On March 5, 1999, we started the project Ergoswiss AG, full of ambition, anticipation and pride. We had aspiring dreams and wanted to stir up the market for table height adjustments. It was planned to achieve a turnover of 5 million by 2004 and employ 20 people. We knew the market and the technology. We were sure that our plan couldn’t fail.
Soon we realized that we had to put on our trousers one leg at a time and that the competition never sleeps. The customers did not change to us as desired and new technologies made our life difficult. Often we thought that our fax machine was defect because no orders came in.
In the year 2004 came the upswing: We had distribution partners in Germany, France, Italy, England, Austria, Sweden, Denmark, Benelux and Switzerland. We sold 3,628 pumps and 15,124 table legs and were satisfied with a turnover of 1.44 MCHF.
During the following years, we have regularly expanded our product range and distribution network. A milestone was certainly the entry into the spindle-operated table legs in 2014. We were able to double our sales in the 5-year cycle. Today, we employ more than 40 people with our own sales staff in Europe's biggest markets.
We want to continue growing. We achieve this, among other things, by maintaining close and regular contact with our customers. By listening, we learn the exact needs of our customers and develop our products in the direction they want.
Our internal processes are constantly being optimized. We have clear objectives and work on their implementation.
We have experienced 1001 great stories but also cursed a lot. We have tried many things and desisted, but we always had a plan and the ambition to move forward. Today's plans are a bit more realistic, but the pride of that time has remained.
I am particularly proud of our employees, customers and suppliers. We owe our success to them. Their trust has made us strong and shaped our lives positively.
I thank you all very much and look forward to continuing great collaboration.
Martin Keller
CEO