Tag: Partner

Holcim divests businesses in Uganda and Tanzania

Holcim has signed agreements to divest its businesses in Uganda and Tanzania. According to a press release issued by the Zug-based building materials manufacturer, its local subsidiary in Uganda, Hima Cement Ltd, has been sold to the Sarrai Group for an enterprise value of USD 120 million.

Holcim has also agreed to sell its 65 per cent stake in Mbeya Cement Company Ltd in Tanzania to the Amsons Group for an undisclosed amount. The completion of both transactions is subject to the respective regulatory approvals.

“These divestments advance our strategy to consolidate our leadership position in core markets as the world’s leading provider of innovative and sustainable building solutions,” said Martin Kriegner, Regional Head Asia, Middle East & Africa. “We are delighted to have found strategic and trusted partners in the Sarrai Group and the Amsons Group, who are ideally positioned to develop these businesses in the long term.”

November 2023
Landis and swr+ merge

The long-standing partner companies swr+ and Landis will in future operate under the joint umbrella of Landis AG. According to a media release, the newly established planning and engineering company with its 50 employees is based at Landis’ previous main location in Geroldswil. All employees from both companies will be integrated into the newly created competence network. Nothing will change for customers: the contact persons will remain the same.

As part of a management buyout at swr+, Managing Directors Thomas Brocker, Serge Bütler, Roger Hersche, Samuel Lienhart and André Wenzinger took over the shares from sole owner Peter Rauch on July 1. In a second step, all employees will be enabled to participate in the company and its development.

In addition to its headquarters in Landis, Landis previously had branch offices in Brüttisellen in the Glattal and in St.Gallen. The planning and engineering firm specializes in infrastructure construction, real estate and spatial development, and building law. Founded in 1948, swr+ had its headquarters in Dietikon and a branch office in Aarau. It saw itself as an interdisciplinary construction office for real estate and spatial development, infrastructure, mobility, water as well as environment and climate. In the future, this range of services and the corresponding competencies will be available from a single source.

July 2023
Dormakaba becomes new partner of Aareon Connect

Rümlang-based security technology company dormakaba is partnering with Aareon Connect, according to a media release. The partner programme was launched by Mainz-based Aareon. It allows external digital solutions and services to be seamlessly connected to Aareon’s ERP systems via a standardised interface and using a uniform data model. ERP stands for Enterprise Resource Planning and describes business management systems.

Access specialist dormakaba joins Aareon Connect with its new cloud access management system resivo. “Aareon Connect is more or less an online marketplace,” Alf Tomalla, Director Ecosystem Success at Aareon Group, is quoted as saying. “We want to transfer the way we all obtain software easily and quickly in our private lives via app stores to the property sector.” The goal is to unite the best software solutions in the property industry in a single ecosystem, Tomalla said.

“The benefits of electronic locking systems, coupled with secure yet user-friendly apps for tenants and managers, offer significant added value for our customers, which we maximise by integrating dormakaba into Aareon’s ERP systems,” Bernd Rütgers, Head of System Sales at dormakaba Deutschland GmbH, is quoted as saying.

The cloud solution resivo from dormakaba enables simple access management of buildings, according to the statement. With resivo, all access rights can be flexibly organised online. They are managed and assigned from the office.

May 2023
Reddot Winner 2022 Swiss Pavilions at World Expo 2020

A sea of fog for Switzerland
The completely mirrored Swiss Pavilion attracted over 1.7 million visitors over a period of six months and was one of the top 5 most popular and "most instagrammable" buildings at this world exhibition, where around 200 countries were represented. The central showpiece in the pavilion was a real sea of fog in an artistically abstract mountain panorama. These refreshing wafts of mist in the pavilion were a sensation in the Dubai desert. The effect changed continuously for the viewer: inside and ideally brought out the magical Swiss mountain panorama.
Poland – Inspired by Nature
The iconic architecture of the Polish Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai translates the motif of a flock of migratory birds into a fascinating kinetic sculpture that welcomes the flow of visitors from the outside and accompanies them inside as a "narrator". A poetic approach that, as an easy-to-understand metaphor, reflects the richness of Polish nature as the main habitat of migratory birds. At the same time, migratory birds stand metaphorically for relevant topics from Poland such as mobility, sustainability, migration and cosmopolitanism – which fits perfectly with the EXPO motto "Connecting Minds – Creating the Future".
Another confirmation
“We are very proud that we received two Red Dot Awards from the international jury for our two pavilion projects. This spurs us on to continue to develop innovative, bold and outstanding designs,” says Iwan Funk. As Managing Partner of Bellprat Partner, he and his 15-strong team worked on the development of the Swiss and Polish pavilions for more than five years and oversaw the entire implementation on site in Dubai.
Red Dot Design Award
The Red Dot Design Award is one of the largest design competitions in the world. Participants can register in three disciplines: products, brands and communication projects as well as prototypes and design concepts. A jury meets annually for each award, which assesses the submissions individually and then decides on the award of the prizes.
The Red Dot Design Award looks back on more than 60 years of history: A jury met for the first time in 1955 to evaluate the best designs of the time. That has remained the case to this day – this year with around 20,000 submissions. The award ceremony will take place on October 28, 2022 in Berlin.
More information on the Red Dot Award 2022: www.red-dot.org

August 2022
Madaster wins Integral Baumanagement as a partner

Madaster wants to strengthen the circular economy in the construction and real estate sector. To this end, it offers digital tools on its platform, such as material passports and indices for recording the economic and circular value of buildings. In addition, companies that are committed to the circular economy in the construction and real estate sector are networked. With Integral Baumanagement AG , the Swiss register for materials has now gained another comrade-in-arms, Madaster Switzerland informs in a statement . The company based in Olten provides overall services in the planning and realization of buildings for builders and real estate owners.

With the decision to make Integral Baumanagement AG fit for Madaster, “we are investing in a better future and thus making a significant contribution to achieving climate neutrality in construction,” Mauro Giorgini is quoted in the statement. The managing director of Integral Baumanagement AG relies on Madaster to catalog the materials used in the building and to determine their value, suitability for reuse and their impact on the environment. “In this way, we can lay the foundation for a sustainable future and optimal market positioning of your property with our customers.”

Madaster’s building records record data about the materials used in a building. “We live in a closed system and resources are finite,” explains Marloes Fischer in the statement. For the managing director of Madaster Services Schweiz AG, individual buildings as well as entire areas and cities should be used as “gold mines for material”. “If we write down what’s there now, we’ll make building the future easier.”

March 2022
Schindler and ISS become partners in vertical mobility

According to a press release, Schindler and the building service provider ISS , headquartered in Zurich, have signed a global framework agreement to optimize ISS’ vertical mobility solutions. The cooperation makes the Ebikon-based provider of elevators and escalators the “preferred partner for the maintenance and modernization of elevators and escalators” in ISS buildings worldwide.

In particular, Schindler’s “real-time performance and maintenance monitoring” is to be used in ISS services. ISS specializes in the design of workspaces and building management and has buildings in more than 30 countries.

According to the media release, the focus of the partnership is on “tailor-made solutions to optimize the flow of people in buildings managed by ISS worldwide and thus make the stay in these buildings more pleasant”.

The cooperation should also help to support ISS in its sustainability efforts, according to Paolo Compagna, operational manager at Schindler. The Schindler Port 4D product will be used to achieve the intended net-zero emissions. It can reduce the energy consumption of an elevator group by up to 40 percent. Further support for achieving the sustainability goals should bring “modernization and the introduction of adaptive maintenance solutions”.

February 2022
Wincasa is a new partner of Madaster

Real estate service provider Wincasa has entered into a partnership with Madaster . According to a press release , Wincasa intends to facilitate the efficient use of materials throughout the life cycle of a property. Wincasa uses the Madaster material pass for this. It gives insight into the materials, components, products and quantities that were used to create a building. It also includes information about the quality of the materials, their locations, and their financial and circular value.

“The exact knowledge of the built-in materials is an integral part of the holistic view of a property”, Beatrice Landolt, Head Construction & Facility Management at Wincasa AG, is quoted as saying. “On the basis of this data, we will in future be able to evaluate the circularity of the properties we manage and map this in a corresponding index.”

As stated in the announcement, a detailed material pass for an existing building is being created for the first time in Switzerland in the Müllerstrasse 12 renovation project in Zurich. Wincasa is supporting this Swiss Prime Site Immobilien AG project with its client trust department. In this way, if one property is demolished, materials can be used specifically in another property, says Landolt. “This possibility means a new dimension of circularity in the real estate industry and closes the cycle in Cradle to Cradle construction projects.”

October 2021