Historical Milestones 1861-2007
2007
Launch of GF AgieCharmilles, a group of Georg Fischer Corporation, Schaffhausen (Switzerland).
2002
Acquisition of the leading manufacturer for high-performance milling spindles
Step Tec AG, Luterbach in Switzerland.
2001
Agie Charmilles acquires the System 3R Group - the world's leading supplier of tooling and automation systems for machine tools.
2000
Agie Charmilles acquires Mikron machining business and becomes number two
in high-speed machining (HSM) worldwide.
1999
Agie charmilles Group enters the filed of high-performance milling technology.
1999
Launch of Actspark as a new EDM brand for the entry market segment.
1996
Georg Fischer acquires a majority shareholding in Agie Holding Ltd. The two market leaders Charmilles and Agie merge to become the Agie Charmilles Group, the world leader in EDM.
1987
Charmilles leaves central Geneva and moves into new production facilities
in Meyrin on the outskirts of the city.
1983
Georg Fischer Corporation takes over Charmilles Technologies SA.
1969
Agie launches world's first series-produced, numerically controlled
wire-cut EDM machine.
1957
First production plant of Agie in Losone, Switzerland.
1954
Agie (AG for Industrial Electronics) established in Basel, Switzerland. Agie and Charmilles present first die-sinking EDM machines.
1906
Piccard & Pictet SA, later to become Ateliers des Charmilles, manufactures cars.
1861
Founding of Staib & Cie, Switzerland. Birthplace of Charmilles.
