Fabriques d'Assortiments Réunies

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Fabriques d'Assortiments Réunies (FAR) was a maker of assortments within ASUAG. It was merged with Fabriques de Balanciers Réunies, Fabriques de Spiraux Réunies, and Nivarox to become Nivarox-FAR in 1984.

Formation

The Fabriques d'Assortiments Réunies Société Anonyme was established officially on September 5, 1932. It was located in Neuchâtel on Rue Girardet 60, and had an initial share capital of 6 million francs and was entirely owned by ASUAG.

The Board of Directors was initially made up of 9 members:

The first actions of FAR were to establish branches in Le Sentier and Bienne. Both were established on November 16, 1933 and each also listed 6 million francs of capital, though it is likely that this is the same amount as the primary FAR branch in Neuchâtel and was also held by ASUAG.

FAR Branches

Fabriques d'Assortiments Réunies was a holding company for a large number of smaller firms. Unlike FSR, which named these branches after the town in which they were located, FAR gave a unique letter for each branch. This lead to a proliferation of lettered branches and filings, even in their home town of Le Locle.