VDF Federn
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More than 400 million parts for more than 500 satisfied customers per year!
Since 1908, products in spring technology, stamped-bent technology, and chassis technology have been at the heart of our work. Our continuous growth, accompanied by our high standards for the quality of our products, has made the VDF FEDERN Group a significant production company in the industry in Europe.
The group includes companies such as VDF VOGTLAND Federntechnik, KREUTZER Stanz-Biegetechnik, VOGTLAND Autosport, and VOGTLAND Holding. Our products are supplied to customers worldwide across a wide range of industries. The automotive supply industry (passenger cars, trucks, motorcycles, rail transport) deliberately occupies a dominant position with over 55 percent of sales. Other important customer sectors include mechanical and plant engineering, the electrical industry, agricultural machinery manufacturers, the construction supply industry including the hardware industry, the household appliance industry, the furniture industry, measurement and control technology, and the capital goods industry, as well as the passenger car aftermarket for sporty automotive accessories.
Quality Management
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Our goal is the manufacture and distribution of products, assemblies, and services in the fields of spring, stamping, bending, and chassis technology that meet customer requirements and strengthen customer trust or win over new customers.
In addition to the DIN EN ISO 9001:2015 standard, the quality management system of the VDF FEDERN Group is also certified according to the international automotive industry standard, IATF 16949. Our customers set the high standards for our product quality. Quality therefore means: compliance with customer requirements regarding function, price, consulting and service, delivery time, safety, reliability, environmental compatibility, costs, and a courteous, friendly appearance. This applies to all areas of the company.
Sustainability
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VDF FEDERN. Sustainable by tradition. At VDF FEDERN, we are aware of our economic, ecological, and social responsibility. For more than a century, our high standards of quality and customer orientation, as well as our social responsibility, have been firmly anchored in our corporate principles. Our employees are the foundation of our corporate success and contribute significantly every day to the further development of our corporate group. Economic activity and innovative design are often associated with impacts on the environment and people. VDF FEDERN therefore commits to sustainable, responsible corporate action and implements a Corporate Social Responsibility policy.
Corporate Mission Statement
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We, the VDF FEDERN Group, are specialists in the fields of spring technology, stamped-bent technology, and chassis technology. In this area of forming technology, we focus our strengths on technically and qualitatively demanding market segments. Solving technically difficult tasks and meeting special customer requirements are the core focuses of VDF FEDERN.
We are a full-service provider of all types of technical springs and stamped-bent parts, serving our customers as a competent partner for their needs. We see ourselves as a service provider by offering our customers complete solutions. This ranges from the assembly of components, including parts procurement, to innovative packaging solutions and logistics concepts. We strive for a leading position for the company in terms of market standing, quality, and service. Guidelines for building and defending our strong market position are:
- consistent customer orientation of all employees
- continuous improvement of our processes and products
- creation of cost advantages to ensure international competitiveness
- pursuit of a zero-defect strategy
- strategic use and management of partnerships in the value chain
- identifying and implementing market needs and technical changes
- focused processing of growing and profitable market niches
With high-tech products and all the advantages of a medium-sized family business, we meet the requirements of our customers and, in particular, the automotive supply industry.
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Company History
The company RENZING (now: Spring Technology Plant 2) is merged into the VDF FEDERN Group after almost 20 years. Understandably a milestone for RENZING after more than a hundred years of company history. With the traditional company VDF VOGTLAND Federntechnik, founded in 1908, this tradition is now being successfully continued!
2024
Relocation of the RENZING stamping and bending center to the Lüdenscheid site and integration into KREUTZER Stanz-Biegetechnik. This area is being expanded into a competence center for flat materials including toolmaking.
2021
Acquisition of the stamping and bending specialist KREUTZER GmbH & Co. KG with 85 employees. The strategic expansion into a full-service provider is strengthened with this acquisition.
2017
Expansion of the Elseyer Straße site. By building a new production and warehouse hall next to our Elseyer Straße site in Hagen, we can significantly improve our site structure.
2016
10 years after the founding of the American subsidiary, VOGTLAND North America successfully supplies the American aftermarket and equips well-known tuners and vehicle refiners with high-quality chassis products.
2011
Acquisition of the Technical Springs division of INTEC. Establishment of a production site in Baden-Württemberg as well as the expansion of our product variety and market presence. The Hockenheim Reilingen plant focuses on torsion springs, bent parts, and spring washers. In addition, customers in the region are supplied directly from there.
2009
100 years of tradition, innovation, passion, driving pleasure, and Made in Germany. Today, the product range includes: compression springs, axle springs, tension springs, torsion springs, bent parts, stamped parts, assemblies, and components, as well as lowering springs, sports suspensions, and coilover suspensions. The VDF FEDERN brand represents the expansive corporate group as a whole.
2008
Acquisition of the spring plant RENZING GmbH with 50 employees. The VOGTLAND Group continues on its growth path with four modernly equipped locations.
2005
With the founding of VOGTLAND North America Inc., Vogtland opens a sales and logistics office in the USA. Vogtland enters the motorsport market and becomes a key supplier for NASCAR teams.
2001
To mark the company's 90th anniversary, the spring factory Paul Schmiedeknecht Federn GmbH & Co. KG in Hagen is acquired and continued at its previous location. The expansion of the production hall at the second location, Plant 2, is completed in October.
1998
Realignment and growth. With the founding of the subsidiary VOGTLAND Agropruziny spol. S.r.o., the entire production of spring tines for the agricultural aftermarket is relocated to the Czech Republic. In November, the small spring factory Engelbrecht & Roos, Wuppertal, is acquired. Martin Vogtland (25 years old) joins the company on January 1st and becomes another managing director two years later.
1994-1995
Paul-Bernd Vogtland (27 years old) joins the company on October 1st and becomes Managing Director on January 1, 1993. In this year, the shareholder responsible for chassis technology, Christoph Vogtland, passes away on May 6th, followed shortly after on June 13th by the long-standing company leader Paul Vogtland, Jr.
1992-1993
In December 1989, the company is converted into VOGTLAND GmbH and the name Riepelmeier is removed from the company name, 55 years after his departure. Mr. Christoph Vogtland (21 years old) joins the company on February 1, 1991, and pushes the launch of the VOGTLAND private label for suspension springs and sports suspensions in the passenger car aftermarket. In the 4th construction phase, a high-bay warehouse is built on Alemannenweg.
1989-1991
In several construction phases, the production halls on Alemannenweg are expanded and further warehouse and production halls are built on Gotenweg.
1974-1986
1966 to 1993 - the solid expansion of the company. At the age of 23, Paul Vogtland Jr. joins the company and takes over sole management from 1966. Paul Vogtland Jr. expands the plant after 33 years at a new location. The 1st construction phase on Alemannenweg, today's headquarters, is built. The new hall is occupied for the 60th anniversary of the company.
1966
The plant was expanded into a significant industrial company in the spring industry at that time.
1961
For the company's 50th anniversary, a new, modern administration building is occupied and the production facilities are expanded again. With 130 employees, a capacity of 1 million springs per day is reached. Special alloys such as chrome-vanadium steel are already being processed.
1958
11 years after the first major expansion, the company is relocated again to the Hohenlimburg-Elsey district. Sole owner Paul Vogtland Sr. pushes the export quota for special springs to 35%. After 1945, in addition to mechanical engineering, the agricultural machinery industry and mining are now the main customers for Vogtland special springs.
1934
1923 to 1965 - expansion into an industrial company by Paul Vogtland Sr. 15 years later, the circle of shareholders is expanded and the company Vereinigte Draht- und Federnwerke Vogtland & Riepelmeier is established in the new building Im Weinhof. The brand abbreviation VDF is created and mechanical engineering becomes an important customer industry.
1923
1908 to 1923 - the founding years of Bernhard Vogtland. Master locksmith Bernhard Vogtland founds the company at the age of 40 on June 3rd in a garage in Hohenlimburg, Hagen in NRW. Springs are manufactured for the toy industry as well as for riding and driving harnesses.