Bossard Group is an international Swiss fastener technology and logistics company with its headquarters in Zug. Their activities include worldwide sales, technical consulting and inventory management. The Group employs more than 2,878 people at 84 locations in Europe, America and Asia/Pacific and generated a turnover of 1.069 billion Swiss francs in 2023.[1] Bossard Group is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange.

Bossard Holding AG
ISINCH0238627142
IndustryFastening technology
Founded1831
Headquarters
Zug
,
Switzerland
Key people
Daniel Bossard (CEO), Thomas Schmuckli (Chairman)
Revenue1.069 bn. CHF (2023)
Total assets807,237 mio. CHF (2023)
Number of employees
2,878 (2023)
Websitehttps://www.bossard.com

History

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The Bossard hardware store in 1831

The company was founded in 1831 in Zug as a hardware store by Franz Kaspar Bossard-Kolin. The earlier silk trading business inherited from his father-in-law was dissolved at the same time. The hardware store kept its local character for roughly a century before the company expanded its business activities in the 1930s and 1940s to trading fasteners. The local specialized store first developed into a regional, and from the 1950s on, into a national company. In the 1960s, Bossard began to set up and expand an international network of bases. In the course of this expansion, the company went public on the stock market in 1987. The recession at the beginning of the 1990s and the associated worsening business trend led Bossard to a review of the entire organization. In doing so, the company focused on the core competence of fastening technology and the gradual selling off of all its tools, fittings and handicraft units. Bossard today is active in the field of fastening technology in Europe, America and Asia.

In November 2012, the Bossard group acquired the KVT Koenig Group's range of fastening technology.[2] At the beginning of 2019, Bossard Group acquired BRUMA Schraub- und Drehtechnik GmbH in Velbert.[3] On June 24, 2019, the company also acquired the distribution business of SACS Boysen Aerospace Group, which continues to operate under the Boysen name.[4] Bossard Group also increased its majority stake in Torp Fasteners, based in Oslo, Norway, from 60% to 100% at the beginning of 2020. Bossard has held a stake in the company, which specializes in high-quality fasteners, since January 2015.[5] In December 2020 Bossard acquired shares in MultiMaterial-Welding GmbH, thus expanding its portfolio to include pioneering lightweight fastening solutions.[buzzword][6] In October 2021, Bossard Group acquired the Dutch company Jeveka B.V., thus substantially expanding its presence in the Benelux countries.[7]

Field of activity

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The company is engaged in product solutions[buzzword] and services in industrial fastening technology. The product range comprises over 1,000,000 fasteners and customer-specific application solutions[buzzword], combined with services in the areas of Smart Factory Logistics and Assembly Technology Expert. Bossard maintains an international procurement network for screws and fasteners. The company works together with 4,600 manufacturers.

Corporate Structure

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The Bossard Group owns stakes in various companies.[8]

Name Beteiligungsanteil in Prozent
Holding und Finanzgesellschaften
Bossard Holding AG 100
Bossard Finance AG 100
Bossard Beteiligungs GmbH 100
bigHead Fasteners Ltd 42
Bossard U.S. Holdings, Inc. 100

Europa

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Bossard Aerospace Switzerland AG 100
Bossard AG 100
3d-prototyp GmbH in Liquidation 100
Bossard Austria Ges.m.b.H. 100
KVT-Fastening GmbH 100
Bossard CZ s.r.o. 100
KVT-Fastening s.r.o. 100
Bossard Denmark A/S 100
Bossard France SAS 100
Bossard Aerospace Germany GmbH 100
Bossard Deutschland GmbH 100
Bossard Deutschland GmbH 100
KVT-Fastening Kft. 100
Arnold Industries Cork DAC 100
Bossard Italia S.r.l. 100
Bossard Nederland B.V 100
Bossard Norway AS 100
Bossard Poland Sp. z o.o 100
KVT-Fastening Sp. z o.o 100
KVT-Fastening S.R.L 100
KVT-Fastening d.o.o. Beograd 100
KVT-Fastening spol. s.r.o. 100
KVT-Tehnika pritrjevanja, d.o.o. 100
Bossard South Africa (Pty) Ltd 75
Bossard Spain SA 100
Bossard Sweden AB 100
bigHead Bonding Fasteners Ltd 42

Amerika

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Bossard Canada, Inc 100
Bossard Ontario Inc 100
Bossard de México, S.A. de C.V. 100
Aero-Space Southwest Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V. 100
Bossard Aerospace, Inc. 100
Bossard Aerospace U.S., Inc. 100
Bossard, Inc 100
Bossard, LLC 100

Asien/Ozeanien

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Bossard Australia Pty. Ltd 100
Bossard Fastening Solutions (Shanghai) Co. Ltd 100
Bossard Fastening Solutions (Tianjin) Co. Ltd 100
LPS Bossard Pvt. Ltd 51
Bossard (M) Sdn. Bhd. 100
Bossard Pte. Ltd 100
Bossard Services Pte. Ltd 100
Bossard (Korea) Ltd 100
Bossard Ltd Taiwan Branch 100
Bossard (Thailand) Ltd 100

Assoziierte Unternehmen

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Ecoparts AG 30
MultiMaterial-Welding AG 41
Sentinus AG 20
PDi Digital GmbH 30

Sponsorships

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The company has secured the naming rights to the new stadium of EV Zug for ten years from 2010. The ice hockey stadium is listed under the name of Bossard Arena.[9] Bossard AG has exercised its option to extend the naming contract for the period from August 1, 2020 to July 31, 2025. The extension is part of the contract concluded in 2010 for the naming rights of the then newly built ice stadium.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Bossard Group Annual Report 2023" (PDF). www.bossard.com. Retrieved 2022-03-07.
  2. ^ Bossard acquires part of KVT Group http://www.zug4you.ch/cms/output.php?id=353&article_id=5742
  3. ^ "Acquisition of BRUMA Schraub- und Drehtechnik GMBH in Germany".
  4. ^ "Expansion of aerospace business".
  5. ^ "Bossard increases its holding in Torp Fasteners to 100 percent".
  6. ^ "New standards in lightweight construction: Bossard acquires shares in MultiMaterial-Welding".
  7. ^ "Expanding market presence in the Benelux countries". www.bossard.com. Retrieved 2022-03-07.
  8. ^ "Bossard Holding Jahresbericht 2023 (PDF)" (PDF; 3.8MB). media.bossard.com. p. 152. Retrieved 2024-04-30.
  9. ^ Bossard gets stadium naming rights for CHF 2 million http://www.zug4you.ch/bossard_gets_stadium_naming_rights_for_chf_2_million.html
  10. ^ "Bossard Arena remains Bossard Arena".