| 1966 |
Creation of the company whose main activity was design, production and marketing of equipment for the watchmaking industry
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| 1976 |
Launch of the 'customised machines' for the assembly of micro-technical parts
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| 1990 |
Launch of the standard robotic cell ECO for automatic soldering, entirely manufactured in-house
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| 1992 |
Launch of the micro-dispensing business
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| 1993 |
The company changes its corporate name and becomes mta automation ag
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| 1994 |
mta introduces dispensing technology for two-component products and patents its dynamic mixing chamber
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| 1994 |
mta seals a partnership with Panasonic, one of the first companies to present a soldering robot that uses the Soft-Beam technique
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| 1994 |
Creation of mta automation deutschland gmbh, a 100% sales subsidiary
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| 1995 |
Launch of the table-top robot L/C for semi-automatic soldering and dispensing operations
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| 1996 |
mta is the first company to use a laser (YAG) to replace the Soft-Beam technique for infrared ray soldering
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| 1997 |
Michel Assaf becomes the President and CEO of mta automation ag
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| 1998 |
mta obtains ISO 9001 certification
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| 1999 |
mta enters a partnership with Global Automation Inc (USA)
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| 2000 |
Creation of unitechologies group and integration of mta automation ag, Sysmelec SA and MASSI SA into the group
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| 2000 |
The table-top robot TR300 replaces the L/C type using an industrial PC, with Windows NT as interface and a touch screen for programming and setting
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| 2002 |
mta moves from Brügg to the group’s new premises in Gals
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| 2003 |
Introduction of the robotic cell RC500 which replaces the ECO (robotic cell), using the same software as the table-top robot TR300
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| 2003 |
Official opening of unitechnologies group's new premises in Gals on 23rd May 2003
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| 2006 |
mta celebrates its 40th birthday
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| 2008 |
Emilio Stornaiuolo becomes CEO of mta automation ag from 1st April. Michel Assaf remains President of the Board of Directors of the unitechnologies group companies.
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| 2009 |
mta automation ag acquired Global Automation Inc. in the USA, who operate under the name of mta automation inc.
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| 2012 |
mta automation ag and Sysmelec SA merge as per July 1st 2012, retroactively effective from January 1st 2012. The corporate name becomes Unitechnologies SA and the brands/trademarks mta® and Sysmelec® are registered.
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