Gasser Felstechnik AG, Kriens

The Gasser company, founded in 1922, is a traditional and independent company in the field of civil/construction work in the Canton of Obwalden, Switzerland. During the 50s and 60s, young men from Lungern gained extensive experience as miners in the construction of hydraulic power stations in the Swiss Alps. Subsequently these miners formed a highly specialised group within the company. Goal and customer orientated, Gasser Felstechnik developed this field of activity further thus achieving its status as a leading company in rock engineering within Switzerland. Today the company has about 200 employees out of which approximately 75% are licensed and qualified for drilling, mining, equipment operators, guniting, mountain guides etc. Bilanz, a reputed Swiss Business Journal wrote: Today the company is one of the first addresses to be contacted for tricky work in the mountains and for projects such as the world premiere railway tunnel by Lausanne, Switzerland - the old tunnel lining was blasted out in one night or the Porta Alpina tunnels in Sedrun, Switzerland.