Dixi Holding Le Locle
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| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1904 |
| Seat | Le Locle , Switzerland |
| management | Jean-Claude Béguin ( CEO ) Paul Castella ( Chairman of the Board of Directors ) |
| Number of employees | 440 (2006) |
| sales | > CHF 100 million |
| Branch | Industry |
| Website | www.dixi.ch |
Dixi Holding Le Locle SA is an internationally active Swiss industrial group based in Le Locle . The company specializes mainly in precision , micro and air conditioning technology and was one of the leading manufacturers of precision machine tools.
Field of activity
The group of companies consists of four subsidiaries specializing in their core area.
Dixi Polytool SA focuses on the production of precision tools made of solid carbide and diamond as well as precision reamers . These are used in large parts of industry, including in the automotive and aviation industries, in medical technology, in the processing of watches and jewelry, as well as in the eyewear industry.
Dixi Cylindre SA specializes in the manufacture of high-precision turned parts. These are used in the automotive industry, the watch industry, medical technology and electronics, among others.
Dixi Microtechniques SA deals with the two areas of microtechnology and medical technology . In the field of microtechnology, the company produces precision parts for avionics and for the armaments industry , in particular detonators for bombs and artillery ammunition. In the field of medical technology, the company specializes in medical precision instruments, particularly for neurosurgery .
Marksa SA operates in the field of compressed air , vacuum , industrial cooling , air conditioning and ventilation .
history
Dixi was founded in Le Locle in 1904 and originally manufactured special machines for the watch industry, including high-precision center punching machines with an accuracy of 0.01 millimeters. The company then specialized in precision mechanics for various industrial applications.
In 1946 Dixi took over the precision tool manufacturer PAQSA and integrated it completely. With that Dixi began her expansion and takeover phase. In 1959, Dixi acquired Cylindre SA, which was founded in 1924. In 1960, Marksa SA, founded in 1935, was taken over.
With the takeover of the watch manufacturer Buhré in 1963, Dixi entered the watch business directly. When the Swiss watch industry was gripped by a serious crisis in the mid-1970s , Paul Castella, as the owner of Dixi, tried to prevent the final demise of several bankrupt watch manufacturers. In 1978, Dixi took over the watch manufacturer Zenith (sold to LVMH in 1999 ) and in 1979 the two brands Zodiac and H. Moser & Cie , whose demise Paul Castella could not prevent.
The expansion of the Dixi group of companies continued from the 1990s, followed by the acquisitions of Dixi Frama (1992), Polytool (1999), Dixi UK (2000) and the German diamond tool manufacturer DIAWE (2004).
In 2007, Dixi sold its subsidiary Dixi Machines SA , which specializes in the manufacture of ultra-high-precision machines, to the Japanese machine tool manufacturer DMG Mori Seiki Co.
The company is privately owned by the Castella family and does not publish business figures.