On April 19, the building technology company Hälg celebrates the 100th anniversary of its founding in St. Gallen. According to the press release , the Hälg Group implements projects in the areas of heating, ventilation, air conditioning, cooling, sanitation and building automation as well as integral facility management, service and engineering services. The 1922 by Ferdinand Hälg as Ferd. Hälg central heating factory on Lukasstrasse in St.Gallen is still owner-managed today. The founder, who died in 1940, was succeeded by his son Emil Hälg. In 1986 his son-in-law Heinz Graf-Hälg took over the management of the company and in 2008 Roger and Marcel Baumer, Ursula Graf-Hälg’s sons, took over the management of the company.
“Ferdinand Hälg and his successors laid the foundation for us to be able to be successful today in the fourth generation,” Roger and Marcel Baumer are quoted as saying. They see the fact that the headquarters of the Hälg Group are on the same site as the one-man business founded in 1922 as a “nice sign of continuity”. The focus of the anniversary year will be a celebration for employees and retirees. The celebrations will be held under the motto: Sustainable. Since 1922.
According to its own statements, the group of companies employs 1,117 people at 22 locations in Switzerland and achieved sales of 315 million francs in 2021. The first order came on July 8, 1922 from the secondary school in Wil SG. The order volume at the time was CHF 693.
Today, the Hälg Group includes the umbrella company Hälg Holding AG with the companies Hälg & Co. AG, Dober AG, Klima AG, Meneo Energie SA, Zahn + Co. AG, Hälg Facility Management AG in Zurich, and GOAG (General Optimizing AG) in Wallisellen ZH and Vadea AG in St.Gallen.
