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SwissQprint celebrates 15th anniversary

September 20, 2022  By PrintAction Staff


Kilian Hintermann, Roland Fetting, Hansjörg Untersander, and Reto Eicher. Photo © SwissQprint

The Swiss developer and producer of high-end large format printers is celebrating its 15th anniversary. What began as a six-man operation has since blossomed into an internationally active company with 200 employees.

It was on 17 September 2007 that Reto Eicher, Roland Fetting and Hansjörg Untersander had the SwissQprint company entered in the commercial register. With a crew of six, the company was under way. Already on board was the present CEO, Kilian Hintermann. The following year, notwithstanding the financial crisis then in full swing, the team launched the first SwissQprint flatbed printer.

SwissQprint has since grown to employ around 200 people with 130 of them, including the founders, working at headquarters in Kriessern, Switzerland. Just under 70 employees do duty at subsidiaries in Germany, Spain, Belgium, the United Kingdom, the USA and Japan. The company continued its growth through the pandemic years and pressed ahead with development projects. The latest product is Kudu, a high-end printer launched in May this year.

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Today’s product range comprises eight models: six flatbed and two roll-to-roll printers. More than 1600 SwissQprint machines are in operation worldwide. Sales and service are handled by six subsidiaries in concert with over 30 distribution partners around the globe. Development and production of the machines stays seated in Switzerland. Company headquarters also recently began managing sales to the Swiss home market.


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