Company:Bucher Industries

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Short description: Public company based in Switzerland
Bucher Industries AG
TypeJoint-stock company
IndustryMechanical engineering
Founded1807; 217 years ago (1807) in Niederweningen, Switzerland
FounderHeinrich Bucher-Weiss
Headquarters
Niederweningen
,
Switzerland
Area served
global
Key people
  • Jacques Sanche (CEO)
  • Philip Mosimann (Chariman)
  • Manuela Suter (CFO)
RevenueCHF 2'740 million (2020) [1]
Number of employees
12‘598 (2020)[1]
Websitewww.bucherindustries.com/en/

Bucher Industries AG is an internationally operating Switzerland engineering group. Listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange, the company generated sales of approximately CHF 3 billion in 2018 and employed more than 13,000 people.[2]

Field of activity

The Group operates in four specialized sections in the industrially related markets of mechanical and vehicle engineering, as well as through a section of independent individual businesses:[3]

Kuhn Agricultural Machinery is the world's leading supplier of specialized agricultural machinery for tillage, seeding, fertilization, crop protection and landscape maintenance, cattle feed harvesting and feeding technology.[4] Kuhn Group operates manufacturing facilities in France , the Netherlands, the USA and Brazil and is the group's largest business segment in terms of sales.[5]

Bucher Municipal is a leading global supplier of municipal vehicles for cleaning and snow ploughing traffic areas and for cleaning sewers. The product range includes compact and truck mounted sweepers and ploughs, winter weather equipment, sewer cleaning vehicles and refuse collection vehicles.[6] Production facilities are located in Europe, North America, Australia and Asia.[7]

Bucher Hydraulics is the international leader in the development and production of hydraulic equipment.[3] The product range includes pumps, motors, valves, power units, elevator drives, and controls with associated electronics. Production facilities are located in Europe, the USA, China and India .[8]

Bucher Emhart Glass manufactures machinery for the production and testing of glass containers.[3][4] The product range includes glass forming and inspection machines, plants, components and spare parts, as well as consulting and service for the hollow glassware industry. Production facilities are located in Sweden, the USA and Malaysia. Emhart Glass is headquartered in Switzerland with its research and development center being located in the USA.[9]

Bucher Specials comprises independent businesses: machinery and equipment for wine production (Bucher Vaslin),[3] plant and machinery for fruit juice production, dewatering of municipal or industrial sludge, and food dehydration (Bucher Unipektin), as well as their tractor, control and automation technology (Jetter AG) business, and agricultural machinery in Switzerland (Bucher Landtechnik).[6]

History

The company was founded in 1807 when Heinrich Bucher-Weiss (1784-1850) took over a forge in Murzeln in Niederweningen.[6] The forge was subsequently operated by three generations and registered in the Company register in 1874. At the end of the 19th century, Bucher also began to sell agricultural machinery from foreign manufacturers.[10]

Bucher expanded its activities during the first half of the 20th century. In 1951, the former family business was changed into a joint-stock company.[11]

In 1984, the group of companies gave itself a holding structure. In 1986, it was opened to the public and went public. At that time, the Group generated sales of CHF 430 million and had 2,730 employees. The Initial public offering marked the beginning of Bucher's expansion and acquisition phase. This resulted in the division into today's four divisions and individual businesses starting in 1996.[11]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Annual report 2020". Bucher Industries. https://www.bucherindustries.com/index.php?eID=dumpFile&t=f&f=2507&token=371f29aa329f7664041f5f2dcfabbe8412d82deb. 
  2. "Bucher verbucht Umsatzrekord". Zürcher Handelskammer. 31 January 2019. https://www.zhk.ch/de/mitgliedschaft/weitere-informationen/ueber-unsere-mitglieder/artikel/bucher-verbucht-umsatzrekord.html. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "EQS-Adhoc: Bucher Industries AG: Starker Anstieg von Nachfrage und Auftragsbestand". Finanz Nachrichten. 26 October 2021. https://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2021-10/54294991-eqs-adhoc-bucher-industries-ag-starker-anstieg-von-nachfrage-und-auftragsbestand-022.htm. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Aktie von Bucher Industries auf solidem Fundament". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. 17 December 2007. https://www.faz.net/aktuell/finanzen/aktien/maschinenbau-aktie-von-bucher-industries-auf-solidem-fundament-1230140.html. 
  5. "Bucher to distribute Kuhn agricultural machinery in Switzerland". Bucher industries. 8 February 2010. https://www.bucherindustries.com/index.php?eID=dumpFile&t=f&f=1072&token=3685112e6fc4474dd67b56a74ad544a262d6a90a. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Bucher Industries AG". MarketWatch. https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/bucn?countrycode=ch. 
  7. "Bucher muncipial". Bucher municpial. https://www.buchermunicipal.com/us/en/career/join-bucher. 
  8. "bucher hydraulics". Bucher hydraulics. 7 September 2019. https://www.bucherhydraulics.com/48923/48922/Notre-socit/Historique/Nouveau-logo-et-nouvelle-conception/History/New-Logo-and-new-Design/image.aspx. 
  9. "Emhart Glass SA". dnb. https://www.dnb.com/business-directory/company-profiles.emhart_glass_sa.6127a08072d97af8d4b4a59ede3c9c9d.html. 
  10. "Simply great machines, that's Bucher". Bucher industries. https://www.bucherindustries.com/index.php?eID=dumpFile&t=f&f=2571&token=6de980d264892c006f3e27fe94888f1217994bdb. 
  11. 11.0 11.1 Dominik Senn. "Bucher – von der einfachen Schmiede zum Weltkonzern". issuu. https://issuu.com/svlt-aseta/docs/lt_08_2015/51. 

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