There are around 3000 con­tract man­u­fac­tur­ers in Switzer­land, who often pro­duce parts for larger indus­trial com­pa­nies under high price pres­sure. The Covid 19 cri­sis has fur­ther wors­ened their dif­fi­cult sit­u­a­tion. At the same time, Swiss Fac­tory is a new provider. He relies heav­ily on robotization.