Since December 2008, APCO Technologies’ headquarters have been located in Aigle (Switzerland), 10km upstream of Lake Leman in the Rhone Valley.
The site, wholly owned by APCO Technologies, is settled on 50’000 sqm of land and is composed of 4’000 sqm of modern office buildings and 12’000 sqm of workshops, including a newly built facility dedicated to the manufacturing of Ariane 6 recurring parts.
It comprises:
- Two production lines for composite sandwich panels, up to 5 x 3 m in dimension, including 2 autoclaves and 2 milling machines for aluminium and carbon fiber machining
- One gantry milling machine for parts up to 3’800 x 2’800 x 1’300 mm
- One column milling machine for parts up to Ø 2’300 x 3’300 mm
- One turning-milling Machine for parts up to Ø 235 x 1’300 mm or Ø 280 x 200 mm
- One washing cabin for parts up to 6’000 x 3’000 x 2’500 mm
- One ISO7 clean room with a surface of 400 sqm
- One ISO5 clean room with a surface of 20 sqm
- One thermal vacuum chamber, with a useful volume of 650 x 650 x 650 mm, and an operating temperature range from -83°C to +125°C
- One laser treatment machine for aluminum skins up to 2’900 x 1’900 mm
- One US control machine for parts up to 5’000 x 3’000 x 400 mm
- One Rx control machine for parts up to 3’000 x 2’500 x 400 mm
- Two large 3D measurement machines for parts up to 5’000 x 3’000 x 2’000 mm
- More than 200 certified measurement instruments
