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December 5, 1961 |
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Interelectric Sachseln AG, Switzerland founded. |
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1963 |
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Production began of galvanoplastic products, particularly shaving foils for the renowned BRAUN razors. Development department set up for electromechanical appliances. |
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1968 - 1969 |
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maxon program developed – micromotors with ironless rotor. Rhombic winding and production process patented. |
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1971 - 1986 |
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Canon Inc. Japan became licensee. |
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1979 |
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First subsidiary founded: maxon motor gmbh in Munich, Germany. |
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1980 |
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Subsidiary founded in the USA: maxon precision motors, inc. in Burlingame in San Francisco. |
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1984 |
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Production and office space doubled in Sachseln, Switzerland. |
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1987 |
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Quartec Corp. Tokyo, Japan taken over – maxon Japan Corp. since 1990. |
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July 12, 1988 |
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ISO 9001 quality assurance system. maxon was the seventh Swiss company to receive this important certification from SQS. |
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1989 |
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Production facility opened in Sexau, near Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany (for manufacturing of planetary and spur gears). |
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1992 |
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Sanders-Birnie B.V., Holland taken over – known as maxon motor benelux b.v. since 2000. |
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1995 |
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Subsidiary founded in Spain: maxon motor ibérica in Madrid. |
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December 1995 |
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Joint venture with Servo Dynamics, Suzhou, China. |
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November 27, 1996 |
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The new maxon A-max program (top-performing DC motor) awarded the Innovation Prize by the Central Switzerland Chamber of Commerce. |
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July 4, 1997 |
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Independence Day. Successful Mars Pathfinder mission. 11 maxon DC micromotors were used in the ‘Sojourner’ exploration rover. |
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1997 |
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Technology Center I in Sachseln, Switzerland opened. |
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1999 |
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Subsidiary founded in the UK: maxon motor uk ltd. |
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1999 |
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maxon motor group restructured. |
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2000 |
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Subsidiary founded in Korea: maxon motor Korea in Seoul. |
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2001 |
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Subsidiary founded in Hungary: maxon motor hungary kft. in Veszprém (producing sub-assemblies for drive systems). |
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2002 |
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Subsidiary founded in China: maxon motor (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. in Jiangsu. |
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2002 |
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Technology Center II in Sachseln, Switzerland opened. |
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July 5, 2002 |
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Visit by entire Swiss Federal Council. |
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2003/2004 |
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maxon's own production facility in Hungary opened. |
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January 2004 |
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Back on Mars. NASA’s two Mars rovers Spirit und Opportunity successfully landed on Mars. Both were fitted with 39 maxon DC motors each. |
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February 2004 |
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Subsidiary founded in Sweden: DJ Stork Drives AB, Sundbyberg. |
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November 2004 |
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The first book by the maxon academy entitled ‘Magnetism’ was launched at Electronica in Munich. The book’s author is Dr. Otto Stemme. |
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January 2005 |
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Technology Center III in Sachseln, Switzerland built. |
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September 2005 |
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maxon motor receives the "MER Recognition Award" for its significant contribution to NASA's success with the "Mars Exploration Rover" mission. |
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January 2006 |
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maxon medical set up - a division of maxon motor offering drive systems for the medical technology sector. |
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June 2006 |
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maxon motor achieves certification under the ISO 14001 environmental standard. |
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September 2006 |
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maxon motor wins the Swiss Venture Club's (SVC) first Central Switzerland Prize for Entrepreneurship. |
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November 2006 |
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Release of maxon academy's second book: "Selection of high-precision microdrives". The book is part of the maxon academy series and was written by Dr. Urs Kafader. |
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