Hug inaugurates a climate-neutral bakery
Hug has opened one of the most modern and energy-efficient production centers for baked goods in Switzerland in Malters. The traditional family business also describes it as a milestone that, for the first time, it has been managed by two women and in co-management since June 1st.
Hug inaugurated his bakery in Malters in the presence of numerous guests. According to a press release , it is one of the most modern and energy-efficient production centers for baked goods in Switzerland. The planning time for this “generation project” was five years, the construction time three years. It creates 100 new jobs on a production area that has now been doubled. Hug has invested a total of 63 million francs in the expansion of the production building, the move from Trimbach SO and in systems.
“I am proud to have this innovative and sustainable family business here in the Canton of Lucerne and I would like to thank the Hug family for their loyalty and their connection to the Malters location,” said government councilor Fabian Peter, Director of Construction, Environment and Economics of the Canton of Lucerne , at the inauguration. “I am pleased that the Hug company creates jobs here, produces in a modern and energy-efficient manner and thus makes its contribution to achieving our climate goals.”
According to the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Andreas Hug, the energy concept dispenses entirely with fossil fuels. Groundwater and operational waste heat are used to generate heat and cold. By the end of 2022, Hug will build more photovoltaic units on the roof of the bakery.
On the occasion of the inauguration, the fourth generation, represented by the previous managing director Andreas Hug, handed over the operational management of the company to Anna Hug. She will run it in the fifth generation together with Marianne Wüthrich Gross. This is the first time since the company’s founding in 1877 that it will be conducted by two women.