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
The founder of the RMS: Dr Robert Mathys
1946
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
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.
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
1990
his sons take over the management of the company
1991
Honorary Professor of the faculty of medicine of the Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas
2000
Entrepreneurial price of the Canton of Solothurn
2000
On 19 August, Robert Mathys died after a short illness in his eightieth year.
