The company headquartered in Zug, Switzerland, is among the market leaders in fastening technology in Europe, the Americas and Asia-Pacific. Bossard is a global network of companies with 2,500 employees in 80 locations and carefully selected international partners in all regions of the world. Our drive for excellence and innovation has led to steady growth and market success for more than 189 years. History Change from trading in silk to trading in hardware. 1831 - 1951 local, regional specialist business, 1951 - 1961 transition from regional to national specialist business, 1961 - 1971 major growth in business volume, 1971 - 1981 internationalisation new services in technical wholesaling and engineering, 1981 - 1991 qualitative growth, new technologies, 1987 quotation of the Bossard Holding AG on the Swiss stock exchange and since 1999 an internationally active group of companies with its head office in Zug, Switzerland. specialised in industrial assembly technology.