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Introduction
The Nüssli Group[1][2] (own spelling NÜSSLI), headquartered in Hüttwilen, is an internationally active Swiss group of companies specializing in special events and constructions.
Nüssli plans and builds temporary and quick-build infrastructure around the world for events and facilities in the fields of sport, culture and business. This includes stadiums, stages, stands, event structures, superimposed event infrastructures, pavilions, halls, museums and exhibition halls, special constructions, as well as solutions and objects for interior fittings.
Nüssli is represented at 20 locations[3] around the world and operates on a project basis or with partners. The Nüssli Group employs a total of around 425 permanent employees. Staffing capacity can sometimes be doubled for large projects.
History
The company was founded in 1941 by Heini Nüssli (1919–2011) as a carpentry business in Hüttwilen. In 1949, Heini Nüssli married Germaine, née Sprenger (1922-2009), who contributed her assets to the working capital and actively supported her husband.
In 1958, the company entered the scaffolding construction sector and, the following year, began renting and erecting wooden and steel tube stands and stages. In 1961, Nüssli built the stands for the Swiss Federal Wrestling and Alpine Games Festival (ESAF) for the first time in Zug. He then developed new systems of scaffolding, stages and stands.
Starting in the 1980s, Nüssli made several acquisitions and founded subsidiaries abroad. The first international project was the stage for the Pink Floyd concert The Wall in Berlin in 1990. International expansion intensified in the 2000s and Nüssli entered the trade fair stand construction sector. In 2007, the company spun off its scaffolding division under the name xBau and focused on the events and exhibition market. In 2014, Nüssli integrated the German trade fair stand construction company Ambrosius,[4][5] with headquarters in Frankfurt, into the group of companies. That same year, 40 employees left Nüssli and founded Adunic AG in Frauenfeld, specializing in the construction of high-quality events and pavilions. Four years later, Nüssli and Adunic merged again and integrated the newly founded Nüssli Adunic AG[6] as a business unit within the Nüssli Group.
In 2016, the company celebrated its 75th anniversary[7] and built the temporary arena for the Estavayer-le-Lac Swiss Wrestling and Mountaineering Festival for the 20th time. With 52,016 seats, the was at the time the largest temporary grandstand facility in the world for a three-day event. In 2019, the Swiss festival was held on an even larger scale: 56,500[8] spectators experienced the Swiss Wrestling and Mountaineering Festival in Zug live in the stands.