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  • Burkhalter Group completes capital increase

    Burkhalter Group completes capital increase

    Burkhalter Group has successfully completed a capital increase for the acquisition of Solothurn-based Riggenbach AG, Lüftungs- und Klimatechnik, the Zurich-based specialist for building technology announced in a press release. Specifically, 148,774 new registered shares with a nominal value of 4 centimes each were issued from the existing capital band. The seller of Riggenbach AG will receive the new shares as part of the purchase price and has undertaken to hold two thirds of the registered shares for at least two years.

    With the capital increase, Burkhalter’s share capital has risen to just under CHF 425,000. It consists of a total of 10,622,130 registered shares with a nominal value of 4 centimes each. The new registered shares can be traded on the SIX Swiss Exchange as of 30 August.

    The acquisition of Riggenbach AG is intended to give Burkhalter additional market share. The company, which is headquartered in Olten and has branches in Solothurn and Brugg AG, generates annual sales of around CHF 40 million. In its strategy, Burkhalter reserves the right to acquire other building technology companies in order to expand its market share.

  • Holcim looks back on an excellent half year

    Holcim looks back on an excellent half year

    Holcim generated sales of CHF 13.07 billion in the first half of 2023, the globally active Zug-based building materials group informed in a statement. This corresponds to a year-on-year decline of 11.0 percent. On an organic basis, growth of 7.4 percent was achieved, Holcim writes.

    Holcim reported a recurring operating result at EBIT level of CHF 2.04 billion for the reporting period. In the same period of the previous year, the figure was CHF 2.17 billion. The organic growth is put at 13.4 percent in the statement. The margin on operating profit increased by 0.8 percentage points year-on-year to 15.6 per cent. In the second quarter of 2023, a margin of 21.1 per cent was realised. Earnings per share increased by 15.3 per cent year-on-year to a record 2.19 Swiss francs. The company describes the first-half results as “outstanding”.

    “We are on track to achieve industry-leading margins in the 2023 financial year,” Jan Jenisch, Holcim’s chairman and CEO, was quoted as saying in the statement. “This confirms Holcim’s strong position in all markets where our leading sustainable construction solutions and brands deliver above-average profitability and growth.”

    In the half year under review, Holcim invested CHF 1.8 billion in 18 acquisitions. In addition, the company continued its expansion in the North American market, the statement said. According to it, Holcim has already been awarded more than 70 infrastructure projects in the US for the period 2023 to 2026.

  • Profit increase of over 6% at Swiss Prime Site

    Profit increase of over 6% at Swiss Prime Site

    The key figures for 2022 are characterized by two factors: on the one hand, the Akara Group from Zug was included in the scope of consolidation for the first time with the closing on January 10, 2022, and on the other hand, the consolidated financial statements for 2022 were prepared in accordance with the IFRS accounting standard and the previous year's figures were adjusted accordingly.

    Interest rate turnaround heralded, but resistant Swiss real estate market
     In the year to date, the Swiss economy has continued on its growth course, despite geopolitical challenges, supply chain problems and rising prices. With an increase of 105,000 jobs in the service sector over the past 12 months and a record 114,000 vacancies, the outlook for the economy remains positive. The key interest rate increase by the Swiss National Bank (SNB) by 50 basis points in June 2022 is intended to prevent inflation, which is also increasing in Switzerland, from spreading to goods and services across the board. Inflation here is still below that in the European markets. Despite the further interest rate hikes announced by the SNB for 2022, we are still in a negative real interest rate environment. This favors real value investments such as real estate. Accordingly, we have only seen isolated reactions in the real estate market so far. First-class locations continue to be in demand by tenants and investors.

    Increase in operating income and good rental income
     The positive business development of the Swiss Prime Site Group is reflected in the increase in operating income by 2.5% to CHF 378.9 million. All group companies contributed to this. In the first half of 2022, we were able to newly let or re-let an area of over 102,000 m2 [47,000 m2] in our own real estate portfolio. This often happened on better terms and led to an increase in rental income to CHF 214.2 million (+1.9% on a comparable basis). The vacancy rate was reduced to 4.4% [4.7%]. The WAULT is still 5.5 years [5.6 years]. The rental successes more than compensated for the rent of CHF 3.3 million from the modernization project on Müllerstrasse in Zurich, which was still included in the first half of 2021, as well as the absence of the sale of properties as part of our capital recycling strategy. This involved a portfolio with seven properties, which was sold to the newly launched “Swiss Prime Site Solutions Investment Fund Commercial”, as well as two other properties in St. Gallen. This resulted in a pre-tax profit of CHF 14.7 million. Sales profits will increase significantly again in the second half of 2022 due to real estate sales already signed in the amount of more than CHF 165 million (including house B “Espace Tourbillon” in Plan-les-Ouates).

    Further details: sps.swiss/en/media/media-releases