But for a few years now, we’ve also been producing medical products for traumatologists and orthopaedists,» he tells me. «We mainly produce classic hand tools such as screwdrivers, hammers and offset screwdrivers. And it’s also in the Emmental that I meet up with Christian Baumberger, Sales Director for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The round steel is delivered in wooden crates from Germany and Italy.Įven today, the tools are exclusively manufactured in the Emmental, namely in Wasen and Sumiswald. In the early 50s, the company was the first in Europe to produce the screwdrivers with the iconic red translucent handle that we all know today. During World War II, the company produced hand tools for the Swiss Army. When the second generation took over, PB Baumann GmbH was officially established in 1918. It all began as with a small forge producing nose rings for oxen in the village of Wasen in Emmental. The history of the family business goes back to 1878. This is in spite, or maybe even because, of the fact there’s an industrial building plonked right in the middle of this idyll – the headquarters of PB Swiss Tools. Here in the Emmental, farming has a long tradition that’s still very much alive. Tractors chug along the country road next to them. Bales of hay are lined up neatly are dotted in between. It’s a similar sight to the skins of the cows grazing on them. Bulky 18th-century wooden houses with gable roofs nearly brushing the ground look like dark patches on the green meadows.
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