The Christ & Heiri Group
Precision Parts of the Highest Quality – Globally Manufactured, Locally Rooted
The Christ & Heiri Group is a global leader in the manufacture of turned parts and sophisticated gearing technology. We offer the highest, certified quality and a modern machine park for individual requirements.
Our expertise, from turning to micro-gearing, enables synergy effects for our segments. With sites in Switzerland, Germany, and Mexico, we serve customers worldwide.
Christ & Heiri AG, based in Selzach, Solothurn, Switzerland, is your leading partner for high-precision gearing and turned parts, specialising in small and large series for medical technology, the automotive industry, and defence technology. Our expertise also includes micro-gearing for the watch and other high-precision industries. We manufacture custom products of the highest quality at two state-of-the-art production facilities.
Your gear manufacturer in Baden-Württemberg, specialising in the production of turned parts, gears, and worms with short lead times. We offer the right process for every quantity. At our sites in Löffingen in the Hochschwarzwald (Germany) and Mexico (automotive supplier for North America), we use burnishing for consistent surfaces, ideal for noise-critical drives (low noise).
Organisation and Segments
The Group’s segmented organisational structure allows us to optimally respond to your specific requirements. Each segment acts like an independent company within the Christ & Heiri Group and specialises in a specific customer group. This approach ensures a continuous manufacturing process from turning and gearing to the assembly or finishing of components.
Christ & Heiri Group sites
On a production area of around 6,000 m², we manufacture over 2 million gearing products and turned parts weekly. Production, inspection, and packaging are largely fully automated, ensuring continuous operation (24/7). The Christ & Heiri Group has powerful 100 gearing and 50 turning machines.
Certification and Quality
The impeccable quality of our products is our highest priority. Therefore, we continuously review and optimise our processes. Our sites are certified to IATF 16949:2016, ISO 13485:2016, and ISO 9001:2015.
Additionally, our sites hold the following certifications:
ISO Certificates and Awards
ISO 9001:2015 Switzerland
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IATF 16949:2016 Switzerland
PDF | 245 KB
ISO 13485:2016 Switzerland
PDF | 394 KB
ISO 14001:2015 Switzerland
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Code of Conduct
PDF | 394 KB
ISO 9001:2015 Germany
PDF | 346 KB
IATF 16949:2016 Germany
PDF | 407 KB
Code of Conduct
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ISO 9001:2015 Mexico
PDF | 168 KB
IATF 16949:2016 Mexico
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Responsibility for our environment
Sustainability is a central component of our corporate philosophy. We are certified to ISO 14001:2025 (Environmental Management Systems) and apply the German Sustainability Code. We produce climate-neutral.
Our Certificates
ISO 14001:2015 Switzerland
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DNK Declaration 2020
PDF | 857 KB
Certificate Climate-Neutral Company 2021
PDF | 765 KB
Certificate Climate-Neutral Company 2022
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Certificate Climate-Neutral Company 2023
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1883
Founding of the company Grieshaber in Eisenbach in the Black Forest, Germany, by Robert Grieshaber.
1947
Founding of Christ & Heiri AG in Selzach, Switzerland, by Armin Christ, German Christ, and Robert Heiri. The company primarily produces parts for the watch industry.
1995
Arno Heiri takes over Christ & Heiri AG and becomes the sole shareholder.
2009
Michael Grieshaber and Heinrich Aicher take over Robert Grieshaber GmbH & Co. KG and rename it Grieshaber Feinmechanik GmbH & Co. KG.
2015
Acquisition of Christ & Heiri by an investor group represented by Verium.
2016
Grieshaber Feinmechanik opens a production site in Monterrey, Mexico.
2017
Christ & Heiri AG acquires Grieshaber Feinmechanik GmbH & Co. KG, becoming a global leader in gearing technology, with significant expertise in gears, turned parts, and micro-gearing.
2018
Grieshaber Feinmechanik moves from Eisenbach to a new production facility in Löffingen, Baden-Württemberg.
2020
Christ & Heiri opens a second production site for turned parts in Selzach, Canton Solothurn.
2024
Christ & Heiri is ISO 13458 certified, the standard that defines the requirements for a quality management system for the development, manufacture, and distribution of medical devices.
2025
The Christ & Heiri Group is officially climate-neutral.
Robert Grieshaber laid the foundation for Grieshaber Feinmechanik in 1883 in Eisenbach, Baden-Württemberg.