EgoKiefer

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EgoKiefer AG
legal form Corporation
founding 1932
Seat Altstätten , Switzerland
management Nicolas Casanovas
( Management - Head of Division )
Number of employees approx. 500 (January 2019)
Branch Construction supplier
Website www.egokiefer.ch

The EgoKiefer AG with headquarters in Altstätten is an international Swiss manufacturer of windows and doors .

history

The company was founded as EgoWerke on May 12, 1932 by Ernst Göhner . This acquired the Richard Geisser-Riederer joinery in Altstätten. In 1957, the factory produced Switzerland's first plastic window. A year later, the company expanded into French-speaking Switzerland with the purchase of Guyot SA in Villeneuve and incorporated it into the group as Usines Ego SA. With the opening of the first sales branch in Landquart, EgoWerke began to set up a decentralized sales organization in 1962. In the following years 12 sales branches were opened across Switzerland.

In 1971 the Göhner Group was sold to Elektrowatt , and EgoWerke became an independent subsidiary. In 1972, EgoWerke took over the second largest window manufacturer in Switzerland, Fenster Kiefer AG . These merged in 1976 to form EgoKiefer AG.

In 1987 the Uniwood Holding of the Erb Group took over EgoKiefer AG as an independent subsidiary. In 1993 the sales organization was expanded to southern Germany and Vorarlberg. The collapse of the Erb Group in 2003 resulted in another change of ownership. In April 2004, EgoKiefer AG was taken over by the Arbonia-Forster Group (AFG) and incorporated into the Windows and Doors division as a subsidiary. In 2012, EgoKiefer took over Usines Ego SA Villeneuve in Villeneuve (VD).

Crisis due to the high production costs in Switzerland

Hundreds of employees in Switzerland will be laid off in 2015. The decline had been evident for a long time due to the high exchange rate of the franc, which is why more and more outsourcing to foreign subsidiaries, mainly to the branch in Langenwetzendorf in Thuringia and to Pravenec in Slovakia .

Corporate structure

The EgoKiefer AG has offices in Altstätten (headquarters), Münchenstein , Wallisellen , Oberentfelden , Neuchatel , Zollikofen , Kriens , Landquart , Satigny , Villeneuve , Bedano and St. Gallen .

Production plants are in Altstätten, from 2012 to 2016 in Villeneuve, as well as in Langenwetzendorf (D) and Pravenec (SK). The company employs around 600 people.

The following are also related to EgoKiefer AG:

  • EgoKiefer AG welfare foundation in Altstätten, founded in 1943.
  • Pension fund for the employees of EgoKiefer AG in Altstätten, founded in 1989.
  • Pension fund for employees of EgoKiefer AG in Altstätten, founded in 1989.

Products

The company develops, produces and sells windows and doors made of plastic , plastic / aluminum , wood and wood / aluminum as well as corresponding window and door systems. These are customized with additional functions such as noise protection , thermal insulation , safety and ventilation systems. In addition, EgoKiefer offers a service network for repair, maintenance and retrofitting of windows and doors.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Commercial Register of the Canton of St. Gallen Internet extract, company number CH-320.3.000.162-1 (EgoKiefer AG). Retrieved November 25, 2013 .
  2. ↑ history; 2001−2014 egokiefer.ch, accessed on March 1, 2017
  3. ↑ AFG fires every fourth Swiss employee 20min.ch, article dated August 13, 2015
  4. ↑ egokiefer.ch sales locations, accessed on March 1, 2017
  5. ↑ Facts & Figures egokiefer.ch, accessed on March 1, 2017
  6. ↑ Commercial register of the canton of St. Gallen Internet excerpt, company number CH-320.7.004.030-1 (welfare foundation). Retrieved November 25, 2013 .
  7. ↑ Commercial register of the canton St. Gallen Internet excerpt, company number CH-320.7.029.416-7 (pension fund for employees). Retrieved November 25, 2013 .
  8. ↑ Commercial register of the canton of St. Gallen Internet excerpt, company number CH-320.7.029.415-9 (pension fund for company employees). Retrieved November 25, 2013 .

Coordinates: 47 ° 22 '46.1 "  N , 9 ° 32' 54.7"  E ; CH1903:  759 317  /  249769