In 1946, the twenty-five-year-old Robert Mathys sets up the company Mathys, a factory for the development and production of machines, equipment, and components of special stainless and acid-resistant steels.
In 1958, the newly established Association for the Study of Internal Fixation AO/ASIF finds in Robert Mathys an industrial associate who can develop and manufacture stainless steel implants and instruments for bone surgery and orthopaedics. Robert Mathys takes over all development cost, an investment that proves far-sighted.
In 1968, he started his own development in artificial joint replacement.
On 15 February 1985, he establish the Dr Robert Mathys Foundation (RMS), a non-profit organisation for the promotion of medical and clinical research as well as technical development and further training in their fields of application. In
1990 his sons take over the management of the company.
On 19 August 2000, Robert Mathys die after a short illness in his eightieth year.
1969 - Corresponding member of the Association for the Study of Internal Fixation
AO/ASIF
1974 - Honorary doctorate of the faculty of medicine of the University of Berne
1976 - Aesculap gold medal of the Gruppo Studio Mediterraneo di Aggiornamento
Stomatologico, Bologna
1980 - Recognition medal of the Centro Ortopedico Ricardo Galeazzi, Milano
1981 - Werner Körte gold medal of the German Society for Surgery
1982 - Recognition price of the Canton of Solothurn
1983 - Honorary member of the AO/ASIF
1988 - Corresponding member of the Sociedad Venezolana de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología
1990 - Honorary member of the AO/ASIF Foundation
1991 - Honorary Professor of the faculty of medicine of the Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas
2000 - Entrepreneurial price of the Canton of Solothurn