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 familiy. Today, SCHWEIZER stand for one of the most modern manufacturing sites for high complex PCBs. SCHWEIZER is the third biggest producer of PCBs in Europe and together with its cooperations partner MEIKO ELECTRONICS among the op 20 worldwide.

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 Sign
1909	Enlargement of Product Portfolio by scales for precision devices such as telephones, measuring instruments and scales
1936	Start of Production of echted signes 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 PBCs
1982	Start of a Joint Ventures 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 finalized; 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 exectations 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 in July with WUS Printed Circuits Co., Ltd., China in November with Infineon Technologies AG, Germany