About us
Founded in 1959, atela specializes in metal surface treatment, particularly electroless nickel plating.
ATELA was founded in 1959 by Dr. Mieczyslaw Osowiecki. Ing. Chemist. Putting creativity and knowledge at the service of industry by creating an ATElier-LAboratoire: that was the motto.
With over 60 years’ experience, our team of specialists can help you choose and carry out the surface treatment best suited to your requirements.
Perfect mastery of processes and attention to detail ensure treatments that meet the highest quality standards. Atela was one of the first licensees of the KANIGEN® electroless nickel plating process, which revolutionized the world of electroplating in the 1960s-1970s. Our strength in innovation has also led us to develop numerous customized solutions for our customers, and to expand our range of deposits by offering composite coatings (NiP+SiC; NiP+Diamond; NiP+hBN; NiP+PTFE).
As a result, our coatings can be found in many areas of the machinery industry, including: plastics and polymer injection molding; textile machinery; pumps, vacuum pumps and compressors; and packaging machinery. As well as high-performance fields such as motor racing (F1) and motorcycling (MotoGP), or the world of the infinitely precise such as watchmaking and aerospace.
Many internationally renowned companies have been placing their trust in us for many years. Our short delivery times, our flexibility, the quality of our processing and our services have earned us an excellent reputation with our customers, resulting in their loyalty over the years.
Our values
Our values are the implementation of a company policy that respects and cares for the general working environment, mainly: integration, safety, quality, conscientiousness, cost control, overall service improvement and training.
Our mission
Our mission is to take our customers’ needs into account, to satisfy both standards and customer requirements, to improve the satisfaction of all parties involved, and to deliver a product and service that meet requirements. Total customer satisfaction, concern for their needs and trust lead to preferred partner status.
Our vision
Our vision is to develop our services in various sectors of the surface treatment market to become a supplier of need and trust, with great flexibility combined with very short lead times. In addition, we have developed a new semi-finished product, a friction spacer whose greatest added value is our DIANIP treatment.
our history
1959
ATELA was founded in 1959 by Dr. Mieczyslaw Osowiecki. Ing. Chemist. Putting creativity and knowledge at the service of industry by creating an ATElier-LAboratoire: that was the motto.
That same year, 1959, ATELA became a licensee of the revolutionary KANIGEN® electroless nickel plating process.
1964
In 1964, OSOWIECKI’s epilamage treatment represented the culmination of research into watchmaking stones. This treatment was intended to improve the lubrication of watch movements. Subsequently, the focus shifted to electroless nickel plating on a subcontracting basis and its developments, i.e. electroless nickel matrix composite deposits.
1984
In 1984, following Mr Osowiecki’s death, his son Jacques took over the company, which became a public limited company in 1986.
1996
From 3 employees in 1984, the company grew to 6 in 1996, the year it moved to its new premises.
2009
ATELA SA currently employs 8 people and offers a complete range of electroless nickel and composite deposit treatments that provide solutions to most wear, abrasion, sliding and corrosion problems encountered on metal parts from all areas of the machine industry.
2016
Launch of new website.
Structure 2016
Company manager
Production manager
Workforce
J. Osowiecki
M. Guillemin
12 people
2017
New management since Oct. 2017 with the visit of G. Osowiecki and C. Placi.
2019
THE THIRD GENERATION TAKES UP THE TORCH.
In October 2019, Mr Gaël Osowiecki and Mr Cédric Placi successfully completed their Management Buyout and became owners of the share capital of Atela SA through their holding company Atrigen SA.
Structure 2019
CEO
CFO
Production Manager
Workforce
G. Osowiecki
C. Placi
M. Guillemin
13
2020
Launch of our DIANIP® Friction shims and signing of a partnership with a Chinese distributor to develop our presence on the international market.
Our Mandarin website goes online.
Registration of the “Atela” and “DIANIP” trademarks with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
Atela becomes a training company with its first apprentice CFC Electroplaste.
2022
More than 60 years after its foundation, the 3rd generation of management is leading Atela down the path to Industry 4.0.
Digital transformation is underway at Atela with the implementation of a new ERP system enabling us to track every production batch down to the smallest detail.
Deployment of a new production management information system (ERP), guaranteeing exhaustive process traceability and the highest quality standards .
Strengthening our team with a total of 20 employees, including 2 CFC apprentices .
2023
Acquisition of anadditional 1,500 square meters ofindustrial space atits Neuchâtel site .
Launch of work to create new new administrative areas (available from 2025) as well as the expansion of the production production space in the coming years to support our growth.
our history
2023
2020
2017
2009
1984
1959
1964
1996
2016
2019
2021
ATELA was founded in 1959 by Dr. Mieczyslaw Osowiecki. Ing. Chemist. Putting creativity and knowledge at the service of industry by creating an ATElier-LAboratoire: that was the motto.
That same year, 1959, ATELA became a licensee of the revolutionary KANIGEN® electroless nickel plating process.
In 1964, OSOWIECKI’s epilamage treatment represented the culmination of research into watchmaking stones. This treatment was intended to improve the lubrication of watch movements. Subsequently, the focus shifted to electroless nickel plating on a subcontracting basis and its developments, i.e. electroless nickel matrix composite deposits.
In 1984, following Mr Osowiecki’s death, his son Jacques took over the company, which became a public limited company in 1986.
From 3 employees in 1984, the company grew to 6 in 1996, the year it moved to its new premises.
ATELA SA currently employs 8 people and offers a complete range of electroless nickel and composite deposit treatments that provide solutions to most wear, abrasion, sliding and corrosion problems encountered on metal parts from all areas of the machine industry.
Launch of new website.
Structure 2016
Company manager
Production manager
Workforce
J. Osowiecki
M. Guillemin
12 people
New management since Oct. 2017 with the visit of G. Osowiecki and C. Placi.
THE THIRD GENERATION TAKES UP THE TORCH.
In October 2019, Mr Gaël Osowiecki and Mr Cédric Placi successfully completed their Management Buyout and became owners of the share capital of Atela SA through their holding company Atrigen SA.
Structure 2019
CEO
CFO
Production Manager
Workforce
G. Osowiecki
C. Placi
M. Guillemin
13
Launch of our DIANIP Friction shims and signing of a partnership with a Chinese distributor to develop our presence on the international market.
Our website goes online in Mandarin.
Registration of the “Atela” and “DIANIP” trademarks with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
ISO9001:2015 certification, issued by SGS.
More than 60 years after its foundation, the 3rd generation of Atela’s management team is leading the company down the road to industry 2.0. The company is thus strengthening its development in Switzerland and internationally.
