Implenia facilitates and builds an international manufacturing headquarters in Winterthur
Dietlikon, 3 June 2013 – DMG Mori Seiki Europe AG and Mori Seiki Co. Ltd. Europe are moving to Winterthur. The joint venture between Gildemeister Aktiengesellschaft of Germany and Mori Seiki Co. Ltd. of Japan is buying a plot of approximately 20,000 square meters from Implenia in the Neuhegi part of the city. This new district is currently being regenerated with a mixture of modern industrial, residential and service developments. The international machine tool manufacturers are building their new European head office here on the Sulzer-Allee. Scheduled for completion in 2014 it will include sales, service and development departments as well as a technology centre. This will help strengthen Winterthur as a manufacturing centre and create around 200 new jobs. The people of Winterthur will in future also be able to come to the site to use a solar-powered charging station for electric cars, provided free of charge. As well as the project development work, Implenia is responsible for the basic construction of the building. Working together with the Winterthur Business Development Association, the City of Winterthur, the Economic Department of Canton Zurich and the Swiss Business Hub of Osec in Tokyo, Implenia has done a great deal in recent months to help attract the companies to Winterthur. “By selling the land, Implenia cleared the way for us to build up and develop our European business from this exciting, ideal location in Winterthur,” says Silvio Lehmann, CEO of DMG Mori Seiki Europe AG.
Implenia press contact:
Roger Teuscher
Communications Manager
Tel.: +41 44 805 45 65
The machine tool manufacturers are building their new European head office and technology centre on the Sulzer-Allee in the Neuhegi district of Winterthur (see picture). Scheduled for completion in 2014 it will provide 150-200 new jobs.
Implenia is Switzerland's leading construction and construction services company. Formed in 2006 from the merger between Zschokke and Batigroup, Implenia can look back on almost 150 years of history in the construction industry. The company brings the expertise of its highly skilled Modernisation & Development, Buildings and Tunnelling & Civil Engineering Sectors, and its Switzerland and Norway Regions under the single roof of a nationally and internationally active company. With its integrated business model and specialists operating in all its divisions, Implenia can manage a building project through its entire lifecycle and deliver work that is economical, integrated and customer-centric. The focus is on striking a sustainable balance between financial success and social and environmental responsibility.
Implenia, with its headquarters in Dietlikon near Zurich, employs more than 6500 people and posted turnover of around CHF 2.7 billion in 2012. The company is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (IMPN, CH0023868554). More information can be found at www.implenia.com.
