Swissmill
| Swissmill | |
|---|---|
| legal form | no |
| Seat |
Zurich , Switzerland
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| management | Romeo Sciaranetti |
| Branch | Flour mill |
| Website | www.swissmill.ch |
The Swissmill based in Zurich is the largest flour mill operating in Switzerland. It has been a division of the Coop cooperative since 1999 .
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Swissmill grinds over 200,000 tonnes of grain every year, 90% of which are Swiss-grown, into over 100 types of flour and semolina. The largest share of common wheat is used for bread production. In addition, cereal flakes, mixtures and specialties are produced.
history
Swissmill traces its history back to a mill that has existed since 1843, at that time outside the city limits. This only remaining of a whole series of mills on the Limmat was soon known as the town mill. The commissioning of a large mill in 1913 by the mill cooperative Schweizerischer Konsumvereine (the mill was entered as a company in the commercial register on September 27, 1912) at this location marks the beginning of the company's modern history.
In the mid-1940s, the warehouse was expanded and a grain silo was built in the 1950s. In 1969, the Association of Swiss Consumers became Coop Switzerland.
In 1998, the two companies, Stadtmühle CMZ Zürich AG, which mostly belong to the Coop Group, and the smaller Minoterie Coop Rivaz from Vaud merged to form Swissmill, the largest milling company in Switzerland. Together they achieve CHF 170 million in sales, produce over 20% of Swiss bread flour and have a market share of around 40% of Swiss pasta flour. On August 31, 1999, the Stadtmühle Zürich cooperative was dissolved, and the assets and liabilities were transferred to Coop. The Rivaz site was given up in 2001 and the facility was dismantled in the following years.
The 118 meter high grain silo was illegally climbed several times by a rooftopping group.
silo
The Swissmill grain silo was increased from 40 to 118 meters in height from 2013 (completion autumn 2016) according to a design by the architecture firm Harder Haas Partner from Eglisau , making it the highest granary in the world, the second tallest building in Zurich and one of the tallest structures in Switzerland . It holds up to 60,000 tons of grain and replaces a silo at Basel's St. Johann port that was demolished for the construction of the Novartis Campus. Due to its height, location in the city and sober design, the silo is controversial.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ portrait
- ↑ State Archives Zurich, Z 392.370 Mühlengenossenschaft Schweizerische Konsumvereine, Zurich, 1943-1944 (Dossier)
- ↑ State Archives Zurich, Z 392.892 Mühlengenossenschaft Schweizerischer Konsumvereine, Zurich, 1956-1958 (Dossier)
- ^ History of Swissmill , website of the Wipkingen district association
- ↑ Entries in the commercial register according to moneyhouse.ch
- ↑ VICE Staff: We asked Urban Explorer why they are exposing themselves to death. In: Vice. April 3, 2019, accessed February 29, 2020 .
- ↑ The higher Henninger tower in Frankfurt am Main was demolished in 2013. The silo of the Schapfenmühle in Ulm / Donau is two meters lower, measured up to the top of the building, only higher including the mobile phone antenna.
- ↑ Swissmill Tower Zurich: The tallest granary in the world - watson.ch
- ↑ BAUWELT - Swissmill silo in Zurich
- ↑ Why the Swissmill Tower is beautiful: The Campanile on the Limmat is polarizing - NZZ Feuilleton: Art and Architecture
- ↑ Swissmill tower: 118 meters of ugliness - NZZ NZZ am Sonntag