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1867 the tanner Carl Sigerist-Schalch founded a wholesalebusiness for leather in Schaffhausen.
1894/95 A kitchen for feeding the poors,
a newspaper and a restaurant are annexed, which leads to a splitting up of the resources.
1907 The sons Heinrich and Bernhard take over the business. They concentrate on the leather products.
1948 the 3rd generation Heiner and Bernhard enter the company. Change of the sales programme towards the industrial products. The first items were V-belts and soft foams.
1961 Swing doors are developed with good success. Sigerist is in Switzerland within few years the market leader. Licencees in Europa and Oversee.
1972/80 Establishment of new premises in the industrial quarter Herblingertal.
1976 the 4th generation, Stefan, enters. Further extension of the sales programme with special hoses, antivibration elements and shaft couplings.
1977 liquidation of the leather articles.
1991 start of the development of transparent rolling doors.
1995 start of the development of levelling elements and special casters.
1996 start of the production of shaft couplings in Hungary and in Switzerland.
1999 start of the machining workshop with automatic machines.
2000 development of the export for selected products.
Adaptation to the changing demands of the market are here tradition! |