Landis+Gyr Group AG

About Landis+Gyr

Landis+Gyr is a globally active energy technology company headquartered in Cham, Switzerland, which develops, manufactures and distributes metering systems and devices for electricity, gas, heat/cooling and water, as well as data concentrators, communication modules and load management systems. The value chain covers design, series production (among others in Zhuhai, China, and Laverton North, Australia), calibration and legal verification of metering devices, assembly and testing of load management systems, and repair and refurbishment of gas and electricity metering and control systems, including in-service testing of gas meters. The product portfolio ranges from electronic high-precision electricity meters and the Revelo metering platform with edge intelligence to the ultrasonic smart gas meter Surent G480, and further to software, analytics platforms and lifecycle services (Plan & Deploy, Secure & Operate, Support & Analyze, Training). Customers include more than 2,000 energy utilities, energy retailers and industrial and commercial customers in more than 30 countries on five continents. The company, founded in Zug in 1896 with around 6,300 employees, has been listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange since 2017 (ticker LAND). With the sale of the EMEA business to AURELIUS, effective as of 31 March 2026, the Group is strategically focusing on the Americas and Asia-Pacific.

Site

Theilerstrasse 2, 6300 Cham

Processes

Design, manufacture and distribution of metering devices (electricity, gas, heat/cooling and water, Legal verification/calibration of electricity and water meters, Assembly and testing of load management systems and receivers, Repair and refurbishment of gas and electricity metering and control systems incl., Manufacture, repair, calibration, assembly, testing and delivery of gas meters, regulators and, Ultrasonic gas flow measurement (Surent G480 Ultrasonic Smart Gas Meter), Plan & Deploy (network design, network consulting, integration services), Secure & Operate (SaaS, managed services, 24/7 monitoring, cybersecurity, FAN optimization)

Materials

Advanced Metering Infrastructure, Ultrasonic Flow Measurement, RF Mesh / Wi-SUN / Mesh IP / Cellular Communication

Certificates

ISO 9001:2015, ISO 45001:2018, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 22301:2019, ISO 9001:2015 (Zhuhai), ISO 45001:2018 (Zhuhai)

Founded

1896

Employees

ca. 6300

Industries

Energy supply (electricity, gas, heat, water), Energy trading, Industrial and commercial customers, Smart Cities / Smart Communities, Energy utilities (utilities: electricity, gas, heat, water), Energy retailers

1. 01

   Design and network architecture (engineering)

2. 02

   Manufacturing of metering devices, data concentrators and communication modules

3. 03

   Assembly and testing (including load management systems)

4. 04

   Calibration and legal verification of electricity and water meters

5. 05

   Distribution and customer support

6. 06

   Repair, refurbishment and in-service testing

7. 07

   Managed services, SaaS and analytics services

Processes and Value Chain

Locations

Cham

CH

Group Headquarters (Global Headquarters)

Zug

CH

Historic founding site

Zhuhai, Guangdong

CN

Production (Landis+Gyr Meters & Systems): electricity, heat/cooling meters, data concentrators, communication modules

Materials

Electricity meters, heat/cooling meters

Alpharetta, Georgia

US

Main Site: design, distribution, sales, certified main site

Laverton North, Victoria

AU

Manufacturing, repair, calibration, assembly and testing of gas meters, regulators and meter bars; calibration of

Materials

Gas, electricity and water meters

Mascot, Sydney

AU

Asia-Pacific Headquarters: design, distribution, marketing

Newstead, QLD

AU

Distribution and customer support

Albany, Auckland

NZ

Assembly and testing of load management systems and receivers, technical support

Products and Components

Inside the production

Processes & technical limits

Quality and Certifications

The quality management system is certified to ISO 9001:2015 by Intertek and covers sites in the USA, Australia, New Zealand and Zhuhai (China). In addition, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 45001:2018 and ISO 22301:2019 apply to the Group network.

Company History

1. 1896

   Founded as Electrotechnisches Institut Theiler & Co. in Zug (electricity meters, telephone induction coils, phonographs).

2. 1905

   Renamed Landis & Gyr after acquisition by Heinrich Landis and the joining of Karl Heinrich Gyr.

3. 1912

   First foreign subsidiaries (London, Vienna, Frankfurt) and first factories.

4. 1914

   Conversion into a stock corporation; with around 800 employees, the largest employer in the Canton of Zug.

5. 1924

   Global expansion: first overseas offices in New York and Melbourne.

6. 1970

   Launch of the first electronic high-precision electricity meter.

7. 1981

   Electromechanical induction meter as a mature pre-digital metering type.

8. 1987

   Acquisition by Stephan Schmidheiny.

9. 1995

   Sale to Elektrowatt AG; later integration into Siemens Building Technologies.

10. 1998

    Siemens acquires the metering business; merger to form Siemens Metering AG.

11. 1990er

    Introduction of the first digital residential electricity meter.

12. 2002

    Sale to KKR; renaming back to Landis+Gyr.

13. 2004

    Acquisition by Bayard Capital (Australia); buy-and-build strategy in smart metering.

14. 2006/2007

    Acquisitions of Enermet, Hunt Technologies and Cellnet – leadership position in the AMI market.

15. 2011

    Acquisition by Toshiba (60 %) and Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (40 %) for US$2.3 billion.

16. 2017

    IPO on the SIX Swiss Exchange (21 July, ticker LAND); Toshiba sells its stake.

17. 2026

    Divestment of the EMEA business to AURELIUS (US$215 million, economically effective as of 31 March 2026); strategic focus on the Americas and Asia-Pacific.