Our services – your added value

Engineering and construction

We are specialists in customer-specific engineering projects involving punched and bent parts as well as sophisticated wireforms for small, medium and large batch series. If you are looking for a technical solution in the field of spring technology, ask us.

We offer the following:

• Support with material selection, manufacturing technology as well as heat and surface treatment
• Feasibility study and risk assessment
• Prototypes and production tests
• Proposals for solutions using CAD 3D processes

Production

Spring components are highly stressed components that are crucial for smooth operation. Be it punching, bending, coiling, pressing, welding, assembling or the like. Our machinery is state-of-the-art.

We offer the following:

• Punching and bending machines with up to 100 tonnes of cutting pressure
• Eccentric and hydraulic presses with up to 100 tonnes of cutting pressure
• Automatic high-speed punching presses
• Electronic spring coiling machines
• CC1 machining centre
• Various special machines for circular spring elements
• BalTec machines for prototype construction

Heat and surface treatment

• Annealing and tempering
• Martensitic hardening
• Austempering
• Precipitation hardening
• Vibratory grinding

Quality

ISO certificates 9001 and 14001 as well as IATF 16949 provide official confirmation that our manufacturing processes, raw materials and expertise meet the highest technical requirements and that our production is geared towards sustainability.

• ISO 9001 + ISO 14001
• IATF 16949

Staff of
Federtechnik Kaltbrunn AG

Together we want to choose our path and change direction, with interest, commitment, curiosity, openness and enthusiasm. Together we want to leave a mark that points the way to the future - for spring technology, for us and for the next generation.

Work where you feel at home. 90 of our 170 staff are local residents and a further 60 employees live in the surrounding municipalities. Regional workplaces are important and mean investment in quality, the future and spring technology.

Executive Board
of Federtechnik Kaltbrunn AG

We strive for healthy growth and champion Switzerland as our production site.

Apprentices

We rely on good, specialists who guarantee the lasting success of the Federtechnik Company. Therefore, we are turning apprentices into specialists in different professions. We believe that the daily work provides the best training. Our apprentices are integrated in the process, participate in customer projects and take on responsibility. This enables them to realise how important the customer is and allows us to realise how important the apprentices are.

The Federtechnik Company – Past and present

1927

On 29 December 1927, 16 shareholders subscribed for 70 shares and established Federnfabrik und Apparatebau AG in Kaltbrunn. In early 1928 the company started producing extension and compression springs using the plant and equipment recently acquired in Ebnat-Kappel.

The plant of the Ricken Tunnel company was used as the company’s location.

2007

In 2007, after 60 years of producing components in Obermühlestrasse, the executive board decided to relocate the entire production to the newly acquired factory building in Benknerstrasse 54.

Today Federtechnik Kaltbrunn + Wangs uses state-of-the-art machines to develop and produce components on a total surface area of 17,000 m2.

1936

In 1936 Federnfabrik employed 12 staff and in 1940 this figure increased to 33 employees. A good level of operation and pleasing operating results prompted the supervisory board to take on a major construction project. Following comprehensive enquiries, the nearby location of Obermühle in Kaltbrunn was chosen.

2008

In February 2008, the owner of renowned Egli Federnfabrik AG in Dübendorf decided to sell the entire share capital to Federtechnik Kaltbrunn AG. With this merger, the Federtechnik Company expanded its expertise, particularly in the field of laser technology.

A team of 250 experienced and motivated specialists ensure unlimited possibilities in spring technology!

1947

In 1947 production in Obermühlestrasse began. A constant level of growth enabled the company to continuously modernise and expand its machinery.  A mere ten years later (1957), Federnfabrik had increased its staff to 100 employees.

2011

On 01/03/2011 Federtechnik Kaltbrunn AG acquired the majority of shares in the well-known and internationally active Feinstanz AG Rapperswil-Jona, which has been manufacturing high-precision metal components for more than 50 years with approximately 70 staff. Feinstanz AG has comprehensive expertise in the fields of fine blanking und metal forming technology at the highest level.

2004

In 2004 Federnfabrik und Apparatebau AG took over Straub Federtechnik in Wangs and has since been producing components under the name of “Federtechnik Kaltbrunn + Wangs” on two sites with a total of 210 employees. A further milestone was the obtainment of the ISO-TS 16949 certificate – the gateway to the automotive industry.

2015

On 30/10/2015 the supervisory board of Federtechnik Kaltbrunn AG decided to relocate the production from the Wangs site to the Kaltbrunn parent company. This constitutes another measure to secure the competitive capability in the international market.

Certificates:

IATF 16949 Federtechnik Kaltbrunn AG

ISO 9001 + ISO 14001 Federtechnik Kaltbrunn AG

Declaration RoHS & REACH (EN)

Social Commitment (German)

Exchange of Apprentices (German)

Brochure:

Federtechnik Company Brochure 2016

Standard springs catalogue:

Catalogue 2014 (German)

General terms and conditions:

General terms and conditions (EN)

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