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...([[1899]]-[[1952]]) was the namesake and founder of the spring maker [[W. Ruch & Cie]] of [[Saint-Imier]]. ...loedi]], but the Ruch family relocated to [[Saint-Imier]] before [[1923]]. Ruch married Jacqueline née Guenat. ...

...re being split, with [[Reinhard Straumann]]'s [[Nivarox SA]], in [[1937]]. Ruch was renamed Virola SA in [[1959]] and moved to [[Bienne]]. In [[1976]], Vir ==W. Ruch and Berna== ...

...Anonyme]] called Fabrique de Spiraux de St. Imier. FSR director [[Charles-Albert Vuille]] becomes chairman of the company, with Saint-Imier businessman [[Ba ...a Chaux-de-Fonds]], continued quietly by FSR before being merged into [[W. Ruch]] (later [[Nivarox]]), or simply closed. ...

..., with Ulrich managing the company. He brought in [[Louis Huguenin]] and [[Albert Perret]] in [[1946]] and renamed the company [[Fabrique Nationale de Ressor .... The trio continued to run the company after the sudden death of [[Werner Ruch]] in an automobile accident in [[1952]], though all three left and handed t ...

...[[Albert Ruch]] of [[W. Ruch & Cie]], maker of Berna brand springs. Albert Ruch died just a year later, so Straumann's department was split off and re-form ...

...ny was purchased by the [[FSR]] cartel and merged with [[Stella]] and [[W. Ruch & Cie]]. ...elf. The Fleurier factory remained in operation after Perret's death under Albert Welter with a board made up of respected businessmen and national councillo ...

...est Dubois was a founding board member of [[ASUAG]] and replaced [[Charles-Albert Vuille]] on the board of [[Fabriques Suisse de Balanciers]]. The following ...elf. He became vice president of [[FSR]] in [[1939]] and president of [[W. Ruch]] in [[1944]]. He retained most of these roles, including running his own S ...

...ntered a joint venture in [[Saint-Imier]] with Albert Ruch of [[W. Ruch|W. Ruch & Cie]], maker of springs under the [[Berna]] name. Moving production to Sw The new Straumann Department faced an immediate challenge as Albert Ruch died in [[1935]]. Straumann split his department and re-formed it as [[Niva ...

...on Syndicale des Fabricants d'Assortiments à Ancres]], serving alongside [[Albert Schumacher]], [[Louis Huguenin]] ([[La Concorde]]), [[Louis Jeanneret-Wespy ...ilding. [[Charles-Louis Huguenin|Louis Huguenin]] became president, with [[Albert Schumacher|Schumacher]] as vice president, Perrenoud as secretary and treas ...

...mond Picard-Lévy|Edmond Picard]] of [[Invicta|R. Picard (Invicta)]], and [[Albert Bourquin-Jaccard]] ...ed by [[Fabriques de Spiraux Réunies]] and merged with [[Stella]] and [[W. Ruch & Cie]]. ...

* [[Julien-Albert Courvoisier-Clément]] of [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]] ...ux]] in 1916, purchased by FSR in 1929 and merged with [[Stella]] and [[W. Ruch & Cie]]) ...