“By moving into the field of railway engineering, we’ve entered a new market which will safeguard the future of our company,” reports Alexander Tonn proudly. He heads the Certification and Quality Control department of the WESO-Aurorahütte GmbH iron foundry in Gladenbach. However, various hurdles had to be crossed to achieve this goal. The foundry, which belongs to the Viessmann Group, formerly focussed on supplying a wide range of cast iron parts for boilers to Viessmann, a central heating manufacturer. In addition, the Gladenbach-based foundry manufactures cast iron parts for mechanical engineering, agricultural engineering, pumps, gearboxes, engines, valves and cooling units. The batches vary in size from 1500 to 50,000 components per annum. On its automated moulding and cas

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