2026 → 1675
One shared story
Six companies on a single timeline. Each color tells one company’s story; together, they tell the story of Groupe R.
Groupe R
Favre SA
Jaquet SA
Yerly Grues
SECU-R
RobotGreen
2026
Groupe RThe Group today: 6 companies, more than 300 employees, and 13 locations in western Switzerland. The region’s leading rebar supplier.
2026
Favre SAJuly 1: Commerce de fer fribourgeois SA and CFR Commerce de fer SA merge into Favre SA, which now runs 8 locations, from Corcelles-près-Payerne to Granges.
2025
Jaquet SA350 years. The oldest industrial company still operating in western Switzerland celebrates three and a half centuries.
2023
SECU-RFall 2023: SECU-R strikes out on its own as an incorporated company. Now based in Bulle, it serves customers across the cantons of Fribourg, Neuchâtel, Vaud, and Valais.
2023
Favre SAThe Satigny (GE) rebar facility opens for business, and Carrel SA joins the fold.
2022
Favre SAThe Group acquires the “Gare de l’Est” fabrication and storage site in La Chaux-de-Fonds.
2020
SECU-RBorn inside Commerce de fer fribourgeois in Fribourg and Epagny, SECU-R becomes the locking systems brand for every Groupe R company in late 2020, drawing on more than 15 years of experience from its team.
2017
Groupe RGroupe R as we know it is born: Favre SA and Jaquet SA join the Group, and Groupe R Management SA is founded in Fribourg as its support center (finance, HR, purchasing, marketing, IT, logistics, and safety).
2008
RobotGreenRobotGreen opens in Fribourg to sell, install, and service robotic mowers. Today it counts more than 2,000 installations across the region.
2001
Favre SATaking over the Dubois Matériaux facilities in Neuchâtel gives rise to the Marin-Epagnier site.
1984
Yerly GruesThe family business gets its start in Domdidier, in the heart of the Broye region. Tower cranes, self-erecting cranes, SUVA-certified inspections, and later, the Cobra Crane innovation.
1927
CFR · Favre heritageCFR Commerce de fer SA is founded in Romont. A century later, its story carries on as part of Favre SA.
1908
CDFF · Favre heritageCommerce de fer fribourgeois SA is founded on Route des Daillettes in Fribourg. That address is now home to the Group’s headquarters.
1870
Favre SAFavre SA is founded in Corcelles-près-Payerne. It will go on to become the Group’s rebar hub.
1675
Jaquet SAIt all starts in Vallorbe, where a nail forge opens on the banks of the Orbe River. Three and a half centuries later, it’s still going strong, and it has quite a family.