Sustainable at 130
Von Bergen is reducing its dirty emissions. The transport company von Bergen, from the village of Domdidier in the canton of Fribourg, is celebrating its 130th anniversary this year. The future of the family-owned firm is all about quality, innovation and going easier on the environment.
130 years is a long time in any industry – that’s how long its been since the company established by the von Bergen family in La Chaux-de-Fonds in the canton of Neuchâtel started out into the world of transport. CEO Marc von Bergen, the fourth generation of the family at the helm, can gauge the pulse of the latest innovations in the field and lead the family business into a more sustainable future.
Von Bergen & Cie’s horse-drawn carriage firm was founded in 1894 by Marc von Bergen, today’s chief executive officer’s great-grandfather of the same name. It first specialised in timber transport.
In the meantime it has developed into an impressively broad-ranged firm with approximately 300 employees and 100 vehicles. Its service portfolio today includes national and international transport solutions, various logistics services, crate production, industrial removals as well as a series of training opportunities.
The topic of sustainability plays a major role at von Bergen, with the company striving to further improve the CO2 balance of its vehicle fleet, whilst simultaneously aiming for a high standard of services for all of its customers.
Twice electric, twice organic
It was the first transport firm in French-speaking Switzerland to put two green hydrogen-powered trucks into service in 2021. Now von Bergen is taking the next step in its efforts to advance the energy transition in the transport sector in its anniversary year by adding to its already impressive truck fleet four semi-trailers that go easier on the environment.
They are two ‘Volvo’s FH Electric’ units, the 100% electrically-powered truck of the year for 2024; and two Scania tractors, powered by B100 biodiesel. The company is thus determined to continue to innovate for a sustainable future.