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  • AMAG commissions second photovoltaic plant in Cham

    AMAG commissions second photovoltaic plant in Cham

    AMAG has connected the second solar plant on the roof of its own car park at Alte Steinhauserstrasse 5 in Cham to the local power grid. According to a media release from the car dealer, over 786 solar modules were installed on an area of 1599 square metres. This could generate 320,000 kilowatt hours of electricity annually.

    The public car park is operated by AMAG Parking AG. With the activation of the facility, the AMAG Group is continuing to work on the implementation of its sustainability and climate strategy. In June 2023, the car dealer had commissioned a photovoltaic roof system at AMAG Zug. As there, the electricity is intended to cover AMAG’s own needs. Any excess production is to be fed into the public power grid.

    By 2025, 75,000 square metres of the roofs of AMAG plants are to be equipped with solar panels. The AMAG Group has gradually expanded its solar capacities in recent years. This has resulted in the installation of corresponding systems on the roofs of numerous plants.

  • AMAG now also produces solar power in Zuchwil

    AMAG now also produces solar power in Zuchwil

    AMAG Zuchwil/Solothurn has installed and commissioned a photovoltaic system on the roof of the VW and Škoda building. On an area of 726 square metres, 367 solar panels are to produce 155,978 kilowatt hours of energy per year. With the same performance data, the garage expects to have a second system installed on the roof of its Audi and Seat building by the end of the year.

    “The fact that we are now also one of the AMAG businesses that can produce our own electricity with a photovoltaic system not only makes us proud, but also more sustainable and independent,” AMAG Solothurn’s managing director Raphael Biberstein is quoted as saying in a media release. “We need the electricity primarily for customer vehicles and for our own fleet.”

    By 2025, around 75,000 square metres of AMAG’s roof surface will reportedly be equipped with solar modules. This is roughly equivalent to the area of ten football pitches. This means that the car dealer will produce more than 20 per cent of its current electricity consumption itself.

  • AMAG produces more solar power

    AMAG produces more solar power

    The AMAG Group has further expanded its solar power capacity: It has commissioned a new photovoltaic system on the roof of its garage operations in Cham. The 312 solar modules produce around 138,000 kilowatt hours of electricity on just under 570 square meters. According to a media release, this will cover a maximum of 30 percent of the company’s own electricity needs.

    The automotive retailer wants to increasingly produce its own electricity. It is to be used for personal use in the garages and for the operation of the electric vehicles sold. Therefore, according to the data, about 75,000 square meters will be equipped with solar panels by 2025. This corresponds to an area of ten football fields. Further expansion potential of around 100,000 square meters is still being investigated. From 2025, the company aims to operate in a climate-neutral manner.

    In addition, the roofs of AMAG Chur will be thermally insulated and fitted with translucent domes. “Thanks to the natural light, we save some of the costly and electricity-intensive lighting,” the managing director of AMAG Chur, Jan Giger, is quoted as saying. “Insulation helps lower energy costs and reduce gas consumption for heating.”

  • AMAG honors Griesser AG

    AMAG honors Griesser AG

    Griesser AG is the winner of this year's AMAG Family Business Awards , the Zug-based automotive company informs in a press release . The family company based in the St.GallenBodenseeArea was able to prevail against the two other finalists CTA from Münsingen BE and Nachbur from Holderbank SO. As the winner of the Family Business Award, the company is allowed to keep an all-electric Skoda ENYAQ SportLine iV made available to all three finalists for a year after the end of the year.

    Griesser AG was founded in 1882 as a roller shutter factory by Anton Griesser. The company, which is now in the fourth generation of the Strässle family, specializes in the development and manufacture of innovative shading solutions. Sustainability is mentioned in the communication as one of the cornerstones of the company. On a social level, this is expressed “in respectful and responsible interaction across all hierarchical levels”. On an ecological level, Griesser has set itself the goal of making all production sites climate-neutral by 2035. In addition, the company's fleet of 400 vehicles is to be converted to alternative drives such as electric by 2030.

    "The Family Business Award stands for AMAG's exemplary values in terms of sustainability and social responsibility," Griesser COO Pascal Strässle is quoted as saying in a Griesser statement on the award ceremony. "We are proud that Griesser carries on these values with the award".

  • AMAG acquires solar specialist Helion

    AMAG acquires solar specialist Helion

    AMAG , based in Cham, is acquiring the Helion division of the Zug-based company Bouygues Energies & Services . The car dealership reached a contractual agreement on this with the provider of building and energy supply technology on September 2, according to a media release .

    Accordingly, the purchase should be completed by the beginning of November. The Helion division, which specializes in photovoltaics, heat pumps and e-mobility, is to be fully integrated into the newly founded AMAG Energy & Mobility business unit of AMAG Group AG as an independent stock corporation. AMAG will take on all of Helion's employees as part of a business takeover.

    The AMAG Group specializes in the import and sale of Volkswagen, Audi, SEAT, Skoda, Cupra and VW Commercial Vehicles vehicles. In the future, she would like to “develop into the leading provider of sustainable individual mobility”. In the field of electromobility, the company wants to use the takeover of the solar specialist to offer its customers new services and to produce the electricity itself to operate the electric vehicles it sells.

    "Helion makes it possible to offer our private customers complete solutions for everything to do with electromobility via our trading and service partner network," Helmut Ruhl, CEO of the AMAG Group, is quoted in the media release.

    The newly founded AMAG Energy & Mobility division is headed by Martin Everts. He was previously Head of Corporate Development at AMAG and is a proven energy expert. According to the information, Helion will continue to be managed by the previous management team around the two founders Noah Heynen and Samuel Beer.

  • AMAG Winterthur puts new solar system into operation

    AMAG Winterthur puts new solar system into operation

    The AMAG Group has put a new photovoltaic system into operation at its Winterthur location, informs the automotive trading group for all brands of the Volkswagen Group in a message . The system built by Helion with an output of around 157 kilowatts peak was installed on the roof of the AMAG building for Volkswagen and VW commercial vehicles. The group intends to use around 60 to 65 percent of the approximately 158 megawatt hours of solar power expected annually.

    “With the solar energy obtained from the photovoltaic system, we can cover around 60 percent of our electricity requirements at the Zürcherstrasse 312 location in Winterthur,” Martin Zgraggen, Managing Director of AMAG Winterthur, is quoted in the press release. “The increasing number of electric vehicles means that more electricity is required, which the new solar system supplies us.”

    The AMAG buildings for the Audi and Skoda brands in Winterthur were equipped with a solar system back in 2013, the press release explains. The group had the first photovoltaic system installed on the roof of its central spare parts warehouse in Buchs ZH in 2008. In the current year, in addition to the new system in Winterthur, two further solar systems were installed in Wettswil am Albis ZH and in Basel.

    The automobile trading group with its headquarters in Cham ZG wants to be completely climate-neutral by 2025. To this end, solar systems are to be installed on an area of around 50,000 square meters by 2024. The group is looking into a deployment for a further 100,000 square meters of space at AMAG locations.

  • Zurich Airport welcomes new tenants

    Zurich Airport welcomes new tenants

    AMAG , Bruno Wickart , RehaClinic , cermony Swiss and Vebego have signed rental contracts for sales, event, therapy and office space in The Circle , according to a statement from Flughafen Zürich AG . In addition to shops and service providers, The Circle also houses restaurants and a Hyatt Regency Hotel.

    The car dealer AMAG is now also setting up a center for new mobility in The Circle. The furniture store Bruno Wickart will present offers for work and living in a new exhibition area. The RehaClinic will move its RehaCenter from the airport to The Circle in mid-2021. The real estate service provider Vebego is creating a location for its international activities in The Circle. And cermony is opening its Bliss Center for massages and other health-promoting services in spring.