STEINACH, SWITZERLAND – Fast, efficient, and reliable: the VARIOincubator from Swiss electronics service partner Variosystems consolidates all of the activities that take the customer from the initial idea to mass production, and then ensures long-term availability via life-cycle management. By integrating the company Kubeg into the group, Variosystems is now able to produce functional prototypes in just one week, massively shortening time to market. The company plans to further expand the new site in Zizers for rapid prototyping and small batch production in the coming years and to already grow by roughly 20 percent in 2024.

Rapid production of electronic solutions – Variosystems expands its expertise as a global service partner and enhances its portfolio with rapid prototyping. Through the introduction of the VARIOincubator, the internationally active Swiss technology company with headquarters in Steinach covers all activities involved in the development, procurement, and production of electronic products. By integrating the rapid prototyping specialist Kubeg from Zizers into the group, Variosystems is able to produce functional samples for rapid validation of development results after just one week.

“By joining projects from the development stage, providing support during the prototyping phase, and offering coordinated workflows, shorter lines of communication, and fewer iterations, we significantly reduce time to market and therefore cut costs. Depending on the project, we can shorten the duration by several weeks to months,” emphasizes Julian Specker, Head of VARIOincubator. The VARIOincubator partner network consists of more than 100 engineers. Variosystems also offers its own development services via Solve Engineering. While development and industrialization are underway, the electronics service partner ensures the availability of all components early on via life-cycle management, identifies alternatives, and thus guarantees long-term mass production.

Investments in the Zizers Site

The site for prototyping and small batch production in Zizers (in the Swiss canton of Grisons) plays a central role in the company’s strategic orientation as a partner for innovators. The Zizers site currently has around 50 employees. The team, structure, and contacts remained unchanged after the takeover. “The high level of trust has paid off for everyone. We contribute our expertise to the VARIOincubator and combine our strengths with the global competence of Variosystems. In this way, we support innovators in reducing development times and enable companies to make a seamless transition from small batch to mass production during the scaling phase,” says Silvan Wüthrich, site manager in Zizers.

Through its integration into the group and the launch of the VARIOincubator, Variosystems plans to increase sales in the prototype and small batch segment by roughly 20 percent in 2024. “The model has proven to be a win-win for all sides in just a few months and can also become a success story in our other global customer organizations in the future. We are already noticing that processes are speeding up significantly and we are benefiting from early involvement in projects. This is also reflected in the wealth of positive feedback we have received from customers, potential customers, and market experts,” reports Julian Specker.