Dätwyler

MDC Max Daetwyler AG is a Swiss company with headquarters in lead Bach ( BE). The Daetwyler company is engaged in the printing and machinery industries and sold by Verschleissmaterialien to complete all machines via a global sales and distribution network.

History

In Dietikon ( ZH) in 1943 Max Daetwyler founded the eponymous company. The focus was on the maintenance and overhaul of aircraft. In addition, developed and revised Daetwyler steel processing machinery and subscription and copy machines for the graphic industry. , Built in 1951, the enthusiastic pilot in lead Bach ( BE) new headquarters, where he worked on the development and manufacture of aircraft parts. Max Daetwyler and Lilly Schneeberger founded the Max Daetwyler Co. with the aim to develop and produce components for civil and military aviation. The development of a metal training aircraft has been started. As part of the armament program procured the Swiss Army Mirage warplanes and awarded Daetwyler a substantial contract for the production of Mirage parts. The Swiss Confederation stopped the Mirage program abruptly for political reasons. Daetwyler had within a very short time to reorient and found new business opportunities in the graphic arts industry, in particular in gravure printing. This was followed in 1979 by the conversion of a sole proprietorship to the corporation. With the introduction of laser star who worked with laser engraving the surface of printing cylinders, in 1995 Daetwyler made ​​the final breakthrough in the gravure industry.

Daetwyler sells its products since 1970 with a worldwide distribution network, among other things, with offices in France, Germany, England, Spain, the U.S., Russia, China, Mexico, Brazil, South Africa, Singapore and since 2008 in India.

The Daetwyler SwissTec was founded in 2007 as an independent sister company of MDC Max Daetwyler AG and focuses on the doctor blade manufacturing.

The Daetwyler Group and the owners of the companies Hell Gravure Systems, DE, K. Walter, DE and Bauer Logistik, DE put their activities on 1 January 2009 together in the Heliograph Holding.

Undertaking

At headquarters lead Bach, as well as the branch in Ursenbach (BE), are about 400 people employed, including 50 learners. Worldwide, Daetwyler approximately 1,000 employees. The company is now in its second generation.

The Daetwyler Group is divided into three independent companies:

MDC Max Daetwyler AG

MDC Max Daetwyler AG offers general industrial services for the engineering, manufacturing of the items on the assembly to complete the manufacture of complex precision machines. In addition, it provides in the areas of mechanical, electrical, electronics and software engineering services. At the headquarters Bleienbach the competence center is for machine and plant construction.

Daetwyler SwissTec

The Daetwyler SwissTec produced in Switzerland high-quality doctor blades and sells them worldwide. This steel blade is used in the printing industry, to be swabbed excess ink from the printing cylinders. Characterized streaks and spots can be avoided, which leads to beautiful printing results. 1973, the Daetwyler SwissTec invented along with Ringier Print Zofingen the squeegee blades and opened hitherto unknown possibilities of industrial knife manufacture. From the production site in Bach also lead the worldwide sales and distribution network of the Daetwyler Group is coordinated.

Daetwyler Graphics AG

The Daetwyler Graphics AG introduces its partners of the Heliograph Holding GmbH manufactures high precision machines for gravure and flexographic printing. Special machines for the production of embossing rolls and the microstructuring of cylinders. The Daetwyler Graphics AG provides total solutions covering the complex spectrum of platemaking. Besides the machines, Daetwyler Graphics AG spare parts produced for the corresponding machine and sells chemicals for coating the printing cylinder.

Production sites

The Daetwyler has the following production sites:

  • Lead Bach, Switzerland
  • Ursenbach, Switzerland
  • Tallinn, Estonia
  • Huntersville, USA
  • Shanghai, China
  • Pune, India
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