Borel Swiss
History of Borel
From the very first electric furnace in 1918 to today's catalogue of more than 300 standard models.
Borel Catalogue
Borel was founded by Dr Charles Borel — a pioneer of electric heating in Switzerland — and has been designing and building furnaces, kilns and ovens for more than a century. From temperature instruments to glass melting and modern heat treatment lines, every step of our history has been driven by the same constant: a deep, hands-on knowledge of thermal processing.
Today Borel Swiss is a division of the SOLO Swiss Group, headquartered in Porrentruy (Jura, Switzerland), and ships standard and custom furnaces from 100 °C to 1800 °C to customers on every continent.
Key dates
- 1918
Dr Charles Borel develops the first electric furnaces.
- 1928
Foundation of Borel Ltd in Peseux (Neuchâtel).
- 1929
Manufacturing of temperature measuring devices.
- 1934
Invention of a new electric melting process for the glass industry.
- 1978
Technical agreements with IPSEN, SAFED and BMI.
- 1994
The SOLO Swiss Group buys Borel and founds Borel Swiss.
- 1995
New location in St-Blaise (Neuchâtel).
- 2006
Launch of a new range of standard furnaces.
- 2008
Setting up of Borel Asia.
- 2011
New catalogue featuring more than 300 furnaces.
- 2016
Borel becomes a division of SOLO Swiss SA and moves to Porrentruy (Jura).
1930 — Borel product range
A selection from the original Borel catalogue, when our first standard furnaces were already being shipped from Peseux to laboratories across Europe.
Borel Swiss manufactures furnaces and ovens for every thermal processing application. We have been providing a wide range of standard furnaces, ovens, kilns and complementary equipment since 1918.