The story
Frutiger was founded in 1869 in Oberhofen, Switzerland, by Johann Frutiger. After his death in 1913, the company was taken over by his sons Hans and Fritz Frutiger, and in 1954, Max Frutiger joined the management. In 2001, cousins Luc and Thomas Frutiger became part of the management team, representing the fourth generation of family leadership.
In 1925, Frutiger acquired AG Balmholz and its stone quarry in Thun. This marked the first of many acquisitions throughout the 20th century. These include Balzan + Immer in 1987, Moll SA in 2000, Diamantbohr in 2004, Wenk AG in 2007, Greuter AG and Ernibohrtech AG in 2009, E-term AG in 2010, Rene May SA in 2011, Belloni SA in 2017, and since 2025, Frutiger has been in the process of acquiring Lehmann Holzwerk AG.
Notable projects range from local infrastructure, such as the Hotel Moy in Oberhofen (1906) and the Nuclear Power Plant in Thun (1961), to nationwide projects like the Dreirosen Bridge in Basel (2003). Frutiger has also undertaken international projects, for example the Pointe Noire Silo in Congo (1976).
At the beginning of 2008, Frutiger AG took over the business activities and 180 employees of the Marazzi construction company from Losinger Construction AG, a subdivision of Marazzi Holding, which Losinger took over in the summer of 2006. With the takeover of Kwartex Holding in October 2008, retroactive to January 2008, the Frutiger Group expanded its activities to include concrete cutting and separation, demolition and deep drilling in southern Germany and Alsace. In 2018, the Frutiger Group comprised 2,869 employees in 24 companies, 600 of whom worked at the parent company in Thun.
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