{ "schemaVersion": 1, "organisationId": "O-cf50f79c8f6a4484a1571f669b65fa98", "slug": "sfs-group", "name": "SFS GROUP", "updatedAt": "2026-10-04T15:29:25.327362Z", "sections": [ { "type": "OVERVIEW", "text": "SFS Group is a Swiss value-engineering company that develops, manufactures and distributes components, fastening systems and supply-chain solutions for customer applications. Its three businesses are Engineered Components, Fastening Systems, and Distribution & Logistics, serving sectors including automotive, electronics, medical technology, aerospace, construction and industrial manufacturing. The company describes its customer-partnering approach as creating sustainable solutions and added value across the value chain, expressed in the phrase “Inventing success together.” [P89424806][P93436923][P101576036][P23170818][P68353617]\n\nIn reporting year 2025, SFS recorded CHF 3,056.6 million in sales and employed approximately 13,600 FTEs. It reported 150 manufacturing sites and distribution companies in 35 countries, with operations across Asia, Europe and North America. SFS traces its history to a hardware store founded in Altstätten, Switzerland, in 1928. [P70237068][P85955509]\n[P89424806][P93436923][P101576036][P23170818][P68353617][P70237068][P85955509]", "updatedAt": "2026-10-04T15:29:25.327362Z" }, { "type": "PRODUCTS", "text": "SFS Group’s Engineered Components (EC) business makes customer-specific precision components, assemblies and fastening solutions for automotive, electronics, medical-device, aerospace and industrial applications. Its brands include SFS, UNISTEEL, Tegra Medical and GESIPA®. Products include hearing-aid components, breast-biopsy needles and spinal implants; electronics capabilities include precision stamping, machining, cold and wire forming, plastic injection molding and surface treatments. A wire-forming case study describes miniature parts made from wire as small as 0.08 mm. Services include medical-device contract manufacturing, prototyping and product development, assembly, packaging and sterilization, as well as engineering support for riveting systems. [P101576036][https://sfs.com/ch/en/products-technologies/products-and-solutions/components-assemblies-and-complete-devices.html][https://www.tegramedical.com/markets/advanced-orthopedics/][https://www.tegramedical.com/markets/womens-health/][https://www.sfs.com/ch/en/market/electronics/][https://sfs.com/ch/en/products-technologies/success-stories/miniature-work-with-wire.html][https://www.tegramedical.com/manufacturing-services/][https://sfs.com/ch/en/products-technologies/technologies/riveting.html]\n\nFastening Systems (FS) supplies application-specific mechanical fastening systems for construction under the SFS, TFC and HECO® brands. Products include NVELOPE® rainscreen subframes, facade fixings, roofing and cladding fasteners, flat-roof systems, timber-work solutions, hinges and window and door fixings. One example is the SXW-6.5 stainless-steel self-drilling fastener for attaching profile sheets and hidden-fixed sandwich panels to timber. Related services include installation demonstrations, wind-load calculations, pull-out testing, training, precision profile cutting and specification tools. [P23170818][https://uk.sfs.com/products][https://sfs.com/ch/en/products-technologies/products-and-solutions/fastening-systems-for-the-facade.html][https://uk.sfs.com/products/roofing-and-cladding/twin-skin/wood-timber/self-drilling-stainless-steel-fastener-for-96168][https://uk.sfs.com/]\n\nDistribution & Logistics (D&L) supplies industrial customers with tools, fasteners, other C-parts and procurement solutions, including products from SFS, Hoffmann Group, GARANT and HOLEX. The GARANT and HOLEX ranges include more than 55,000 and 9,000 products, respectively; GARANT Tool24 and HOLEX 24seven vending systems manage access to tools, protective equipment and consumables, and support inventory visibility and automated reordering. In FY2025, third-party sales were CHF 3,056.6 million: EC CHF 1,134.4 million (about 37.1%), FS CHF 574.6 million (about 18.8%) and D&L CHF 1,347.6 million (about 44.1%). These percentages are calculated from reported segment sales. 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Its geographic presence includes, among other markets, China, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Canada, Mexico and multiple European countries. [https://reports.sfs.com/annual-report/2025/en/strategy][T2403921][T2214333]\n\nFor FY2025, reported sales were distributed as follows: Europe 56.8%, North America 17.8%, Asia and other markets 14.3%, and Switzerland 11.1% (reported separately from Europe). [T10886209] The employee table reports 13,198 employees: 7,751 in Europe (Germany 3,099, Switzerland 2,518, other Europe 2,134); 3,570 in Asia (China 1,840, other Asia 1,730); and 1,877 in North America (USA 1,469, other North America 408). 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[P101576036][P23170818][P68353617]\n\nFor FY2025, the approximate segment shares of Group sales, based on third-party sales, were **EC 37.1%** (CHF 1,134.4m), **FS 18.8%** (CHF 574.6m) and **D&L 44.1%** (CHF 1,347.6m), out of CHF 3,056.6m total Group sales. [T1253700] The financial segment disclosure uses these three segments; EC divisions described in the 2025 review were disbanded effective January 1, 2026, and Construction & Wood moved from D&L to FS effective January 1, 2025. [P55399631][P87090921][P85856432]\n[P101576036][P23170818][P68353617][T1253700][P55399631][P87090921][P85856432]", "updatedAt": "2026-10-04T15:29:25.327362Z" }, { "type": "HISTORY", "text": "SFS Group traces its origins to a hardware store founded by Benjamin Stadler in Altstätten, Switzerland, in 1928. The business expanded to Heerbrugg in 1949 and began manufacturing screws there in 1960, marking its development from a trading business into an industrial manufacturer. In subsequent decades, it developed multistage manufacturing technology and introduced a stainless-steel self-drilling fastener in 1979. [https://www.sfs.com/ch/en/sfs-group/sfs-history/][P85955509]\n\nSFS expanded internationally through acquisitions, including GESIPA in 2008 and Unisteel in 2012. It went public on the SIX Swiss Exchange in 2014. In 2016, Jens Breu succeeded Heinrich Spoerry as CEO, and SFS expanded its medical business with the acquisitions of Tegra Medical and Stamm. Later acquisitions included Triangle Fastener Corporation (2019), Truelove & Maclean (2020), and Hoffmann (completed in 2022). In 2024, SFS combined its Industrial and Medical divisions into Medical & Industrial Specials. 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