orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . april 2014 bossard holding ag isin ch0238627142 industry fastening technology founded 1831 headquarters zug switzerland key people david dean ceo thomas schmuckli chairman revenue 617.8 mio . chf 2014 total assets 434.4 mio . chf 2014 number of employees 1 926 31 . december 2014 website www.bossard.com bossard group is an internationally active swiss fastener technology and logistics company with its headquarters in zug . their activities include worldwide sales technical advice and inventory management . the group employs around 1 926 employees at approximately 60 locations in europe america and asia pacific and in 2014 generated a turnover of 617.8 million swiss francs . bossard group is listed on the swiss stock exchange six swiss exchange . contents 1 history 2 field of activity 3 trivia 4 references 5 external links history edit the bossard hardware store in 1831 the company was founded in 1831 in zug as a hardware store by franz kaspar bossard kolin . the earlier silk trading business inherited from his father in law was dissolved at the same time . the hardware store kept its local character roughly a century before the company expanded its business activity in the 1930s and 1940s to trading fasteners . the local specialized store first developed into a regional and from the 1950s into a national company . from the 1960s bossard began to set up and expand an international network of bases . in the course of expansion the company went public on the stock market in 1987 . the recession at the beginning of the 1990s and the associated worsening business trend led bossard to a review of the entire organization . in doing so the company focused on the core competence of fastening technology and the gradual selling off of all its tools fittings and handicraft units . bossard is active in the field of fastening technology in europe america and asia . in november 2012 the bossard group acquired the kvt koenig group s range of fastening technology . 1 field of activity edit the activities of the bossard group include the three areas of fasteners application engineering and customer logistics . bossard maintains an international procurement network for screws and fasteners . the company works together with 3 200 manufacturers . trivia edit the company has secured the naming rights to the new stadium of ev zug for ten years from 2010 . the ice hockey stadium is listed under the name of bossard arena . 2 references edit bossard acquires part of kvt group http www.zug4you.ch cms output.php id 353 & article id 5742 bossard gets stadium naming rights for chf 2 million http www.zug4you.ch bossard gets stadium naming rights for chf 2 million.html external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bossard holding ag & oldid 683314376 categories companies listed on the six swiss exchangecompanies based in zugengineering companies of switzerlandfastening tool manufacturerslogistics companieshidden categories orphaned articles from april 2014all orphaned articlesofficial website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 29 september 2015 at 14 43 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view