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FERRUM Ltd. was founded in 1917 in Rupperswil, Switzerland, as a modest mechanical manufacturing works which included a small metal casting facility. The early stages of its industrial activity saw FERRUM principally as a supplier of machines for the canning industry. Among others this activity was subsequently augmented by the industrial centrifuge business area.
FERRUM Ltd. Business Area Centrifuge Technology The production of FERRUM centrifuges started in the early 20th century with the development of centrifuges for the drying of clothes. The manufacturing of production centrifuges started in the 1940s as a result of the demand in the pharmaceutical industry in Basel, Switzerland.
FERRUM is a family owned company with currently 430 employees. The company is divided into five different business units which guarantees a healthy diversification and a very solid financial basis.