
With effect from December 31, 2024, SWACRIT has acquired a strategic stake in the German Alumina Redwitz Holding GmbH through SWACRIT Technologies AG. Alumina Redwitz Holding GmbH is the parent company of the Alumina Systems Group (“Alumina”). Alumina, which once emerged from the Siemens Group, develops and produces ceramic components for demanding and mission-critical industrial applications and has unique expertise in vacuum-tight ceramic-metal composite components.
“With this investment, in addition to the new production capacities being created in Nassereith, we are strengthening the competitiveness of our Tyrolean company. SWACRIT will therefore occupy a unique position in the markets that are relevant to us as an innovative system supplier. Alumina’s expertise and innovative strength in the field of technical ceramics, which are highly relevant for composite assemblies, perfectly complement our portfolio of expertise and make us an even more attractive business partner for our customers,” explains Dr. Christoph Swarovski (CEO SWACRIT).
“By combining SWACRIT’s know-how as a manufacturer of composite assemblies with Alumina’s ceramic-metal composite expertise, a high-tech company is created that is unique in this form on the European market,” says Dr.-Ing. Holger Wampers (CEO Alumina).
Alumina employs a total of around 220 people at its two production sites in Redwitz a.d. Rodach (DE) and Hradec Králové (CZ) and generates annual sales of around EUR 20 million. The contents of the investment agreement have been agreed to remain confidential.
About SWACRIT
The Austrian SWACRIT systems GmbH and the Swiss SWACRIT Technologies AG (currently being renamed) form an innovative system supplier for the manufacture of complex mechanical composite assemblies and high-precision components. The company’s activities are focused on capital goods markets for high technologies (in particular vacuum technology) and in particular on the semiconductor, medical and aviation industries. SWACRIT has production sites in Hall and Wildermieming; a new, state-of-the-art production site in Nassereith is under construction and is scheduled to open this year. By investing in Alumina as a developer and manufacturer of vacuum-tight ceramic-metal composite components, SWACRIT is becoming a unique system supplier in Europe and is expanding its target markets and production footprint.