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2007-6-25
Oerlikon Textile is exploiting the combined know-how of the traditional companies Oerlikon and Saurer
Lucerne, 10 June 2007 Oerlikon has been driving technical progress for 101 years; Saurer AG, acquired in 2007, for even longer - 154 years. In all this time both companies have been constantly setting new global standards in technology for coating, vacuum, textiles, transmissions and precision components – with the aim of contributing to the success of their customers.
1853
Franz Saurer starts up a small foundry in a suburb of St. Gallen (Switzerland). This marks the start of 150 years’ history of the company which bears his name.
1869
With the delivery of the first embroidery machine made in Arbon (Switzerland) the long
1946
Saurer Cotton machines, manufactured from 1946, knit ladies’ stockings in all commercially available designs, from nylon, perlon, artificial and natural silk. A wide range of products with many and varied designs can now be offered to the market.
1946
Balzers machine factory is founded, with the aim of exploiting the still little-known thinfilm
technology and making it available to industry.
1951
Graziano, a family business, starts in Turin (Italy) with 15 employees.
1957
Oerlikon’s entry into the vacuum business. The Group makes early investments in this future-oriented technology and today is among the market leaders in the sector.
1968
Contraves’ know-how, gathered over decades, is made available to the European space industry for the first time. With the launch of the ESRO-1 research satellite, equipped with Contraves parts, a lucrative market is opened which continues today. One of the first official tests of the ESRO-1 satellite structure is carried out in a forest near Kloten(Switzerland).
1973
By now the Group numbers over 100 companies and is collected under the mantle of Oerlikon-Bührle Holding (OBH) which goes public with a share capital of 590 million Swiss francs.
1978
Green light for development and sale of PVD hard coatings for tools with BALINIT® A.Balzers coating technology appreciably lengthens the useful life of tools subject to mechanical wear and tear.
1983
First coating center opens in Italy. Many more centers are opened in subsequent years,within reach of customers’ production facilities. Today a network of 77 centers spans the globe and offers all Oerlikon customers know-how and service on their doorstep.
1988
Launch of the first European carrier rocket Ariane 4, equipped with a payload fairing made from compound material by Oerlikon Space. Since then, all Ariane rockets are equipped with Oerlikon Space payload fairings.
1992
Graziano joins Saurer AG, world leader in textile machine manufacturing, and forms Saurer’s Transmission Systems division.
1996
Graziano starts manufacturing components for the automobile market. An agreement issigned with Ferrari for development and supply of a new generation of complete gearboxes, which are fitted first to the Ferrari Modena. Development and production of transmissions continues for electric vehicles and agricultural applications.
1998
Leybold opens a branch in Tianjin (China). Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum recognizes the huge potential of the growing Chinese economy and makes an early move to enter this important new market and benefit from proximity to its new customers.
2000
Saurer Textile acquires Barmag AG and Neumag GmbH & Co. KG and thereby enters the fast-growing and profitable market for synthetic fibres.
2000
Renaming to Unaxis and restructuring of the Group.
2000
BALINIT®-coated components are used for the first time in a mass-produced car (VWLupo 3L TDI). The coatings from Oerlikon Balzers Coating reduce friction and heat generation in engine and gearbox.
2001
Acquisition of Magnetto Group Gear Division – Graziano Trasmissioni Group becomes world market leader in transmission components.
2004
Integration of Esec into Unaxis is concluded.
2004
Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum opens a new production facility in Cologne (Germany). Inclose cooperation with research and development, modern vacuum solutions are developed to meet customer needs with innovative products.
2005
Change of ownership. Victory Industriebeteiligungs AG acquires a majority shareholding in Unaxis Holding AG. The new Board of Directors and a new management team immediately go to work on the realignment and turnaround of the company.
2005
Neumag enters the Nonwoven business and offers total solutions for all important fleece
manufacturing processes.
2006
With the establishment of a new business unit Solar the company enters the futureoriented
solar energy market. This important move results from a promising R&D project and the successful transformation of the previous Display business unit into the new business area of thin-film solar panels. Oerlikon is the only company in the world offering production equipment for thin-film solar panels.
2006
With the renaming to Oerlikon the company opens a new chapter in its successful hundred-year history. The name reflects the company’s history and tradition and stands for the typically Swiss values of quality, reliability, precision and innovation.
2006
Saurer demonstrates its strength in the Chinese market by opening a new plant in Suzhou (China), with over 1,000 employees.
2006
Production starts in Cerveny Kostelec (Czech Republic). Saurer’s transmission systems segment is expanded by acquisition of Fairfield Manufacturing, US market leader in specialist gearboxes and transmissions for industrial and agricultural heavy vehicles.
2006
A successful year of high growth, high profitability and a tripling of the share price. The Oerlikon share was quoted on the Dow Jones Index STOXX 600, where it was praised as best-performing European share of 2006. The Group’s market capitalization grew within a year to over CHF 8.5 bn.
2007
Acquisition of Saurer AG. Oerlikon takes over operative management of Saurer AG and optimizes the Group structure, as part of the integration process. The Oerlikon Group will now consist of five segments, including the new business units from Saurer. With over 19,000 people in 170 locations in 35 countries, Oerlikon is now a global player in the high-tech marketplace.
success story of Saurer textile machine production has begun.
1907
In September the Swiss Power Tool factory Oerlikon (SWO) is founded, with 150 employees in a factory in Zürich-Oerlikon (Switzerland).
1919
Fairfield Manufacturing Corporation Inc. is founded by David Ross as a subsidiary of Ross Gear and Tool Company with the aim of supplying proprietary differential gear systems to the still young automobile industry.
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