Tornos Holding
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| legal form | Corporation |
| ISIN | CH0011607683 |
| founding | 1880 |
| Seat |
Moutier BE Switzerland
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| management | Michael Hauser ( CEO ) François Frôté ( Chairman of the Board ) |
| Number of employees | approx. 650 (December 31, 2016) |
| sales | About 130 million CHF (2007) |
| Branch | Machine industry |
| Website | www.tornos.com |
The Tornos Holding AG , based in Moutier is a Swiss machine tool manufacturer . The group of companies employs around 650 people and generated sales of around 130 million Swiss francs in 2016. The company is listed on the Swiss Stock Exchange SWX Swiss Exchange listed .
history
Tornos' roots go back to 1880, when the first machines for the production of small parts for the watchmaking industry were manufactured in Moutier . Among the entrepreneurs at that time was the Thurgau mechanic Nicolas Junker, who with his company Junker et Cie. Manufactured watch components and automatic machines and further developed the so-called Swiss lathe invented by Jakob Schweizer.
In 1904 Junker sold the troubled business to his son Emile, who had to file for bankruptcy in 1905. From this bankruptcy, the company Tornos emerged, which manufactured automatic lathes and was in competition with the company of Joseph Pétermann and André Bechler, a former apprentice of Junker. In 1914, Bechler founded his own company, which from 1924 also produced automatic lathes.
Tornos-Bechler emerged from the three companies Tornos, Pétermann and Bechler in 1974, which subsequently grew into today's corporate group.
Products
The company provides automatic spindle - automatic lathes , multi-spindle lathes and bar feeders ago. These are controlled by specially developed software and are used in the automotive industry, in medicine, in electronics, in the watch industry and in supply.
See also
Web links
- Official website
- Alain Cortat: Junker, Nicolas. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Alain Cortat: Tornos-Bechler. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .