a manufacturing process in which complex 3-dimensional objects are built up in layers. 3D-printing is also interesting for prototyping. In addition to sand core pressure, metal pressure will also be important for … Continued

Management functions in a foundry can only be effectively carried out if the manager has certain skills: technical competence, foundry know-how, metallurgy, specialist knowledge of the business management and technical structures of the leading division. The speed of innovation in … Continued

Inhouse-Seminar || Process data acquisition in die casting || Thursday, 08. November 2018 Under the subject “Process data acquisition in die casting”, the HAGI Inhouse-seminar took place on 08. November 2018. As an expert in this field, we were happy … Continued

ZEISS Sales & Service Conference || 28. – 31. October 2018 || Mailand At the end of October, the Sales & Service Conference took place in Mailand, which was organized by Carl ZEISS AG. The conference was characterized by a pleasant … Continued

Inhouse-seminar || Aluminium – Melting operations into the component || Tuesday, 09. October 2018 Last week, on 09. October 2018, the inhouse-seminar on the subject of “Aluminium – Melting operations into the component” took place at the HAGI GmbH in … Continued

At the beginning of October, the new X-Ray equipment SRE MAX of our Italian partner Bosello was installed at Karl Fink GmbH in Leibnitz. For this purpose, an induction training by Mr. Torpe Schulze of X-RAY Solutions GmbH took place … Continued

Tag der offenen Tür || GF Casting Solutions Altenmarkt || 22. September 2018 Am 22. September 2018 besuchten wir den Tag der offenen Tür unseres Kunden GF Casting Solutions in Altenmarkt. Spannende Einblicke in die Produktion, Präsentationen von gefertigten Teilen … Continued

Interesting – Fascinating – Communicative An exciting foundry exhibition, a successful lecture by Mr. Hagenauer on “Low-pressure process in the automotive casting” as well as the extending networking with business partners of the foundry industry characterized the International Foundry Conference … Continued

Interessant – Faszinierend – Chancenreich Eine spannende Gießereikonferenz, ein erfolgreicher Vortrag von Herrn Hagenauer über „Low-pressure process in the automotive casting” sowie das umfangreiche Networking mit Geschäftspartnern aus der Gießereibranche zeichneten die diesjährige Internationale Gießereikonferenz in Portorož (SLO) aus. Die … Continued

58th International Foundry Conference with corresponding foundry exhibition Also this year, scientists and experts from universities as well as representatives of foundries and suppliers of the foundry industry will meet in Portorož for the 58th International Foundry Conference, which takes … Continued

58. IFC Portorož mit Gießereiaustellung Auch in diesem Jahr treffen sich Wissenschaftler und Experten von Universitäten sowie Vertreter von Gießereien und Zulieferer der Gießereiindustrie in Portorož zur 58. Internationalen Gießereitagung, welche vom 12. bis 14. September 2018 im Kongresszentrum (Hotel … Continued

HAGI and Planbestand – an adventure on the sea For one week our men sailed along the Adriatic Sea around the peninsula Istria. In addition to the professional life, a small break may not be missing. Great weather, mediterranean food, … Continued

In the last few weeks, HAGI GmbH has been represented at two major conferences, the Great Foundry Conference in Salzburg and the International Foundry Conference in Opatija. Following some impressions of the conferences.   Great Foundry Conference Salzburg –26th and … Continued

HAGI GmbH processes personal data on the basis of the legal regulations of the General Data Protection Regulation. The collected personal data are needed for a successful business management. The legal basis for the processing of personal data is the … Continued

A forum for exchanging information and experiences for foundries, casting users and for the supply industry. The Austrian, Swiss and German foundry associations invite you to the “Great Foundry Technical Conference 2018” on 26th and 27th April 2018, which will … Continued

Over and over we conduct expert talks with our partners. At the beginning of April, Mr. DI Wankmiller from JÖST GmbH + Co. KG was in our office. Together with Mr. Ing. Bair and Mr. DI Hagenauer he discussed various … Continued