Bison Switzerland AG

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Bison Switzerland AG

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legal form Corporation
founding 1983 of the oldest part of the company
Seat Sursee , Switzerland
management Florian Bernauer (CEO)
Number of employees over 300
sales 75 million (2016)
Branch Software, hardware, IT consulting
Website www.bison-group.com
As of January 22, 2017

The Bison Switzerland AG , headquartered in Sursee is a Swiss management company for several companies that are based in Sursee.

The core business of the Bison companies is the production of business software, including two ERP solutions. The Java-based, platform-independent Bison Process solution has received several awards. In 2004 Bison received the Swiss Technology Award from the Swiss Academy of Technical Sciences in two categories and in 2013 the IBM Best Seller Award in the category “Most Innovative ISV Retail Store Solution”. In 2015, Bison won the Swiss ICT Award with the "ESL Manager" web app, which is responsible for the central control of electronic shelf labels (ESL).

Among other things, the Bison Process ERP system is being developed at the Sursee site in Central Switzerland, which optimally supports the business processes of the focus sectors of crop production, viticulture, recycling and trading. The Bison Process Retail (x-trade) merchandise management system with integrated warehouse and branch management is being developed at the Kaiserslautern location. Furthermore, the ERP standard solution Bison Process Trading is sold at the Hamburg location, which is specifically designed for international raw material and batch trading as well as the import of textiles, shoes and finished goods. The Bison product portfolio is complemented by the business intelligence software Qlik, complete solutions with e-paper (ESL) in the POS environment and a comprehensive range of hardware and software in the field of mobile solutions.

history

The oldest part of the Bison, Bison Schweiz AG was founded in 1983. Several sister companies for administration, hardware and software providers are grouped around this core company. In the course of time, Bison built up an extensive network of partnerships in Europe, including companies in Germany ( SoftM , Dakoda), the Netherlands (RBK) and Great Britain (Medulla). Even before the events in April 2010, Bison had become one of the 100 largest employers in Central Switzerland.

In 2012, Bison changed its strategy and took over external companies for the first time. In May 2012, the takeover of the trading specialist Marketstream in Hamburg is announced. The company traded under the name Bison Marketstream GmbH . In January 2013, Bison took over the Maxess Systemhaus in Kaiserslautern , a retail specialist, with retroactive effect from December 31, 2012 . The company was continued as Bison Deutschland GmbH .

Also in December 2012, Bison combined the activities, which were previously spread over three locations, in a building in the Swiss municipality of Oberkirch , near the former headquarters in Sursee. The Büron and Sempach locations were given up.

In October 2014, Fenaco took over all shares in the company. The acting CEO Rudi Fehlmann was replaced ad interim by the Chairman of the Bison Board of Directors and former fenaco CFO Werner Beyer.

Bison Deutschland GmbH in Kaiserslautern and Bison Marketstream GmbH in Hamburg bundled their activities in autumn 2016 with retroactive effect from January 1, 2016, and from now on they will operate jointly under the name Bison Deutschland GmbH.

Comparex (PC goods)

In 2002 PC-Ware took over a 70% majority stake in Bison Systems AG in Sursee. The remaining 30% are held by Bison Holding. The company's name was changed to PC-Ware in April 2007 and to Comparex in March 2010. On April 14, 2010, specialist publications reported the almost complete change in the workforce from Comparex (Switzerland) to Bison. On April 13, 2010 the entire management of Comparex Switzerland and a large part of the workforce, a total of 180 of approx. 200 employees, the termination at Comparex and held an employment guarantee from the CEO of Bison in their hands. The "event that is unique in Swiss economic history" led to a legal dispute between Bison and Comparex. CEO Fehlmann redeemed the employment guarantee by founding Bison IT Services AG, which is to provide IT services for sister companies and third parties. The new company was initially domiciled in Büron and, from December 2012, Sursee . The civil law suits brought by Comparex against Bison were dismissed on August 25, 2010 by the Sursee District Court.

With the rejection of the lawsuit at the Sursee District Court, the legal dispute was not yet resolved. On December 14, 2010, the financially troubled Comparex announced in a press release the filing of a claim for damages in the amount of "probably CHF 30 million". Until the beginning of 2012, neither these claims nor the legal investigation of the events by the Lucerne public prosecutor's office had been completed.

In 2015, the Lucerne public prosecutor closed the investigation in two of the nine cases and charged the former CEO Rudi Fehlmann and the former head of Comparex Switzerland, Oliver Schalch, with improper business management, violation of manufacturing and trade secrets and unfair competition. Three other proceedings have been closed and four investigative proceedings are ongoing.

At the beginning of 2019, Bison IT Services was renamed BitHawk. Oliver Schalch is the CEO and became a co-owner of BitHawk through a management buyout at the end of September 2019.

Holdings

Bison has interests in the following companies:

  • Bison Switzerland AG
  • Bison Germany GmbH, Kaiserslautern
  • Bison FLG AG, Sursee
  • Bison Deutschland GmbH, Hamburg - formerly marketstream GmbH, 100% with the group since 2012; renamed with purchasing

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Entry of "Bison Holding AG" in the commercial register of the Canton of Lucerne  ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.hralu.ch  
  2. ↑ One brand - Bison strengthens its brand in the product area ( Memento of the original from December 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Schmid + siegenthaler consulting gmbh website. Retrieved May 31, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.topsoft.ch
  3. ↑ a b c Return on Investment; - The business magazine of Central Switzerland of November 6, 2012, Bison united under one roof  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; Page 44/45@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.bison-group.com  
  4. ↑ Press release  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. the bison, February 7, 2012, accessed April 15, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.bison-group.com  
  5. ↑ Press release  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. of the bison group on March 2, 2007 @1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.bison-group.com  
  6. ↑ Computer Week of December 4, 2007
  7. ^ Winners (PDF; 12 kB) by canton, accessed on August 2, 2010
  8. ↑ http://www-03.ibm.com/press/de/de/pressrelease/43065.wss
  9. ↑ http://www.swissict-award.ch/preistraeger/2015/
  10. ↑ Computer Week, February 7, 2006
  11. ↑ Netzwoche of April 8, 2009
  12. ↑ Netzwoche ( Memento of the original dated December 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. dated December 9, 2008  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.netzwoche.ch
  13. ↑ inside it from June 17, 2008
  14. ↑ Internet  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 124 kB) accessed on August 1, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Dead Link / confiserie.ch  
  15. ↑ a b Linda von Burg, Exclusive! Bison buys German ERP manufacturer ; Inside Channels from May 15, 2012
  16. ↑ a b Inside Channels Bison buys German retail specialist ; Online January 8, 2013
  17. ↑ ICT communication Lucerne IT company Bison on expansion course , written by ictk / sda on January 11, 2013
  18. ^ Fabian Vogt, Bison grabs German company , Computerworld, January 11, 2013
  19. ↑ a b Angelica Filippi, Fenaco takes over Bison, Fehlmann takes his hat ; Article on www.itreseller.ch on October 22, 2014, accessed on October 23, 2014
  20. ^ Inside Channels , accessed August 1, 2010
  21. ^ A b "Bizarre dispute between two Swiss IT companies" , Basler Zeitung , June 16, 2010
  22. ↑ "Fenaco subsidiary Bison takes over 200 IT people" , Tages-Anzeiger , April 15, 2010
  23. ↑ Channel Partner of May 5, 2010, accessed August 2, 2010
  24. ↑ Hans-Peter Hoeren, Bison moves into a million dollar building  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.bison-group.com   , in the Luzerner Zeitung
  25. ↑ Handelsblatt  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Online from August 27, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.handelszeitung.ch  
  26. ↑ Tagesanzeiger , accessed on August 27, 2010
  27. ^ Inside channels from November 18, 2010
  28. ↑ Press release of December 14, 2010 from COMPAREX Schweiz AG, Sursee
  29. ↑ Inside Channels February 10, 2012; Retrieved April 25, 2012
  30. ↑ a b Fabian Vogt (2015) Comparex affair: Rudolf Fehlmann and Oliver Schalch indicted , on Computerworld.ch; accessed on December 1, 2015.
  31. ↑ Maurizio Minetti: Peter Pfister sells Surseer IT company to the management. In: luzernerzeitung.ch . October 11, 2019, accessed October 20, 2019 .
  32. ↑ a b Annual financial statements of Bison Marketstream GmbH , Hamburg for the financial year from January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012 in the electronic Federal Gazette.
  33. ↑ Linda von Burg (May 15, 2012) Bison buys German ERP manufacturer , InsideChannels.ch