A Partner for Quality, Reliability and Consulting for more than 165 Years

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 in July with WUS Printed Circuits (Kunshan) Co., Ltd., China, WUS acquires a stake of 4.5% in SCHWEIZER. in November with Infineon Technologies AG, Germany, INFINEON acquires a stake of 9.4% in SCHWEIZER.
2017	WUS increases its equity stake in SCHWEIZER to 29.9% as follows: WUS Printed Circuits (Kunshan) Co., Ltd. acquires 15.24% of SCHWEIZER shares and now holds a total of 19.74%. WUS Printed Circuit Co., Ltd, Taiwan acquires a stake of 10.16% in SCHWEIZER.