Rapperswil
Rapperswil-Jona is a municipality in the constituency of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. The town of Rapperswil-Jona is located on the east shore of Lake Zurich. The most characteristic feature of its Old Town is a beautiful knight’s castle that dates back to the end of the13th century. Since 1870 it has been home to the National Polish Museum, founded by Count Wladyslaw Broel-Plater. At the turn of the twentieth century the Museum had the largest Polish library outside Poland (it amounted to nearly 100,000 prints), with a rich collection of manuscripts (including the Archive of the Great Polish Emigration).
The Seedamm, a dam across Lake Zurich, links Rapperswil with Pfäffikon on the other side of the lake. This connection has been part of old pilgrimage routes. Rapperswil is often referred to as the "town of roses" (Rosenstadt) because of its extensive displays of roses in three designated parks. No less than 15,000 plants of 600 different kinds may be viewed between June and October in Rapperswil.
The Company
A. Furrer AG, a financially independent and privately owned commercial and service company headquartered in the town of Rapperswil in Switzerland. The company has a branch office in Poland as well as a representation in the Czech Republic.
A. Furrer AG’s main field of operation is selling and maintaining of investment goods as well as offering consulting services at implementation stage thereof. We cooperate solely with worldwide leading manufacturers of equipment and technologies. We represent the key global providers of the state-of-the-art engineering solutions. A. Furrer AG operations are based on bilateral agreements with its business partners.
The company’s field of operation comprises:
- Railway engineering and construction of railroads;
- TV broadcasting technologies;
- Telecommunications and IT transmission systems;
- Data scrambling and secure data interchange;
- Telecommunications solutions based on SIM-card technologies;
- Measuring technique;
- Industrial devices and specialty machines.
A. Furrer AG history
The company was founded in the town of Rapperswil in 1958, originally under the name of Peter and Furrer. In the first fifteen years of its operation the company concentrated on designing and manufacturing machines for precision industry and used for processing semi-precious stones (rubies and sapphires). In 1965 Arnold Furrer purchased up all stocks of the company and changed its name. Experience gained in this business helped widen the scope of operation to include representation of key Swiss precision machines producers in Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic. Since 1990, when a branch office in Poland was opened, A. Furrer AG company has extended its scope of operation to include sales and services in some new industries. Currently the company is one of the leading providers of advanced technologies and services in Poland.
