Dietlikon, 8 March 2015 – In today's referendum, Winterthur approved the "Werk 1" design plan with 63.9 percent of votes cast. This marks a significant step in the development of the Sulzerareal site in Winterthur. "We're very pleased with this result and especially about the development of a new quarter on a site with such a rich history," said René Zahnd, Head of Business […]

Dietlikon, 3 March 2015 - After a total of ten years on the Boards of Directors of Implenia and Batigroup, Chairman Markus Dennler has decided not to stand for re-election at the next General Meeting in March 2015. Markus Dennler has been a member of Implenia's most senior management body from the start. Together with CEO Anton Affentranger he drove the merger of Zschokke and […]

Dietlikon, 2 March 2015 – Following the successful closing of the transaction, Bilfinger Construction is from today part of the Implenia Group. The acquisition, announced at the end of December 2014, has been approved by all the relevant competition authorities. Bilfinger Construction generated production output of around EUR 650 million in 2014 and has approximately 1900 […]

Dietlikon, 24 February 2015 – Implenia produced a convincing result for 2014 despite a difficult start caused by one-off earnings’ corrections for the Business Unit Buildings in the first half of the year. The operating income of CHF 108.5 million for 2014 as a whole easily exceeded the goal of more than CHF 100 million set in June 2014. Implenia is well positioned for the […]

Dietlikon, 30 January 2015 – The Ulrich Finsterwalder Structural Engineering Award is presented every two years by publishers Ernst & Sohn Verlag. This year the Kaeng Krachan elephant enclosure at Zurich Zoo has won the coveted prize. The project was chosen ahead of around 45 other contenders, which the jury evaluated against functional, technical, financial and design […]

Dietlikon, 27 January 2015 – Implenia has taken a further step towards acquiring Bilfinger Construction GmbH. Germany's Bundeskartellamt approved the transaction on Tuesday. The competition authorities in Austria and Norway have already completed their legal processes. Closing is scheduled for the start of March 2015. Bilfinger Construction GmbH, part of Bilfinger SE, […]

Dietlikon, 21 January 2015 – Implenia has secured two new infrastructure contacts in Norway worth a total of CHF 21 million (around NOK 187 million). This includes a combined bridge and road project on the R3 highway in Alvdal that Implenia is carrying out for the Norwegian Public Roads Administration (see map). It involves replacing an existing bridge as well as local […]

Dietlikon, 16 January 2015 – Implenia has won the order to build a residential development in Aarau for around CHF 50 million. Working as general contractor for real estate company Mobimo, the Group is constructing eight buildings with a total of 92 owner-occupied homes. The project is being built on Plot 4 of the "Torfeld Süd" development. Together with the properties on […]

Dietlikon, 22 December 2014 – Implenia is acquiring the Bilfinger Construction GmbH unit from Bilfinger SE. The unit, with production output of around CHF 780 million (EUR 650 million) and 1850 employees, offers extensive infrastructure construction services in German-speaking Europe and in Scandinavia. With this acquisition, Switzerland's leading construction and construction […]

Dietlikon, 17 December 2014 – The 130 kilometre-long Koralmbahn line is currently the largest expansion project within the Austrian rail network. When completed in 2023 it will provide the first ever direct link between the major centres of Graz and Klagenfurt. It will form part of the "Adriatic-Baltic" axis – an international corridor stretching from Bologna to Danzig. […]