Dietlikon, 9 October 2012 – Implenia is acquiring Tego, a company operating in both the Norwegian and Swedish markets. The company achieved sales of around CHF 10 million (about NOK 61 million) in 2011 and employs 20 people. All employees will be taken on by Implenia Norge and continue working on the company’s ongoing projects. The transaction is scheduled to complete shortly, […]

Dietlikon, 30 August 2012 – Implenia, Switzerland’s leading construction and construction services company, looks back on a successful first half of 2012. EBIT divisions, operating income as well as consolidated profit significantly exceeded the previous year’s figures. The Real Estate Division posted a good result from its General Contracting unit and showed a strong […]

Dietlikon, 22 August 2012 – With the signing of a contract today Implenia successfully renewed – with effect from 31 August 2012 – the syndicated loan due to expire at the end of September 2012. It was possible to extend the term of the loan, which totals CHF 500 million, to five years. The final maturity (end of August 2017) is now after the date of maturity of the existing […]

Dietlikon, 16 August 2012 – Implenia has signed an agreement with Norwegian tunnelling specialist Mesta for the acquisition of tunnelling machinery. It also has the option to make job offers to employees of Mesta. So far, more than 30 specialists have been hired by Implenia. These employees will be lent back to Mesta for the completion of the “E16 Borlaug” road construction […]

Dietlikon, 6 August 2012 – Work on construction of the "Eaux des Fontaines" viaduct has begun on the “A16-Transjurane” motorway. A 544 metre long and up to 30 metre tall twin bridge is to be built on the section between Court and Loveresse. The implementation of this challenging project on unstable ground requires a great deal of experience, know-how and cooperation among […]

Dietlikon, 23 June 2012 ­– Sissi, the historic tunnel boring machine, is to be preserved for posterity. All of nine-and-a-half metres in diameter and weighing 225 tonnes, she had a voracious appetite for stone. In favourable conditions, she ate through as much as 38 metres of rock in a day. Now, she is retiring. Behind her are eight years of hard work, performed to an accuracy […]

Dietlikon, 21 June 2012 – Implenia is acquiring Locher Bauunternehmer AG, the construction arm of the long-established Zurich firm of Locher AG. Specialising in the fields of conversion, civil works refurbishment and hydrodynamics, the company generated revenues of over CHF 40 million in 2011. Implenia will retain the entire workforce of some 160 employees. The two companies […]

Dietlikon, 7 June 2012 – The World Council of Churches (WCC) signed a contract with Implenia for the development of its plot in Grand-Saconnex (Geneva), including a new Ecumenical Centre. The development of the site’s 34,000 square meters will take place in several phases over the next five to ten years. The process starts with a technical evaluation of the existing buildings […]

Dietlikon, 4 June 2012 – The existing ward block at the Cantonal University Hospital in Geneva dates from 1960. It no longer fulfils modern requirements in terms of number of beds, size of rooms, technical installations or sanitary facilities. In 2009, therefore, Canton Geneva decided to commission the construction of a second ward block and then to renovate the existing one. […]

Dietlikon, 31 May 2012 – Implenia is buying 100% of the shares of concrete specialist Midtnorsk Betongsprøyting AS. Based in Orkdal in Norway, the company posted revenue of almost CHF 8 million (NOK 46 million) and EBIT of almost CHF 2 million (around NOK 11 million) in 2011. The company has eight employees, all of whom are being kept on. Midtnorsk Betongsprøyting AS is a […]