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and Marti Holding. In 2021, Frutiger had an annual turnover of CHF 802 millions and over 2,600 employees. Most prominently Frutiger forms part of the Transco consortium responsible for the Sedrun work site of the

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History

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.

References

External links

Frutiger company web site

Construction and civil engineering companies of Switzerland Companies based in the canton of Bern Sport in Thun {{Switzerland-company-stub