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
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
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.
Corresponding member of the Association for the Study of Internal Fixation AO/ASIF
Honorary doctorate of the faculty of medicine of the University of Berne
Aesculap gold medal of the Gruppo Studio Mediterraneo di Aggiornamento Stomatologico, Bologna
Recognition medal of the Centro Ortopedico Ricardo Galeazzi, Milano
Werner Körte gold medal of the German Society for Surgery
Recognition price of the Canton of Solothurn
Honorary member of the AO/ASIF
Corresponding member of the Sociedad Venezolana de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología
Honorary member of the AO/ASIF Foundation
his sons take over the management of the company
Honorary Professor of the faculty of medicine of the Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas
Entrepreneurial price of the Canton of Solothurn
On 19 August, Robert Mathys died after a short illness in his eightieth year.
