verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . may 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message this article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in german . november 2013 click show for important translation instructions . view a machine translated version of the german article . google s machine translation is a useful starting point for translations but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate rather than simply copy pasting machine translated text into the english wikipedia . do not translate text that appears unreliable or low quality . if possible verify the text with references provided in the foreign language article . after translating translated de buhler ag must be added to the talk page to ensure copyright compliance . for more guidance see wikipedia translation . b hler holding ag industry process engineering founded 1860 founder adolf b hler headquarters uzwil switzerland key people calvin grieder ceo urs b hler chairman services processing production manufacturing and materials revenue chf 2.131 billion 1 net income chf 163 million number of employees over 10 000 2013 website buhlergroup.com the b hler holding ag 2 based in uzwil switzerland is a specialist and technology company clarification needed for plant and equipment and related services for processing foods and manufacturing advanced materials . the organization holds leading market positions worldwide in the fields of technology as well as processes for transforming grain into flour and animal feeds producing pasta and chocolate and manufacturing die cast components . citation needed the core technologies of the group are in the field of mechanical and thermal process engineering . b hler group operates in over 140 countries has a global payroll of 8 800 and generated sales revenues of chf 2 131 billion in fiscal 2011 . 3 4 5 contents 1 history 1.1 establishment and expansion 1.2 up to world war ii 1.3 postwar era 1.4 b hler today 2 fields of activity 2.1 grain processing 2.2 food processing 2.3 advanced materials 3 references 4 external links history edit b hler headquarters in uzwil customer center b hler uzwil establishment and expansion edit b hler group emerged from the iron foundry in gupfen in uzwil with two employees that was established on february 10 1860 by adolf b hler senior who was a native and resident of hombrechtikon . 6 clarification needed in 1871 a mechanical workshop was added and one year later the first cast rolls for roller mills were produced . 6 7 in 1875 the company introduced its own health insurance scheme . 6 as a result of adolf b hler s interest in mechanical engineering b hler not only cast rolls but over time also started building its own roller mills and entire grain mills . around 1890 the first flour mill completely built by b hler was delivered . 8 the first affiliated company was opened in paris in 1891 . another one was added in milan in 1900 and two years later one in naples . before that in 1896 a sales office had been set up in barcelona . 6 adolf b hler sen. handed over the reins to adolf b hler jun. in 1896 . after b hler had originally focused on the textile industry manufacturing textile equipment components the company shifted its activities to the design and construction of grain mills which it sold in the international marketplace . after the turn of the century machinery for making pasta and brewing beer were added . up to world war ii edit in 1900 b hler employed 717 factory workers and 72 office staff whose number increased to 1400 by 1920 . 9 b hler opened its first canteen in 1918 . during the expansion and electrification of the railroad line from wil to st. gallen in 1927 an industrial track was built from the station of uzwil to the company premises . 6 die casting technology was developed in the united states in 1920 . however the machines produced there failed to meet the requirements of b hler . as a result b hler started designing and constructing its own die casting machines . a special department was set up for this purpose in 1927 . this is where today s die casting business unit originated which sells cold chamber die casting machines and systems . 10 postwar era edit in 1934 ren b hler the son of adolf b hler jun. joined the executive board . he founded the swiss milling school in 1957 and was a member of the national council from 1951 through 1959 fdp . 11 from 1967 through 1985 he served as a member of the board of directors which he chaired from 1977 through 1985 . in 1956 b hler shut down its affiliated company haushaltmaschinen ag . 6 among other things it had produced vacuum cleaners . 12 b hler also produced newspaper printing equipment from 1907 up to the early sixties of the past century . 6 electronic data processing was introduced at b hler in 1965 with an ibm 360 40 system . 6 in 1970 the company had 5470 employees of which 3630 worked in switzerland plus 380 apprentices . 6 b hler today edit b hler entered the chinese market in 1981 when it sold a grain processing plant . three years later the first office was opened there . 6 in 1986 ren b hler s son urs b hler 13 was appointed ceo of the company . before that in 1981 he had become a member of the company s board which he chaired from 1994 onward . 14 he transferred his duties as ceo to calvin grieder in 2001 . 14 in 1986 richard frisse was acquired a company based in bad salzuflen germany . in 1993 the sortex color sorter manufacturer in london was purchased and in 2010 the schmidt seeger company in beilngries . 6 in 2012 leybold optics was acquired 15 which is integrated in the advanced materials division . in 2006 b hler group acquired prince machine company based out of holland michigan from idra . the resulting company b hlerprince inc. manufactures and services die cast equipment in north america and around the globe . fields of activity edit the business units of b hler group are assigned to the three product divisions grain processing food processing and advanced materials . grain processing edit this article contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . june 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message roller mill antares assembly hall b hler uzwil the grain processing division includes plants and technologies for processing a wide range of grain varieties buckwheat and pulses in addition to materials handling systems for industrial bakeries and cookie biscuit factories plus blending and mixing installations for the sugar industry . feed production plants for making livestock feeds petfoods aquafeeds and premixes . bulk storage systems pneumatic and mechanical ship unloaders mechanical ship loaders and storage installations for bulk commodities such as cereal grains derivatives and oilseeds . industrial malting and gristing systems with logistics and automation solutions for the beer brewing and whiskey distillery industries . rice processing systems for different rice varieties and other commodities such as pulses and spices . color sorters and systems under the sortex product label for sorting cereal grains coffee vegetables fruits plastics and other materials . automation solution systems like wincos . food processing edit the food processing division includes plant and equipment for making chocolate and specialty masses and for processing cocoa and nuts . processing systems equipment and services in the fields of dry pasta extruded snack foods and couscous . extrusion technology for making foods and feeds such as petfoods aquafeeds breakfast cereals snack foods and ingredients . this division also incorporates the u.s. based affiliate b hler aeroglide which specializes in thermal processing of foods . advanced materials edit the advanced materials division includes die casting machines and cells including the peripheral equipment for molten metal casting magnesium die casting semi solid metal casting squeeze casting and vacuum applications . process technology and systems for dispersion and true grinding applications such as printing inks paints coatings pigments and colorants electronic materials fine chemicals life science products and cosmetics . pet recycling plants and other continuous systems for heating cooling crystallizing and drying plastics as well as for solid state polycondensation ssp . nanotechnology . references edit b hler annual report 2011 accessed 18 april 2012 entry b hler holding ag at the handelsregister of canton st. gallen http www.buhlergroup.com northamerica en about buehler.htm st. galler tagblatt b hler bricht auf zu neuen ufern german b hler ag 2011 in partnerschaft mit unseren kunden . gesch ftsbericht german a b c d e f g h i j k unternehmensgeschichte german flash customer magazine diagramm issue 136 neuer schliff f r altbew hrtes page 47 german customer magazine diagramm issue 143 im dienste der weltern hrung page 4 german customer magazine diagram issue 155 17 912 grain milling machines page 42 abgerufen am 9 . januar 2012 customer magazine diagramm issue 141 schlank und schlagkr ftig page 5 german st. galler tagblatt of 14 june 2007 m llerei fachschule feiert jubil um german st. galler tagblatt of 15 june 2010 b hler staubsauger zur hochzeit german customer magazine diagram issue 155 150 years of dynamic development page 18 a b verwaltungsrat at www.buhlergroup.com german b hler ag press release bernahme von leybold optics genehmigt german external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to b hler ag . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title buhler group & oldid 701201608 categories manufacturing companies of switzerland1860 establishments in 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