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Meyer Burger Meyer Burger Meyer Burger Technology AG is a worldwide operating mechanical engineering company based in Thun, Switzerland, with a focus on solar technologies. The company was founded in 1953 as a producer of watch jewel manufacturing machines and later switched their focus on specialized saws in 1960. In 1999 was the incorporation of Meyer & Burger Holding Ltd, incorporated in Zug, Switzerland, and had the Swiss market launch of the first band saw for the solar industry. They founded subsidiaries in China and Japan in 2003, positioning the company in the Asian markets, because of the growing solar industry there.