The design office was founded by Ing. Karel Cermak in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Contract with plastic (EPS) processing equipment manufacturer, Lendle in Germany as Senior Engineer until 1981.
Machine Building company Styrologic GmbH is formed. The main Products in the first years of Styrologic were machines for processing EPS (Expandable Polystyrene ) especially for the Packaging and Insulation Industries .
First Order - Moulding Machine - Largest machine on the market at this time.
One of the first Lost Foam Plants built by Styrologic for Auto Alloys UK (White site process), Consulting and Training contract.
Styrologic specialised in Lost Foam Equipment.
Saturn/GM Casting Production Readiness Center, Southfield, USA. Long term consulting contract, selection team member and Delivery of Test plant
Qualified as Supplier of SATURN/GM Lost Foam Production plant in Franklin, Tenessee.
Cooperation with Vulcan Engineering began.
Honsel, Germany, Prototype development, Plant delivery, Training, Tooling design.
Saturn Franklin USA, Cylinder Head aluminium and crankshaft, diff case in ductile iron. Training of process and equipment operation.
Training, Tooling development, Pattern making for:
R&D Unit for University of Paderborn.
MEZ Czech Republic - Complete Lostfoam plant for motor electric frames including training, startup, tooling.
Tesma Toronto, Canada - Experimental Plant for Fe clutch.
Lovink, Terborg, Holland - thin wall cast carrier for Mercedes Benz as substitute for aluminium material.
Fonderia di Dongo, Italy - Aluminium intake valve for Opel.
Handtmann, Biberach, Germany - First Lost Foam Production Castyral line worldwide.
Handtmann, Biberach, Germany - Resonance pipe for Mercedes Benz.
Gusstahl Lienen, Germany - Lost Foam Plant and delivery of foam patterns for heat resistant steel components.
Franco Tosi, Italy - First production line for automotive castings.
BMW Landshut, Germany - Production system dedicated for aluminium cylinder heads.
BMW Landshut, Germany - High performance, high endurance most popular cylinder head in BMW engines. 2500 units per day.
BMW Landshut, Germany - Coverpage Giesserei.
BMW Landshut, Germany - Upgrade to new style of advanced sand compacting technology.
BMW Landshut, Germany - Ongoing continuous improvement.
Consulting for Vulcan Engineering.
Styrologic aquired by Vulcan Engineering.
Kamaz, Russia - Consulting on foundry use of Lost Foam Technology.
Karel Cermak Engineering is created as an independent organization to advise and consult on all areas of the Lost Foam Process in Industry.
Karel Cermak Engineering develops miniturised filler gun.
Miniature Filler Gun goes into production.
Karel Cermak Engineering continues with consultancy on current projects and development and design of new Lost Foam Technolgy.
We offer consultancy on any of the following subjects. Or, if you have any other questions regarding Lost Foam Casting Technology please do not hesitate to contact us. Our consultancy services have been used in the past by Ford, BMW and many other of the top automotive manufacturers and spare parts manufacturers.
Due to lost foam technology innovations and the new design of our Miniature filler gun, the Lost Foam Casting process is now suitable for a much wider range of products than was ever previously possible. If you have a project that you think may benefit from lost foam casting technique at some part of the production process, please contact us and we will be happy to help you.