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The story of Mikron Assembly Technology Automation starts at the beginning of the 20th century with the foundation of Haesler, a company specialized in the construction of machining systems for the watch industry. Following its takeover by Mikron in 1961, the company began producing its first assembly systems back in 1976. Since 1991, the Mikron Automation division has focused completely on assembly automation.

Milestones


1918

Charles Léon Haesler founded a small manufacturing company making machinery and equipment for the watch industry in Le Locle, Switzerland. The machine are based on rotary indexing table technology.


1961

The company was acquired by Mikron and becomes Mikron Haesler SA.


1976

The primary assembly system based on the rotary indexing technology was launched: the Polyfactor™.


1991

Mikron SA Boudry concentrates its activities exclusively in the assembly field. Creation of the Assembly Technology division.


1994

Development of the linear assembly solution Flexifactor™, a concept based on the standard Flexcell™ cell.


1997

Introduction of the robotic assembly cell Syfast™.


1999

CEI Automation, aquired in 1998, becomes Mikron Corporation Denver, USA.


2002

Launch of the new high performance linear assembly system G05™.


2003

Sales of the 500th Flexcell™.


2004

Launch of the flexible feeding system Polyfeed™ Standalone.


2006

Launch of the G05™ palletizer. Integration of the Polyfeed™ standalone in the G05™ product family.


2007

Integral Systems Pte Ltd in Singapore aquired by the Mikron Group (today Mikron Singapore Pte Ltd)


2009

Foundation of Integral Systems (Shanghai) Ltd, subsidiary in P. R. China (today Mikron Shanghai Ltd).


2010

Launch of the new low to medium volume automation platform Mikron EcoLine™.

New division name: "Mikron Automation". The Assembly Technology division was amalgamated with the Integral Systems companies who start operating under the name of Mikron.













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