Company Portrait

The family-owned company has been hitting the target with Swiss innovation for almost 60 years.

Production is constantly adapting to needs and current requirements. Innovation and technical know-how characterize the company history from the beginning until today and in the future.

2023

The focus is always on quality, tradition, innovation and customer satisfaction. The systems and services of Leu & Helfenstein AG are trusted in switzerland and abroad.

2022

The company image is modernized. The new logo completes the new working clothes.

2021

Leu & Helfenstein AG is managed by a four-person management team. Roland Leu and Rafael Ullrich are co-managing directors of the company with 30 employees.

2021

Just six months after the death of his brother, the company has to bid farewell to founder Xaver Leu. At the age of 80, he was a much respected patron until the end.

2020

The Swiss Confederation's definitive mandatory bullet trap promotes production and assembly throughout Switzerland.

2020

Co-founder Fritz Leu passes away at the age of 75.

2019

Shooting ranges / indoor / outdoor: Due to a shortage of skilled workers, only the company's own fleet of vehicles is maintained. The company concentrates entirely on shooting.

2018

The mandatory bullet trap mutates into the main line of business.

2016

50 years of Leu & Helfenstein: The success story is celebrated at the "Brünig Indoor" competence center with employees and customers in Lungern.

2015

The hall extension with shelter makes optimum use of the company's own space.

2013

"We need space!" The boss also lends a hand with the construction of the mobile hall.

2011

The plasma cutting machine is installed in another hall.

2010

Production is constantly being expanded. This requires more manpower and the expansion of operating equipment.

With the BLB 2010, the first granulate-free bullet trap comes into use.

2000

First bullet trap obligatory: BLB 2000 receives installation approval from the DDPS.

1996

Roland Leu joins the Leu & Helfenstein team and from now on works in the commercial vehicle department.

1982

Convincing in system and technology: Customers in switzerland and abroad have great demand for shooting ranges and their equipment. For assemblies in Chile, Iraq or Algeria, the employees travel to distant countries and cultures.

1971

The first construction hall is built at the present headquarters in Längmatt in St. Erhard.

Product development progresses rapidly: The first granulate bullet trap is assembled in Rheintal.

1970

Conversion of the simple partnership into a stock corporation: Fritz Leu acquires a stake and starts a second business segment with the authorized MAN service center.

The first apprentice is successfully trained, many more will follow and appreciate the company as a reliable, social employer.

1967

Small caliber, pistol and hunting targets are being developed. Interested shooting clubs want 300 m target pulls. We develop, design and finally assemble them.

1966

A washing machine motor is used to create the first powered crossbow target in the basement at home.

1966

Xaver Leu, a locksmith, and Karl Helfenstein, an electrician, both technically interested and eager to experiment, found "Leu and Helfenstein" in Schenkon.