Bossard Group is a Swiss multinational fastener technology and logistics company with its headquarters in Zug. Their activities include worldwide sales, technical consulting and inventory management.
, the Group employed more than 3,300 people in 33 countries and generated a turnover of 1.068,946 million Swiss francs. Bossard Group is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange.
History
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 for roughly a century before the company expanded its business activities in the 1930s and 1940s to trading fasteners. The local specialized store first developed into a regional, and from the 1950s on, into a national company.
In the 1960s, Bossard began to set up and expand an international network of bases. In the course of this 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 today 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.Bossard acquires part of KVT Group http://www.zug4you.ch/cms/output.php?id=353&article_id=5742 At the beginning of 2019, Bossard Group acquired BRUMA Schraub- und Drehtechnik GmbH in Velbert. On June 24, 2019, the company also acquired the distribution business of SACS Boysen Aerospace Group, which continues to operate under the Boysen name. Bossard Group also increased its majority stake in Torp Fasteners, based in Oslo, Norway, from 60% to 100% at the beginning of 2020. Bossard has held a stake in the company, which specializes in high-quality fasteners, since January 2015. In December 2020 Bossard acquired shares in MultiMaterial-Welding GmbH, thus expanding its portfolio to include pioneering lightweight fastening solutions.
In October 2021, Bossard Group acquired the Dutch company Jeveka B.V., thus substantially expanding its presence in the Benelux countries. In December of 2022 the Group acquired the Canadian distribution business from the American company PennEngineering® in Danboro, Pennsylvania, USA.
Bossard acquired in July 2024 the Aero Negoce International, a distributor of fastening solutions and provider of logistics services to the aerospace industry. Also in July 2024, Bossard acquired Dejond Fastening NV (“Dejond”), a Belgian company and a leading manufacturer of blind rivet nuts, which specializes in the distribution of high-quality fastening systems with its own brand, Tubtara®.
In January 2025, it acquired the German Ferdinand Gross Group. Ferdinand Gross is one of the leading distributors of fastening technology in the important German market. In addition to Germany, Ferdinand Gross also had locations in Hungary and Poland.
Products The company is engaged in product solutions and services in industrial fastening technology. The product range comprises over 1,000,000 fasteners and customer-specific application products, combined with services in the areas of Smart Factory Logistics and Assembly Technology Expert. Bossard maintains an international procurement network for screws and fasteners. The company works together with 4,600 manufacturers.
Corporate Structure The Bossard Group owns stakes in various companies. +NameBeteiligungsanteil in ProzentHolding und FinanzgesellschaftenSwitzerlandBossard Holding AG100Bossard Finance AG100GermanyBossard Beteiligungs GmbH100FrancePN Aero SAS100UKbigHead Fasteners Ltd100USABossard U.S. Holdings, Inc.100 Europa SwitzerlandBossard Aerospace Switzerland AG100Bossard AG1003d-prototyp GmbH in Liquidation100AustriaBossard Austria Ges.m.b.H.100KVT-Fastening GmbH100BelgiumDejond Fastening NV100Czech Rep.Bossard CZ s.r.o.100KVT-Fastening s.r.o.100DenmarkBossard Denmark A/S100FranceBossard France SAS100Aero Negoce International SAS100GermanyBossard Aerospace Germany GmbH100Bossard Deutschland GmbH100Bossard Deutschland GmbH100HungaryKVT-Fastening Kft.100IrelandArnold Industries Cork DAC100ItalyBossard Italia S.r.l.100NetherlandsBossard Nederland B.V100NorwayBossard Norway AS100PolandBossard Poland Sp. z o.o100KVT-Fastening Sp. z o.o100RomaniaKVT-Fastening S.R.L100SerbiaKVT-Fastening d.o.o. Beograd100SlovakiaKVT-Fastening spol. s.r.o.100SloveniaKVT-Tehnika pritrjevanja, d.o.o.100South AfricaBossard South Africa (Pty) Ltd75SpainBossard Spain SA100SwedenBossard Sweden AB100UKbigHead Bonding Fasteners Ltd100 Amerika CanadaBossard Canada, Inc100Bossard Ontario Inc100MexicoBossard de México, S.A. de C.V.100Aero-Space Southwest Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V.100USABossard Aerospace, Inc.100Bossard Aerospace U.S., Inc.100Bossard, Inc100Bossard, LLC100C&C Aero Trading LLC100 Asien/Ozeanien AustraliaBossard Australia Pty. Ltd100ChinaBossard Fastening Solutions (Guangdong) Co. Ltd100Bossard Fastening Solutions (Shanghai) Co. Ltd100Bossard Fastening Solutions (Tianjin) Co. Ltd100IndiaLPS Bossard Pvt. Ltd51MalaysiaBossard (M) Sdn. Bhd.100SingaporeBossard Pte. Ltd100Bossard Services Pte. Ltd100South KoreaBossard (Korea) Ltd100TaiwanBossard Ltd Taiwan Branch100ThailandBossard (Thailand) Ltd100VitnamBossard Vietnam Co. Ltd100 Assoziierte Unternehmen SwitzerlandEcoparts AG30MultiMaterial-Welding AG41Sentinus AG20ChinaWenzhong Sealing System (Jiangsu) Co. Ltd.49
Sponsorships The Bossard Group announced its partnership with Oliver Heer Ocean Racing, supporting the Swiss-German skipper on his efforts towards the 2028 Vendée Globe – one of the world class sporting challenge.
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