Höganäs is a metal powder company founded in 1797 in Sweden. It has since expanded globally and diversified its product portfolio. It began as a coal mining operation and later added production of refractory bricks, pottery, and sponge iron. In the 20th century it opened its first plants for producing metal powders through atomization. Today Höganäs produces metal powders for powder metallurgy components, soft magnetic components, and consumables used in various industries. It has a global network of production facilities, sales and technical centers to serve customers worldwide.

1. Höganäs in brief

2. The metal powder pioneer
1797
1825
1835
1910
1946
1969
Höganäs coal
works founded
Production of
refractory bricks started
Production of salt glazed
pottery started
First sponge iron
works opened
Höganäs sponge iron
powder plant opened
Höganäs first atomizing
plant opened
2002
Stony Creek started
production
Höganäs in brief | 2015

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The metal powder pioneer
1797 Höganäs coal works founded
1825 Production of refractory bricks started
1835 Production of salt glazed pottery started
1910 First sponge iron works opened
1946 Sponge iron powder plant opened
1950 Production started in Riverton, N.J.,USA
(Hoeganaes Corporation)
1968 Höganäs Great Britain is formed
1969 Höganäs first atomizing plant opened
1978 Höganäs Germany is formed
1982 Höganäs France is formed
1985 Acquisition of Coldstream, Belgium
Höganäs Japan is formed
1986 Höganäs India and Höganäs Italy are formed
1988 Höganäs Spain is formed
1990 Höganäs Taiwan and Höganäs Korea are formed
1993 Höganäs China is formed
1999 Acquisition of Belgo Brasilieira, Brazil
The 20% shareholding in Hoeganaes
Corporation is sold
North American Höganäs is formed
2000 Acquisition of Pyron, USA
Acquisition of Powdrex, Great Britain
2002 Stony Creek Plant started production
2003 Acquisition of SCM, USA
2008 Merger with Kobelco USA

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Höganäs in brief
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970
Höganäs in brief | 2015
Turnover 2014
Operating income
2014

5. Höganäs in brief
Höganäs in brief | 2015

6. Customers’ manufacturing technologies
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PM
(Powder Metallurgy)
SMC (Soft Magnetic
Components)
Chemical and
metallurgical processing
Surface coating
Brazing
Filter manufacturing
Admixing
Components Consumables

7. Examples of powder production processes
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8. Secondary operations
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9. Metal
powders are
everywhere
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10. Metal powders are everywhere
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11. Metal powders are everywhere
● Automotive
Engine, Exhaust, Transmission, Drive train,
Pumps & hydraulics, Body & chassis, Interior
● Industrial
Off-highway vehicles, Heating ventilation and air conditioning
(HVAC), Pumps, Motors, controls & hydraulics, Equipment
● Consumer
Power tools, Lawn & garden, Recreational vehicles, Home
appliances, Furniture
● Process industry
Chemical, Metallurgical, Welding, Glass, Printing, Textile/Polymer,
Food
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12. Components
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13. Powder Metallurgy (PM)
● Shaping of a metal powder formulation by
pressure and heat (sintering)
● Allows complex component geometries with
tailor-made strength and high tolerances to
be produced in one single operation without
subsequent machining
● Cost-efficient and low environmental impact
● Over 40 million sintered components are
produced every day for use in numerous
applications
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14. What is PM?
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Compaction
Sintering
Calibrating
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Pictures with courtesy of GKN

15. Why use PM?
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● Environmentally friendly process
● Broad range of alloy compositions with
unique properties
● Lowest per unit cost in long series
● Design freedom
● Robust manufacturing process
● Close dimensional tolerances
● Elimination of scrap
● Near-net shape with few process steps

16. Automotive components
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Engine, Exhaust Transmission, Drive train
Interior
Pumps & hydraulics
Shock absorber
parts
ABS sensor
ring
Brake pads
Oil pump gears
Gears for adjustment
Connecting
rod
Variable valve timing
(VVT) components
Synchronizing
ring
Synchronizing
hub
Planetary
carrier
Exhaust
components
Body & chassis

17. Industry/home appliance components
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Clutch hub for
power saw
Detail for pneumatic
cylinder
Cylinder for
pneumatic tool
Frame for feeder
unit in sewing
machine
Wardrobe detailLock part Hinges (food
industry)
Bevel gear for
disable lift
Detail for electric
power tool
Component for
medical syringe
Balance wheel
for power saw
Spiral gear for
hammer drill
Clutch and hub
for power saw
Trimmer clutch for
hedge shears
Fittings for
kitchen fixtures

18. Electromagnetic
Applications
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19. What is Somaloy Technology?
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“Nano coated” Fe-particles
Proprietary technology
Smaller, lighter and cheaper applications
Uni-axel pressing and
thermal processing
3D Net shapes
3D Properties

20. Somaloy® – Open up new design opportunities
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OPERATINGINDUCTIONLEVEL
OPERATING FREQUENCY
Ferrites
SteelSheets
Somaloy®
Smaller, lighter and cheaper applications

21. Target applications
● Compact electrical motors
● Pulse transformers/Ignition systems
● Fast switching actuators/Fuel injection
● Inductive components
● Sensors
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22. Selected Somaloy customers and end-users
● ABB
● Aisin Seiki
● Bosch
● Denso
● Cummins
● Delphi
● SEM
● MDEXX-Siemens
● JTEKT
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SEM ignition system Aisin Seiki electrical motor application
Bosch diesel fuel injection

23. Consumables
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24. What are Consumables?
Products used for:
● Additives in chemical and metallurgical industries
● Surface coating for wear and corrosion protection
of exposed surfaces
● Brazing of complex stainless steel parts
● Filters in automotive and chemical industry
● Admixing for e.g. high-efficiency welding
electrodes and iron enrichment for food
fortification
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25. Chemical and metallurgical processing
Chemical processing
Using iron powder as reduction agent in organic and
inorganic processes or as raw material in chemical
compounds
Metallurgical processing
Using iron in alloying processes for improved properties
or as a reduction agent in metal recovery processes
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26. Surface coating
● Formation of a continuous coating by melting the
consumable material into droplets and impinging
these droplets onto the substrate
● Cost-effective method to improve both performance
and endurance of components in high-wear and
corrosive environments
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27. Brazing
● High-temperature brazing is a joining process
carried out under vacuum or in a controlled
atmosphere with a brazing temperature above
900°C
● At brazing the filler metal melts and is drawn by
capillarity while molten into the thin space between
the base materials (not melted) that are to be joined
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28. Filter manufacturing
● Formation of a filter pack from a set of selected
powder screens, one laying on top of another for
cleaning of polymer melts in textile processing
● Formation of filter elements for cleaning of exhaust
gas
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29. Admixing
● Using iron powder as additive in mixtures for
different purposes such as iron fortification of flour
● Improved yield and efficiency to welding
electrodes
● Oxygen absorber for food preservation
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30. Our service
network
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31. Sales and Tech Centres
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Headquarter and PoP Centre
Sales and/or production
Tech Centres
Agents and distributors

32. PoP Centre capabilities
Our PoP Centre provides a platform for cross-
functional work on material, process and
design to reach the best possible solutions.
● Application engineering: system
teardowns, converting existing products to
powder products, complete redesign of
systems to benefit from powder-based
solutions
● Process Development: technology
partners provide services to optimise
customer processes
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33. Tech Centre specialities
● Technical support
● Troubleshooting
● Failure analysis
● Testing facilities
● Technical feasibility studies
● Samples service
● Training
● Local consultative engineering
● Global Tech Centre network
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34. Production facilities
● 12 strategically located production facilities
● Identical production processes in Americas, Europe and Asia
● 2009 Delivery Performance: 96.5%
● Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI)
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