OUR PHILOSOPHY

2024

The anniversary year of Acryline AG is groundbreaking for the long-term survival of the company. After 35 years since the company was founded, the entrepreneurial couple Thomas and Mechthild Cahak are handing over the business to Stefan Piberhofer and Paul Hug. Together, the long-standing production manager and the sales professional with 20 years of experience in the industry form a perfect pair to take over Acryline AG. Thomas Cahak is withdrawing from the operational business, but will remain with the company as a member of the Board of Directors.

He deliberately took several years to find a successor and has „found the ideal solution for the company in Stefan Piberhofer and Paul Hug!

2022

As for many others, the last few years have been marked by the corona crisis. It is therefore all the more pleasing to see how well Acryline AG has fared during this time. It is not only the extraordinary dedication and flexibility of the employees that have led the company out of the crisis in a stronger position, but also the forward-looking investments in machinery that will enable Acryline to enjoy a flourishing future.

A high-speed milling machine and an additional 5-axis machining center for large-format panels and blocks allow us to remain faster, more flexible and more competitive.

2019

The anniversary year of Acryline AG is peppered with highlights.

In May Acryline AG presents itself successfully at the Swisstech 2019 in Basel.

A new 5-axis milling centre with robo head, the Materia CL, complements the modern machinery of Acryline AG. Processing dimensions of up to 4 x 2 m are possible, whereby several work steps can be mastered in one pass. Tool change, milling, drilling and thread cutting are automatically coordinated with each other. This minimizes the machining effort and throughput time of the customer parts to be machined.

On 26 October, the Acryline Team celebrates the 30th anniversary of the company with a big anniversary event.

2018

With the new turning and milling center the capacity of Acryline’s highly modern machine park can be further expanded. The combination with a swivelable milling head allows for manufacturing of highly modern turning and milling components with the EMCO Hyperturn 65. Thanks to the counter spindle these components can be produced in a single operation.

At the beginning of the year 2018 Acryline was honored with the second place of the KMU Price organized by the Zürcher Kantonalbank. We are particularly pleased with this award as the Acryline team sees it as a reward for the technological and commercial development of the company over the last 3 decades.

2017

With the new 5-axis milling center Hedelius RS505 Magnum, Acryline AG presents another novelty in its modern machine park. This milling center has a fixed machine table with a rotating and tilting unit in the workspace, and has a highly dynamic performance, and exceptional precision. With this machine components with a high complexity can be manufactured efficiently in small as well as in large quantities. Furthermore, Acryline invests in a new storage solution with a Paternoster. This allows the storage of technical plastic sheets with dimensions of up to 2 x 1 meters in 85 storage bins.

2016

At the end of the year Acryline AG invests into the future with a new Hedelius 5-axis CNC milling center. The new type Tiltenta 7 allows for the manufacturing of technical components. Thanks to the latest technology of an integrated tilting head new dimensions as well as complex processing sequences are now possible.

2015

To secure the unique quality of our plastic products at the end of the production process the company invests in a new MicroVu multisensor measurement system for the optical measuring and quality control.

2011

The company expands its machining facilities for further specialisation in high-precision operations with a new Hedelius 5-axis milling center with an 800 roundtable and a flatbed table (1200×600 mm).

2008

Acryline buys one of the most modern computer-controlled cutting machines for the preparation of the plastic blanks.

2007

With the acquisition of a temper and curing oven which is unique for the swiss plastics industry Acryline can now heat plastic objects up to 3×2 meters in size.

2006

That year Acryline invests into a modern SEI Laser cutting machine for computer-controlled cutting and engraving of plastic.

2005

Acryline moves into today’s location with 3000sqm of production space in Oberglatt, close to Zurich. The machining facilities are continuously expanded to suit the latest developments in plastics technology.

2000

With the akquisition of a Mikron 5-axis CNC milling center and a Schaublin 7-axis CNC turning center with driven tools and a y-axis with a 65 mm bar capacity important investments for the following production years are made.

1995

Thanks to the great success Acryline can expand its team to 15 employees and move to a new site with 1300sqm of production space. Parallely, the machining facilities grow and now include a MAKA 4-axis-CNC-center and a Raskin laser cutting machine. Strategically, Acryline extends its competences and focuses also on production of technical plastic components and hereby encloses a sound strategic business segment.

1989

Thomas Cahak establishes Acryline AG with 4 employees in Höri and sets the first milestone in the company’s success story. From the very beginning a specialised CNC milling machine was used.