Franke Romont SA, a 100% subsidiary of Franke Holding AG, has been supplying bathroom furniture for over a quarter of a century, primarily to the sanitary equipment sector in Switzerland. Initially, the company produced mostly wooden furniture for the residential and catering areas, and for hospitals, but even then it was manufacturing its first bathroom furniture. In setting up a subsidiary in Romont, Franke wished to strengthen its presence in the western, French-speaking part of Switzerland, and to ensure the necessary production capacity to meet the growing demand for specialty wooden furniture. The strategic reasons for establishing a Franke plant in the region still hold good today: the excellent transport connections, a good pool of skilled labor, and subsidies from local authorities for industrial development. Even 25 years later, these advantages have lost none of their attraction.

Franke Romont began operations with just 13 people. Staff numbers have increased in the meantime to 40, and the company posted a turnover in the last financial year of CHF 9 million.