Finishing and machining of steel and aluminium plates up to a cut size of 5'300 mm, including contract milling, grinding, annealing and aerospace procurement.
HABA AG
6330 Cham/ZG · 8330 Pfäffikon/ZH · 71083 Herrenberg · 24052 Azzano San Paolo · 696 66 Sudoměřice · 2355 Wiener NeudorfNew on Amplifa
Precision in steel and aluminium
HABA AG was founded in 1966 in Uster/ZH as a family business and is a specialist in the finishing of mill-finished steel and aluminium plates. The company, with around 200 employees at six sites in Switzerland, Germany, Italy, the Czech Republic and Austria, produces custom plate cuttings, XXL plates, shaped parts (flame cutting, waterjet, plasma and laser cutting), Decoplate as well as ready-to-install components and welded frames. Core competencies include contract annealing in process-controlled, in-house annealing furnaces, contract straightening, contract milling (aluminium up to 2'800 x 5'000 mm, thickness tolerance +/- 0.05 mm), contract grinding with cross-grind finish and contract sawing. Production takes place in Pfäffikon/ZH and Sudoměřice (CZ); further production and sales sites are Herrenberg (DE), Azzano San Paolo (IT) and Wiener Neudorf (AT); administration is located in Cham/ZG. Customers include machine building, apparatus engineering, jig and fixture making, toolmaking and mould making as well as the aerospace industry; HABA supplies approx. 7'000 active customers with around 80'000 orders per year, mostly within 24–48 hours from its own semi-finished goods warehouse.
- Site
- Cham/ZG
- Processes
- Flame cutting (shaped parts), Waterjet cutting, Plasma cutting, Laser cutting, Contract annealing (stress-relief annealing), Contract straightening, Contract milling (steel), Contract milling (aluminium)
- Materials
- HABA K52 premium structural steel, HABA Planstahl, HABA EC80, HABA CK45, HABA C-steel, Toolox33, Toolox44, HABA 2316-S
- Certificates
- ISO 9001:2018, EN/AS 9100 (aerospace), act (energy efficiency and climate protection), OHSAS 18001 (HABA Switzerland, first certification 2007), ISO 9001, EN 9100, OHSAS 18001
- Founded
- 1966
- Employees
- 200
- Industries
- Mechanical engineering, Apparatus engineering, Special equipment manufacturing, Jig and fixture making, Toolmaking, Mould making
- 01
Material procurement and warehousing (semi-finished goods warehouse)
- 02
Contract annealing (stress-relief annealing)
- 03
Contract straightening
- 04
Cutting: circular saws, flame cutting, waterjet, plasma and laser cutting
- 05
Contract milling to blank or final dimensions
- 06
Contract grinding (cross-grind finish)
- 07
Complete machining / welded frames / project management
- 08
Supply chain management and delivery 24–48 h
HABA Group sites
Cham/ZG
CHAdministration/Head office
Pfäffikon/ZH
CHProduction
- Part weight / size
- Annealing batch weight max. 15'000 kg
- Lot size
- Prototype to large series
- Materials
- Steel, aluminium
- 3 process-controlled annealing furnaces (700 x 2'000 x 3'400 mm)
- Straightening presses 25–250 t
- CNC plate milling machine with 3'100 mm milling head
- Long-bed grinding machine 1'000 x 13'000 mm
- Rotary table grinding machine ø 3'600 mm
- Steel and aluminium saws up to 5'300 mm
Herrenberg
DEProduction/Sales (HABA PlattenService GmbH)
- Automatic transport system
- Large steel plate machining
Azzano San Paolo (BG)
ITSales/Production (ServizioPiastre s.r.l.)
Sudoměřice
CZProduction (HABA s.r.o.)
- Welding and painting facility
Wiener Neudorf
ATSales/Cutting centre (HABA GmbH)
Components and products
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flame cutting (shaped parts)Machining | – | – | – | – | – |
| Waterjet cuttingMachining | – | – | – | – | – |
| Plasma cuttingMachining | – | – | – | – | – |
| Laser cuttingMachining | – | – | – | – | – |
| Contract annealing (stress-relief annealing)Heat treatment | – | 3'400 mm × 2'000 mm × 700 mm | 15'000 kg | – | Steel, Aluminium, Welded constructions |
| Contract straighteningForming | – | 4'000 mm × 2'000 mm | 6'000 kg | – | – |
| Contract milling (steel)Machining | Parallelism 0.1 mm, tolerance field 0.2 mm | 5'000 mm × 2'000 mm | – | – | Steel |
| Contract milling (aluminium)Machining | Thickness tolerance +/- 0.05 mm; parallelism 0.05 mm | 5'000 mm × 2'800 mm | – | – | Aluminium |
| Contract grinding (long bed)Surface | Parallelism ≤0.05 mm | 13'000 mm × 1'000 mm | – | – | – |
| Contract grinding (rotary table)Surface | Parallelism ≤0.05 mm | ø 3'600 mm | – | – | – |
| Contract grinding (tangential)Surface | – | 800 mm × 600 mm | – | – | – |
| Contract sawing (steel)Machining | up to 1'500 mm +/- 0.2 mm; from 1'500 mm +/- 0.5 mm · Ra 6.3 - 12.5 | 3'450 mm | – | – | Steel |
| Contract sawing (aluminium)Machining | up to 2'000 mm +/- 0.2 mm; from 2'000 mm +/- 0.4 mm · Ra 3.2 - 6.3 | 5'300 mm | – | – | Aluminium, stainless materials, Non-ferrous metals, Plastics |
| Complete machining (CNC mechanics, surface treatment, anodising, hardening, tempering viaAssembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Frames Plus (project management, welded frames, jigs and fixtures, ready-to-install assemblies)Assembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Contract sawing (aluminium, automatic loading)Machining | – | 5'300 mm | – | – | – |
| Procurement/processing of third-party materialsEngineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Aerospace services via NADCAP partner (forging, annealing, anodising, chemical stripping,Surface | – | – | – | – | – |
| HABA heat treatment process (stress-relief annealing of plates, up to 4x longer in the furnace)Heat treatment | – | – | – | – | – |
14 Anlagen & Maschinen
| Machine | Manufacturer / model | Quantity | Working area | Year built | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annealing furnace (process-controlled) | In-house development | 3 | 700 x 2'000 x 3'400 mm, batch weight max. 15'000 kg, temperature accuracy +/- 10 °C | – | Pfäffikon/ZH |
| Straightening press | – | several | Press force 25 - 250 tonnes; max. 2'000 x 4'000 mm, thickness up to 60 mm, stroke height 270 mm | – | – |
| CNC plate milling machine (largest milling head 3'100 mm diameter) | In-house development | 1 | Steel 2'000 x 5'000 mm; aluminium 2'800 x 5'000 mm | 2011 | – |
| Aluminium milling machine 2 x 4 m | – | 1 | 2 x 4 m | 2007 | – |
| Long-bed grinding machine | – | – | 1'000 x 13'000 mm | – | – |
| Rotary table grinding machine | – | – | ø max. 3'600 mm | 1988 (erst | – |
| Cup-wheel grinding machine | – | – | – | – | – |
| Circular saw (steel) | In-house development (2010 generation) | various | Thickness 5 - 160 mm, length max. 3'450 mm | – | – |
| Aluminium saw, horizontal with automatic loading | – | – | up to 5'300 mm | 2014 | – |
| Horizontal saw for aluminium plates | – | 1 | widened for larger aluminium plates | 2011 | – |
| Semi-automatic aluminium plate milling line | – | 1 | – | 2026 | – |
| Large steel plate machining | – | – | – | 2014 | – |
| Welding and painting facility | – | 1 | – | 2019 | Sudoměřice, CZ |
| Forklift 16 t (internal aluminium billet transport) | – | 1 | – | 2011 | – |
Additional services
Quality and certification
HABA is certified to ISO 9001:2018 and EN 9100:2018; inspection reports, certificates and attestations are issued on request. Flatness inspection is carried out with a spirit level and straightedge or with customer-side inspection equipment; temperature accuracy during annealing is +/- 10 °C.
| Evidence | Pfäffikon/ZH |
|---|---|
| ISO 9001 | |
| EN 9100 | |
| act (energy efficiency and climate protection) | |
| OHSAS 18001 |