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After the wrist watch business was spun off, the company began expanding its mechanical cockpit instrument business through the introduction of electronic aircraft equipment, including air data systems and helicopter searchlights.
In 2012 ”GT Thommen Watch AG”, the [[joint-venture]] partnership of Andreas Thommen, Roland Buser and Christopher Bitterli, bought the [[intellectual property]] rights for the watch business from REVUE THOMMEN AG and began revitalizing the brand in the Swiss wrist watch business.{{fact|date=May 2018}} They appointed Swiss Initiative Limited (SIL) as sole license holder for the production and worldwide distribution in 2015.{{fact|date=May 2018}}
Now being solely an aviation industry supplier, REVUE THOMMEN was [[mergers and acquisitions |acquired]] by TRANSAS Group in 2012, a Russian technology company, which handed over its shares to the Russian private investor Sistema on October 4, 2015.{{fact|date=May 2018}}
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SATHOM stays at the original location of REVUE THOMMEN and was granted a license to continue the production and sale of mechanical aircraft instruments under the THOMMEN brand name.
In 2016, THOMMEN AIRCRAFT EQUIPMENT moved from Waldenburg to a modern location in [[Muttenz, Switzerland]], closer to [[Basel]], where it focuses on development of electronic aircraft clocks, air data systems and helicopter searchlights, cabin/emergency flashlights.{{fact|date=May 2018}}
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