AGATHON

A Swiss company founded in Solothurn by Leo Pfluger, AGATHON manufactures high-precision innovative machine tools since 1918. After having been mainly linked to the clock-making industry, the brand has expanded its industrial activities and quickly began to export its products. Under the leadership of, in turn, Hugo Pfugler and Dr. Walter Pfluger, Agathon is now a family business which position on the global market for specific machine tools for precision grinding, as well as the standard parts in metalworking industry, is firmly established. Independent and customer-focused, the brand uses advanced state-of-art information technology to provide business, technical and commercial services of the highest quality. AGATHON relies on specific internally developed software enabling it to constantly improve the performance of the machines making up its catalog. AGATHON has long gone international because, besides its headquarters and factory in Bellach, in the canton of Solothurn, the company is present in the United States (Bethel, Connecticut), in England (Daventry), and in China (Shanghai). Its grinding cutting tools or grinding machines are machines enabling customers to carry out a very high precision work, high productivity and a considerable level of flexibility. These grinding machines are well known worldwide for their technicality and reliability. The centerless grinding machines manufactured by AGATHON are evenly well known. They equip factories in different countries and cover a variety of activities: automotive, electrical engineering, medical technology, precision engineering, hydraulic industry, etc… Putting customer satisfaction at the top of its priorities, AGATHON applies all its expertise and know-how at the service of its customers. Machine tools manufactured by AGATHON are particularly hunted for on the second-hand market. Checked by RDMO highly qualified professionals, these second-hand machines offer a high level of quality and reliability.