Sauter AG

Ms. Sauter AG
legal form	Corporation
founding	1910
Seat	Basel , Switzerland
management	Marc Jaquet ( Chairman of the Board of Directors ); ; Werner Karlen ( CEO )
Number of employees	2432 (2019) as an annual average
sales	461 million euros (2019)
Branch	Building automation , building services
Website	sauter-controls.com

Sauter is a Swiss group of companies that is internationally active in building automation and system integration and is based in Basel and operates under the name of Fr. Sauter AG at its headquarters. The group employs 2,432 people (as of 2019) and generated consolidated sales of 461 million euros in 2019 (previous year: 401 million euros).

history

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In 1910, Fritz Sauter founded the manufacture of electric time switches in Grindelwald . The growing number of incoming orders led to an expansion and relocation of the company to Basel . In 1920 the company was converted into a public limited company.
In 1912, Sauter launched a time switch as the first product - an astronomical clock for switching urban street lights on and off . The switching operations took place in the evening and morning at the seasonal twilight hour.
In 1917, Sauter developed a boiler for the Basel electricity works , which was well received in the market. He had already relocated his workshop to Basel in 1916 because of his good connections with the electricity company.

In 1935, Sauter made the step from switching devices on / off controlled by time or temperature to control technology , thereby laying the foundation for today's core business.

From the beginning of the 1950s, Sauter integrated electronics into its products. The range included devices for regulating temperature, humidity and pressure.

In 1974 Sauter brought its first software- controlled building management system onto the market; 1981 the first devices with microprocessors .

In 1984, Fr. Sauter Holding AG was founded to ward off a hostile takeover. The operational activities are grouped under Fr. Sauter AG.

In 1997 an internet-based automation solution followed, which can be controlled via a web browser .

From the year 2000, Sauter expanded its activities to include the service sector. Facility management becomes part of the core business.

In 2002 Sauter began to integrate the standardized BACnet communication protocol into its products.

In 2009, Sauter launched its Energy Management Solution (EMS) on the market.

2012 saw the launch of the Sauter Vision Center software, building management software with a modular, scalable visualization and management level.

On April 1, 2017, Sauter FM GmbH took over Pandomus AG and its management properties.

2018 takeover of WREN Ltd and Sirus Ireland

2019 Launch of the new building automation system modulo 6

2020 New Smart Actuator - valve and air damper drive with integrated controller, IoT and cloud connection

Group structure

The Sauter Group has 16 subsidiaries in Europe, joint ventures in China and the Middle East as well as local agencies in other countries. Countries with Sauter subsidiaries: Switzerland, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Great Britain, Austria, Slovakia, the Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia. The service area includes the four fields of competence systems, components, services and facility management. The facility management business in Germany is handled by Sauter FM GmbH, headquartered in Augsburg , a 100 percent subsidiary of the German Sauter branch.

Fr.Sauter AG belongs to Fr.Sauter Holding AG, which in turn was owned by FS Familienholding AG, Basel, founded in May 2017, and a number of individual shareholders. In April 2018, the individual shareholders sold their shares to Fabrel AG, Hergiswil.

Products and services

Sauter produces hardware and software for regulation, control and building management systems for applications in the areas of heating, ventilation and air conditioning. The product range includes room sensors , transmitters , thermostats , pressure switches , electrical drives , pneumatic drives, valves, mixers and flaps. At the management level, Sauter develops various software solutions for building management , as well as systems and room automation stations for individual room control and room management. Development takes place in Basel (Switzerland). Production takes place at the 2 locations in Basel (Switzerland) and Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany).

In the field of building services, services such as contracting , maintenance and monitoring are part of the offer. Services in the field of energy-conscious, technical, infrastructural and commercial facility management are an increasingly important mainstay.

Business areas

Systems (project business)

SAUTER plans, installs and operates solutions for building management and room automation. Mainly components such as sensors, valves, drives, automation stations and software from our own development and production are used. The aim of building automation is user comfort and energy-efficient operation of predominantly commercial buildings. The international standard EN 15232 serves as a guide.

Services

The functional reliability of the implemented systems is guaranteed by a broad service network. Traditional on-site services in the buildings are increasingly being supported by “Digital Cloud Services” (consisting of “Remote Management”, “Performance Management” and “Customer Portal”).

Components

Sensors, valve actuators and controllers are also developed and produced by SAUTER as OEM products for other manufacturers.

Facility Management / Facility Services

SAUTER accompanies buildings competently in all phases of their life cycle. From planning, creation, operation and renovation. Digital services enable efficient operational management.

Previous areas of activity

Boiler, electric cooker

In order to be able to work the French market, Sauter saw the need to set up a French production site. In 1923 Fritz Sauter and Godefroy Schlumberger founded the Société pour l'exploitation des Procédés Sauter Sàrl in Saint-Louis, Alsace . Sauter was in the French production facility initially only boiler of the brand Cumulus and storage heaters brand Primulus assemble. The Second World War caused the French government to relocate the border industry to the interior of the country and so the Procédés Sauter moved to Claye-Souilly , which also alienated them from the Swiss partner. In 1948 Sauter sold his shares in Procédés Sauter to Continental et Garnier and on June 1, 1948 founded a new subsidiary in Saint-Louis, Sauter Appareils Automatiques SA . While Continental et Garnier continued the Sauter brand for the household appliance sector, the new company dealt with control technology .

Garnier was taken over by Schlumberger in 1972 . The Sauter kitchen appliance brand came to the Spanish Fagor Group via Brandt SA , which filed for bankruptcy in November 2013. In April 2014, Fagor was partially taken over by the Algerian Groupe Cevital.

Electricity meter

In 1991, the building technology activities in France were spun off into a new company, Sauter Regulation SA . The activities remaining in Sauter Appareils Automatiques SA (development, production and sale of electricity meters for the French market) were sold to the Zellweger Luwa Group in 1992 . These activities came from Zellweger to the German Meter Society, which closed the plant , which has since been relocated to Mulhouse , in 2007.

Ozonation and control of water supply systems

In 1948 the entry into the control of water supply systems with a water reservoir began in Les Brenets . Together with the Compagnie des eaux et de l'ozone , the drinking water supply of the psychiatric canton hospital in Boudry in Neuchâtel was renovated in 1955 . As a result, the ozonation of drinking water developed into a separate line of business. From 1972, Sauter ozone systems were also used to neutralize odors in the exhaust air from sewage treatment plants. The ozonation business was sold to Christ AG around 1980 .

The initially remaining business with the control of water supply systems was sold to Rittmeyer AG in 1996 .

Logos

Second World War
until 1994
1994 to 2008
since 2008

literature

Christian Brückner, Markus Brückner: On our own - a look back at 100 years of company history at Fr.Sauter AG, Basel , Basel 2010, ISBN 3-9522350-9-1 , online (PDF; 5.0 MB).

Fifty years of Fr. Sauter AG. In: Schweizerische Bauzeitung, Volume 78 (1960), pp. 385–387, doi : 10.5169 / seals-64904

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from July 7, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. online access to commercial register entry company no. CH-270.3.003.244-9

↑ The SAUTER Group 2020. Accessed on June 26, 2020 .

^ Annual report of Fr. Sauter Holding AG

^ History of SAUTER. Retrieved June 3, 2019 .