- Business
- Implenia AG is Switzerland's leading construction and real estate service provider that develops, builds and manages homes, workplaces and infrastructure for future generations primarily in Switzerland and Germany; it also offers tunnelling and related infrastructure services in other European markets and internationally. The company operates through four main divisions: Real Estate, which handles project development, real estate management via its subsidiary Wincasa, investment, consulting and planning services; Buildings, which provides new construction, modernization, master builder services, timber construction, building technology planning, construction logistics, building physics, acoustics, sustainability, energy solutions, facade and geotechnical engineering; Civil Engineering, encompassing tunnel construction, road and rail infrastructure, structural engineering, civil works, deep foundations, excavations, retaining structures, noise barriers and maintenance; and Specialties, delivering system solutions, ultra-high-performance fibre building materials, high-strength expanded polystyrene tunnel elements, pre-tensioning technology and the new Encira unit for planning and consulting in building physics, acoustics, sustainability and energy. Formed in 2006 through the merger of Zschokke and Batigroup and headquartered in Opfikon near Zurich, Switzerland, Implenia employs over 9,000 full-time equivalents across Europe, generates the majority of its revenue from civil engineering and more than half from Switzerland, and is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange under ticker IMPN. Recent developments include winning major building contracts worth over CHF 360 million in Switzerland and Germany for projects such as a data centre in Beringen, the TRON research building in Mainz, residential developments in Leipzig and Sindelfingen, and school and shopping facilities; launching the Encira business unit to expand service offerings; forming a strategic partnership with the merged Ina Invest and Cham Group for development and realisation services; Wincasa securing mandates from five new clients managing over CHF 1 billion in assets; achieving record EBIT of CHF 130.5 million in 2024 with a 3.7% margin and improving its equity ratio to 21.2%; and announcing an operating model reorganisation effective 1 April 2025 merging Real Estate and Buildings divisions while appointing Jens Vollmar as new CEO, targeting EBIT of around CHF 140 million for 2025.