Sky-Frame History

A passionate orienteering and hiking enthusiast, Beat Guhl loves challenges. And not only when it comes to sport, but also when it comes to business: striving to achieve his goals with a great deal of motivation and drive, taking ideas for innovative solutions and turning them into reality, and always seeking to beat his personal best. Born in Eastern Switzerland, Guhl is married and a father of three, and manages a staff of 180. 

Having grown up on his family’s farm together with his three siblings, Beat Guhl started out his career with an apprenticeship as a metalworker. He went on to study metalworking technology and also qualified as a Swiss certified metalworking master. At the University of St. Gallen, he completed his KMU-HSG post-diploma studies at the Swiss Research Institute of Small Businesses and Entrepreneurship.

The international success story of a Swiss SME
His passion for tackling technical challenges and developing innovative products prompted him to construct large, flush-fitted and frameless sliding windows that would create unprecedented opportunities for architectural and spatial concepts. By using large-format glass panels, Guhl breathes life into his vision: the perfect symbiosis of functionality, timeless design and Swiss engineering. In 2002, Guhl patented his Sky-Frame system, and the state-of-the-art solution went on to conquer the market. A major breakthrough came in 2010: Sky-Frame became the first-ever thermally insulated metal sliding window to be certified. 

Sky-Frame has established itself among developers and architects as the leading international supplier of sliding window systems and has branches in Switzerland, Antwerp, Vienna, Milan and Los Angeles. The family-owned company makes tailor-made architectural concepts and living spaces a reality around the world and – true to its brand promise – offers its customers “a view, not a window”. Sky-Frame develops and manufactures its premium products in Switzerland. In this way, Beat Guhl demonstrates his connection to the country itself – his home country, where everything began.