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2024
50 years of history
This year marks the company's 50th anniversary, celebrated in style with customers, suppliers and partners, as well as employees and their families.
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2020
5,000 m² factory extension
This new building is dedicated to set-up, machining tests and a TechCenter.
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2017
Launch of the revolutionary 701S machining center
This is the first parallel kinematic machining center to offer unrivalled precision, dynamics and surface finishes.
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2015
Creation of a technical training center
This learning center has a clear ambition: to train the next generation and preserve our know-how.
2013
Launch of 308S and 308B machining centers, the first in a new 30 series
These were the first ultra-compact machining centers for bar or wafer machining.
2009
Moving to Delémont
Consolidation of all activities in a new plant in Delémont, on a 16,000 m² site.
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2005
Launch of the 508MT machining center
The first machining center to offer a multi-position turret for backworking milling/turning operations.
2003
Acquisition of Willemin-Machines SA
Willemin and Macodel became a single entity.
Willemin La Pâle
1997
Launch of the W-408B and W-418B machining centers
These are the first machining centers designed to operate from bar stock.
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1989
Second enlargement
Total site area: 4,500 m².
1987
Launch of the W-402 machining center
This is the first machining center to offer 5-axis simultaneous machining.
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1983
Launch of the W-400 machining center
This is the first 5-axis machining center.
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1982
Opening of a subsidiary in Germany, the first abroad
China (1992), the USA (1996), India (2012) and more recently Ireland (2025) and Spain (2026).
1978
First expansion and launch of the first CNC milling machines
Total site area: 2,000 m². These first milling machines with optical reading of 2D drawings enable the production of modules and stamping tools.
1975
Start of partnership with Willemin-Machines SA
The two companies remain legally independent. Macodel SA is renamed Willemin-Macodel SA and moves to Bassecourt.
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1974
Foundation of Macodel SA in Delémont
Its business is the marketing of machines and equipment for the watchmaking industry.