Sometimes businesses have to take extremely brave decisions to be successful, and the story of Otto Hofstetter AG is a great example. It is partly thanks to its brave decisions that the medium-sized Swiss company has risen to second place in the world in production of tools for PET bottle premouldings. The decision to bring plate production in house and acquire three Heckert HEC 1250 type large machining centres was a key factor in the company's current success.