Servant holding
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| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1909 |
| Seat | Windisch , Switzerland |
| management | Thomas Knecht ( Chairman of the Board of Directors ) |
| sales | 375 million CHF (2012/2013) |
| Branch | Tourism, passenger transport, goods transport |
| Website | www.knecht.ch |
The Knecht Holding AG based in Windisch is in the areas of travel , passenger and freight active Swiss group of companies. It is owned by the founding family, with Thomas Knecht holding the majority of the shares. The Knecht Group employs around 800 people and achieved sales of 300 million Swiss francs in 2007, and five years later already 375 million Swiss francs.
Field of activity
The group is active in the travel business with various subsidiaries and brands. The passenger transport sector includes Eurobus, Car Rouge and Geriberz. Essential services are provided in public transport, including by Rottal Auto AG, E. Meier AG, Regionalbus Lenzburg and others. The companies Welti-Furrer, Pneukran and Bollhalder provide services in the field of removals, heavy transport and crane.
history
The company was founded in 1909 by Johann Knecht as a horse and cart stop at Brugg train station . The first transport services were provided with an iron-tire and chain-driven truck and the first air-tire Autocar for 26 places.
In 1948 the company passed to the sons Hans, Walter and Paul Knecht, from which the name Gebr. Knecht , which was valid for the group until 1998 , arose. The two most important takeovers took place in the early 1990s, when the Knecht Group acquired the Eurobus group, which specializes in package tours, group travel and regional public transport, in 1992 and the removal and transport company Welti-Furrer in 1993 . Various smaller acquisitions followed. In July 2008, Thomas Knecht took over the office of his father Walter Knecht as Chairman of the Board of Directors in the third generation.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ NZZ am Sonntag, edition of September 1, 2013: Article Two swim against the current. The medium-sized Swiss tour groups Knecht and Twerenbold are flourishing thanks to bus and boat trips