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AFG – Trading with a view to the future Dr. Edgar Oehler: His vision marked the beginning. Today’s decisions need to be taken with a view to the future. This was our approach in planning the future of AFG. Stepping up our innovative capacity and level of internationalization, compliance with our guidelines on sales growth and improving our earning power while at the same time paying heed to the environmental soundness of our products and the creation of employment opportunities are key aspects of our business activity. Achieving these strategic goals requires organisational adjustments, in terms of staff as well as business space. Our focus was thus on centralizing the numerous premises scattered around the AFG headquarters domiciled in Arbon (Thurgau region, Switzerland), which were not only too small but also outdated. At the same time, with a view to our development over the coming years, the relocation of our SHAPING THE FUTURE WITH A VISION factories situated on the banks of Lake Constance were also part of our contemplations. To this end, some seven hectares of land on the outskirts of Arbon were purchased and rezoned. The new AFG Corporate Center was built on this property. Apart from being the site for new constructions, existing factory facilities will be relocated to this estate in a step by step process. We had our construction requirements clearly defi ned: spacious, modern, transparent, featuring state-of-the-art technology, an expression of our faith in the future and our commitment to Arbon and Eastern Switzerland as our domicile, testimony of our creative capacity, equipped with up to date work places, built and furnished economically and largely with AFG proprietary products. It was an active partnership between industry and the construction sector that enabled us to achieve these goals. Some 250 work places were completed and ready for us to use only 16 months after the ground breaking ceremony. Shining by day and brightly lit at night, the AFG Corporate Center is the luminous symbol of our AFG culture, our entrepreneurship and cooperation with authorities, carried by the commitment of all those involved. It is thanks to their 1 business with a vision 6,200 highly motivated employees effort that both we as today’s generation and the generations to come are able to conduct regionally molded executive tasks on a global level, promoting the worldwide expansion of our group. Through this overview of the AFG Corporate Center, we are proud to give the general public an insight into its development and construction and to present our new work places. ■ AFG Arbonia-Forster-Holding AG Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO Dr. Edgar Oehler AFG Corporate Center | 3
Zone plan amendment and project plan An amendment to the zone plan was necessary since the properties in question were part of the agricultural zone. The intended building size and the possible development of the adjoining area also required a project plan plan. The zone plan amendment reduced the area of the agricultural zone by 73,500 m 2 . This in fact interfered with the planning principle laid down in the Swiss Cantonal Sturcture Plan (KRP). This principle stipulates that a balance between zones is generally to be strived for. The Arbon city council however has guaranteed spatial compensation in line with the local structure plan which is anyway undergoing review. The zone plan amendment can be justifi ed on the grounds that the area in question is classifi ed by the KRP as one of the canton’s key business areas for industry and trade. In the key business areas specifi ed by the KRP, suffi - cient areas of land ready for building and suitable for industry and trade must be provided. On 24 th February 2006, the Department of Building and the Environment thus approved the zone plan amendment issued by the Arbon city council and endorsed by the city parliament. Diverging from standard constructions As afore said, a project plan (PP) is needed to regulate the construction of large-scale commercial buildings and their development. The special focus here is on a smooth integration of structures and minimum obstruction to adjoining residential buildings. Our project plan (PP) made it possible for us to diverge from the standard construction which for instance stipulates a maximum building height of only 12 m for industrial estates. Our drafts complied with the planning and building code requirements and were thus approved. ■ Hans Peter Ruprecht Former district president Former head of the Department of Building and the Environment of the Thurgau canton 4 | AFG Corporate Center A NEW BUILDING ZONE FOR OUR VISION The AFG Corporate Center with its impressive architecture, an eye-catcher in an area that used to offer nothing but green grass. It took no more than a few months for the plans announced by Dr. Oehler during the ground breaking ceremony to be realized. 24 th February 2006: Zone plan amendment approved by Arbon city parliament.
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