{"id":8654,"date":"2017-07-12T11:22:45","date_gmt":"2017-07-12T09:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hydrel.ch\/?page_id=8654\/"},"modified":"2017-07-12T11:53:30","modified_gmt":"2017-07-12T09:53:30","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hydrel.ch\/en\/about-us\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Sektion&#8221; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; specialty=&#8221;off&#8221; transparent_background=&#8221;off&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#0b4395&#8243; allow_player_pause=&#8221;off&#8221; inner_shadow=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;on&#8221; make_fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; use_custom_width=&#8221;off&#8221; width_unit=&#8221;on&#8221; make_equal=&#8221;off&#8221; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;off&#8221;][et_pb_fullwidth_header admin_label=&#8221;Vollbreite Kopfzeile&#8221; title=&#8221;History&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; header_fullscreen=&#8221;off&#8221; header_scroll_down=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;off&#8221; content_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; image_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_button_one=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_letter_spacing=&#8221;0&#8243; button_one_use_icon=&#8221;default&#8221; button_one_icon_placement=&#8221;right&#8221; button_one_on_hover=&#8221;on&#8221; button_one_letter_spacing_hover=&#8221;0&#8243; custom_button_two=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_letter_spacing=&#8221;0&#8243; button_two_use_icon=&#8221;default&#8221; button_two_icon_placement=&#8221;right&#8221; button_two_on_hover=&#8221;on&#8221; button_two_letter_spacing_hover=&#8221;0&#8243; \/][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_image admin_label=&#8221;Bild&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/hydrel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/70-years-of-hydrel.jpg&#8221; show_in_lightbox=&#8221;on&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;off&#8221; use_overlay=&#8221;off&#8221; animation=&#8221;off&#8221; sticky=&#8221;off&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; force_fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; always_center_on_mobile=&#8221;on&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; overlay_icon_color=&#8221;#0b4395&#8243; max_width=&#8221;400px&#8221; \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;1947&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>1947<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/strong><span id=\"result_box\" lang=\"en\">Founding of Hydrel AG by Karl Bertsch, pastry maker in Romanshorn, l. Truninger, engineer, Solothurn, Dr. Fritz Egger, lawyer and councilor (1st Chairman) in a\u00a0decommissioned textile factory directly next to\u00a0the lake.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;1947&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>1947<br \/>\n<\/strong><span id=\"result_box\" lang=\"en\">The first activity of the machine factory is the conversion of planing and measuring machines from mechanical to hydraulic-electric drives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;1949 &#8211; 76&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>1949 &#8211; 76<br \/>\n<\/strong><span id=\"result_box\" lang=\"en\">Manufacturing and distribution of the HYDREL needle bushes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;1952&#8243; 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