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  • Building Envelope Forum comes to the Umwelt Arena

    Building Envelope Forum comes to the Umwelt Arena

    Building Envelope Switzerland invites you to the Management and Entrepreneurs’ Forum – all about craftsmanship 2024 on 24 April 2024. The all-day event will take place at the Umwelt Arena Schweiz in Spreitenbach. According to an announcement, the motto of the forum is “Healthy growth with and thanks to the energy transition”.

    “We are in the midst of the energy transition,” reads the invitation from the Association of Swiss Building Envelope Companies. This poses various challenges for players in the construction industry in particular. Full order books, a lack of skilled labour, time pressure and strong price fluctuations at all levels are buzzwords that can be added to at will.

    The management and entrepreneur forum will provide practice-orientated impetus in the form of specialist presentations and a panel discussion. According to the invitation, the aim is to convey how to keep a company fit and position it successfully on the market.

    According to the Swiss Building Envelope Association, it has been the centre of excellence for the building envelope industry since it was founded in 1907. Together with other professional associations, it offers basic and advanced training in all aspects of the building envelope profession at its two locations at Polybau in Uzwil and Polybat in Les Paccots FR. Innovative, forward-looking solutions and products are developed in collaboration with product manufacturers, building envelope specialists, science, research, technology, architecture and planning.

  • LafargeHolcim reports record high quarterly results

    LafargeHolcim reports record high quarterly results

    According to a release from LafargeHolcim , the globally active Zug-based building materials group generated net sales of CHF 5.36 billion in the first quarter of 2021. In a year-on-year comparison and adjusted for portfolio changes, this corresponds to growth of 7.4 percent. The recurring operating result at EBIT level rose in the same period on a comparable basis by 130.7 percent to 528 million Swiss francs.

    "I am pleased to announce that we made an excellent start to the year with a record high Q1 result," said Group CEO Jan Jenisch in the announcement. "We are thus continuing our strong growth trajectory of the last few quarters."

    Jenisch expects to be able to strengthen the growth dynamic with the acquisition of Firestone Building Products , which was completed in the reporting quarter. The American company, which specializes in building envelopes and roof systems and is based in Nashville, Tennessee, had annual sales of $ 1.8 billion in 2020. The successful integration of the new acquisition should enable LafargeHolcim to achieve its targets for 2022 in the current financial year. Specifically, on a comparable basis, the Group is aiming for a growth in net sales of 3 to 5 percent and an increase in recurring EBIT of at least 10 percent.

    LafargeHolcim can also point to success in the area of sustainability. The group was named the most sustainable company in the construction industry by Vigeo-Eiris, according to the announcement. The rating agency for the environment, social affairs and governance has given LafargeHolcim the top grade A1 +. In addition, ten environmentally friendly products from the group, including the sustainable concrete from the ECOPact series, were recognized by the Solar Impulse Foundation . hs