Infotech builds new building in Grenchen
The Solothurn-based plant engineering company Infotech will start building its new site in Grenchen on 5 April. There, the high-tech company will more than double its office and assembly space. The sustainable building is being constructed by SSM Architects from Solothurn.
Infotech Automation is moving from Solothurn to Grenchen. The land purchase for a large new building in the new industrial park on Lebernstrasse took place a few days ago, and the building permit has been issued. Construction work will begin on 5 April. They should be completed in one and a half to two years. The company provides information about this in an article in the “Grenchner Tagblatt” of the “Solothurner Zeitung”, which it has published on its website.
Infotech designs, produces and implements highly automated production systems, primarily for the manufacture of semiconductor power electronics. For this purpose, the new location will have 9600 square metres of office and production space on three floors instead of the previous 4400 square metres.
The company, which is considered a so-called hidden champion and is growing continuously, could even add another storey later. The building, designed by SSM Architects of Solothurn, will reportedly be mostly glazed. The material regulates its own light transmission. Heating and cooling will be provided by geothermal probes fed by photovoltaics on the roof.
According to its co-founder, CEO and shareholder Ernest Fischer, the recipe for success of the continuously growing company lies in quality, innovation, support and, without exception, customised developments: “The customers’ expectations must be exceeded in every respect. We are usually the most expensive in quotations and yet our customers remain loyal to us.” Personnel is sought for all departments.