{"id":152,"date":"2013-05-22T13:34:59","date_gmt":"2013-05-22T12:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.baoshida-swissmetal.net\/?page_id=152"},"modified":"2026-05-19T08:33:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T07:33:00","slug":"swissmetal-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/swissmetal.com\/en\/swissmetal-company\/swissmetal-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Swissmetal History"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"152\" class=\"elementor elementor-152\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21d12b01 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"21d12b01\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14c79aa0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"14c79aa0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span style=\"color: #af7c61;\">2025<\/span><\/h2><p>At the end of 2025, Swissmetal consolidates its industrial operations by closing the Dornach site and centralizing all activities at its Reconvilier facility. This strategic move strengthens efficiency, streamlines production, and reinforces the company\u2019s long-term industrial focus in the Bernese Jura.<\/p><h2><span style=\"color: #af7c61;\">2019<\/span><\/h2><p>The \u00ab Swiss Team \u00bb led by a Swiss industrialist, acquires the business of Swissmetal, effective on Swiss National Day (1 August 2019), taking over the entire personnel on both sites. The ambition and the vision of the new Swiss owners is to boost the image and the business of this flagship of the Swiss industry. The headquarter of Swissmetal remains in Reconvilier (canton of Berne) along with a branch in Dornach (canton of Solothurn).<\/p><h2><span style=\"color: #af7c61;\">2013<\/span><\/h2><p>A Chinese investor (Baoshida) took over the business of Swissmetal in 2013.<\/p><h2><span style=\"color: #af7c61;\">2008<\/span><\/h2><p>Presentation of the new extrusion press at the Dornach site.\u00a0 At full capacity, the technical wonder is able to replace five outdated presses.<\/p><h2><span style=\"color: #af7c61;\">1986 \u2013 2006<\/span><\/h2><p>As a result, Boillat produced wires, rods and small profiles for writing instruments, electronics, and precision turning industry.\u00a0 Dornach concentrated on manufacturing larger diameter rods, profiles and strips. These were sold primarily to the electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, lock, watch and clock, construction and precision turning industries. The automotive and aerospace industries were added to the list of customers; not least thanks to special alloys such as those produced on the Osprey spray forming system at Boillat. In Dornach, investment in a continuous conform extrusion plant led to advances in copper profile production, complementing an already broad range of profiles in brass and bronze for numerous applications.<\/p><h2><span style=\"color: #af7c61;\">1900\u20131986<\/span><\/h2><p>At the start of the 20th century, the development of the two plants ran in parallel. Pressing and drawing lines were added to the rolling mills. Production expanded to include brass rods and later wires for the developing high speed Swiss CAM use.\u00a0 Over the years, extrusion presses were added; drawing capabilities were increased; and the rolling mills and foundries steadily expanded.\u00a0 The product range grew along with the expansion of the production facilities. Boillat focused increasingly on small and medium dimensions, while Dornach concentrated on medium and large dimensions.<\/p><h2><span style=\"color: #af7c61;\">1895<\/span><\/h2><p>A rolling mill and foundry was founded in Dornach and operated under the name Schweizerische Metallwerke AG Dornach. Both companies were started and grew in response to the Swiss watch industry\u2019s demand for precision metal products for watch gears and plates.<\/p><h2><span style=\"color: #af7c61;\">1855<\/span><\/h2><p>A rolling mill and foundry, Bueche, Boillat\u00a0&amp; Cie., was founded in Reconvilier in the Bernese Jura.<\/p><p><!--:--><\/p><p><!--:fr--><\/p><p><!--:--><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025 At the end of 2025, Swissmetal consolidates its industrial operations by closing the Dornach site and centralizing all activities at its Reconvilier facility. 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