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  • Headsquarter builds another coworking location in Zurich

    Headsquarter builds another coworking location in Zurich

    Headsquarter will be expanded to include a third location in the Handelshof residential and commercial building on Uraniastrasse in Zurich. The Zurich-based provider of flexible offices and areas for coworking is thus placing a new facility for shared offices on an area of 2000 square meters.

    A modern working environment “with a modern design concept, flexible use of space and hotel-like services” is to be created on two floors in the Handelshof business centre. In addition to 200 office workplaces, space for workshops, meetings and social events will be available from January 2023, surrounded by leisure facilities and dining options.

    Mutual exchange is central to the hybrid coworking model. In contrast to the home office, the worker can benefit from social networks. Accordingly, the concept also provides for meeting zones for the team and customers. Sports offerings, culinary events and hotel-like services ranging from barista-quality coffee to a cleaning service are intended to promote the workspace experience.

    Headsquarter has already settled with its premium coworking spaces at Ernst-Nobs-Platz and Talacker 4 . The company explains the addition of Uraniastrasse with the high location quality of Zurich. Cities such as Zug, Basel and Geneva are also in focus for further growth.

  • Dormakaba is growing at double-digit rates

    Dormakaba is growing at double-digit rates

    According to a statement from dormakaba , the globally active locking technology group from the Glattal generated sales totaling CHF 1.35 billion in the first half of the 2021/22 financial year, which ended on December 31, 2021. In a year-on-year comparison, this corresponds to growth of 10.0 percent. The operating result at the EBITDA level increased by 7.9 percent to CHF 193.5 million in the same period. A net profit of CHF 100.6 million was reported compared to CHF 99.9 million in the same period of the previous year.

    At 14.3 percent, the EBITDA margin was 0.3 percentage points lower than in the first half of 2020/21. In the statement, dormakaba attributes this “to the product mix, higher raw material and freight costs and increased labor costs”. In the Germany, Austria and Switzerland region, however, the EBITDA margin increased from 17.1 to 18.2 percent year-on-year.

    "Due to healthy demand, we were able to achieve strong organic growth," Jim-Heng Lee is quoted as saying in the release. According to dormakaba's CEO, the company was able to record "promising order intake and a good order backlog" in most markets and all segments. The head of the company is confident "that we will continue on this path of growth with the implementation of our new strategy".

    dormakaba reorganized its corporate structure with effect from the beginning of the year. In the future there will be “three customer-centric regions and sales organizations” with Americas, Asia Pacific and Europe & Africa, according to the press release. To this end, the DACH and EMEA business areas will be combined in the Europe & Africa region and the Middle East region will be integrated into Asia Pacific. All regions are to be supported “by new global functions such as Marketing & Products or Operations”.