Franck Muller Watchland Awarded Industry Prize By Geneva Chamber Of Commerce

Franck Muller Watchland SA has been recognized by the Geneva Chamber of Commerce and the Office of Industrial Promotion (OPI) for its outstanding achievements as a manufacturer.  On October 9, 2008, Vartan Sirmakes, co-founder and CEO of the Franck Muller Group and Nicholas Rudaz, General Manager of the Franck Muller Group proudly stepped forward to claim the "Prix de l'Industrie" award from Jean-Luc Favre, president of the OPI jury.  
 
The City of Geneva first instituted the Prix de l'Industrie award in 1985 to recognize and promote Genevan manufacturers who have excelled and achieved particularly high levels of innovation in their industry.  Of the Franck Muller Group's fourteen production sites, the majority are headquartered in Geneva, providing employment to over 1,000 individuals.  Despite being in existence for less than seventeen years, the Franck Muller watch brand has over fifty patents to its credit for various innovations in horology.

"We are very proud to receive this award which recognizes the hard work completed by a strong team over many years", said Sirmakes, after accepting the award.  "It is also a strong encouragement for the future implementation and investment of new strategies that the Franck Muller Group will incorporate over the next few years. We have a strong commitment to Geneva and we are very passionate in remaining an exemplary corporate citizen and also in producing products that are showpieces of the heritage of Swiss watch making and are truly one hundred percent Swiss made."