History of Rotor Lips Ltd.

2020      Rotag Holding Ltd., the parent company of the Rotag Group, buys Vac-Star Ltd. based in Sugiez in the canton of Fribourg, as part of a succession plan. The products complement the existing range very well and will be distributed by the entire group of companies from now on. Rotor Lips Ltd. takes over the service organisation in Switzerland.
2011 Rotag Holding Ltd., the parent company of the Rotor Lips Ltd., buys the Feuma Gastromaschinen GmbH in Gössnitz. Already since 1995 exist business relations with the company located in eastern Germany. The two product ranges and the production facilities perfectly match.
2004 Merger of "Rotor Ltd" and "Lips Machines Ltd". New Name: "Rotor Lips Ltd."
   
   

History of Rotor Ltd. 1943 until 2004

2004      Construction of a new factory building at the Glütschbachstrasse 91 in Uetendorf. Merger with Lips Machines Ltd. New Name: "Rotor Lips Ltd."
1997 Concentration and expansion of the sales and customer service organisations within Switzerland, together with the new sister company «Lips Machines Ltd.».
1991 Establishment of the Rotag Holding Ltd. company by the family Muehlematter.
Complete incorporation of the companies "Rotor Ltd. " and àœRotor GmbHà in the "Rotag Holding Ltd."
1990 Introduction of the first CAD system in the R&D department. Heat pump activities terminated.
1989 Enlargement of the office facilities at Riedernstrasse 9.
1988 Purchase and introduction of the first ERP software system. Sale and production of household machines «Rotor-Rekord» discontinued for good.
1979 Extension of the factory building at Riedernstrasse 9.
Foundation of the àœRotor GmbHà subsidiary company in Hallein, Austria.
Development and construction of fruit and vegetable juicers and heat-pump heating units.
1973 Transformation of the company into the àœRotor Ltdà and its sale to the families Staehli and Muehlematter. New strategy: away from the household kitchen machines toward machines for gastronomy, bakeries, confectioneries and industrial food-processing.
Focusing also on export and trading.
1970 The Rotor Gastronom extends the product range. Until then, only the «Rotor-Rekord» multi-purpose kitchen machine was manufactured and sold mainly at trade fairs.
1960 Construction of the factory building at Riedernstrasse 9 in Uetendorf near Thun.
1949 Big success at the regional trade fair KABA in Thun. It was decided then to place a contract for the construction and production of own machines. In the former headquarters at Riedernstrasse 7, activities were continually extended, the spare parts store and service centre were set up and the first assembly work carried out.
1943 Registration of the Rotor World Service company in the Swiss Trade Register by Alice and Walter Ritschard-Jampen: Trading with kitchen machines and equipment, especially for large families and self-caterers.
   

History of Lips Machines Ltd. 1880 until 2004

2004      Moving into the new building at the Glütschbachstrasse 91, Uetendorf. Merger with Rotor Ltd. New Name: "Rotor Lips Ltd."
1999 Management buy out of «Lips CEU s.r.o.» by Tomas Kysel.
1997 Purchase of the Lips Machines Ltd. company by the Rotag Holding Ltd. Concentration and expansion of the sales and customer service organisations within Switzerland.
1996 Foundation of the «Lips CEU s.r.o.» subsidiary company in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia.
1993 Sold again, name chenged to «Lips Machines Ltd.». Move to Arni, AG.
1989 The family Lips sold company to «Studer Gastro AG». New management. Move from Urdorf to Bülach.
1983 Transformation to «Jakob Lips Ltd», share capital  500'000 CHF
1922 First production of special machines for restaurants, bakeries and pastry shops
1880 Establishment of the "Jakob Lips machinery factory," Urdorf. Production of machinery for agriculture.