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1984 to date
Important milestones in the company’s history
- 1984
- 29 November: Founding of Burki Reprostudio AG by Hans Burki, Letziweg 5a in Aarburg; 2 employees
- 1985
- 1 April: Toni Scherer is employed; 1 apprenticeship in lithography
- 1986
- Change of name to «Burki Reprotechnik AG»; 5 employees, 1 apprenticeship in lithography
- 1989
- Toni Scherer gains a share in «Burki Reprotechnik AG»
- 1989
- November: move to Oftringen, Dorfstrasse 7, with floor ownership of approx. 400 m2; 12 employees, 2 trainees
- 1995
- Change of name to «Burki & Scherer AG»
- 1997
- Purchase of the complete property in Oftringen, approx. 800 m2
- 1998
- Opening of the photo studio as a competence area
- 1998
- Introduction of the media database as a competence area
- 1999
- 17 employees, 1 apprenticeship in lithography
- 2001
- Development of the Creation Department as a supplementary area
- 2003
- The business is taken over by Toni Scherer
- 2004
- 20 employees and 2 apprenticeships
- 2005
- 1 trainee photographer
- 2007
- Introduction of the 3D Department as a complementary area
- 2007
- 28 employees, 1 apprenticeship in lithography, 1 apprenticeship photographer
- 2008
- Opening of the Web Department as a competence area at Luzernerstrasse 12, Oftringen
Technical developments and facts
- 1984
- Founding equipment: vertical camera; 4 JUST light boxes; PAKO processor; vertical reproduction camera
- 1987
- First drum scanner (DC-350 Hell-Siemens); Cromalin proof system
- 1990
- Chromacom 2000 EIP (electronic image processing) Hell Siemens installation; Hell Siemens DC 380 Scanner
- 1991
- New Cromalin proof system; CC Mac postscript
- 1992
- Lino 630 postscript image setter, format A3+
- 1995
- Fuji Color-Art Proof A2 format; Silicon Graphics image processing station
- 1996
- DEC Alpha OPI server; Macintosh DTP stations; Topas flat-bed scanner; first chemical-free imagesetter (DrySetter) in Switzerland
- 1998
- Sinar camera system; Broncolor flash unit; Iris A2 digital proof system
- 2000
- Heidelberg 70 x 100 cm setter; internal renovation of the production areas; automated archive for archive expansion: DLT type library, 6.7 TB
- 2001
- Complete production change-over to Mac OSX
- 2002
- Expansion of photo studio, second Sinar camera system
- 2003
- Replacement of the Iris proofer by Epson inkjet proofer
- 2004
- Heidelberg image setter replaced by sending of composite PDFs
- 2005
- Introduction of paperless office
- 2006
- First Swiss company to receive ISO Standard 12647 certification
- 2007
- Online archive expansion to 20 terabytes
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