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  • Facility management company passes into new hands

    Facility management company passes into new hands

    The Hälg Group, based in the St.GallenBodenseeArea, is taking over Löwen Bau- und Betriebs AG from Lucerne, which specialises in facility management, according to a press release. The Lucerne-based company’s existing customers include five shopping centres, several multi-storey car parks and 100 flats. The portfolio also includes restaurants and fitness centres.

    The company will continue to operate under its own name for the first six months. On 1 July 2025, it will be integrated into Hälg Facility Management AG and the previous company name will be discontinued. The current Managing Director of Löwen Bau, Markus Belser, will continue to manage the company. Furthermore, all employees will continue to be employed.

    “I am delighted to be placing my company in the hands of a successful family business. With Hälg Facility Management AG as part of the Hälg Group, we share common values and a long-term strategic orientation. This offers our employees a secure future and creates the basis for positive further development,” Markus Belser is quoted as saying in the press release. The Hälg Group is convinced that the takeover will strengthen its market position in Central Switzerland.

  • Expansion in the Caribbean market through the acquisition of a construction chemicals manufacturer

    Expansion in the Caribbean market through the acquisition of a construction chemicals manufacturer

    Sika has acquired the construction chemicals manufacturer Vinaldom, based in the Dominican Republic, according to a press release. The family-run company is a leader in the production of concrete admixtures, fibers, adhesives and sealants.

    Vinaldom is Sika’s first plant in the Dominican Republic and its sixth in the Caribbean. The acquisition enables Sika to secure and expand its market position in the fast-growing Dominican market. The optimized production capacity, the larger customer base and the expanded product range will improve market access and open up “excellent cross-selling opportunities” for the company, according to the press release. “Thanks to improved access to a broader customer base and supported by local production, we will generate further growth in the Dominican market,” Mike Campion, Regional Head Americas, is quoted as saying.

    According to the press release, growth drivers in the Dominican Republic industry are infrastructure projects in the areas of energy and transportation, commercial construction and tourism. Sika is ideally positioned in this dynamic future market to benefit from the growth trends.

  • Market position strengthened through company takeover

    Market position strengthened through company takeover

    GammaRenax AG is moving under the umbrella of ISS Facility Services AG in Zurich. The Dübendorf-based company will operate under the ISS brand in future, the Swiss subsidiary of the globally active ISS Group for property management and facility management, headquartered in Copenhagen, announced in a press release. No details of the purchase price are provided in the press release.

    “The acquisition of gammaRenax AG represents an important expansion of our competences and a strengthening of our market position”, André Nauer, CEO of ISS Switzerland, is quoted as saying in the press release. “Like ISS Switzerland, gammaRenax stands for quality, customer focus and professionalism.” The new acquisition is intended to expand ISS Facility Services AG’s range of services for hotels and hygiene management for spa and wellness areas, as well as training and further education.

    Severin Gallo, former owner and Managing Director of gammaRenax AG, will join the Board of Directors of ISS Facility Services AG as part of the takeover. “Severin Gallo is a recognised expert within our industry and one of the leading figures who has shaped the facility services sector over the last 27 years,” explains Nauer. “By joining our Board of Directors, he will also be strategically committed to professional integration and will also provide strategic consulting services.”

  • Avobis takes over Kreditfabrik

    Avobis takes over Kreditfabrik

    Zurich -based Avobis has taken over the credit factory from Horgen ZH via Avobis Invest AG. The real estate and mortgage service provider, which specializes in independent, integrated and technology-based real estate and financing solutions, intends to use the integration to further expand its market position in mortgage servicing.

    As Avobis writes in a press release , both companies are leading providers of mortgage services. Avobis has been strongly positioned in servicing solutions in the mortgage market for 25 years. Kreditfabrik specializes in services for the processing, management and risk assessment of mortgages.

    Thanks to Kreditfabrik's customer relationships, Avobis will have a credit volume of over CHF 12 billion after the takeover and will be able to underline its "number 1 position in the market". "Avobis is the largest provider on the Swiss market that can support pension funds, investment foundations, insurance companies and all types of banks as mortgage servicing customers with the right solution for them," says Andreas Granella, Managing Director of Avobis Invest AG . As an asset manager for collective capital investments, Avobis Invest AG offers services for all customer segments.

    In order to complete the range of services "along the entire real estate value chain", Avobis Invest AG also wants to create additional investment opportunities for institutional investors in the coming year by introducing new products.

  • Apleona bundles businesses in Switzerland

    Apleona bundles businesses in Switzerland

    The new company will be managed by Michael Rohner (CEO), Markus Faber (COO, Facility Management), Thomas Scheiber (COO, Facility Management) and Sabrina Hauser (COO, Real Estate Management). The legal merger will be completed in the spring of 2022.

    According to CEO Michael Rohner, the merger strengthens Apleona’s market position in Switzerland: “By bundling the synergies of resources and know-how, we combine the best of facility management and real estate management, increase the depth of our own services and can thus offer our customers even more added value Offer.”

    In the future, more than 1,400 employees will work for Apleona Schweiz AG at 13 locations in Switzerland.