The SwissFactory.Group is a consortium of innovative SMEs with complementary manufacturing and assembly technologies and engineering expertise (www.swissfactory.group). The companies of the SwissFactory.Group work for high-tech industries such as MedTech, GreenTech, semiconductors, vacuum, optics, metrology or aerospace, and traditional sectors such as machinery, energy generation or vehicle industry. It employs around 450 people.
Daetwyler Industries and SwissFactory.Group entered into a strategic partnership in the Spring of 2023. This strategic partnership results in Daetwyler acquiring a stake in SwissFactory.Group while simultaneously integrating its contract manufacturing business into SwissFactory.Group. To this end, SwissFactory.Group is acquiring Daetwyler's factory in Estonia. The Daetwyler facility in Ursenbach will continue to operate until June 30, 2025 after which the operations will wind-down. For the 23 employees of the Ursenbach facility, the following has been planned:
17 employees will have the opportunity to move to SwissFactroy.Group and work in the newly established semiconductor business in Bleienbach or in the nearby Aarwangen facility.
At least two employees will have the opportunity to continue at another Daetwyler company.
For the remaining employees, solutions will be sought at other companies in the region, where possible.
Ralph Daetwyler, Group CEO, says: “Competition in manufacturing has continued to increase in Europe in recent years. Therefore, integrating our contract manufacturing business into a strong group is the logical solution to this change. It is painful that we have to close the Ursenbach site, but with the SwissFactory.Group we have found a solution that offers the vast majority of the employees a future in an exciting work environment. We will also do our best to help the remaining employees find an employment solution in the area using our extensive network.”
Daetwyler will continue to operate its bending and Microwaterjet machine business as usual. The SwissTec and Rotoflex divisions are also not affected by this change.
The CFO of Daetwyler Industries, Simon Gantner, is available to answer any questions:
Simon.gantner@daetwyler.com
+41 62 919 34 74