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	Our History

The history of Mikron Machining has been linked closely to the advent of the ballpoint pen. At the end of the 1950s, Albe’s automatic indexing tables played a major part in the global breakthrough of the ballpoint pen. Albe was the supplier of choice to companies such as Parker, Waterman and PaperMate in the US. After the takeover of the company by Mikron in 1986 the competences have been grown and nowadays the company is specialized in building transfer systems for a wide range of industrial applications.

Milestones

1953	The Albe Machine Factory established by Sauro Albertini and Guido Bertoglio at Lugano-Viganello, Switzerland. Design and construction of automatic indexing tables for the production of the points for ballpoint pens.
1986	The company was acquired by Mikron and becomes Mikron SA Agno.
1988	The manufacturing for the machining system Multifactor™ was moved from Mikron SA Boudry, Switzerland, to Agno. Launch of the rotary indexing machine PM-30.
1990	Foundation of Mikron GmbH Rottweil as sales and service company. Launch of the machining system Multistar™ LX-24 for the writing instrument industry.
1991	Mikron SA Agno concentrates its activities in the transfer machine field. Creation of the Machining Technology division. Launch of the machining system Multistar CX-24.
1992	Launch of the machining system Multistar™ LX-24 for industrial applications beyond writing instrument industry.
1993	Launch of the machining system Multistep™.
1998	Foundation of Mikron Tool SA Agno as spin-off of the cutting tools departments of Mikron SA Agno. Mikron GmbH Rottweil moved to a new location and was transformed to a production facility.
1999	The manufacturing of the machining system Multistep™ was moved from Mikron SA Agno to Rottweil. Launch of CrazyDrill™, own product line of high performance drill bits. Launch of CrazyDrill™ Steel, carbide drills with top-quality coating.
2000	Qualification ISO 14001 for Mikron SA Agno and Mikron Tool SA Agno.
2001	Launch of CrazyDrill™ Alu, high performance drill bits for aluminum die-castings and wrought alloys.
2002	Launch of the machining system Multistar™ LX-12, designed for the market entry into high volume machining. Launch of CrazyDrill™ Pilot, high performance drill for the centering and drilling of a pilot hole together with a 90� chamfer cut at the same time. Qualification ISO 9001 for quality of Mikron Tool SA Agno.
2004	Launch of CrazyDrill™ Cool, high performance drill bits with inside cooling.
2005	Launch of the machining system Mikron NRG-50™. SQS Qualification ISO 9001:2000, ISO 14001:2004, OHSAS 18001:1999.
2006	Qualification OHSAS 18001 for security of Mikron Tool SA Agno.
2007	Launch of the machining system Multistep™ XT-200. Expantion of the standard cutting tool offering by MiquDrill™ and profile cutters.
2008	Launch of CrazyDrill™ Crosspilot, pilot drill for inclined surfaces, and CrazyDrill™ Twicenter, center drill with two integrated cooling ducts .
2009	Launch of the champfer mills CrazyMill™ Frontchamfer und CrazyMill™ Backchamfer.
2010	New division name: "Mikron Machining"