Success for Mikron apprentices

Agno/Boudry, July 2017 – At this year’s “Fraisa Tool Champions” competition, five apprentice multi-skilled mechanics from Mikron Agno and Boudry made it onto the podium in their language regions. Sacha Polli, an apprentice at Mikron Agno, even took third place in the national “Conventional Machining Switzerland” category.

The 31st “Fraisa Tool Champions” event was a great success for the Mikron Group. A total of five apprentice multi-skilled mechanics from the Agno and Boudry sites finished in the top places. Mikron Boudry apprentices took first and third places in the “CNC Machining French-speaking Switzerland” category, and second place in the “Conventional Machining Switzerland” category. Sacha Polli from Mikron Agno came first in the “Conventional Machining Italian-speaking Switzerland” category, and even managed third place in the “Conventional Machining Switzerland” category. Another Mikron Agno apprentice also came top in the “CNC Machining Italian-speaking Switzerland” category.

More than 1,200 budding multi-skilled mechanics, micromechanics and production mechanics from all over Switzerland took part in the 31st “Fraisa Tool Champions” competition. After drawing the specified parts, they made a workpiece from aluminum and brass using milling, drilling and thread cutting techniques. This workpiece was then judged by an external expert jury.