Buhler Group

Bühler Holding AG

Type	Privately held company
Industry	Process engineering
Founded	1860
Founder	Adolf Bühler
Headquarters	Uzwil, Switzerland
Number of locations	over 140
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Stefan Scheiber (CEO), Calvin Grieder (Chairman)
Services	Processing, production, manufacturing and materials
Operating income	2.475 billion SFr. (2016)
Profit	143.3 million SFr. (2016)
Total assets	2.716 billion SFr. (2016)
Total equity	1.276 billion SFr. (2016)
Number of employees	10'640 (2016)
Divisions	Grains & Food, Advanced Materials
Website	www.buhlergroup.com

The Bühler Holding AG based in Uzwil, Switzerland is a specialist and technology company for plant and equipment and related services for processing foods and manufacturing advanced materials. The organization holds leading market positions worldwide in the fields of technology as well as processes for transforming grain into flour and animal feeds, producing pasta and chocolate, and manufacturing die cast components.

The core technologies of the Group are in the field of mechanical and thermal process engineering.

Bühler Group operates in over 140 countries, has a global payroll of 10,640, and generated sales revenues of CHF 2,45 billion in 2016.

Bühler Group emerged from the iron foundry in Gupfen in Uzwil with two employees that was established on February 10, 1860 by Adolf Bühler senior, who was a native and resident of Hombrechtikon.

In 1871, a mechanical workshop was added, and one year later the first cast rolls for roller mills were produced. In 1875, the company introduced its own health insurance scheme. As a result of Adolf Bühler’s interest in mechanical engineering, Bühler not only cast rolls, but over time also started building its own roller mills and entire grain mills. Around 1890, the first flour mill completely built by Bühler was delivered. The first affiliated company was opened in Paris in 1891. Another one was added in Milan in 1900, and two years later one in Naples. Before that, in 1896, a sales office had been set up in Barcelona. Adolf Bühler sen. handed over the reins to Adolf Bühler jun. in 1896. After Bühler had originally focused on the textile industry, manufacturing textile equipment components, the company shifted its activities to the design and construction of grain mills, which it sold in the international marketplace. After the turn of the century, machinery for making pasta and brewing beer were added.

In 1900, Bühler employed 717 factory workers and 72 office staff, whose number increased to 1400 by 1920. Bühler opened its first canteen in 1918. During the expansion and electrification of the railroad line from Wil to St. Gallen in 1927, an industrial track was built from the station of Uzwil to the company premises.