Handtmann Group has been sustained by four generations of the entrepreneurial spirit of the Handtmann family from Biberach. It combines a 140-year tradition with modern management. A technological outlook, the requirements of business management and a sense of responsibility to people and the company complement each another to form an indivisible whole. These aspects are permanently embedded in our corporate culture, which we visibly put into practice. It is expressed in top quality technology, innovation and the long-term strategic thinking of a family business that places the centre of attention on the individual person. In the year 2013 sales of approximately 580 million Euros were generated with about 3,000 employees. For the coming years it is calculated on an increase of the turnover and therefore with a continuation of the growth.Albert Handtmann Metallgusswerk GmbH & Co.KG is Germany's largest family-owned customer-oriented aluminum light metal foundry. As a system supplier for the automotive industry Handtmann is a first class partner for aluminium and magnesium casting with far-reaching competence in materials and processes.Handtmann Light Metal Foundry (Tianjin) Co., Ltd is a foreign-owned enterprise invested by Handtmann Auslands-Beteiligungen GmbH (a subsidiary of Handtmann Group) which majors in the production of aluminium light metal parts of automobiles. The first casting products of Handtmann Light Metal Foundry (Tianjin) Co., Ltd apply in double-clutch transmission of Volkswagen. The Volkswagen Group is one of the most important customers for Handtmann Light Metal Foundry (Tianjin) Co., Ltd for now. Handtmann Light Metal Foundry (Tianjin) Co., Ltd is located in Tianjin Airport Economic Zone with an investment of Euro 75 million. The plot size is 52,000 sqm including a 20,673 sqm production building under construction now. By the end of 2014, the construction of Handtmann Light Metal foundry (Tianjin) Co., Ltd will be finished and the serial production will be started at the beginning of 2015.