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The Daetwyler Group includes Daetwyler Industries, Daetwyler Swiss Tech, and RotoFlex, in addition to many subsidiaries. Through these branches they provide a variety of manufacturing services. The Daetwyler group has headquarters in Huntersvile, North Carolina and Bleienbach, Switzerland. Daetwyler is a Swiss company but has grown to have a global presence. The CEO of the group is Ralph Daetwyler. In addition to manufacturing, printing, and business solutions, the company provides vocational training programs for mechanics, design, and polymechanics. They also have an apprenticeship program. Daetwyler publishes an in-house magazine, Life.
- Daetwyler Swiss Tech is a manufacturer of MDC doctor blades for use in printing.
- Daetwyler Industries provides high-precision machine construction and customized special projects. They provide a variety of manufacturing services as well as aid in the implementation of the tools they manufacture. In addition to manufacturing machinery, they produce parts and provide services in welding, annealing, filling, depicting, assembly, and more for their clients.
- Rotoflex is a printing and packaging company that creates lacquers, varnishes, foils, and more for a wide variety of industries. They specialize in non-food and security, as well as the food industry, including confectionary, coffee packaging, dairy, PET food, convenience, dried food and beverages.
The company was founded in Dietikon by Max Daetwyler, in 1943. Originally, its primary industry was in the maintenance and overhaul of aircraft. The company moved to Bleienback in 1952. Max Daetwyler Co. was officially founded in 1956 by Max Daetwyler and Lilly Schneeberger; the company's focus at the time was in the development and manufacturing of aviation parts. The Swiss Armed Forces formed a contract with Daetwyler to manufacture parts for their recently acquired Mirage fighting jets. In 1964, due to a change with the mirage jet project, Daetwyler shifted its focus to graphics and printing. By 1972, they began distributing their high-precision slat blade and developing what would become the basis for the Daetwyer Swiss Tech arm of the company.
In 1974, the company expanded to the US, founding MDC Max Daetwyler Corporation. At this time, they developed the POLISHMASTER and gained global recognition for this high-precision cylinder milling tool.
Though Daetwyler had shifted its focus to developing printing tools, they were still involved in the aircraft industry; in 1983, their Swiss trainer (two seater aircraft) was able to successfully complete its first voyage. In 1992, the aircraft received a FAR 23 certification from the Federal Office of Civil Aviation.
The Daetwyler Group continued to expand and reorganize, and established the Swiss Tech and Industries divisions in 2013 and acquired Rotoflex in 2017.
