Implenia inaugurates new production facility for wood construction
Dietlikon, 3 April 2017 – Implenia officially opened its new production hall for wood construction in Rümlang on Saturday. Its investment in a new hall housing state-of-the-art infrastructure is Implenia’s response to the increasing demand for wood as a building material. The group is also implementing its digitalisation strategy in the new facility in order to make planning and production processes much more streamlined. The 3,300 m2 hall is divided into two logistics and three production areas. This means that the team of around 20 production workers can either work simultaneously on three different projects or, in complex cases, focus as a team on the different elements of a single project.
Switzerland’s biggest timber-built development, “sue&til”, is currently being constructed in Winterthur, and the new wood construction hall is producing more than 250,000 wooden parts for it. Thanks to end-to-end digitalisation of the processes involved, Implenia can coordinate everything smoothly: from planning, to preproduction of the elements, to assembly and installation on site. In summary, the new production hall allows Implenia and its customers to reap all the benefits of modern wooden construction, combined with the practical advantages of the Group’s digitalisation strategy. Implenia has also decided that it will only use certified wood on the projects it develops itself in future, thus underlining its commitment to sustainable development within the construction industry.
Implenia press contact:
Reto Aregger
Head of Communications Group
Tel.: +41 58 474 74 77
Implenia is investing in wood construction: the new production hall in Rümlang uses end-to-end digitalised processes. (Picture: Implenia)
Implenia is Switzerland’s leading construction and construction services company. It also has strong positions in the German, Austrian and Scandinavian infrastructure markets. Established in 2006, Implenia can look back on around 150 years of construction tradition. It brings the expertise of its highly skilled sectoral and regional units together under the roof of a company active throughout Europe. With its integrated business model and specialists operating in all areas of construction, the Group 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, currently employs more than 8,200 people around Europe and posted revenue of around CHF 3.3 billion in 2016. The company is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (IMPN, CH0023868554). More information can be found at www.implenia.com.
