HAGE SONDERMASCHINENBAU GMBH & CO KG

Their core work

HAGE Sondermaschinenbau is an Austrian SME specializing in special-purpose machine construction — they design and build custom manufacturing equipment rather than mass-produce standard machines. Their H2020 participation reveals direct involvement in two advanced manufacturing research tracks: resource-efficient production of rare earth magnets (REProMag) and ceramic multi-material additive manufacturing for personalized medical components (CerAMfacturing). As an industrial partner in research consortia, they likely contribute manufacturing process know-how, machine development, and prototype fabrication capabilities. Their dual presence in magnetic materials processing and ceramic additive manufacturing points to a company comfortable operating at the intersection of precision machinery and next-generation production methods.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Both H2020 projects launched in 2015, so there is no meaningful temporal split within this dataset — HAGE entered EU research already pursuing two parallel manufacturing tracks simultaneously. The REProMag project (ending 2017) focused on conventional-adjacent precision manufacturing for magnetic materials, while CerAMfacturing (ending 2018) pointed toward the more forward-looking domain of ceramic additive manufacturing for medical devices. If the CerAMfacturing work is the more recent completed project, the trajectory suggests a shift from materials processing toward AM-based production of high-value technical components. However, with only two projects and no post-2018 H2020 activity visible, this evolution cannot be confirmed with confidence.

HAGE appears to be moving from conventional precision machining toward hybrid and additive manufacturing of advanced materials — a direction well-aligned with Industry 4.0 and medical device manufacturing trends.

How they like to work

HAGE has participated exclusively as a consortium partner across both projects — they have never coordinated an H2020 project. This is consistent with an industrial SME that contributes specific manufacturing capabilities to larger research-led consortia rather than driving the scientific agenda. With 22 unique partners across just 2 projects, they operate within moderately large consortia, suggesting they are sought as specialized industrial contributors rather than as scientific leads.

HAGE has collaborated with 22 unique partners across 8 countries through just 2 projects, indicating broad, diverse consortium exposure relative to their limited project count. Their network spans at least Austria and 7 other European countries, suggesting they are plugged into pan-European manufacturing research networks despite their small size.

What sets them apart

HAGE occupies a rare niche as a special-purpose machine builder that has engaged directly in frontier manufacturing research — most Sondermaschinenbau firms remain purely commercial. Their combination of ceramic additive manufacturing experience and rare earth magnet production know-how makes them an unusual partner for consortia needing both the equipment-building and the process-engineering perspectives in one SME. For a consortium coordinator, they offer industrial grounding and prototype capacity that university or research institute partners typically cannot provide.

Highlights from their portfolio

• CerAMfacturing
  The larger-funded project (EUR 320,625) addressed ceramic multi-material additive manufacturing for personalized medical applications — a high-value, cross-sector topic connecting advanced manufacturing with medical device production.
• REProMag
  Tackled resource efficiency in rare earth magnet production, a strategically critical topic given EU supply-chain vulnerability for rare earth materials.