Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon

It was founded in 1876 as the Werkzeug- und Maschinen-Fabrik Oerlikon by the industrialist Peter Emil Huber-Werdmüller, and occupied a large site immediately to the west of Oerlikon railway station.

In 1967, Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon was taken over by Brown, Boveri & Cie,[1] which merged with ASEA in 1988 to form ABB Group.

The site of the company's works has been redeveloped, including the innovative public MFO-Park.

In the second decade of the 21st century, a project was initiated to expand Oerlikon railway station, with the provision of two additional platform tracks on north-western side of the station.

That affected the site of the former office building of Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon, dating from the late 19th century, and now a restaurant complex known as Gleis 9.