Implenia
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| Public | |
| Industry | Construction, Civil engineering |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Headquarters | Dietlikon, Switzerland |
Key people |
Anton Affentranger, Chairman Christian Bubb, CEO |
| Revenue | CHF2,522.6 million (2011)[1] |
| CHF93.7 million (2011)[1] | |
| CHF61.4 million (2011)[1] | |
Number of employees | 5648 (2011) |
| Website | www.implenia.com |
Implenia (SIX: IMPN) is the largest construction company in Switzerland. Notably it successfully fought off a takeover by the UK hedge fund, Laxey Partners in 2008.[2]
History
The company was created in March 2006 through a merger between Zschokke (founded 1872) and Batigroup (founded 1997). It acquired the building business of Bilfinger Construction in December 2014.[3]
Structure
The company has three divisions:
- Real Estate
- Construction
- Global Solutions
Major projects
Major projects involving the company include the Roxburgh Dam completed in 1953,[4] the Dinorwig Power Station completed in 1984,[5] the Sunniberg Bridge completed in 1998[6] the Stade de Genève completed in 2003[7] and the Swissmill Tower that was rebuilt by April 2016.[8]
The company is working on the Gotthard Base Tunnel project which is expected to be completed in 2015.[9] Along with Bilfinger SE, Frutiger AG and Impresa Pizzarotti, Implenia forms part of the Transco consortium responsible for the Sedrun work site of the tunnel.[10]
Sources
- Gray, Tony (1987). The Road to Success: Alfred McAlpine 1935 - 1985. Rainbird Publishing.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Implenia. |
References
- 1 2 3 Implenia Annual Report 2011
- ↑ Swiss info
- ↑ "Bilfinger Seals $282 Million Sale to Implenia to Exit Building". Bloomber. 14 December 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- ↑ "Sign advertising Cubitts and Zschokke, and the Roxburgh Hyro-electric power project, Roxburgh Hydro". Retrieved 4 June 2012.
- ↑ Gray, p. 14
- ↑ Sunniberg Bridge on the Structurae database
- ↑ Stade de Genève on the Structurae database
- ↑ "Dubai und Schanghai können einpacken: In Zürich steht der höchste Kornspeicher der Welt". Watson. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
- ↑ Transco Archived 2010-05-29 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Booth, Martina (29 April 2010). "Gotthard: A titanic tunnel". New Civil Engineer. EMAP Publishing Limited. Retrieved 15 July 2015.