ROBOTICS, SENSOR TECHNOLOGY & INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION

Häni + Co. AG is a Swiss family business founded in 1939, specialising in the manufacture of bespoke precision turned parts. Our strength lies in the cost-effective production of technically demanding components in medium to high volumes, backed by close technical collaboration with our customers throughout.

Based in Arch, canton of Bern, our 65-strong team operates a versatile machine park of conventional and CNC-controlled single-spindle and multi-spindle lathes, as well as rotary transfer machines — producing ready-to-fit precision turned parts across a diameter range of 1 to 65 mm.

We supply companies across a broad range of industries: building services and automation, mobility, electronics and connector technology, medical and laboratory technology, robotics and sensor technology, and renewable energy.

Our processes are certified to IATF 16949, ISO 13485, ISO 14001 and ISO 9001, ensuring the process reliability, quality standards and environmental performance that globally active customers rightly expect.

Where the application demands it, we complement the turning process with in-house secondary operations including honing, centreless grinding, vibratory finishing and roller burnishing. Surface treatments, electroplating in particular, are carried out by long-standing, qualified partner companies.

From development and industrialisation through to on-time series delivery, we work alongside our customers as a dependable manufacturing partner at every stage.

Robotics: Joint shafts, precision axles and transmission components for industrial robots, collaborative robotic systems and automated handling systems.

Sensor technology: Carrier and connector components for pressure, temperature, displacement and position sensors.

Industrial automation: Actuators and components for magnetic drives, valve technology and linear drives.

Conventional and CNC-controlled multi-spindle automatics and rotary transfer machines for high-volume series. Conventional and CNC-controlled single-spindle automatics for medium-volume series. In-house supplementary operations: centreless grinding, honing, vibratory finishing, roller burnishing. Electroplating and heat treatment via qualified partner companies.

Our focus is on medium to high-volume series. Thanks to our versatile machine base, however, we support projects from the pre-series stage and provide a seamless transition into series production.

We machine free-cutting steels, stainless steels, aluminium and brass alloys, as well as further materials according to application requirements. We are processing an increasing proportion of lead-free raw materials. We select the most appropriate material together with our customers, taking into account function, machinability and cost-effectiveness.

We routinely manufacture in the hundredths or thousandths of a millimetre. With appropriate requirements, suitable design, and the right material, these tight tolerances are achievable. In the initial consultation, we discuss together what makes technical sense and is economically feasible for your application.

Yes, that’s by design. We engineer our components to be assembly-ready from the outset. Feed compatibility, pick-and-place suitability and compatibility with automated assembly equipment are topics we raise in the very first development conversation.

Many opportunities for optimisation arise before the first chip is cut. By reviewing material selection, tolerances, form and positional tolerances, and manufacturing processes at an early stage, it is possible to reduce manufacturing costs, stabilise processes and avoid design changes later in the project.

Yes, provided the intention is to scale to medium or larger volumes. For projects that are purely prototypes or very limited runs, we can support you through our partner network where needed. Otherwise, we follow projects all the way from first drawings through pre-production samples to full series manufacturing and we’re at our most useful when we’re involved from the start.

In-house, we offer centreless grinding, honing, roller burnishing, vibratory finishing, and hobbing. We refine your turned parts to micron precision. For processes we do not offer ourselves, we handle the complete coordination including quality control.

Our manufacturing processes are ISO 9001 certified and CAQ-supported. Every series runs with defined, validated process parameters that are fully documented. Through statistical process control, 3D metrology, and complete batch traceability, we ensure that Batch 1 and Batch 500 are identical. Zero-defect tolerance is not a slogan, it is a concrete goal of our series processes.

Yes, and it’s one of our strongest offerings. Get us involved early and we can work with you to optimise tolerances, materials and geometries together. The result is typically a better part, a simpler process and lower unit costs.

Thanks to our own raw material warehouse, we respond flexibly to changes in demand. We offer VMI warehouse concepts, safety stock, and flexible batch size adjustments. As a Swiss precision parts manufacturer with direct decision-making channels, our response times are short and you always have a direct contact person.

With complete drawings, we normally come back within three to five working days with a concrete offer. We’re a Swiss family business with short internal chains, decisions get made quickly, and you’ll always speak to someone who knows the project.

For every batch, we document material certificates, production parameters, inspection results and despatch records. This information remains available throughout the legally required retention periods.