Officine Panerai To Build New ‘Green’ Factory In Neuchâtel

Esteemed watch manufacturer Officine Panerai announced its plans to build a new factory at Pierre a Bot in Neuchâtel, Switzerland to open at the end of 2013.

The new production facility will aim to unify all activities of development, production, assembly and quality control in an astonishing area of 10,000 square meters. The facility will employ 290 people currently employed at Officine Panerai’s current factory in Neuchâtel’s city center.

Officine Panerai also assures that the new factory will incorporate ‘green’ technologies by ensuring that the factory has “zero environmental impact” regarding carbon dioxide.

Source: Luxury Insider

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Seth Semilof, Publisher of Haute Living magazine, has been a devoted watch enthusiast since he can remember. It was out of this passion that, last year, Semilof and business partner Kamal Hotchandani launched luxury timepiece website Haute Time. The two curate the site, hand-selecting all content that goes live. Semilof highlights his favorite—and the most sought-after—watch brands through weekly five-question interviews with the CEOs and Presidents of these top-tier companies. Finally, he curates the site on a daily basis, including three or more updates on newsworthy topics every day.