{"id":12929,"date":"2020-07-28T10:04:44","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T08:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/piad.de\/company\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T15:43:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T14:43:41","slug":"company","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/piad.de\/en\/company\/","title":{"rendered":"Company"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\u201cWith robotics and AI, we are shaping the future of die casting \u2013 making it more precise, more efficient, and more intelligent. Based on our deep-rooted expertise in alloy and process technology, we combine decades of experience with modern robotics and AI technology to set new standards in quality and productivity for our customers and to solve the challenges of demographic change.\u201d <\/p>

Felix T\u00f6berich, MBA<\/p>

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We share the goal of applying robotics and artificial intelligence to permanent mold casting in a sustainable way. We’re really focused on efficiency, delivery reliability, and quality. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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On May 1, 1900, Carl Adey and Carl Piel founded a metal foundry in Solingen. The order in which their names appeared was decided by drawing lots, and so the company was named Piel & Adey (PIAD). <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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With perseverance and personal commitment, Carl Piel and Carl Adey had managed to build up the company from very small beginnings. Inventive spirit and a willingness to take risks led to success and important patents, ushering in the age of copper chill casting. The casting of copper and copper alloys in tilted molds was invented by Piel & Adey and became known as the PIAD tilting casting process or \u201cchill casting.\u201d <\/p>

At the age of 90, in January 1968, Carl Piel was still at work almost every day, still curious, still full of ideas. At 75 and later, he used to say: \u201cDon’t be angry with me, but I’d like to know today whether this will work, because tomorrow I could be dead!\u201d <\/div>
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The company is guided by one fundamental principle: nothing has to stay the same just because it has always been done that way. We must constantly seek out and test new and better methods that are simpler, more effective, and more economical, while at the same time making work easier, especially for foundry workers. This fundamental principle has been a recurring theme throughout the company’s history, from its beginnings to the present day. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The first patent was granted on September 17, 1912, and many more patents followed. Here is just a small selection of the many patents: <\/p>