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| Meyer Burger apprentice wins gold at the IndustrySkills Swiss Championship 2016  The IndustrySkills 2016 in Basel was a major success for Meyer Burger with Fabien Gyger, an apprentice in automation mechanics, winning a gold medal and ensuring his spot at the WorldSkills 2017 in Abu Dhabi.The best young industrial talent in the MEM sector (machine, electronics and metal industries) competed for top medals in six disciplines at the IndustrySkills 2016 in Basel last week from November 15th - 18th, 2016. The IndustrySkills competition, a joint collaboration by the Swissmechanic and the Swissmem organizations, is an important platform for promoting talent and the innovative capability of Swiss industry. The four apprentices from Meyer Burger who successfully qualified for the competition in the professions of automation mechanics and design engineering are Fabien Gyger (automation mechanics), Tim Locher (automation mechanics), Lars Stalder (design engineering) and Adrian Müller (design engineering). They are all working towards their Swiss Certification of Competency (EFZ) in their respective professions. The Swiss champion was announced at the public awards ceremony on Friday, November 18th. The duo including Fabien Gyger won the gold medal in the category automation mechanics which secured his ticket to the WorldSkills competition in Abu Dhabi in autumn 2017. Lars Stalder won the silver medal in the category design engineering. Meyer Burger is a leading global technology company specialising on innovative systems and processes based on semiconductor technologies. The company's focus is on photovoltaics (solar industry) while its competencies and technologies also cover important areas of the semiconductor and the optoelectronic industries as well as other selected high-end markets based on semiconductor materials. Over the past ten years, Meyer Burger has risen to the forefront of the photovoltaic market and established itself as an international premium brand by offering superior precision products and innovative technologies. write your comments about the article :: © 2016 Exhibition News :: home page |