{"id":12115,"date":"2015-09-30T06:51:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-30T04:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.ggba.swiss\/gf-to-invest-100-million-francs-in-bielbienne\/"},"modified":"2023-07-04T13:39:32","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T11:39:32","slug":"gf-to-invest-100-million-francs-in-bielbienne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.ggba.swiss\/en\/gf-to-invest-100-million-francs-in-bielbienne\/","title":{"rendered":"GF to invest 100 million francs in Biel\/Bienne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><b>International industrial group Georg Fischer (GF) will build a modern machine tool facility in Biel.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">GF Machining Solutions, a division of <link http:>GF<\/link>, plans to invest over 100 million francs in a new milling plant in Biel\/Bienne, in the canton of Berne. As a result of strong customer demand for its high speed milling machines, the current plant in Nidau has reached its capacity limits. According to a <link http:>media release<\/link>, the new facility \u2013 which is expected to be operational in 2018 \u2013 will also include a state-of-the art research &amp; development center and a modern application center.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">&quot;This investment underscores the commitment of GF to Switzerland as the R&amp;D and production center for our high-precision machine tools&quot;, said Yves Serra, CEO of GF. Among the factors prompting the company\u2019s decision to invest in Biel is the fact that the city was recently selected as one of the <link http:>Swiss Innovation Park<\/link> network locations, and that it will soon host the Biel\/Bienne campus of the <link https:>Bern University of Applied Sciences<\/link>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">The new facility will bring approximately 460 high-qualified jobs to the city of Biel\/Bienne, including 110 new ones.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>International industrial group Georg Fischer (GF) will build a modern machine tool facility in Biel. GF Machining Solutions, a division of GF, plans to invest over 100 million francs in a new milling plant in Biel\/Bienne, in the canton of Berne. 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