# Härterei Gerster adds tempering furnaces and press at Egerkingen plant

Härterei Gerster AG is expanding capacity at its Egerkingen site with two new tempering furnaces expected to raise capacity by about 30 percent, plus a new hydraulic straightening press.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-11-05
- Where: Egerkingen, Switzerland
- Status: announced
- Capacity: around 30% increase in tempering capacity
- Products: heat treatment services, tempering furnaces, hydraulic straightening press
- Sectors: [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md)

## Companies

- [Härterei Gerster AG](https://endata.com/companies/2330.md)

## Sources

- [medizin-und-technik.industrie.de](https://medizin-und-technik.industrie.de/top-news/news/haerterei-gerster-baut-kapazitaeten-am-standort-egerkingen-aus/), 2017-11-05: "Zwei neue Anlassöfen sollen künftig die Kapazität um rund 30 % steigern."

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