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The Swiss factory LEGO Werkzeugbau Steinhausen will remain, as it has been taken over by new owners as per 1st December 2005. The new owners consist of a Swiss consortium, which all together has the following competences: Tool manufacturer, finance/accounting and Lean management. The people behind the consortium are Marc Scherer, Reto Kessler, Alois Güntensperger, Peter Güntensperger and Christoph Gebert. All 62 employees (including 6 apprentices) will keep their job and education in the new company named Wisi’on Tool AG. The new owners will invest in new machinery and rebuild the factory to comprise a wider range of tool manufacturing. At the end of August this year, employees at the tool factory were informed that the LEGO Group (www.lego.com) would investigate the prospect of finding a new owner for the factory. If that had not proved possible, the factory was expected to close at the end of January 2006. |
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