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Company Intro Ernest
Spirig established this company named DIPL. ING. ERNEST SPIRIG as a closly
held private company on March 14th 1969 in Rapperswil, Canton St. Gall,
Switzerland. In its very early times the company was engaged in consulting
and development services for the emerging Semiconductor Industry, specialising
in gold wire bonding technologies. There was a need for the development
of stable hydrogen sources for the flame-off process. Besides developing
high precision mechanical regulator technology for bottled high pressure
Hydrogen gas, this was also the origin of studying the water electrolysis
process to create a clean just-in-time hydrogen source with a stable caloric
output . This basic work laid the foundation for the years later following
engagement in the manufacture of powerfull Hydrogen / Oygen generators
used as stable heat sources for precision soft- and silver soldering,
for precision brazing and welding, for precision annealing and hardening,
for activation of adhesive layers and activation of surfaces to increase
adherance of printing inks and adhesive coatings. From its beginning Switzerland
was for the specialisation a too small market and Spirig had to cater
to the markets worldwide. The action in Semiconductor manufacturing technologies
was at that time the USA. Over the years, as Semicon started to span the
world, Spirig followed those markets. The following image
might be symbolic for the moving markets. There was not one direction
but a left and right and an up and down. |