Georg Fischer (Swiss company)
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Georg Fischer is a Swiss
manufacturer of piping
systems for water treatment
and corrosion
fluid
s, as well as oil and gas markets. +GF+ is a multinational corporation with 120 facilities around the world, 12,500 employees and US$ 4 billion in sales per year. The company's origins go back to 1802 when Johann Conrad Fischer (1773–1854) bought a mill in the Mühlental valley near Schaffhausen
, Switzerland and developed a copper smelting works.
manufacturer. Core competencies are precision machinery and automation for tool and mould making, like wire-cut and die sinking electrical discharge machining
and high-speed milling technologies.
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
manufacturer of piping
Piping
Within industry, piping is a system of pipes used to convey fluids from one location to another. The engineering discipline of piping design studies the efficient transport of fluid....
systems for water treatment
Water treatment
Water treatment describes those processes used to make water more acceptable for a desired end-use. These can include use as drinking water, industrial processes, medical and many other uses. The goal of all water treatment process is to remove existing contaminants in the water, or reduce the...
and corrosion
Corrosion
Corrosion is the disintegration of an engineered material into its constituent atoms due to chemical reactions with its surroundings. In the most common use of the word, this means electrochemical oxidation of metals in reaction with an oxidant such as oxygen...
fluid
Fluid
In physics, a fluid is a substance that continually deforms under an applied shear stress. Fluids are a subset of the phases of matter and include liquids, gases, plasmas and, to some extent, plastic solids....
s, as well as oil and gas markets. +GF+ is a multinational corporation with 120 facilities around the world, 12,500 employees and US$ 4 billion in sales per year. The company's origins go back to 1802 when Johann Conrad Fischer (1773–1854) bought a mill in the Mühlental valley near Schaffhausen
Schaffhausen
Schaffhausen is a city in northern Switzerland and the capital of the canton of the same name; it has an estimated population of 34,587 ....
, Switzerland and developed a copper smelting works.
GF Piping Systems
GF Piping Systems is headquartered in Schaffhausen. Its core competence is piping systems such as plastic and metal fittings, valves and shut-offs for water, gas and other liquids.GF Automotive
GF Automotive is headquartered in Schaffhausen. Its core business is high-performance cast components and systems in iron and light metals for chassis, powertrain and body.GF AgieCharmilles
GF AgieCharmilles is a machine toolMachine tool
A machine tool is a machine, typically powered other than by human muscle , used to make manufactured parts in various ways that include cutting or certain other kinds of deformation...
manufacturer. Core competencies are precision machinery and automation for tool and mould making, like wire-cut and die sinking electrical discharge machining
Electrical discharge machining
Electric discharge machining , sometimes colloquially also referred to as spark machining, spark eroding, burning, die sinking or wire erosion, is a manufacturing process whereby a desired shape is obtained using electrical discharges...
and high-speed milling technologies.