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Maturing gently...
if hardly conventionally
Walk around any fastener related event in Europe and sooner or later you will be faced with an exuberant grin and sparkling
set of eyes. Share a beer and you will be regaled with stories, in tones that tinkle like treicheln bells, punctuated by a laugh
that could outreach an alpenhorn. No one is immune from the infectious and uniquely Swiss affability of Andreas Bähler -
who, it now comes to light, has been weaving his charms through the fastener industry for 30 years.
Cause for celebration you would think – and knowing
Andreas, of course, you would be right. You would also not be
surprised to find there was something quirky involved, to raise
a laugh or two naturally, but more on that later.
Serious things first, though. It was 1978 when the
young – well younger anyway - Mr Andreas Bähler founded
INTERVIS Export AG in Münsingen - a township a mere 541
metres above sea level research shows, so oxygen starvation
cannot be blamed for a certain gentle eccentricity. We
digress – the plan was to trade in stainless steel fasteners in
Europe. In 1981 INTERVIS AG was founded in Belpbergstrasse,
Münsingen to trade similarly in stainless fasteners, this time
within Switzerland. Eight years later and Andreas Bähler
opened his Schrauben-Shop to sell direct to industrial
companies and hand workers. By 2000, now with a logistics
contract with Spahr AG Zofingen safely under the belt, INTERVIS
moved to a new office, still in Münsingen, this time at
Lindenweg. Five years on, a new department - sonder-
schrauben - opened for special fasteners in stainless steel.
INTERVIS AG is now an importer and seller with a program of more than 6,000 stainless steel and over 15,000 carbon steel articles. INTERVIS
Export AG is a sales representative company for a variety of world producers and suppliers of fastener products.
We asked one company, which Andreas Bähler has represented for many years, to sum up the man. “Andreas has been with Fastbolt Germany
from the beginning of our German business activities,” says Ekkehard Beermann, “and we have benefited hugely from his experience, knowledge,
reputation and standing in the Swiss and Austrian markets, as well as his outstanding
professionalism when it comes to selling fasteners.”
“The cooperation between Fastbolt and Andreas Bähler is much more than the pure
turnover in his territory. Andreas has become a real Fastbolt man over the years and an
important and permanent part of our sales team. I could tell a million trade fair stories
and he would be in most of them because he has always been there. Most of our
long-term customers outside of Switzerland also know him although they have never
done any business with him. Andreas is one of a kind in our industry and his integrity
is outstanding. We certainly wish him and INTERVIS all the best for their anniversary
and lots more success in the future!”
OK, enough of the serious stuff – you can almost feel Andreas itching to crack a joke.
Look around this page for evidence of the pleasure with which family and friends
celebrated a very special anniversary - for a very special man. Now ask yourself, who
else could manage to persuade his guests to enjoy their day putting holes into
Emmental cheese!
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