That Was Our Anniversary Year

An extraordinary year is drawing to a close. We had a lot to celebrate! Join us as we look back together and review the most important milestones of the year – first and foremost our 50th company anniversary.

25 years KELLER in America

Another important anniversary was celebrated this year. In 1999, shortly before the turn of the millennium, KELLER opened a subsidiary in America. 25 years later, it is still an integral part of the company and is also the largest KELLER subsidiary worldwide. To mark its quarter-century anniversary, we looked back on its history and celebrated its achievements.

New openings in Japan and Spain

Our focus was not only on the past, we also laid new foundations for the future. Just in time for the Japanese cherry blossom season in April, we opened a subsidiary in Japan. This was followed just one month later by the establishment of a subsidiary in Spain. We are delighted with this growth and are proud to now be represented by KELLER subsidiaries in 13 countries.

A street for HWK

Hannes W. Keller made a name for himself in Winterthur as the founder of KELLER and as a patron and long-standing president of FC Winterthur. The city honoured him with a street near the new «Diamant» production building.

KELLER stands for highest quality

We supply piezoresistive pressure measurement technology of the highest quality. KELLER sensors are manufactured in Winterthur – the original since 1974, invented by Hannes W. Keller.

We have developed the KELLER seal of quality to make our quality visible. 

Our high quality and the continuous optimisation of our processes and products are largely based on our comprehensive measurement and testing expertise. Few can calibrate and test pressure sensors as accurately and in such volumes as we can.

Whether in sensor production or in dialogue with our customers, our KELLER quality mission statement accompanies and reinforces us in our daily work. To make these principles even more tangible and easier to apply in everyday life, we have re-visualised our internal quality guidelines. The clearly understandable design provides us with optimum support in our work.

This year's programme also included a comprehensive recertification audit in accordance with ISO 9001. The certificate confirms that we consistently adhere to the high quality standards for our products and services. Auditors from the Swiss Association for Quality and Management Systems (SQS) visited us at the beginning of April. With their external perspective, they helped us to identify potential improvements and implement suitable corrective measures.

We are delighted to have successfully passed the recertification process, which is now valid for a further three years.

Our new «Diamant» production building is growing upwards

In March, we celebrated the laying of the foundation stone together with the planning team and the construction company. We filled a time capsule with a current newspaper, the project plan, a cost estimate and other memorabilia, which was then anchored and poured into the foundation stone.

From that moment on, you could literally see our new production building shooting upwards.

The live cam and a time-lapse of the entire construction process can be found here: «Diamant» in the Making

The building reached its highest point at the end of October. A tree was set in honour of this milestone.

A lot has happened this year: we have launched new projects, further developed existing ones and successfully completed them. Above all, however, we looked back on 50 years of KELLER with great gratitude and celebrated this anniversary extensively.

We are looking forward to the exciting opportunities and challenges that lie ahead. We will continue to focus intensively on digital transformation in the coming year. At the same time, we want to continue and consolidate the motto of this year's International Sales Meeting, «Growing together. Stronger together».