Implenia

Implenia

Type	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]
Operating income	CHF93.7 million (2011)[1]
Net income	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 recently successfully fought off a takeover by the UK hedge fund, Laxey Partners.^[2]

History

The company was created in March 2006 through a merger between Zschokke (founded 1872) and Batigroup (founded 1997). It acquired 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] and the Stade de Genève completed in 2003.^[7]

The company is working on the Gotthard Base Tunnel project which is expected to be completed in 2015.^[8] 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.^[9]

Sources

• Gray, Tony (1987). The Road to Success: Alfred McAlpine 1935 - 1985. Rainbird Publishing.

External links

• Official site

References

1. Implenia Annual Report 2011
2. Swiss info
3. "Bilfinger Seals $282 Million Sale to Implenia to Exit Building". Bloomber. 14 December 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
4. "Sign advertising Cubitts and Zschokke, and the Roxburgh Hyro-electric power project, Roxburgh Hydro". Retrieved 4 June 2012.
5. Gray, p. 14
6. Sunniberg Bridge on the Structurae database
7. Stade de Genève on the Structurae database
8. Transco
9. Booth, Martina (29 April 2010). "Gotthard: A titanic tunnel". New Civil Engineer. EMAP Publishing Limited. Retrieved 15 July 2015.