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| key_people                  = Otto Hofstetter ''(Managing Director & Owner)''

Stefan Zatti ''(Division Manager Sales and Marketing)''

Sascha Bigler''(Finance and Administration Manager)''
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= Company Profile =
'''Otto Hofstetter''' is a Swiss company located in Uznach. Their domain is the manufacture of moulds and dies. The company develops, designs and services injection moulds for the production of PET preforms, all types of thin-walled packaging products, cartridges, tubes and horticulture products. 100% of their moulds are produced in Switzerland, 99.8% are exported.

= Products / Technology =
'''PET preform moulds:'''
* Standard
* Co-injection

'''Moulds for packaging:'''
* Thin walled-packaging
* Cartridges/tubes
* Flower pots

= History =
* 1955 - Otto Hofstetter senior founds the company on 1 April 1955
* 1962 - Design of the first moulds for thin-walled packaging products
* 1977 - The first mould for PET preforms is delivered to the USA
* 1989 - Development of the multilayer technique for PET preforms
* 1997 - Otto Hofstetter junior is the second generation of the family to take over management of the company
* 2000 - The company begins production of standard mould frames
* 2003 - The first PET-preform mould with 144 cavities is delivered
* 2010 - Development of the cube technique for the production of tubes
* 2014 - Otto Hofstetter junior wins the award EY Entrepreneur of the Year of Switzerland
* 2015 - 2-C cube moulds for closures are approved by Nestlé

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|2023|03|35|High quality injection moulds and PET production systems from Switzerland|
|2022|07|19|Strong in mid-range clamping forces and side-entry moulds|
|2022|07|7|Otto Hofstetter India: investment in domestic market|
|2022|01|32|Second life for moulds too fit to retire|
|2021|12|20|Rotated by 90°|
|2021|03|54|Otto Hofstetter & Otto Systems: High quality injection moulds and PET Systems|
|2020|11|20|The smart guardian|
|2020|09|22|Removing dust where it arises|
|2020|04|33|Chinaplas, coronavirus and the supply chains|
|2019|11|24|Process optimisation and prevention|
|2019|10|56|High quality injection moulds and PET systems|
|2017|11|8|Otto Hofstetter AG opens branch in Luxembourg|
|2017|04|60|High quality injection moulds|
|2016|10|16|Customer services for moulds|
|2016|07|6|Otto Hofstetter AG considers expansion into th international market|
|2016|04|20|Preform production: Injection moulding with preforms - does it always have to be this was?|
|2016|03|47|Trade show preview: Injection moulds and services|
|2015|04|37|Multi-cavity moulds and thin-walled packaging|
|2015|04|6|And the winner is… EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2014|
|2015|03|18|PET is for us the past, present and future|
|2014|06|18|Otto Hoffstetter AG|
|2013|09|72|72 cavities|
|2011|05|10|Otto Hofstetter: „We are looking at making an acquisition“|
|2009|05|10|Hofstetter responds to the lightweighting trend|
|2009|04|6|Hofstetter invests in a new building|

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