PIONEERS OF PRECISION –
THE LAUBSCHER STORY

Samuel Laubscher was an industrial pioneer. Because his demand for precision could not be realized by hand, the company founder constructed his own machines to produce precision turned parts. Laubscher developed the first machine used to produce watch screws in one operation. A milestone for the development of the watch industry at that time.

In 175 years, Laubscher has developed to become the leading company in its industry. It has retained its character as an owner-managed family business over all these years. Today the company is managed by Raphael Laubscher, the 6th generation of the family, and the 7th generation is already working in the company. You can learn more about our history in our 175th anniversary brochure (in german) and in our movie.

21ST CENTURY

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Reconstruction of the 41/42 building.

2024

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From prototype to industrialization and introduction of the new Training and Technology Centre.

2023 - 2024

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Renovation of the 45 building including the museum, meeting rooms and cafeteria.

2020

Commissioning of a fully automatic vibratory finishing system for medical technology.

2019

Installation of an air-conditioned measuring and test equipment monitoring system. Commissioning of a new cleaning plant and tool shop.

2018

Certification for the manufacture of medical products according to ISO 13485.

2011

Creation of an in-house polissage department for watch screws.

2006

Certification of the environmental management system according to ISO 14001.

2005

The world's first multispindle MS18C from Index starts work. The use of multi-spindle machines is constantly being expanded. They allow a rational and more precise production of parts in only one operation.

2004

New glass building with three bright, column-free and air-conditioned production halls. An almost identical second building and an underground car park with 130 spaces will follow in 2014.

2001

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Purchase and commissioning of the first multi-spindle machine, the Multideco 20/6 from Tornos.

1999

The company name Gebrüder Laubscher und Cie. becomes Laubscher Präzision AG.

1994

The first computer-controlled CNC machines are put into operation: Star VNC 20.

1988

Introduction of a certified quality management system according to ISO 9002 and statistical process monitoring as one of the first industrial companies in Switzerland.

1987

With the 125th anniversary, piecework wages are abolished.

1975

A new building on the valley side doubles the production area.

1960

From the middle of the century the range of production techniques is expanded. Thanks to surface treatment and finishing, the value chain is extended.

1950

The company celebrates its 100th anniversary.

1946

The company grows rapidly in five stages of construction. A company health insurance fund and a welfare foundation are created to provide social security for employees. Laubscher builds single and multi-family homes for its employees to counter the shortage of housing in Täuffelen.

1939 - 1945

Business with gramophone needles runs smoothly. Laubscher opens a second factory in Murten for needle production.

1930

Foundation of a stock corporation. The articles of incorporation stipulate that shares can only be acquired within the family.

1920

A Russian inventor commissioned Laubscher to produce a new type of gramophone needle. The workforce now comprises almost 100 people.

1908

19TH CENTURY

Electricity enters the factory. The electricity flows from the newly built power plant in Hagneck, which Samuel Laubscher and his successors had been working for since the construction of the canal. Shortly afterwards, the company builds a telephone line from Biel to Täuffelen at its own expense.

1899

The Laubscher brothers patent a lathe with automatic slotting machine. For the first time, a finished screw is produced in a single operation.

1892

First mention of a steam engine

1887

His five sons Alfred, Numa, Eduard, Adolf and Gottfried and his son-in-law Jakob Laubscher take over the company as a general partnership. Gottfried later leaves the company as a partner and founds his own company.

1883

Together with the mechanic Tschopp, Samuel Laubscher develops the first automatic lathe.

1870 - 1882

Return to his homeland and construction of the first factory in Täuffelen.

1851 - 1852

Samuel Laubscher founds a precision engineering workshop in Malleray in the Bernese Jura for the manufacture of watch screws.

1846

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PIONEERS OF PRECISION –
THE LAUBSCHER STORY