Fischer & Söhne AG
Fischer & Söhne AG is a Swiss plastic processing company based in Muri AG.
History
The company A. Fischer was founded in 1923 in Dietikon by Alois Fischer for the production of sheet metal packings. In 1952 production began to produce carton and paper containers of up to 25 liters capacity.
In 1955 the company had 15 employees and moved into a new building in Mutschellen. In 1959, the company transformed into the "Fischer Söhne AG" company. In 1960, the first extrusion blow-molding plant for 10-liter containers was put into operation, adding plastic containers to their product line.
In 1967 the company had grown to 40 employees and moved to its current location in Muri, in the Canton of Aargau. In 1971 the Fischer family withdrew from the company. In 1980 the company was bought by shareholders.
In 1997 the company started producing "Smart Cards", prepaid cards for public telephone calls. It continued to expand its production in 2002. In 2003 demand slumped due to the spread of mobile phones.
The daughter company Fischer S.A. De C.V. Mexico was founded in 1998, to operate a production plant in Mexico. In 2002 Fischer & Söhne AG took over the company Polar in Eschenbach. The main interest is in the medical technology of Polar. The technology was transferred to Muri by 2005. The Eschenbach site was closed and, the majority of the former employees of the Polar were terminated. The smart card manufacturing was converted to the production site for medical technology. In 2011 a new extrusion blow molding facility was built. In 2011, a new extrusion blow hall was established. In 2014, Fischer Söhne presented the first Swiss barrier coating capsule for Nespresso systems. Since 2014, the corresponding Swiss Plast GmbH (Limited Liability Company) was acquired.
Fischer Söhne is certified according to ISO 9001: 2000. In 2013, the company became a member of Swiss Plastics (SwiPla), an industry association founded in 1992 in Switzerland .
Education/Training
Fischer & Söhne AG offers various apprenticeships in Switzerland:
- Merchant
- Plastic technologist (specialized in injection molding and extrusion blow-molding)
- Toolmaker / PolyMechanic
The company also made it possible for the plastics technologists apprentices of the Adval Tech Holding to learn and complete their second specialty extrusion blow-molding at Fischer & Söhne AG.
Products
- Containers & closures of various types.
- Traffic signaling
- Medical Technology / Implants / Pharmaceutical Packaging / Accessories for Healthcare
- Phone cards
- Technical plastic parts/industry
- Automobile
In the case of traffic signaling, the signaling elements, manufactured by the Fischer Söhne AG, in particular, the so-called " Biene-Maja" posts, are less damaged in a collision and also damage the colliding vehicle less.
Fischer Söhne AG monopolized smartcard production in Switzerland. The company was one of the two main suppliers of such cards for Giesecke & Devrient. In contrast to its competitor, where the recess for the chip was later milled, Fischer Söhne AG manufactured this in a single manufacturing process by means of pressing the still-hot plastic with a stamp inside the injection molding tool.