industry mechatronics founded 1892 founder hermann st ubli rudolph schelling headquarters pf ffikon switzerland number of locations 12 production sites ; business units in 25 countries . products dobbies weaving machines connectors robots robot tool changer quick mold change revenue 1 000 000 000 chf number of employees 4500 parent st ubli holding ag divisions textile connectors robotics subsidiaries multi contact deimo sch nherr website www.staubli.com st ubli in english usually written as staubli is a swiss 1 mechatronics company primarily known for its textile machinery connectors and robotics products . contents 1 history 2 divisions 3 company overview 4 references 5 external links history edit st ubli was founded in horgen switzerland in 1892 as schelling & st ubli by rudolph schelling and hermann st ubli as a workshop specialized in producing dobbies . 2 3 in 1909 the company opened a new manufacturing site in faverges haute savoie france . after the death of rudolph schelling in the same year the company was renamed to gebr der st ubli st ubli bros. in 1956 the company diversified its line of products into the field of hydraulics and pneumatics and commenced the production of rapid action couplings . the connectors division was born . in 1969 they acquired the german dobby producer erich trumpelt founded 1954 in bayreuth and changed the company name to st ubli & trumpelt . in 1982 the company diversified again this time into automation and robotics . in 1983 they acquired french competitor verdol sa and established st ubli verdol sarl in lyon chassieu france . in 1989 st ubli took over american competitor unimation from westinghouse including their british division located in telford uk . 1 in 1994 they took over zellweger weaving systems in sargans switzerland . in 2002 st ubli acquired a majority stake in multi contact a leading provider of electrical connectors . in 2004 they acquired german competitor bosch rexroth s robotics division and incorporated their products into their own product line . 4 5 in 2007 the st ubli group acquired a stake in the italian electronic engineering company deimo . divisions edit st ubli robots used in chemical genomics since its foundation in 1892 st ubli has expanded into three different lines of products and services st ubli textile is the division of the company s original field of products and has since expanded into multiple countries . it manufactures dobbies and similar products related to textile weaving including shedding systems jacquard machines carpet weaving machines and weaving preparation systems . st ubli connectors manufactures quick single and multi connector systems used for all types of fluids gases and electrical power as well as robot tool changers and quick mold change systems . st ubli robotics is st ubli s automation and robotics related division founded in 1982 . it produces scara and 6 axis robots for industrial automation including controllers and software . company overview edit with a workforce of 4500 the st ubli group generates a yearly turnover of 1 billion swiss francs chf . the company has 12 industrial production sites as well as presence through business units and agents in 50 countries . production sites include allschwil bayreuth carate brianza chemnitz duncan south carolina essen faverges hangzhou h singue lyon sargans weil am rhein . references edit a b beise marian 2006 . die lead markt strategie in german . springer . p. 69 . isbn 3 540 24177 9 . biographisches lexikon verstorbener schweizer . schweizerische industrie bibliothek . 1982 . p. 304 . milestones in the history of the st ubli group . st ubli group . retrieved 2009 07 15 . scara roboter in german . produktion . 14 june 2006 . retrieved 2009 07 15 . robot bosch alla st ubli in italian . polimerica . 22 december 2004 . retrieved 2009 07 15 . external links edit official homepage retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title st ubli & oldid 721819068 categories manufacturing companies of switzerlandrobotics companiestextile machinery manufacturerscompanies established in 1892multinational companies headquartered in switzerlandindustrial roboticsswiss brandshidden categories cs1 german language sources de cs1 italian language sources it 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 wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages e tinadeutschespa olfran aisitalianot rk e edit links this page was last modified on 24 may 2016 at 07 24 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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