- CEO
- Lars Reich
- Full Time Employees
- 2,851
- Sector
- Producer manufacturing
- Industry
- Metal fabrication
- Address
- Industriering 8 Lyss BE Switzerland 3250
- IPO Date
- Aug 17, 1998
- Business
- Feintool International Holding AG is a Switzerland-based technology and market leader specializing in the development, manufacture, and sale of fineblanking technology, forming, and electrolamination stamping products and services. The company operates through three core business segments: Feintool Fineblanking Technology, providing presses, tools, peripheral systems, and related services; Feintool System Parts, which develops, manufactures, and sells high-precision fineblanked and formed steel components and assemblies primarily for the automotive industry, including engine, chassis, transmission, safety systems, and electric motor components; and Feintool Automation, offering a range of assembly and automation systems. It provides comprehensive manufacturing solutions ranging from simulation and prototyping to series production and process optimization. Feintool serves primarily the automobile, energy infrastructure, mechanical engineering, electric motors and drives, tools, household, and medical technology sectors. The company has subsidiaries and production sites in Switzerland, Germany, the United States, Japan, China, and recently expanded operations in India.
Founded in 1959 and headquartered in Lyss, Switzerland, Feintool is a subsidiary of Artemis Beteiligungen I AG, with a majority shareholder stake. Recent major developments include the launch of a global efficiency and growth program named “Level-up 2026!” aimed at improving long-term profitability through 12 strategic initiatives. As part of this program, Feintool is reorganizing and relocating high-volume fineblanking production in Europe, specifically shifting production capacity from Lyss (Switzerland) to Most (Czech Republic) and from Sachsenheim (Germany) to Tokod (Hungary). The company is also responding to market challenges by closing one of its German production sites and reducing its workforce by up to 200 employees. In 2024 and 2025, Feintool secured significant new orders, including high-volume production contracts for bipolar plates used in hydrogen fuel cells, underscoring expansion into sustainable mobility technologies.
Feintool's product portfolio highlights high-precision fineblanking presses; fineblanked, formed steel parts and assemblies; production-specific tools; peripheral systems; and electrolamination stamped metal components. The company places strong emphasis on innovative manufacturing technologies that support electrification and e-mobility applications, maintaining its position as a key supplier to the global automotive and industrial sectors.
Geographically, Feintool operates extensively across Europe (notably Germany, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Hungary), North America (United States), and Asia (Japan, China, India). Its evolving operational footprint and strategic restructuring aim to align production capacities with market demand and enhance cost competitiveness while retaining core competencies in ultra-precision manufacturing.
Overall, Feintool International Holding AG remains focused on technological leadership in fineblanking and forming technologies, with ongoing strategic adjustments to market conditions and a commitment to growth areas including electric mobility and new energy solutions.
This description reflects the company's main products, services, and recent strategic changes as of late 2025.