# GF Machining Solutions opens innovation and production centre in Biel, Switzerland

GF Machining Solutions officially opened its new innovation and production centre in Biel, Switzerland after two years of construction. The company invested around CHF100 million in the building, which provides space for 450 work places and unites three former Swiss sites.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2019-09-13
- Where: Biel, Switzerland, Switzerland
- Value: $101.0M (100.0M CHF)
- Jobs: 450
- Starts operating: 16 Sep 2019
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 44,000 m2 total area, 13,000 m2 production and assembly space
- Products: machine tools, automation solutions, milling machines, laser machines
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [GF Machining Solutions](https://endata.com/companies/16878.md)

## Sources

- [aluminium-journal.com](https://aluminium-journal.com/gf-inaugurates-modern-production-centre-for-machine-tools-in-biel), 2019-09-16: "From this new location, we will be able to strengthen our position as a global player, and at the same time rely on our Swiss roots."
- [mpo-mag.com](https://www.mpo-mag.com/breaking-news/gf-machining-solutions-opens-new-innovation-and-production-center/), 2019-09-25: "From this new location, we will be able to strengthen our position as a global player, and at the same time maintain on our Swiss roots."
- [ctemag.com](https://ctemag.com/news/combination-building-and-removing-material/), 2019-10-02: "After a two-year construction period, the factory for building milling machines was completed in May at a cost of about $100 million."
- [metal-powder.tech](https://www.metal-powder.tech/gf-machining-solutions-opens-new-headquarters-in-switzerland/), 2019-10-14: "This is our biggest investment in Switzerland in over thirty years, and our most modern facility for the development and production of milling machines, spindles and solutions for automation."

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