publications
About qmtYear 2026
Deloitte Study – September 2026 ( pdf )
Deloitte's analysis of the Swiss watch industry 2026 - Focus on the world of suppliers
FH Review - August 2026 ( pdf )
New generation of solutions for measuring daytime steps
Devicemed - August 2026 ( pdf )
A new, versatile software for testing and quality control
Mesure Review - July-August 2026 ( pdf )
Optical inspection: when the eyes become the brains
EPHJ Daily Newsletter - 18.5.2026 ( pdf )
A new, versatile software for testing and quality control
FH Review - March 2026 ( pdf )
A new generation of software
Year 2024
Review Control Tests Measurements (CEM) - 11.2024 ( pdf )
Measuring the perceived color of a surface - objectifying the color control of components
Devicemed – November 2024 ( pdf )
Test bench and characterization of medical laboratory equipment
FH Review - 17.10.2024 ( pdf )
qmtcolor: a new tool for objectively controlling component color
EQUIP'PROD - 15.9.2024 ( pdf )
Automated dimensional and aesthetic control: inspection stations for machined metal parts
Machine Production - 20.7.2024 ( pdf )
Quality control of crankcases for Sonceboz
Geneva Watchmakers Society - 27.5.2024 ( html )
QMT - Solution for testing and quality control
Devicemed - 21.5.2024 ( Article )
Online pipette quality control and sorting system
EPHJ - 14.5.2024 ( Interview )
Interview with Ivan Meissner
EQUIP'PROD - 15.4.2024 ( Article )
Focus on a measuring station for very large parts
FH Review - 14.3.2024 ( Article )
New optical character recognition tool
Machine Production - 20.2.2024 ( pdf |html )
Number reader
Year 2023
Digital Economy Forum 2023 - December 1, 2023 ( Link to the conference recording (1:01:00) | Presentation )
Ivan Meissner presents a sharing of experiences in the automation of quality control using Artificial Intelligence.
MSM - September 27, 2023 ( Link to article )
QMT testimonial on the use of DigiINov's DigiOCR
Aspects - The magazine of the Franco-Swiss Chamber of Commerce & Industry - June 2023 ( Article )
France inspires Swiss companies
Bulletin of the Swiss Society of Chronometry (SSC) - June 2023 ( Article )
QMT: Solutions for testing and quality control
Summary - 7.6.2023 ( Article )
qmt is the recipient of the Franco-Swiss Chamber of Commerce trophy for the development of Switzerland towards France
Allnews - June 5, 2023 ( Article )
qmt is the recipient of the Franco-Swiss Chamber of Commerce trophy for the development of Switzerland towards France
Review of the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry (FH) - 1.6.2023 ( Article )
qmtachage-100: New exhaust measurement equipment
Hamilton LinkedIn - 25.5.2023 ( Link to post with video )
Film of the pipette manufacturing process with quality control performed using qmtsort-tip
TSR 7:30 PM News - 24.1.2023 ( Film | Testimony )
The qmtprojector-cadran controls the quality of the MoonSwatch
Year 2022
Workshop Alliance - 17.11.2022 ( pdf | Invitation )
Laurent Brulport and Vahid Fakhfouri - Automation of quality control - challenges & solutions
Welcome from the French-Swiss Chamber of Commerce to qmt - 20.10.2022 ( Link to article )
QMT, a leader in testing and quality control solutions
Let's Talk About Economics program on Radio Lac - September 15, 2022 ( Link to program - part 1 | Link to program - part 2 )
Interview with Ivan Meissner - Who controls the quality of companies?
MSM Review - August 2022 ( Article | html )
Interview with Ivan Meissner - Contactless testing and quality control
Le Dauphiné Libéré - 2.6.2022 ( Article )
Alpespace: QMT France inaugurated its new premises with Catherine Destivelle
Canal Alpha - 13.5.2022 ( Web page and film )
The Défi Workshop in Tramelan, the showcase of Industry 4.0
Control, Testing, and Measurement Review - May 2022 ( Article )
Setup for optical measurement without adjustment of machined parts
Roche Expo TV - 11.3.2022 ( Film - 6min 20sec )
Interview with Laurent Brulport - SIMODEC 2022 Technological Pathways: Micro-machining and Bar Turning
Mesures Magazine - 9.2.2022 ( Article )
Presentation of the SIMODEC Innovation Award
Roche Expo TV - 4.2.2022 ( Film - 1h 15min )
Laurent Brulport and Claude Détée - Presentation of the SIMODEC Innovation Award
Year 2020
Controls, Tests and Measurements Review - No. 73 of November 2020 ( pdf )
High-precision measurement of machined parts without any adjustments using the QMT Projector-100
Watchmaking Newsletter - No. 1252 of September 2020 ( pdf )
New device for acoustic analysis - qmtmultisens
Watchmaking Federation Review - September 10, 2020 ( pdf )
Opto-acoustic control for chiming watches
Watchmaking Federation Review - June 9, 2020 ( pdf )
QMT is expanding in the medical market with the arrival of Mr. Luc Martin
Screw Machining & Industry - March 2, 2020
Metrology: QMT's innovation - QMTVLine is selected for the SIMODEC innovation award
Review of the French Watchmaking Federation - January 30, 2020 ( pdf )
Fusion with Saphir and the birth of qmt
Watchmaking Newsletter - No. 1248, January 2020 ( pdf )
Qualimatest and Saphir merge their organizations
Year 2019
Summary - December 17, 2019 ( pdf ,html )
Qualimatest is struggling to find talent
Ivan Meissner (General Manager)
Agefi - October 30, 2019 ( html )
Five companies vying for CSEM technology support
Ivan Meissner (General Manager)
L'Agefi - September 25, 2019 ( pdf , film )
The anticipation of the shift to electric vehicles is enormous
Ivan Meissner (General Manager)
3D ECO on Léman Bleu - June 18, 2019 ( film )
Interview on digitalization that is boosting Geneva's industry
Ivan Meissner (General Manager)
Review of the French Watchmaking Federation - June 13, 2019 ( pdf )
Qualimatest: agility, reliability and excellence characterize the company's 30th anniversary in 2019
Ivan Meissner (General Manager)
Review of the French Watchmaking Federation - May 16, 2019 ( pdf )
Qualimatest acquires Wheeltest Vision
Review of the French Watchmaking Federation - March 7, 2019 ( pdf )
A standardized product range within QMT
OPI - January 29, 2019 (pdf )
Workshop: Automatic visual inspection of defects, machine vision
Vahid Fakhfouri (Technical Director)
Year 2018
WatchAndListenPodcast - July 11, 2018 ( Podcast )
Automatic lubrication control with QMTLubControl
Agefi - July 5, 2018 ( html , pdf )
Qualimatest is betting on deep learning
Ivan Meissner (General Manager)
CCIGinfo - April 2018 ( pdf )
How are our member companies reacting to PF 17?
Ivan Meissner (General Manager)
Watchmaking Newsletter - No. 1235 of March 2018 ( pdf )
wide open spaces for Qualimatest
Vahid Fakhfouri (Technical Director)
Review of the French Watchmaking Federation - February 2018 ( pdf )
Qualimatest manages its growth from Switzerland
Ivan Meissner (General Manager)
Agefi article - 1.2.2018 ( pdf )
Qualimatest manages its growth from Switzerland
Ivan Meissner (General Manager)
Year 2017
Article by Hector Almea (Tattile) - August 14, 2017 ( html )
QMTSort-Tip - Vision Controller Enables Inspection of Medical Pipettes 24/7
Arnaud Rollin ( QMT Sort-Tip Product Manager)
Qualimatest product presentation video during EPHJ 2017 - June 23, 2017 ( html )
Automatic quality control equipment
Ivan Meissner (General Manager)
Conference during EPHJ-EPMT-SMT 2017 - June 22, 2017 (pdf )
Quality control and the challenges of Industry 4.0
Ivan Meissner (General Manager)
Watchmaking Newsletter - No. 1230 of June 2017 ( pdf )
Range of equipment for measuring daily rate on finished watches and movements
Arnaud Rollin ( QMTProTime Product Manager)
Industry Connect - 2nd edition of 7.2.2017 ( pdf )
Intelligent machine control for improved quality control
Ivan Meissner (General Manager)
QMTSixSigma, a revolutionary technology for machine control ( html )
Interview with Ivan Meissner by Alp ICT
Year 2016
Employers' & SME Centre - December 2016 ( pdf )
100 SMEs innovating in French-speaking Switzerland - Interview with Ivan Meissner
PME Magazine - October 2016 ( pdf )
These SMEs that are innovating in Geneva - Interview with Ivan Meissner
Review of the French Watchmaking Federation - September 2016 ( pdf )
A Qualimatest WatchProjector in use at Carl F. Bucherer
Grand Genève Magazine - April 2016 ( pdf )
Interview with Ivan Meissner
Micro & Nano Mag - February 22, 2016 ( pdf )
Human sensitivity, machine rigor
Laurent Brulport (Sales Director)
Year 2015
CCIG Info - December 2015 ( pdf )
Terroir and Technologies - two award-winning centers of excellence
Watchmaking Newsletter - No. 1219 of December 2015 ( pdf )
Qualimatest wins the 2015 Innovation Award
Centraliens (Revue des Arts et Manufactures) - November 2015 ( pdf )
Qualimatest presents an innovative vision!
Laurent Brulport (Sales Director)
Swiss Association for Quality - Final Control & Process Control: Should They Be Opposed? - November 10, 2015 ( pdf )
Presentation of the final control system for the daily rate of a watch, its applications and characteristics
Ivan Meissner (General Manager)
Agefi Magazine - October 2015 ( pdf )
The obvious European proximity
Ivan Meissner (General Manager)
Plan-les-Ouates Business Day - October 20, 2015 ( pdf )
Growth through the acquisition of other companies
Ivan Meissner (General Manager)
FH Review (French Watchmaking Federation) - July 2, 2015 ( pdf )
QMTProjector-100
Agefi Magazine - June 2015 ( pdf )
Subcontracting - The international alternative
OPI Newsletter - June 2015 ( pdf , html )
Acoustic control meets optics
Watchmaking Newsletter - No. 1216 of May 2015 ( pdf )
Optical step measurement with QMTProTime
PME Magazine - Geneva - January 2015 ( pdf )
Qualimatest absorbs SAPHIR
Year 2014
Review of the Swiss Watchmaking Federation (FH) - Biel/Bienne - December 11, 2014 ( pdf )
Qualimatest: Acquisition and new group
Tribune de Genève - Geneva - November 24, 2014 ( pdf )
Qualimatest absorbs the Isère-based company Saphir
L'Agefi - Geneva - November 19, 2014 ( pdf )
Qualimatest: Saphir acquisition
Eurotec No. 395 - August 2014 ( pdf )
Qualimatest Profile: Human sensitivity, machine rigor
NIWeek 2014 - Austin, Texas - August 5, 2014 ( pdf )
Automatically Detecting Cosmetic Defects Like a Human (QMTSubFace)
Ivan Meissner (General Manager)
NIDays 2014 - Bern - March 5, 2014 ( pdf )
Dimensional and aesthetic quality control of an automotive part with QMT Vision Inspector (QVI)
Axel Trouiller (Qualimatest, Vision Developer) and Julien Lafenêtre (Baud Industries)
The Journal du Jura - March 6, 2014 ( pdf )
Machines capable of determining beauty
Ivan Meissner (General Manager)
Le Matin Dimanche - March 1, 2014 ( pdf )
Machines capable of determining beauty
Ivan Meissner (General Manager)
Year 2013
INARTIS - The Process Control in the Medtech and Biotech Industry - October 3, 2013 ( pdf )
Machine vision in Medtech & Biotech industry
Ivan Meissner (General Manager)
OPI Newsletter - September 30, 2013 ( pdf )
The human aspect of the control system must be retained as a reference point.
Ivan Meissner (General Manager)
NIWeek 2013 - Austin TX - August 5, 2013 (pdf )
Using a Standard Vision Platform to Quickly Create Custom Solutions
Yohan Vallet (Operations Director)
Agefi - July 25, 2013 ( pdf )
QUALIMATEST: the need for sectoral and geographical diversification
Ivan Meissner (General Manager)
Platinn (innovation platform) focus No. 33 - July 2013 ( pdf )
Qualimatest is adapting its business model to conquer a new market
Ivan Meissner (General Manager)
National Instruments Newsletter - Q2 2013 ( pdf )
Alliance partners with over 15 years of experience are on stage with Dr. James Truchard (CEO of National Instruments) at NIWeek
Ivan Meissner (General Manager)
Materials and means of production: at the heart of synergy
Round table discussion during the EPHJ with Mr. Eric Rosset (HEPIA), Mr. Olivier Conne (DelWest) and Mr. Andreas Mortensen (EPFL)
Ivan Meissner (General Manager)
EPHJ Daily Newsletter - June 13, 2013 ( pdf )
Synergies between the watchmaking and medical industries
Ivan Meissner (General Manager)
Radio Suisse Romande - Intercités - June 7, 2013 ( Listen to the program )
A hermetic "rösti barrier" for SMEs
Ivan Meissner (General Manager)
Forum on Bilingualism - April 30, 2013 ( pdf )
More economic opportunities – establishing a presence beyond linguistic boundaries
Ivan Meissner (General Manager)
24 Hours - March 30, 2013 ( pdf )
Innovation – Switzerland needs bridges between research and industry
Ivan Meissner (General Manager)
Year 2011
Sony - October 2011 ( pdf )
WatchProjector: Making Time go faster
SONY ISS EUROPE CASE STUDY
Measures - October 2011 ( pdf )
Rail monitoring is moving to contactless (LPM TPM rail measurement system)
Vittorio Carchia (Speno International SA)
EPHJ - May 2011 ( pdf )
Watchmaking: A revolution in the world of quality control
Interreg Project
Agefi - 23.5.2011 ( pdf )
Favorable forecasts for watchmaking subcontracting (on the sidelines of EPHJ 2011)
Ivan Meissner (General Manager)
NIDays 2011 - Zurich - 1.3.2011 ( pdf )
How Audemars Piguet improves the precision of its watches: come and discover the VideoBalisometer
Antoine Châlons (Software Developer)
Year 2009
VisionDays 2009 - Yverdon - 2.4.2009 ( pdf )
QMT Vision Inspector: the universal configurable platform
Ivan Meissner (General Manager)
NIDays 2009 - Zurich - 3.3.2009 ( pdf )
Industrial products for optical inspection using QMT Vision Inspector based on LabVIEW / Vision
Werner Gloor (Sales Engineer)
Year 2008
GESO Day 2008 - Lausanne - 26.6.2008 ( pdf )
Simultaneous acquisition and processing of sound and image for the characterization of mechanical watches
François Dauron (Vision Expert)
Vision Seminar - Neuchâtel - April 24, 2008 ( pdf )
Lighting for machine vision & QMT Vision Inspector and related products
Ivan Meissner (General Manager)
NIDays 2008 - Zurich - 4.3.2008 ( pdf )
Qualimatest: System Integrator in Vision and Automation
Werner Gloor (Sales Engineer)
Revue polytechnique - March 2008 ( pdf )
Dimensional control of watch parts using their DXF definitions
Year 2007
Automated measurement and testing systems for the watchmaking industry - Neuchâtel - 27.11.2007 ( pdf )
Automatic non-contact dimensional checks using CAD files
François Dauron (Vision Expert)
Automated measurement and testing systems for the watchmaking industry - Neuchâtel - 27.11.2007 ( pdf )
Rapid image acquisition synchronized with the acoustic signal for motion control and development
Ivan Meissner (General Manager)
Vision Seminar - Lausanne - 14.11.2007 ( pdf )
Industrial vision platform
Ivan Meissner (General Manager)
International Congress of Chronometry 2007 - Montreux - 26.9.2007 ( pdf )
The VideoBalisometer: A new measuring device for the regulating organ of mechanical watches
Ivan Meissner (General Manager)
VisionDays 2007 - Yverdon - 29.3.2007 ( pdf )
The evolution of configurable vision systems
Ivan Meissner (General Manager)
Year 2006
Vision Seminar - Lausanne - 22.11.2006 ( pdf )
Machine Vision Power
Ivan Meissner (General Manager)
NIDays 2006 - 11.2006 ( pdf )
Tips and Rules to Control your Application Development and Performance
Jean-Philippe Bacher (Scientific Director)
VisionDays 2006 - 6.2006 ( pdf )
Vision is configured and mass programmed
Werner Gloor (Sales Engineer)
Year 2000
PME Magazine - March 2000 ( pdf )
The American friend opens the European market
Ivan Meissner (General Manager)
Year 1991
Daily newspaper - economics section - 1991 ( pdf )
At Qualimatest we shake and measure materials
Luc Haenny (General Manager)