Bindella
| BINDELLA ventures | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1909 |
| Seat | Zurich , Switzerland |
| management | Rudolf (Rudi) Bindella |
| Number of employees | 1000 (2006) |
| sales | 180–250 million CHF (2005, estimate) |
| Branch | Gastronomy, real estate |
| Website | www.bindella.ch |
| As of December 31, 2005 | |
The Bindella companies are a Zurich-based family company with a holding structure , which is active in the areas of gastronomy , wine trade and viticulture , real estate and handicrafts .
history
The group of companies has its origins in the wine shop founded by Jean Bindella in 1909. Jean Bindella, with Spanish roots from Ticino , was the first Chianti importer in Switzerland. After his death, his widow, Anna Bindella-Mayer, sold the wine shop to take care of her two properties with restaurants in Zurich. Her son, Rudolf Bindella, later laid the foundations for today's corporate group. In order to reactivate the wine trade of his late father, he bought a company that sold wines from well-known Italian and French producers. Later wineries in the cantons of Vaud , Wallis and Neuchâtel were added. In 1947 he took over the Plasterer his uncle Leone Bindella. In 1950 Rudolf Bindella's entry into the areas of construction and real estate management took place . Between 1950 and 1970 Rudolf Bindella bought ten restaurants in Zurich, Lausanne and Neuchâtel .
Today the group of companies is run by the third generation of Rudi Bindella.
The Kornhauskeller restaurant and the café in Bern's Kornhaus are run by Bindella; the latter should give way to a pizzeria .
Companies
The gastronomy sector , with 700 employees, represents the largest part of the group and comprises 33 restaurants, mostly in Zurich, with a focus on Italian cuisine . According to the media, sales in this area are estimated at around 100 million Swiss francs.
In the wine trade and viticulture sector , sales are estimated to be around 50 million Swiss francs. Bindella is mainly active in the trade in Italian wine. The only family-owned winery of originally three is located in Tuscany near Montepulciano .
The real estate sector includes, on the one hand, the development, project planning and implementation of commercial and residential buildings as a total or general contractor, and on the other hand the sale and management of real estate in the Zurich area.
The 50 artisans comprehensive division craft mainly includes plastering and painting work in the Zurich area.
swell
- ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: Wirtschaftsmagazin Bilanz. Issue 15/2006 )
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Kornhauscafé closes. In: bernerzeitung.ch . September 3, 2019, accessed September 3, 2019 .