Official opening of the new building

 

Energy efficiency in action in SAUTER's new building.
Completed in good time for the centenary, the new, multi-functional
development at the company's headquarters is up and running.
The indoor conditions here are ideal, and are maintained by a
SAUTER building management system using the ground water as
a renewable energy source.

At a small yet excellent ceremony, the new building was officially
opened on 25th March 2010 in the presence of Christoph Brutschin,
a minister of the Canton of Basle, and other guests from the worlds
of politics and business from the tri-national region around Basle.

Guests during the welcoming address given by Ulrich Graf, Chairman of the Board of Directors Minister Christoph Brutschin presents the MINERGIE certificate to Bertram Schmitz, SAUTER's CEO A present from Basle's Chamber of Commerce to mark SAUTER's centenary is presented by Dr. Andreas Burckhardt to Bertram Schmitz, SAUTER's CEO
The guests are shown round SAUTER's new production facilities The excellent buffet is most inviting l. to r.: Dr. Joseph Leimgruber (former CEO of SAUTER), Bertram Schmitz (SAUTER CEO), Rudolf Weber (Kaba CEO)
l. to r.: Christoph Stutz (architect), Sibylle Hausammann-Merker (shareholder),  Rudolf Rechsteiner (Member of the Swiss Federal Chamber) and Franz Nick (director) l. to r.: Franz Nick (director), Ulrich Graf (Chairman), Harald Ziegler (SAUTER CFO) Christoph Brutschin (minister) and Prof. Dr. Christian Brückner
Ulrich Debrunner (SAUTER COO), Prof. Urs Rieder, Christoph Brutschin (minister)
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