Mondaine Watches Breaks Ground for New Factory
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- August 19 2008
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The iconic Mondaine Watch brand — offering the immediately identifiable official Swiss railway station clock design that is known around the world – has broken ground in the building of its all-new state-of-the-art watch factory in Biberist, near its current facility in Solothurn, Switzerland.
In early August, the bulldozers scraped the surface on the site where the huge machines will drill close to 200 pillars 17 meters into the ground for the solid base of the new factory. One image (attached) features the new bridge for pedestrians and bicyclists to get to the city of Solothurn across theAare River; the other picture depicts the new bridge for cars to have easy access to the factory from Zurich, Berne, Bienne, etc.
The new workshops will be four times the size of the current plant, and will open in early 2009, if all goes according to plan. Assembly of the Mondaine brand, Luminox and Camel, as well as private label watches, will take place in a “clean room” built according to strict codes. Additionally, assembly of parts such as dials, hands LLT (Luminox Light Tubes) and other components will take place at this factory. Quality Control of parts and final product, storage of POP materials, displays and other products will also be in this building, as will distribution of watches, jewelry and materials to all international markets.
Mondaine Watch Ltd. – creator of the official Swiss Railways Watch collection, licensed by the “Swiss Railways SBB” – launched just over 20 years ago. It represents the consumers’ version of the Swiss Railways Clock. In Switzerland, 3,000 of these famous Swiss clocks have indicated the precise time at all Swiss train stations for more than 60 years.
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