Why are Swiss watches the best products in the world? Because there is no such thing as “casual” in the minds of the Swiss, the accuracy, completeness, harmony, durability, practicality, and aesthetics of the design are particularly important. When dealing with every work detail, they will think that God is watching him, as if every part in his hand is a piece of art being appreciated.
The “artisan spirit” can be glimpsed from the example of a Swiss watchmaker. Swiss watchmakers have meticulously polished and sculpted every part, every process and every watch, and their attitude to manufacture products is the thinking and concept of the craftsman spirit. In the eyes of the craftsmen, there is only excellence in quality, meticulous in manufacturing, and diligent pursuit of perfection. It is precisely because of this dedicated craftsmanship that Swiss watches have gained a worldwide reputation and are sold well in the world.
The world’s most expensive and complicated Patek Philippe Patek Philippe, it is a famous Swiss watch brand started in 1839, is the world’s top ten famous watches, and is one of the only independent watchmakers in Switzerland, all accessories They are all produced by Patek Philippe, and it takes up to 10 years to train a Patek Philippe watchmaker.
▲ Patek Philippe production process
Swiss Machine Tool
“Swiss Machine Tool” is well-known worldwide. As one of the German-speaking countries, the Swiss follow the strict and serious “artisan spirit” of the German-speaking countries, and have a persistent dedication to craftsmanship. Someone once asked a Swiss boss: “Aren’t you afraid that I will take your company and take apart your entire product for reverse engineering?” The man shrugged and said “try”, you try. You know, the company ’s machines are all hand-made, and no one in the world can copy them. There are very very critical parts and processes, including some molds and spare parts in key places, all of which are made by the Swiss boss It was polished a little. The editor lists the top ten machine tool companies in Switzerland for everyone to learn more about Swiss precision manufacturing.
- Swiss GF processing program
GF machining program is a supplier of machine tools, automation solutions and services for tool and die manufacturing and precision part processing. Products include: EDM machines, high-speed milling machining centers, high-performance milling machining centers and pallet and fixture systems, three-dimensional laser texture processing machines, in addition, also provide customers with technical services, spare parts and consumables and automation solutions. The Swiss GF Processing Solutions Group is based in Switzerland to conduct business around the world, and has 50 bases around the world to provide products and services close to customers. - Mikron Processing Technology Group
Mikron Processing Technology Group is headquartered in Agno, Switzerland, and has sales and after-sales service offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Chongqing. The engineers adopt localization. The headquarters will often arrange these engineers to go to Switzerland for further study. Mikron ’s equipment is manufactured in Germany, which is convenient for engineers to charge and upgrade their knowledge, and then better serve our Chinese customers. - Swiss Precision Machinery
Precitrame Machines SA has been committed to developing the most advanced automated production equipment since 1987. The company’s main business areas are rotary conveyors and finishing machines.
Precitrame provides innovative machining solutions for users who need a large number of machine tools. Users want their machines to be faster and more accurate, while still maintaining a high degree of flexibility. A team of approximately one hundred people participates in the research and development of customized machine concepts to meet customer specific requirements.
Precitrame technology is used in many high-tech industries, such as the automotive industry, watch manufacturing, telecommunications and medical industries. - Swiss Baume Technology Co., Ltd.
Swiss Baume Technology Co., Ltd. was founded in the 1960s and is headquartered in the town of Sals between Bern and Geneva in southwestern Switzerland. It currently has 130 employees. For a long time, the company has been committed to the research, development and manufacture of small precision CNC machining equipment, focusing on providing solutions for the processing of small precision and complex parts. Its products are widely used in the watch industry, medical equipment, automobile parts manufacturing and light industry. In addition, it also has a stable customer base in the defense industry such as aerospace, weapons, and ships. - Swiss Chobrin Machine Tool Company
Swiss Chablin Machines SA (Schaublin Machines SA) was founded in 1915 in Bevilard, Switzerland, mainly manufacturing precision lathes, milling machines and machining centers. In 1973, Chobrin successfully manufactured the first CNC lathe in Europe; in 1983, Chobrin successfully manufactured the world’s first milling machine with vertical / horizontal heads; in 2001, the company developed and produced a new vertical machining center ; In 2002, the German branch was established, and since then several new models have been launched each year; In 2012, the full-temperature controlled precision turning center 136 / 137-CNC was launched, which represents the manufacturing level of the Swiss Schoblin precision lathe. There are now about 250,000 Shawlin machines running around the world. - Swiss Powermin-Marcodale
Since 2006, Weiliming-Marcodale has been committed to the development and manufacture of the most advanced machining centers, milling and turning composite machining centers, and turning centers, especially the five-axis CNC linkage processing of complex high-precision parts as Specialty.
Today Powermax-Marco Daier has important technical know-how. The acquisition of these professional technologies and experience is obtained through a long-term design, manufacturing and processing center. Using CAD / CAM system, according to the user’s technical requirements, to achieve targeted design. - Swiss Bystronic
Bystronic is a leading global supplier of advanced solutions for sheet metal processing. Its focus is on the automation of the entire material flow and data flow in the cutting and bending process chain. Product categories include laser cutting systems, bending machines, and corresponding automation and software solutions. There are also a large number of rich service types to complete the scope of supply.
The company is headquartered in Niederönz, Switzerland. The other three R & D and production bases are located in Gotha (Germany), Tianjin (China) and Shenzhen (China). Bystronic has opened its own sales and service companies in more than 30 countries and has set up representative offices in more countries.
Bystronic is an honest partner of efficient innovation, localized professional services and excellent customer service. Since 1994, Bystronic has merged into the Swiss industrial holding company Conzzeta Group. Bystronic had more than 2,400 employees in 2017, and sales reached 774 million euros. - Buhler
Every day, hundreds of millions of people are enjoying Buhler technology to meet their daily needs in food, mobile devices or communications. The company has a leading global market position in the technology and processing of cereal flour and feed, pasta and chocolate production, high-pressure casting, wet grinding, and surface coating.
Buhler’s core technology is machining and heat treatment. Bühler, a leading provider of solutions for the food and feed industry, and Protix, a leading insect products company, co-founded Bühler Insect Technology. This joint venture will provide scalable industrial solutions for insect breeding and processing customers and insect producers as a new source of protein for animal feed and food. - Swiss AFFOLTER Precision Technology Co., Ltd.
The gear machining center of Swiss AFFOLTER Precision Technology Co., Ltd. focuses on various applications in the field of precision machinery. R & D, construction and production of electronic and mechanical components of machinery and machine tools for the application of micro-machines. Its standard products and customized research and development are derived from rich experience in high-end applications. - Tornos
“When it comes to parts, think of Tornos”, which is the company’s selected slogan, shows that the solutions provided by Tornos can be perfectly applied to various industries that have high requirements for quality and productivity. Tornos specializes in manufacturing machine tools, and designs and manufactures machine tools that process high-precision, high-quality parts. The video below is a precision machine tool for the medical industry in Tonas, Switzerland, demonstrating the beauty of precision machining.
“Invisible champion” in Swiss manufacturing
There are many such “invisible champions” in Swiss cnc machining. As you can see from the composition of Swiss exports, Switzerland exports a large number of spare parts every year. Many of these parts are produced by “invisible champions”.
At the same time, we can also see from the table that in 2018, watch exports accounted for only 7% of the total Swiss exports, which shows that Switzerland is not just a “watch kingdom”.
For example, the kitchen equipment of McDonald ’s restaurants in the world is provided by the Swiss Franca company, and 75% of the world ’s spaghetti is produced by machines manufactured by the Swiss Bühler Group; most national central banks use the Swiss company Sikhba to fill in bank notes There are 110 invisible champions in Switzerland.
The Swiss Vickers tool is a typical representative of the “invisible champion” among Swiss companies. This 120-year-old global well-known company is not on the list of the world’s top 100. It is the Vickers tool that makes the brand famous globally. The sharpness, sturdiness, durability and excellence of the Vickers tool have created a miracle in the history of human knives. In order to make every Vickers tool usable for a lifetime, an ordinary tool has more than 200 manufacturing processes, and one of the “Swiss Champion” model tools has more than 450 processes.
In major Swiss cities such as Lausanne, Zurich, and Geneva, you can find tens of thousands of small and medium-sized enterprises. He is not only a lifetime, but even generations only do one thing.
Although Switzerland’s land area is only 41,000 square kilometers (Chongqing City 82,000 square kilometers), the population is only more than 8 million, but the economy is an elephant level, 14 world top 500 companies were born, and the “top list” all year round , Involving finance, medicine, retail, industrial manufacturing and other industries.
From high-precision mechanical watches, to heavy and bulky cement, from machine tools in factories, to food on the table … Swiss machining involves few fields, but the span is very large. More importantly, Switzerland is extremely competitive in almost every field involved, and almost all of them are at the forefront of the world. For example, we are familiar with Nestlé, a food manufacturer, and ABB, an industrial robot manufacturer in our manufacturing industry.
ABB Group is a veteran Fortune 500 company with its headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland. It was formed by the merger of two centuries-old Swiss companies in 1988, with operations in nearly 100 countries around the world and 133,000 employees. In China alone, there are 18,000 employees. ABB is market-oriented and has established four major business units: electrical products, robots and motion control, industrial automation and power grid. Today, it has become a leader in the field of power and automation technology.
Compared with Made in Germany, Swiss people often joke that we are a little more expensive than Made in Germany, but a little more precise, which also reflects the characteristics of Made in Switzerland from the side.
The scarcity of Swiss resources determines that it will not be able to compete with others at a low price like many countries. Only by taking a more sophisticated and innovative route can it sell its products to the world at relatively expensive prices.
Therefore, it is very difficult for Swiss companies to survive without technological innovation, which is why Switzerland has won the global innovation index for the eighth consecutive year, ranking first in a number of patent and intellectual property related indicators. It ranks second in terms of high-end and mid- to high-end technology production, and ranks among the best in terms of R & D expenditure and the quality of local universities. In Switzerland, 11.2 out of every 1,000 people are researchers, and R & D expenditure in Switzerland accounts for about 2.9% of GDP.
This may be the reason for Swiss manufacturing “precision”!