Welcome to MICROSHIELD®
MICROSHIELD® AG is an internationally active Swiss company for the development and production of passive fire protection products and solutions, exquisite design surfaces and carbon custom-made products based in the St. Gallen Rhine Valley.
MICROSHIELD® offers high-quality products and solutions for use in shipping, aviation, in buildings and infrastructures.
As a specialist for highly complex requirements and projects, the company stands for best quality, fast and reliable implementation as well as discretion and flexibility.
Based on more than 20 years of success and our acquired knowledge and experience potential, we now bravely tackle "almost" all challenges.
Product safety is one of the key elements in the aerospace, shipbuilding and construction industries. Today, MICROSHIELD® has a wide range of fire protection products such as construction panels, adhesives and resins, as well as design surfaces in liquid metallic look, a variety of shell designs and veneer high gloss solutions to make your wishes come true.
We are constantly investing in new technologies, creating attractive surface designs and designs for infrastructures that meet the highest quality and safety standards.
Consult our MICROSHIELD® experts for your specific project.
MICROSHIELD puts an end to all this "ifs and buts" and guarantees at least one answer to each of your questions. Try us!
"HE WHO GOES HIS OWN WAY CANNOT BE OVERTAKEN BY ANYONE"
Marlon Brando
Microshield® was founded in 1997 as Microshield® GmbH, transferred to MICROSHIELD® AG in 2019 and has 6 full-time employees.
Organisation
Flat hierarchies and short communication paths simplify cooperation and guarantee timely decision-making processes. The compact structure allows us to react quickly to changes in the market.
Management
Roger Voemel, CEO, Manager Research & Development
Harry Weder, VP, Manager Marketing & Sales
Michael Voemel, IT, Quality Management
Hansepter Tschannen, Quality Management
Mission statement
Our mission is to break new ground, explore new technologies and build trusted partners to create lasting competitive advantages for ambitious clients who, like us, want to determine their own future.
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Swissness
Precision, stability and reliability are not only attributes of Swissness, they also meet the eligibility criteria for our daily work.We rely on Switzerland as a location for development and production because we regard quality and customer proximity as key success factors.
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Environmental Statement
MICROSHIELD® commits to ‘The Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact Act’ and as our certification according ISO 14001.
Product Stewardship:
MICROSHIELD® has a fundamental concern for the environment in which we live. Consequently we take responsibility and provide handling and security advice to all who produce, distribute, apply or recycle/dispose our products.
Safety and handling:
MICROSHIELD® provides its customers with Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) to prevent potential health effects and to ensure safe handling, storage, use and disposal. MICROSHIELD® strongly recommends that customers review the safety data sheet before using our products.
History / Milestones
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1997
Company founded as Microshield® GmbH
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1997
Launch of the first Firequard fire protection solutions for the aviation industry
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1997 - 2006
Various projects in the aviation industry
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2004
Opening of a Flammability Laboratory according to CS / FAR 25.853 Appendix F (Aviation)
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2006
Launch of the first Firequard fire solutions for the Shipping industry (IMO / SOLAS)
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2006 - 2018
Various projects aviation and shipping industry
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2019
Conversion of Microshield® GmbH into MICROSHIELD® AG
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2019
Introduction of the first Firequard fire protection solutions for the European building industry
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2019
Introduction of a quality management system
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2019
Qualification in accordance with ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and EN 9100
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2019
Renewal of the Flammability Laboratory according to CS / FAR 25.853 Appendix F (Aviation)
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2020
Qualification according to Module D (Directive 2014/90/EU)
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2020
Qualification Development according to EN 9100
