Swiss machinery and engineering brands: the 2026 numbers

Tetra Pak leads the machinery and engineering ranking

CHF 53.4bn

combined annual revenue of the 20 brands in the ranking

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are in the Swiss Lions 100, with 5.2% of its combined revenue

1908

median founding year, excluding brands formed by a merger or spin-off

Half of the twenty brands in the machinery and engineering ranking are owned or controlled by families or their founders, among them Tetra Pak, Liebherr, Bühler, Bobst and Stadler. Tetra Pak ranks first and Liebherr is the largest by revenue.

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Score by brand. Machinery and Engineering ranking, Swiss Lions 100, 2026. Red: in the Swiss Lions 100. Source: Swiss Lions 100, 2026 edition.

Category rank	Brand	Overall rank	Score
1	Tetra Pak	No. 34	55.7
2	Stadler	No. 41	54.2
3	Pilatus Aircraft	No. 42	54
4	Liebherr	No. 55	51.6
5	SIG Group	No. 72	46.8
6	Bobst	No. 77	44.6
7	Bühler	No. 84	43.6
8	VAT Group	No. 86	43.2
9	Mikron	No. 92	42.8
10	Bucher Industries	No. 97	41.4
11	Sulzer	Outside top 100	39.9
12	Oerlikon	Outside top 100	37.8
13	Bystronic	Outside top 100	37.6
14	Burckhardt Compression	Outside top 100	34.9
15	Rieter	Outside top 100	34.6
16	Komax	Outside top 100	32.2
17	StarragTornos	Outside top 100	29.5
18	Beyond Gravity	Outside top 100	29.4
19	Feintool	Outside top 100	27.8
20	Kardex	Outside top 100	20.1

See the full machinery and engineering ranking, with each brand's scores and sources.

Key facts

Largest by revenue

Liebherr, CHF 13.9bn

Smallest by revenue

Mikron, CHF 382m

Revenue estimates

None; all figures are published by the companies

Most visible

Liebherr, 69.7 out of 100

Average visibility

36.6 (Swiss Lions 100: 52.1)

Oldest

Rieter, 1795

Youngest

Kardex, 1987

Formed by merger, spin-off or renaming

Beyond Gravity (successor to RUAG Space)

Family or founder control

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Swiss made

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Validated climate target

7 of 20 (3 net zero)

Most common location

Zurich (6 brands)

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Revenue and visibility by brand. Machinery and Engineering ranking, Swiss Lions 100, 2026. Source: Swiss Lions 100, 2026 edition.

Brand	Revenue (CHF m)	Estimate	Visibility score
Liebherr	13,886	no	69.7
Tetra Pak	11,609	no	54.7
Stadler	4240	no	46
Sulzer	3480	no	48.3
Bucher Industries	2850	no	26.9
SIG Group	2801	no	53.5
Bühler	2800	no	41.8
Pilatus Aircraft	1670	no	52.7
Bobst	1622	no	36.2
Oerlikon	1570	no	32.1
Burckhardt Compression	1060	no	23.9
VAT Group	1030	no	45.1
Rieter	926	no	32.1
Kardex	799	no	16.9
Feintool	661	no	20.4
Bystronic	613	no	29.2
Komax	567	no	30.9
StarragTornos	442	no	23.1
Beyond Gravity	412	no	25.4
Mikron	382	no	23

Both leaders are run from Switzerland by families with roots elsewhere. The Rausing family founded Tetra Pak in Sweden, and Liebherr began in Germany. Most of the other brands are long-established Swiss industrial companies that sell to manufacturers around the world.