Family-owned construction and environmental service provider: gravel and concrete, deconstruction, brownfield remediation, cranes, aerial work platforms and transport
Toggenburger Unternehmungen (Toggenburger AG, Toggenburger + Co AG, Tobura AG)
Winterthur · Glattpark (Opfikon) · Wetzikon · Root · Basel · Bern · Gossau · Aadorf · Frauenfeld · Glattfelden · Kleinandelfingen · Marthalen · Neftenbach · Steinmaur · Wil ZH · Winterthur (Seen)New on Amplifa
About Toggenburger Unternehmungen
Toggenburger Unternehmungen is a family-owned and owner-managed construction company headquartered in Winterthur. Its range of services includes the production of construction materials such as gravel and concrete (including recycled concrete and KLARK® concrete), deconstruction of buildings, earthworks and excavation, brownfield remediation and the treatment of contaminated mineral construction waste in its own soil washing plants. The offering is complemented by crane services and heavy lifting (up to 650 t), aerial work platform rental including work above 50 m, transport and disposal logistics, as well as its own workshop and metalworking shop (Tobura AG) for construction machinery and commercial vehicles. More than 430 employees, including 13 apprentices, work at around 16 locations in Switzerland – from gravel and concrete plants and recycling sites to regional locations for cranes, aerial work platforms and training centers. Customers come from civil and structural engineering, industry, railway construction and public institutions; services are provided throughout Switzerland.
- Site
- Winterthur
- Processes
- Production of construction materials (gravel, concrete), Deconstruction of buildings, Excavation / earthworks, Brownfield remediation / disposal of contaminated construction waste, Soil washing (physical-chemical treatment of contaminated soils), Crane services / heavy lifting, Aerial work platform rental (lifting services above 50 m), Assembly of large-format steel components (e.g. lid of a hot water storage tank approx. 69'000 kg)
- Materials
- Gravel, Concrete (including recycled concrete, KLARK® concrete), Concrete granulate, Play sand, Steel (shoring HEB, ROR)
- Founded
- 1927/1928
- Employees
- over 430
- Industries
- Construction industry/civil engineering, Building owners and construction companies, Structural engineering/conversion (hospitals, education), Industry (assembly of heavy plant components), Railway construction, Structural engineering/conversion (among others hospitals, education)
- 01
Gravel extraction and construction material production (gravel, concrete,
- 02
Deconstruction of buildings, earthworks and excavation
- 03
Treatment of contaminated mineral construction waste (soil washing, recycling)
- 04
Disposal logistics and landfilling
- 05
Construction material delivery and transport
- 06
Cranes and aerial work platforms for assembly and heavy lifting
- 07
Workshop/maintenance of the fleet (Tobura AG)
Construction materials and treatment processes
Gravel
Natural construction material from own gravel and gravel washing plants for concrete and construction material production.
Concrete (including recycled concrete, KLARK® concrete)
Concrete from own concrete plants, including CO₂-storing KLARK® concrete for sustainable construction.
Concrete granulate
High-quality recycled granulate from processed demolished concrete as a secondary construction material.
Play sand
Processed sand, among other things distributed via public play sand campaigns.
Steel (shoring HEB, ROR)
Steel components for excavation pit shoring and single-lift installation of large-format steel structures.
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Production of construction materials (gravel, concrete)Other | – | – | – | – | Gravel, Concrete, Recycled concrete, Concrete granulate |
| Deconstruction of buildingsOther | – | – | – | – | – |
| Excavation / earthworksOther | – | – | – | – | – |
| Brownfield remediation / disposal of contaminated construction wasteOther | – | – | – | – | – |
| Soil washing (physical-chemical treatment of contaminated soils)Other | – | – | – | – | – |
| Crane services / heavy liftingAssembly | – | – | 650 t | – | Steel |
| Aerial work platform rental (lifting services above 50 m)Assembly | – | 50 m | – | – | – |
| Assembly of large-format steel components (e.g. lid of a hot water storage tank approx. 69'000 kg)Assembly | – | – | 69'000 kg | – | Steel |
| Workshop and metalworking shop for construction machinery and vehiclesAssembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Bored pile walls (intersecting, DN 620/880 mm up to 18 m depth)Other | – | 18 m | – | – | Concrete, Steel |
| Cast-in-place concrete piles (foundation piles DN 880/1180 mm up to 28 m depth)Other | – | 28 m | – | – | Concrete |
| Construction material testing in the construction materials laboratoryTesting | – | – | – | – | Concrete |
13 Anlagen & Maschinen
| Machine | Manufacturer / model | Quantity | Working area | Year built | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crawler crane / Superlift SL 3800 | SL 3800 | – | – | 2015 | – |
| Mobile crane | AK500 | – | 180 t full counterweight, 48 m boom extension, radius up to 53 m | – | – |
| Mobile crane | SK597-AT4 eLift | – | – | – | – |
| Hydraulic excavator | Volvo ECR 145 | 1 | – | 2026 | – |
| Hydraulic excavator | Caterpillar 325 | 1 | – | 2026 | – |
| Hybrid excavator | Volvo EC300EL | – | – | 2024 | – |
| Excavator (480 class) | Volvo 480 | – | – | – | – |
| Wheel loader | Volvo L150 | 1 | – | 2025 | – |
| Truck | Scania R 500 A6x4NB | – | – | 2026 | – |
| Soil washing plant | – | 3 | up to 400'000 tonnes of contaminated material per year (all three plants); interim storage capacity | – | Frauenfeld (BSZ Tollenmatt), Mezzovico TI (TIB Recycla SA), Péry-La Heutte BE |
| Concrete plant | – | – | – | – | Winterthur Seen, Neftenbach Hard, Glattfelden, Zurich (Glattpark), Steinmaur |
| Gravel plant | – | – | – | – | Aadorf, Marthalen, Wil ZH, Glattfelden |
| Paving plant and concrete facility at the recycling site | – | – | – | – | Neftenbach (recycling site Hard) |
Additional services
Reference customers
History
- ~1900
Gravel pit as a sideline on the paternal farm Riedmühle in Dinhard by Emil Toggenburger.
- 1927/1928
Installation of a gravel washing plant; Emil Toggenburger begins building his gravel company in Winterthur.
- 1939
Commissioning of the Glattfelden gravel plant.
- 1948
Opening of the Hard gravel plant near Neftenbach; acquisition of the first cranes and machines for earthworks.
- 1954
Winterthur Seen gravel plant in operation.
- 1958/1959
Opening of the Wil gravel plant; Heinz Toggenburger joins the company.
- 1960
Start of the hydraulic crane era with the purchase of a 20-ton vehicle.
- 1970–1974
Heinz Toggenburger takes over the management; commissioning of the Seen concrete plant (1971), Hard Neftenbach concrete plant (1972), Glattfelden concrete plant (1974); expansion of the crane, transport and aerial work platform business.
- 2002
Commissioning of the most modern concrete plant in Zurich North.
- 2003
Truls Toggenburger takes over the management of the entire enterprise.
- 2004
Acquisition of Zimmermann Krantransporte in Wetzikon.
- 2009
New soil washing plant near Frauenfeld.
- 2010
Acquisition of the company Langenegger in Bern by Toggenburger + Co AG.
- 2014
Expansion of the aerial work platform fleet with aerial platform loader cranes; work above 50 m possible.
- 2015
Operation of the Aadorf gravel plant; purchase of the Superlift SL 3800 crawler crane (up to 650 t).
- 2016/2017
Expansion into Italian-speaking Switzerland: TIB Recycla SA (Implenia and Toggenburger) with soil washing plant in Mezzovico.
- 2025
Founding of KLARK AG (CO₂-storing buildings and infrastructures); integration of the Mabistar business units.
- 2026
Succession planning and reorganization of Toggenburger Unternehmungen.