Gasser rock technique

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Gasser Felstechnik AG

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legal form Corporation
founding 1922
Seat Lungern , SwitzerlandSwitzerlandSwitzerland 
management Toni Hofer
( Chairman of the Board of Directors ),

Matthias von Ah
( CEO )

Number of employees 300 (2020)
sales approx. 70 million CHF (2019)
Branch Construction industry
Website www.felstechnik.ch

The Gasser Felstechnik AG is a Swiss company specializing in underground mining , rock stabilization , blasting technology and foundation engineering . Under the brand Gasser Construction service , the company is also in the construction and civil engineering business. The company's headquarters are in Lungern in the canton of Obwalden .

Company data

Gasser Felstechnik AG was founded in 1922 and employs around 300 people (as of 2020). The area of ​​activity covers the whole of Switzerland, special projects are carried out worldwide. The company is family-owned and a member of the Swiss Association of Builders . In addition to the headquarters in Lungern, there is a company location in Fridolfing (Germany) and branches in Giswil , Meiringen , Hofstetten near Brienz , Innertkirchen , Grindelwald , Andermatt , Beckenried , Kriens , Sils Maria and Zermatt .

Awards and quality seals

In 1996, Gasser Felstechnik AG was the first construction company in original Switzerland to be certified according to ISO 9001 . In 2000, the company received the innovation award from the Central Swiss Chamber of Commerce. Gasser Felstechnik AG was ranked three times (1998, 2000 and 2001) among the 50 top SMEs in Switzerland, as determined by the Swiss business magazine Bilanz . Certification according to ISO 14001 followed in 2001 and certification according to OHSAS 18001 in 2004 . In December 2006, the specialist company won the main Public Award at the 11th Swiss Logistics Awards. In 2007 the Cantina Caverna restaurant of Gasser Felstechnik AG was awarded 1st place in the Swiss Gastro Award "Classic". In April 2008 the company took second place in the Swiss Venture Club's entrepreneurship award .

Core competencies

The most important activities of the company include underground construction ( tunnel and tunnel construction , small profiles, vertical and inclined shaft construction, Alimak tunneling, profile widening and niches), rock securing ( dealing with natural hazards, work in high alpine terrain, rockfall protection , rock cleaning, slope stabilization), special foundation engineering (nailing and shotcrete work , anchor work, micropiles, injections), blasting operations (rock removal, quarry management , safety blasting ), construction service (structural and civil engineering , infrastructure in the alpine region, raw materials and landfills ), explosives sales and Gasser Engineering AG. The company maintains the largest private explosives store in Switzerland and uses around 400 tons of various explosives every year.

Brünig Park

The Brünig Park consists of several tunnels and caverns that are carved into the rock adjacent to the company's headquarters in Lungern. The TechnoTunnel is a test tunnel and caverns with the appropriate infrastructure for practical tests, training and demonstrations of machines and materials under realistic conditions. Adjacent is the Brünig Indoor underground shooting range and the Cantina Caverna restaurant . The fire service tunnel training facility, unique in Europe, with a 150 m long fire tunnel of the Intercantonal Fire Service Training Center (International Fire Academy, ifa) is also part of the Brünig Park.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Entry of "Gasser Felstechnik AG", Lungern, in the commercial register of the canton of Obwalden
  2. ^ Gasser Felstechnik AG: Gasser Bauservice. Retrieved June 2, 2020 .
  3. ^ DV Bern AG: Gasser Felstechnik AG. Retrieved June 2, 2020 .
  4. Company. In: Gasser Felstechnik AG. Accessed June 2, 2020 (German).
  5. Location , information page on the Gasser Felstechnik AG website, accessed on June 2, 2020
  6. ^ History. In: Gasser Felstechnik AG. Accessed June 2, 2020 (German).
  7. Quality management for greater security | SME magazine. Retrieved June 2, 2020 .
  8. Former innovation award and recognition award winners. Chamber of Commerce and Industry Central Switzerland, accessed on June 2, 2020 (German).
  9. ^ Jungfrau Zeitung: Safety certificate for Gasser. July 1, 2004, accessed June 2, 2020 .
  10. Gasser Felstechnik wins Public Award article in the Jungfrau Zeitung from December 1, 2006
  11. Who are Best of Swiss Gastro 2007? ( Memento of the original from December 29, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Article on foodaktuell.ch  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.foodaktuell.ch
  12. And the Winner is… Cantina Caverna wins the Swiss Gastro Award article from the Jungfrau Zeitung from November 28, 2007
  13. Second prize for Gasser Felstechnik . Article in the Jungfrau Zeitung from April 9, 2008.
  14. a b Innovation in the rock: Gasser Felstechnik (PDF, 840 kB) Publication in the Neue Luzerner Zeitung on March 14, 2008
  15. core competencies. In: Gasser Felstechnik AG. Accessed June 2, 2020 (German).
  16. 1815 ch, Walliser Bote: Drilling at the foot of the eternal ice. Retrieved June 2, 2020 .
  17. Remo Wyss: Hang renovation extreme in Vordemwald: Obwaldner company redeveloped the Rümlisberg. Zofinger Tagblatt, October 30, 2019, accessed on June 2, 2020 (German).
  18. Blasting to banish acute danger for A 2 | NZZ. Retrieved June 2, 2020 .
  19. ^ Website of Gasser Engineering AG
  20. Fire, explosions and a drilling jumbo article in the Jungfrau Zeitung of October 3, 2009
  21. ^ Website of the Brünig Park
  22. TechnoTunnel website
  23. Brünig Indoor shooting range
  24. ^ Website of the Cantina Caverna
  25. Tunnel exercise facilities - Lungern Strasse
  26. Fire department training center is opened . In: Neue Obwaldner Zeitung , September 30, 2009