New start-up centre promotes entrepreneurship in Uzwil
Uze AG is developing the Uzwil grinding plant on the Bühler site into its second startup space together with the IFJ Institut für Jungunternehmen. After the one in Schlieren, this innovation centre will also offer space for founders. The opening is planned for 2027.
A second startup space of the IFJ Institute for Young Entrepreneurs will be built on the site of the Uzwil grinding plant, which is located on the Bühler Group premises. Uze AG, the Bühler Group’s property and family office, is working with the IFJ to develop this part of the site on the Spickel between Bahnhofstrasse and Fabrikstrasse into an innovation hub. The IFJ has already been operating its first centre of this kind in Schlieren for ten years.
According to Uze AG, the Mahlwerk in Uzwil will be a “lively place for start-ups, entrepreneurs and creative minds” from 2027, “with modern office & engineer spaces, events & meetings and plenty of room for innovation”. According to a statement from the IFJ, construction will begin on 12 June 2025.
As part of the densification and renovation of properties, the Bühler Group relocated the space it used to the neighbouring main site. This freed up 18,680 square metres for something new. “Uze AG is opening a new chapter here with the Mahlwerk and continuing the industrial tradition with entrepreneurial vision, innovative strength and international networking,” says the IFJ.
The Mahlwerk creates “space for growth, encounters and movement – and above all for visibility and strong connections to companies, experts, organisations and investors”. In addition to the space for start-ups and SMEs, there will also be premises for industrial and commercial enterprises.