| 1943 |
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Registration
of the Rotor World Service company in the Swiss Trade Register
by Alice and Walter Ritschard-Jampen: Trading with kitchen machines
and equipment, especially for large families and self-caterers. |
| 1949 |
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Great
success at the KABA, the bernese cantonal exhibition in Thun,
which lasted several months. |
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As
a result of this success, it was decided to place a contract
for the construction and production of our own machines. In
the former headquarters at Riedernstrasse 7, the present workshops
and depot of the municipality of Uetendorf, activities were
continually extended, the spare parts store and service centre
were set up and the first assembly work carried out.
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| 1959/60 |
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Construction
of the factory building at Riedernstrasse 9 in Uetendorf near
Thun. |
| 1970 |
• |
The
Rotor Gastronom extends the product range. Until then, only
the Rotor-Rekord multi-purpose kitchen machine was manufactured
and sold mainly at trade fairs.
|
| 1973 |
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Transformation
of the company into the “Rotor AG” and its sale to
the Staehli and Muehlematter families. New strategy: away from
the household kitchen machines toward machines for gastronomy,
bakeries, confectioneries and industrial food-processing. |
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Concentration
on export and trading. |
| 1979 |
• |
Extension
of the factory building at Riedernstrasse 9.
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Foundation
of the “Rotor GmbH” subsidiary company in Hallein,
Austria. |
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• |
Development
and construction of fruit and vegetable juicers and heat-pump
heating units.
|
| 1982 |
• |
Development
and construction of drink blenders. |
| 1984 |
• |
Development
and construction of peeling and drying machines. |
| 1986 |
• |
Development
and construction of plug-on vegetable cutters for beater-mixers. |
| 1988 |
• |
Purchase
and introduction of the first ERP system. |
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• |
Sale
of household machines discontinued for good. |
| 1989 |
• |
Enlargement
of the office facilities at Riedernstrasse 9. |
| 1990 |
• |
Introduction
of the first CAD system in the R&D department. |
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• |
Heat
pump activities terminated. |
| 1991 |
• |
Establishment
of the Rotag Holding AG company by the family Muehlematter. |
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• |
Complete
incorporation of the companies "Rotor AG " and “Rotor
GmbH” in the "Rotag Holding AG" |
| 1996 |
|
Development
and construction of plug-on mincers for beater-mixers. |
| 1997 |
• |
Purchase
of the “Lips Maschinen AG” company in Arni (Canton
Aargau) by the Rotag Holding AG. |
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• |
Expansion
of the sales and customer service organisations in Switzerland |
|
• |
Development
and construction of vegetable cutting machines. |
| 2004 |
• |
Construction
of a new factory building
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Merger
with "Lips Machines Ltd". New Name: "Rotor Lips
Ltd." |
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