Hawa Sliding Solutions
Martin Frei has extensive experience in various managerial and technical roles within the engineering and customer innovation sectors. Currently, Martin serves as Manager Customer Innovations at Hawa Sliding Solutions AG since January 1998, having previously held positions as Projektleiter Forschung und Entwicklung and Teamleiter Kundenprojekte und Support within the same company. Prior to Hawa, Martin worked at Ameda AG as a Produktentwickler in the medical field and at SYMO Elektronik AG as a Konstrukteur Werkzeugmacher. Martin's educational background includes a CAS in Agile Organisation from the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland FHNW (2022-2023), an NDS in Wirtschaftstechniker FH with a focus on Project Management from the Private Hochschule Wirtschaft PHW Bern (2004-2005), and a Techniker HF in Mechanical Engineering from ipso Bildung.
Hawa Sliding Solutions
Hawa Sliding Solutions AG has been developing and producing sliding hardware for doors, partitions, furniture and facades in the residential & hospitality, health & retail, office & education sectors since 1965. More than 350 patents bear witness to the innovative strength of the Swiss company and its own claim to continuously assert itself as a global market and technology leader. More than 60 product families form the basis for comprehensive solution competence which also serves the megatrends: Microliving & Fluid Spaces, Building in Existing Contexts, Energy Efficiency & Climate Protection as well as Inclusive Design. Hawa operates in more than 70 countries worldwide, with two production facilities in Switzerland (Mettmenstetten and Sirnach), foreign subsidiaries for North America (Dallas, USA), Asia and the Pacific region (Singapore) and the Middle East (Dubai, UAE), and with more than 200 sales and specialist partners