Due to the continuing economic downturn, the company is currently considering reducing around 70 jobs in Switzerland and a further 80 worldwide. The job reduction in Switzerland will mainly affect the Herisau plant. The Group currently employs approximately 3.500 people worldwide, 1.500 of them at the Swiss headquarters in Herisau and Pfäffikon.
On 21 January 2009, a number of Swiss companies received awards from the European Association for the Promotion of Health (A.E.P.S.) for specific measures in the field of corporate health at a ceremony in Interlaken. The first of the Swiss awards went to the connectivity solutions company HUBER+SUHNER based in Herisau and Pfäffikon, ahead of the Nationale Suisse of Basle, Geneva’s university hospital, and Nestlé. At the elimination process for the corresponding European-level price in Luxembourg last Wednesday, HUBER+SUHNER was awarded second place as the representative for Switzerland with its ‘in balance’ programme, behind Luxembourg and ahead of Italy. The prices were awarded by the health minister of the host country Luxembourg, Mars di Bartolomeo. When judging the health programmes, the jury rated the following three aspects especially highly: originality, sustainability and global outreach.
Heute mittag fand im Pfäffiker Industrieareal Witzberg der offizielle Spatenstich für das neue Kunststoff-Mischwerk der HUBER+SUHNER Gruppe statt. Für den Ausbau und die Modernisierung seiner Kabelproduktion investiert der Spezialist für elektrische und optische Verbindungstechnik knapp CHF 30 Mio.
The 40th Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting of HUBER+SUHNER AG for fiscal 2008 took place yesterday, 22 April 2009, on the premises of the Pfäffikon plant. The shareholders approved all the resolutions proposed by the Board of Directors.
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