Altenrhein

The Altenrhein site is the largest of the BWB Group in Switzerland and offers a comprehensive range of services in the field of surface technology. In addition to anodising aluminium, this also includes passivation and wet paint applications.
The fully automated large parts line enables anodising, coloring and Permalux hard anodising of components up to 7500 mm in size, while the state-of-the-art small parts line produces technical coatings for industry.

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BWB-Altenrhein AG

Werkplatz Altenrhein
Dorfstrasse 3
CH-9423 Altenrhein

+41 58 861 91 00 verkauf.ar.industrie@bwb-group.com verkauf.ar.architektur@bwb-group.com

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Opening hours

Opening hours goods receiving / forwarding

Morning

07:00 - 12:00

Afternoon (except Friday)

13:00 - 17:00

Friday afternoon

13:00 - 16:00

Holidays

March 29, 2024 – Good Friday

closed

April 1, 2024 – Easter Monday

closed

May 9, 2024 – Ascension Day

closed

May 10, 2024 – Bridge day

closed

May 20, 2024 – Whit Monday

closed

August 1, 2024 – National Day

closed

November 1, 2024 – All Saints' Day

closed

Company vacations

from December 23, 2023 to January 12, 2024

Industry, Architecture

from December 23, 2023 to January 5, 2024

Painting

Your contact

For further information please do not hesitate to contact us.

Andy Rohner

Head of Production Architecture

+41 58 861 91 80 andy.rohner@bwb-group.com

Benedict Buck

Head of Production Industry

+41 58 861 91 84 benedikt.buck@bwb-group.com

Daniel Oertle

Division Manager Architecture

+41 76 339 47 39 daniel.oertle@bwb-group.com

Daniel Stutz

Sales Manager Industry

+41 58 861 91 82 +41 79 792 85 21 daniel.stutz@bwb-group.com

Michael Graf

Head of Paint

+41 58 861 91 53 +41 79 789 40 64 michael.graf@bwb-group.com

Rene Ooms

Division Manager Architecture

+41 58 861 91 76 rene.ooms@bwb-group.com

Electrolytic surface conversions

7500 x 1200 x 2200 mm

2000 x 500 x 1500 mm

2000 x 500 x 1500 mm

3300 x 700 x 1200 mm

2000 x 500 x 1500 mm

Pre- and after-treatments

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1500 x 150 x 150 mm

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1500 x 150 x 150 mm

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1000 x 500 x 1000 mm

1000 x 500 x 500 mm

3400 x 700 x 1400 mm

Colour anodising architecture

7500 x 1200 x 2200 mm

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7500 x 1200 x 2200 mm

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7500 x 800 x 2200 mm

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7500 x 800 x 2200 mm

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7500 x 1200 x 2200 mm

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7500 x 1200 x 2500 mm

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7500 x 1200 x 2500 mm

7500 x 800 x 2200 mm

7500 x 800 x 2200 mm

7500 x 800 x 2200 mm

7500 x 800 x 2200 mm

7500 x 800 x 2200 mm

Colour anodising industry

2000 x 500 x 1500 mm

2000 x 500 x 1500 mm

800 x 500 x 1000 mm

800 x 500 x 1000 mm

800 x 500 x 1000 mm

Chemical surface conversion

800 x 400 x 500 mm

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2000 x 500 x 1500 mm

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3400 x 700 x 1400 mm

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Liquid coating

available

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Open positions

For our location in Altenrhein, we are looking for a plumber in operational maintenance with immediate effect or by agreement.

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Susanne Hengartner

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Training places

We are looking for you for our paint department in Altenrhein. Would you like to start an apprenticeship as an industrial painter by August 2025 or by agreement?

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Michael Graf

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News and references

Discover the latest posts and references. Here you will find a wide range of content and information about our current projects and services.

#Architecture

Unlimitrust Campus

The Unlimitrust Campus of Sicpa, a renowned manufacturer of printing inks for banknotes, covers an impressive 77,000 square meters and offers space for several thousand workstations.

#Design

Liteline – aluminum picket railing

Liteline is the Swiss design railing made of aluminum. With countless design options, precise design and durable construction, it meets architectural and economic requirements in modern residential construction.

#Architecture

Workshop Office Dorn AG

Dorn AG's workshop office showcases the company's craftsmanship on its own premises - with a Permalux anodized interior façade.

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#News

BWB-Permalux shapes the appearance of Thermoplan at Host 2023

Host 2023 in Milan will attract around 130,000 guests from October 13 to 17. Among the exhibitors is the renowned Swiss coffee machine manufacturer Thermoplan.

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#News

1672 panels produce solar power for BWB-Altenrhein AG

On the two roofs of the production halls of BWB Surface Technology in Altenrhein, 1672 photovoltaic modules with a surface area of 3341 m2 were installed during five weeks this summer.

#Architecture

SRF Media Center

The façade of the SRF Media Center is characterized by a strict choice of materials: exposed concrete, glass and anodized aluminum.

#Design

Clean lines and elegant shades: desire kitchens made of aluminum

Whether for facades or interiors, anodized aluminum surfaces are versatile in architectural applications. Easy to clean and durable, the lightweight material is also excellent for high-end kitchens.

#News

BWB heats Altenrhein village center

BWB-Altenrhein cools its anodising plants with Lake Constance water. Now the heated lake water is used to heat the neighboring residential quarter.

#News

Salm facade worlds

The "Facade Worlds" exhibition offers your visitors a complete overview of a large selection of facade and roof systems. Take a look!

#Art

Art intervention by Chris Hunter

Multi-colored anodized aluminum sheets connect the individual concrete steps in a linear pattern. The result is the overall image of a rainbow of flowing colors without clear boundaries.

#News

Infento kit anodised in BWB colors

The colorful kit of INFENTO anodized by BWB Surface Technology has been raffled. Follow more contests and the comments about them on LinkedIn.

#Design

Cult SIGG drinking bottles individually anodised

Who does not know them? The aluminum drinking bottles from SIGG are known far beyond the Swiss border. Several generations associate the iconic utensil with experiences of today and the past.

#News

Fresh from the press architecture brochure

The new architecture brochure is here: the reduced design and expanded content, such as the Permagrey process, invite relaxed reading and inspiration.

#Aviation

Oversize hard anodizing

How do the coating properties of Permalux differ from those of commercially available hard anodized coatings? The BWB laboratory has investigated this question and subjected the surfaces of customer components to an endurance test.

#Architecture

Semidetached house Bonaduz

The municipality of Bonaduz is situated on a plateau above the confluence of the Vorderrhein and Hinterrhein rivers. The new double family house offers views of the spectacular alpine panorama that surrounds the valley floor.

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#News

Inspiring Architecture

On Thursday, November 3, BWB Oberflächentechnik and five partners from the construction industry hosted the first inspiring circle. Two exciting presentations were dedicated to the topic of Virtual Reality or Real Virtuality?

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#Art

In Situ – Artistic Intervention

Austrian sculptor Hans Kupelwieser creates a ceiling relief of red anodized aluminum for the high-profile Heidi Horten Collection in Vienna.

#Architecture

Cantonal Hospital Winterthur

After ten years of planning and construction, the new building of Winterthur Cantonal Hospital was completed at the beginning of 2022. The new building will ensure the long-term provision of healthcare in the region.

#Architecture

Switzerland Innovation Park in Biel

The Switzerland Innovation Park Biel/Bienne, SIPBB for short, is just a few minutes' walk from Biel/Bienne train station in the direction of the lake. The strikingly dark façade in BWB-Colinal 3180 sets the building apart from the surrounding buildings.

#News

Fresh color selection: Color Collection 02

There are many facades. But only a few whose outer shells combine functional effectiveness with brilliant aesthetics.

#Architecture

Schoolhouse Acher Center

The aluminum façade in the timeless anodized shades Colinal and Permalux provides the wooden structure with lasting protection against the elements.

#Architecture

Foundry Tower Dübendorf

New residential and commercial space is being built directly at Giessenpark between Glattufer and Überlandstrasse. The bronze colored building is part of the project.

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#Architecture

Office building Poststrasse South

The bronze-colored façade elements take their cue from the former industrial site and the nearby railroad tracks.

#Mechanical engineering

Man and machine: A perfect symbiosis in anodising

At BWB-Altenrhein AG, technical coatings such as Heloxal or Harteloxal PTFE are produced automatically throughout. For applications with optical requirements, the manual skills of humans are used in a targeted manner.

#Design

HYDRO Chair in iridescent Sandalor turquoise

The HYDRO Chair is the result of a collaboration between British designer Tom Dixon and the Norwegian aluminum company Hydro.

#Architecture

Neumarkt Castle Bath

In addition to the two established processes Permalux and Permabronze, BWB has also been offering the innovative Permacolor process for a good two years.

#Architecture

Parish center Sursee

The new construction of the parish center is part of an urban redevelopment of the Vierherrenplatz in Sursee. The façade elements anodized in BWB Gold 1 meet aesthetic and functional requirements in equal measure.

#Aviation

Groundbreaking innovation in hard anodising

BWB Surface Technology launches HELOXAL, a high-performance coating for the most demanding technical requirements. The test values determined for the newly developed HELOXAL coating are impressive.

#Architecture

BäreTower Ostermundigen

The Zentrum Bären, in the immediate vicinity of Ostermundigen train station, aims at a spatially qualitative densification of the building structure combined with the creation of added value at the level of public space.

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#News

Facade refurbishment at Ottiger Specialties

What lasts a long time is beautiful again. After three decades, Ottiger Spezialitäten AG in Ballwil, Lucerne, is refreshing its aluminium facade.

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#Architecture

Campus Village Hertenstein, Weggis

The delicate, high-quality facade made of anodized aluminum in the color BWB-Colinal 3165 borrows its color from the wood structure of the old hamlet.

#Architecture

Geistlich area – residential development 24 mila baci

The facade is a play on the anodized colors Bausilber and Sandalor Blau from BWB Oberflächentechnik.

#Architecture

Leisure pool Opfikon

Both functional and aesthetic aspects were taken into account in the selection of materials for the Opfikon leisure pool.

#Architecture

Replacement of Martinsheim Visp

With its cleverly used aluminum accents, the five-story replacement Martinsheim building appears elegant and lively in equal measure.

#Architecture

Quadrolith commercial building in Baar

Both the windows and the aluminum sheet cladding were anodized in the BWB color brass 1, which gives the building a noble shine. Depending on the position of the sun, the building appears in bronze, brass or gold.

#Architecture

Civic Hospital Solothurn

Exciting reading for the weekend - The hot off the press annual issue "Facades 2019" of Architektur + Technik is here! We are happy about the professional article presence for the next 12 months and wish interesting reading moments.

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#Architecture

Educational Center XUND Lucerne

The facade of the XUND Educational Center consists of 400 aluminum window elements with vertical aluminum louvers in front of the ventilation sashes. All aluminum parts were anodised colorless by BWB.

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#Architecture

Commercial building Helix Cham

In addition to the horizontally clad ceiling made of colorless anodized aluminum, the outer shell is characterized by floor-to-ceiling windows with pilaster strips staggered floor by floor.

#Architecture

FHNW Campus in Muttenz

The aluminum elements of the FHNW campus in Muttenz are anodized in the BWB bronze color, giving the building a timeless and grounded appearance.

#Architecture

School Pfingstweid Zurich

The Pfingstweidschulhaus is double-thought in materialization and urban orientation.

#Architecture

Campus Suurstoffi

The 60-meter-high wood-concrete hybrid building on the Suurstoffi site in Rotkreuz is largely used by the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts.

#Architecture

Apartment houses Goldern

The material and color scheme of the apartment buildings is based on the surroundings, with color-anodized aluminum parapets in Sandalor Olive Yellow S100-2 enclosing the light-colored wooden facade.

#Architecture

Headquarters Scott Sports SA

Steel and metal facade builder Sottas SA developed and designed the high-tech facade, and BWB subsequently anodized the components in the BWB-Colinal 3115 color.

#Architecture

Town House Kriens

The 6-story building appears uniformly tidy; the facade in a warm bronze tone nevertheless lively. Half of it will be used as an office wing for over a hundred employees and the other half as a residential building for 30 apartments.

#Architecture

Cantonal Hospital St.Gallen and Children’s Hospital

The new replacement building House 10 of the Cantonal Hospital St.Gallen (KSSG) is part of the generation building project "come together". The aluminum shell of the bronze-colored six-story building is anodized using the BWB-Colinal 3165 process.

#Architecture

Commercial building at Schiffbauplatz

The five-story office building with natural stone facade in light Ceppo di Gré is accented in secondary structures with polished Belgian bluestone.

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#Architecture

Rhodonia residential development in Basel

The superstructure in BWB-Bausilber 1 impresses with optimally utilized living space, high living quality and low energy values.

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#Architecture

Merian Iselin Clinic Basel

The Merian Iselin Clinic was calculated with a sharp pencil by all suppliers. What does this mean for renovation and reconstruction?

#Architecture

Schoolhouse Grounds Muttenz

The new three-story primary school building with finely tuned materialization: the walls are made of exposed concrete, the windows are framed with anodized aluminum in a light colinal color.

#Architecture

Migros St. Gallen-Bruggen

Careful plumbing work enabled the implementation of the overarching color concept for window parapets, soffits and wall cladding in the anodized BWB bronze color.

#Architecture

Parish hall Unterengstringen

Architect Tilla Theus opted for color-anodized aluminum, a lightweight, durable and maintenance-free material, since punched wooden formwork, as used in the old hay barns, is not durable enough.

#Architecture

Eye Clinic Lucerne

Permalux integral colouring process meets the requirements of aesthetics and long-term value retention and weather protection.

#Architecture

Office building FAMBAU Bern

The FAMBAU cooperative is committed to providing attractive and affordable housing for families. When the office building was replaced, the needs of the employees were at the forefront.

#Architecture

The Diamond – University of Sheffield

The six-story building with a diamond-shaped facade of anodized aluminum was designed by Twelve Architects and appropriately christened "The Diamond" during its execution.

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#Architecture

Eiffel Tower Visitor Pavilion

BWB anodises the visitor pavilion on the second floor of the Eiffel Tower. The special, lasting red coloration of the aluminum facade sheets was achieved by the three-stage Sandalor process.

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#Architecture

Anton Graff House Winterthur

The Permalux-coated building envelope of the Anton Graff House has an elegant appearance, is extremely durable and highly resistant to corrosion.

#Architecture

School Vines in Arbon

Four different coloring processes characterize the facade of the Reben school building in Arbon.

#Architecture

Basel fair

Whether City Lounge or window to the sky, the atrium of Messe Basel has become a landmark in the city center. Its colorless anodized wave-shaped aluminum shell surrounds the entire building.

#Architecture

Leutschentower Zurich

Different processes and colors characterize the facade of the Leutschen Tower in Zurich. Anodizing protects aluminum against weathering for decades and makes it a visually outstanding material for facades and windows.

#Architecture

Romanshorn School of Speech and Language

Anodizing protects aluminum against weathering for decades and makes it a visually outstanding material for facades and windows.

#Architecture

Pathology in St. Gallen

The spectacular architecture of the building is enhanced by BWB staining techniques. In BWB dyeing processes, the dye is located in the pores of the anodizing layer.

#Architecture

Euro Airport Hotel Basel

The gold-anodized Euro Airport Hotel in Basel stands out from other buildings with its shimmering parapet cladding.

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Altenrhein

Opening hours

Your contact

Electrolytic surface conversions

Anodising / sulfuric acid anodising (SAA)

Hard anodising

Hard anodising with PTFE impregnation

Chromic acid anodising (CAA)

Heloxal hard anodising

Pre- and after-treatments

Partial covering / masking

Degreasing and deoxidising (E0)

Grinding (E1)

Brushing (E2)

Polishing (E3)

Grinding and brushing (E4)

Grinding and polishing (E5)

Etching (E6)

Chemical glossing (E7)

Decorative blasting (F1)

Dichromate densifying

Colour anodising architecture

BWB-Natural (colourless) EV1

BWB-Colinal

BWB-Sanodal Gold / Mineral Gold

BWB-Permabronze

BWB-Permagrey

BWB-Permalux

BWB-Permacolor

BWB-Sandalor Gold

BWB-Sandalor Olive Yellow

BWB-Sandalor Red

BWB-Sandalor Blue

BWB-Sandalor Turquoise

Colour anodising industry

BWB-Colourless 200

BWB-Black 210

BWB-Blue 220 / 221 / 222

BWB-Red 250 / 251

Chemical surface conversion

Alodine 160 / 161 (yellow) / Bonderite M-NT 160 / 161

Surtec 650, Cr(VI)-free

Alodine 1200 S / Bonderite M-CR 1200 S AERO (yellow)

Electroplating

Liquid coating

Wet coating

Watch and jewellery making

Mechanical processing

Measuring and testing

Open positions

Plumber in plant maintenance (m/f/d) Altenrhein

Training places

Apprenticeship as an industrial painter – per August 2025 Altenrhein

News and references

Unlimitrust Campus

Liteline – aluminum picket railing

Workshop Office Dorn AG

BWB-Permalux shapes the appearance of Thermoplan at Host 2023

1672 panels produce solar power for BWB-Altenrhein AG

SRF Media Center

Clean lines and elegant shades: desire kitchens made of aluminum

BWB heats Altenrhein village center

Salm facade worlds

Art intervention by Chris Hunter

Infento kit anodised in BWB colors

Cult SIGG drinking bottles individually anodised

Fresh from the press architecture brochure

Oversize hard anodizing

Semidetached house Bonaduz

Inspiring Architecture

In Situ – Artistic Intervention

Cantonal Hospital Winterthur

Switzerland Innovation Park in Biel

Fresh color selection: Color Collection 02

Schoolhouse Acher Center

Foundry Tower Dübendorf

Office building Poststrasse South

Man and machine: A perfect symbiosis in anodising

HYDRO Chair in iridescent Sandalor turquoise

Neumarkt Castle Bath