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Habasit Holding Habasit Holding AG, headquartered in Reinach, Switzerland, is a Swiss manufacturer of timing and conveyor belts, including fabric-based belts, plastic modular belts and power transmission belts. The Group also supplies gears and motors. Habasit has more than 30 subsidiaries, 16 production units, and around 250 service providers and representatives in more than 70 countries.〔(Smart Textiles Network (German) )〕 In 2013, the Group employed over 3,600 people globally, and recorded consolidated Group revenues of CHF 629.6 million.〔(Read the Habasit Facts and Figures )〕 == History == Founded as "Technisches Büro Habasit" (Technical Office Habasit) in 1946 in Basel by ''Fernand Habegger'' and ''Alice Fluck'' (later ''Mrs. Habegger''), the firm started as a provider of machines, tools and technical innovations. In 1953 the firm entered the spindle and machine tape market, and in 1959 moved to its current headquarters in Reinach, Basel-Country. The company was known as Habasit AG from 1961.〔(A short Habasit history )〕 File:Alice_Habegger.jpg|Alice Habegger File:Fernand_Habegger.jpg|Fernand Habegger The first foreign subsidiary was set up in 1965, in England, paving the way for rapid and extensive international expansion, with further subsidiaries opened in 1967 in Canada, Spain, Austria, Sweden and the USA, 1968 in Japan, 1972 in Brazil, 1974 in Germany, 1976 in Italy, 1979 in France, and 1981 in Norway. In 1983 the company started selling aramide power transmission belts. This was the first flat belt on the market to have an aramide tension member and be joinable without adhesive. In 1985 the Group had a total of 738 employees and turnover of CHF 130 million. The next year, further subsidiaries were opened in Belgium and the Netherlands. Habasit’s founder, Fernand Habegger, died in 1992. From the mid-1990s onwards, the firm’s international expansion increased through takeovers in Switzerland, Italy,the USA, the UK, East Asia and China. File:Habasit AG.jpg|Habasit in the 1960s File:Habasit Holding.jpg|Habasit today 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Habasit Holding」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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