EMS to invest over CHF 300 mn at Domat/Ems production site

The EMS Group, a Swiss high-performance polymers and specialty chemicals company, has announced that in the next five years, the group will invest CHF 300 million (Swiss Francs) in the production site at Domat/Ems (Canton Grisons, Switzerland), and in doing so, it will create at least 50 additional workplaces. Important contracts will be awarded in the region.

 

The EMS Group, a Swiss high-performance polymers and specialty chemicals company, has announced that in the next five years, the group will invest 300 million Swiss Francs in the production site at Domat/Ems (Canton Grisons, Switzerland), and in doing so, it will create at least 50 additional workplaces. Important contracts will be awarded in the region.#

According to the group, ground-breaking ceremony for a new high-rack warehouse, went ahead in the presence of member of the Grisons government, Marcus Caduff and mayor of Domat/Ems Erich Kohler. With new high-rack warehouse, EMS will achieve rapid expansion of its distribution and storage capacity before the end of this year and continue to supply markets worldwide quickly and flexibly. The project signals the start of considerable expansion investment over the next five years at the Domat/Ems production site.

 

The EMS Group, a Swiss high-performance polymers and specialty chemicals company, has announced that in the next five years, the group will invest 300 million Swiss Francs in the production site at Domat/Ems (Canton Grisons, Switzerland), and in doing so, it will create at least 50 additional workplaces. Important contracts will be awarded in the region.#

“We are planning to invest more than 300 million Swiss Francs and increase our capacity by 70 per cent, 95 per cent of which for export. Linked to this investment are contracts in the region to the amount of around 120 million Swiss Francs and around 200 workplaces,” Magdalena Martullo-Blocher, CEO of EMS-Chemie, said in a press release.

 

The EMS Group, a Swiss high-performance polymers and specialty chemicals company, has announced that in the next five years, the group will invest 300 million Swiss Francs in the production site at Domat/Ems (Canton Grisons, Switzerland), and in doing so, it will create at least 50 additional workplaces. Important contracts will be awarded in the region.#

An additional 60 million Swiss Francs will be invested at other locations in Switzerland. At EMS, around 50 new workplaces will be linked to the investment. 17.5 million Swiss Francs are being invested now in the new high-rack warehouse. Two thirds of this in the form of contracts awarded to companies in the region.

 

The EMS Group, a Swiss high-performance polymers and specialty chemicals company, has announced that in the next five years, the group will invest 300 million Swiss Francs in the production site at Domat/Ems (Canton Grisons, Switzerland), and in doing so, it will create at least 50 additional workplaces. Important contracts will be awarded in the region.#

“The dimensions of the new high-rack are also impressive. With a height of 44 metres it will be the highest warehouse in Switzerland, as was the existing warehouse before it. In this way, the EMS-Chemie high-rack warehouses are among the top 5 in Europe. When completed, the warehouse will provide jobs for 13 additional logistics employees and training for 15 apprentices,” company’s release said.

 

The EMS Group, a Swiss high-performance polymers and specialty chemicals company, has announced that in the next five years, the group will invest 300 million Swiss Francs in the production site at Domat/Ems (Canton Grisons, Switzerland), and in doing so, it will create at least 50 additional workplaces. Important contracts will be awarded in the region.#

Kohler expressed his pleasure at this future-oriented decision and emphasised the significance of EMS-Chemie as one of the largest employers and largest apprentice training company in the canton, as well as a major taxpayer in the municipality. “EMS has invested continually in the site over the last 85 years with major contracts being awarded to local businesses. This visionary capacity expansion will safeguard workplaces and enable the town to continue its positive development,” Kohler said.

 

The EMS Group, a Swiss high-performance polymers and specialty chemicals company, has announced that in the next five years, the group will invest 300 million Swiss Francs in the production site at Domat/Ems (Canton Grisons, Switzerland), and in doing so, it will create at least 50 additional workplaces. Important contracts will be awarded in the region.#

“EMS not only offers 1000 workplaces, but also plays an important role in apprentice training for its own 140 apprentices, and more than 100 from other companies in the region. In addition, EMS has a strong social commitment,” Caduff said in the release. “The planned and now initiated investment is an important multiplying factor for jobs and added-value in the whole region.”

 

The EMS Group, a Swiss high-performance polymers and specialty chemicals company, has announced that in the next five years, the group will invest 300 million Swiss Francs in the production site at Domat/Ems (Canton Grisons, Switzerland), and in doing so, it will create at least 50 additional workplaces. Important contracts will be awarded in the region.#

This investment in the production site at Ems is the best evidence of the attraction of the Grisons as an industrial location.