Since its foundation on October 28, 1849 the company can look back on a unique company history and, in the meantime, is lead by the 6th generation of the Schweizer family. The company is the third biggest PCB manufacturer in Europe and stands for one of the most modern manufacturing sites for high complex PCBs.
Time of the Foundation and Spirit of Optimism
1849 | Foundation of the company – Production of clock faces for the watch industry |
1871 | Enlargement of Product Portfolio by metal signs |
1909 | Enlargement of Product Portfolio by scales for precision devices such as telephones, measuring instruments and scales |
1936 | Start of Production of echted signs for scales and front panels |
Start of PCB Production and Internationalisation
1958 | Start of Production of the first one-sided PCBs |
1965 | Start of Production of the first metallised PCB |
1979 | Move to today's Headquarters and concentration on PCBs |
1982 | Start of a Joint Venture in Singapore: Pentex-Schweizer Circuits Ltd. |
Variety in Manfucaturing Technology and IPO
1986 | Start of Multilayer-Manufacturing |
1988 | Construction of a new site in Dunningen |
1989 | Conversion into a publicly listed company |
1990 | First Multilayer in Blind&Buried Via-Technology |
1997 | Start of Production of Multilayer in Micro-Via-Technology (Lasertechnique) |
1999 | Inauguration of the new Multilayer Press Center |
Large Fire and Reconstruction
2004 | Company Orientation towards technologically demanding PCBs; Sales of all Pentex-Schweizer-Circuits-Ltd.-Shares to Sanmina-Group |
2005 | Large Fire at Schweizer Electronic on June 1, 2005 |
2007 | Reconstruction after the large fire finalised; Increase of production capacity |
Global Partnerships and outstanding Successes
2009 | Partnership with Meiko Electronics Co., Ltd., Japan. |
2010 | Mutual Shareholding with Meiko Electronics. SCHWEIZER was appointed "Turnarounder of the Year 2010". SCHWEIZER exceeds expectations with Record Year 2010. |
2013 | Partnership with Elekonta Marek GmbH & Co. KG, Germany |
2014 |
SCHWEIZER was founded 165 years ago and starts two further partnerships with new shareholders
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2017 |
WUS increases its equity stake in SCHWEIZER to 29.9% as follows:
Im November, the company signs an Investment Agreement with the government of Jintan (Jiangsu Province/China) to set up a sustainable high Technology PCB and embedding production facility in China. |