We Provide Flexible Support To Our Customers In A Volatile Environment
The mobility transformation, unequal competitive conditions, and impediments to global trade: The automotive industry is going through difficult times in a politically volatile environment. Given these conditions, we as a supplier want to offer our customers more than just the best product solutions possible. The fact that we are a globally active group of companies is a real advantage in this regard.
The international positioning of the Hirschvogel Group enables us to work with our customers on selecting the most advantageous production location for each order. The expertise and technologies available within the Group play just as important a role as regional production costs and logistics requirements as well as security aspects arising from the respective geopolitical situation.
Two examples: In Europe, it is no longer possible in some cases to produce simple, small components in a competitive manner based on a local-for-local concept. If imported goods are more cost-effective despite any tariffs, transport costs, and CO2 taxes (CBAM), we can serve European customers through our plants in best-cost countries. We are currently expanding their capacities accordingly. At the same time, local-for-local production may regain importance as a result of US customs policy – to what extent and in which regions remain to be seen. To ensure that we can continue serving our customers in these cases, we are further developing our sites in North America and India, for example.
The automotive industry is highly dynamic. The cooperation within our Group allows us to respond to various developments and flexibly supply our customers all over the world.