materials handling founded 1946 founder fernand and alice habegger headquarters reinach bl switzerland products power transmission and conveyor belts revenue chf 629.6 million number of employees over 3600 website http www.habasit.com habasit holding habasit holding ag headquartered in reinach switzerland is a swiss manufacturer of timing and conveyor belts including fabric based belts plastic modular belts and power transmission belts . the group also supplies gears and motors . habasit has more than 30 subsidiaries 16 production units and around 250 service providers and representatives in more than 70 countries . 1 in 2013 the group employed over 3 600 people globally and recorded consolidated group revenues of chf 629.6 million . 2 contents 1 history 2 chief products 2.1 conveyor and processing belts 2.2 power transmission belts 2.3 complementary products 2.4 services 3 products 3.1 product brands main 3.2 product group sub brands selection 4 industries served 5 research & development 6 employees 7 locations 8 external links 9 references history edit founded as technisches b ro habasit technical office habasit in 1946 in basel by fernand habegger and alice fluck later mrs. habegger the firm started as a provider of machines tools and technical innovations . in 1953 the firm entered the spindle and machine tape market and in 1959 moved to its current headquarters in reinach basel country . the company was known as habasit ag from 1961 . 3 alice habegger fernand habegger the first foreign subsidiary was set up in 1965 in england paving the way for rapid and extensive international expansion with further subsidiaries opened in 1967 in canada spain austria sweden and the usa 1968 in japan 1972 in brazil 1974 in germany 1976 in italy 1979 in france and 1981 in norway . in 1983 the company started selling aramide power transmission belts . this was the first flat belt on the market to have an aramide tension member and be joinable without adhesive . in 1985 the group had a total of 738 employees and turnover of chf 130 million . the next year further subsidiaries were opened in belgium and the netherlands . habasit s founder fernand habegger died in 1992 . from the mid 1990s onwards the firm s international expansion increased through takeovers in switzerland italy the usa the uk east asia and china . habasit in the 1960s habasit today chief products edit conveyor and processing belts edit fabric based conveyor and processing belts folder gluer belts machine tapes plastic modular belts positive drive conveyor and processing belts round belts seamless belts slat and conveyor chains spiral belts timing belts power transmission belts edit driving belts machine tapes round belts spindle tapes tangential belts complementary products edit fabrication and joining tools gear reducers gearmotors electronic speed variation and electrical brake motors profiles guides wearstrips services edit belt selection calculation consulting and technical analyses education training on site assembly installation project management storage of customer specific inventory technical support testing products edit product brands main edit habachain plastic chains habasitlink plastic modular belts habasync timing belts habatool fabrication devices product group sub brands selection edit this section does not cite any sources . please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . december 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message habasit cleandrive positive drive conveyor and processing belts habasit cleanline conveyor belts habasit flexfold folder gluer belts rossi s.p.a gearboxes industries served edit habasit serves customers worldwide across a broad range of industries . the following list indicates the major industries habasit is most heavily involved in . 4 textile 5 printing paper postal 6 business machines 7 packaging 8 food 9 tobacco 10 materials handling and airports 11 automotive and tire 12 wood 13 research & development edit habasit dedicates more than 3 % of its employees and over 8 % of company turnover to r & d with a focus on improving reliability and productivity lowering life cycle costs and full compliance with all legal regulations . 14 environment and resource preservation is also part of continuous research . products like the habasit hyclean cip system already allow customers to save up to 70 % water . employees edit habasit s 3 600 employees around the world represent over 30 nationalities . staff knowledge and skills are upgraded through classroom and web based learning regular in house seminars and international conferences and exchange assignments within the group . locations edit habasit has a global network of around 300 affiliates distributors and service partners . each of habasit s over 30 fully owned affiliated companies has its own inventory fabrication assembly and service facilities . external links edit habasit.com references edit smart textiles network german read the habasit facts and figures a short habasit history belt power the indian textile journal kaman industrial technologies habasit for business machines habasit for packaging foodtech international tobacco reporter airport international habasit for automotive and tire habasit for the wood industry research and development at habasit retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title habasit holding & oldid 697071614 categories manufacturing companies of switzerlandhidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersarticles needing additional references from december 2015all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout 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