Several Swiss watch brands source their products from Biel Crystal, one of the worst factories in China. (Swiss Press Text 2018, by Julie Zaugg) - Swiss Press Award
Le Matin Dimanche
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2018
Julie Zaugg
This investigation, published in both Le Matin Dimanche and the SonntagsZeitung, describes how Swiss watch brands are outsourcing the manufacture of their watch crystals to a factory in China belonging to the Biel Crystal group, in order to save a few francs. Working conditions there are close to slavery.