Thanks to their new equipment, which cannot be found anywhere else in French-speaking Switzerland, the Central Workshops are taking on new challenges, from machining a giant chandelier to making a special tank for cocoa!
As a result of the numerous technical challenges they regularly receive, our Central Workshops in Martigny have invested in a new 5-axis machining centre from Correa (milling + turning). In terms of its size and level of precision there is no other installation like it in French-speaking Switzerland.
Three machines are now dedicated to large parts, which can weigh up to 20 tons:
Thanks to these machines, Pierre-Yves Besse and Gilles Taramarcaz’s team will be able to continue to successfully meet demand, 40% of which now comes from sectors other than hydroelectricity, as in these recent assignments: