Horizon Group — Annual Report · 2025 03 / 15
Strategy & Stories
Built for the long term
Strategy at Horizon Group starts with a simple question: what will our customers need in ten years that they cannot buy today? The answer shaped every major decision of 2025 — from the Nordlicht integration to the retooling of our Lausanne facility.
We invested CHF 360 million in research and development, our largest programme ever, while keeping the discipline that defines us: every project must clear the same return threshold, no matter how exciting the technology.
Milestones of 2025
Nordlicht integration completed
Nine months ahead of plan, with all 1,200 employees retained and systems consolidated onto a single platform.
Lausanne facility reopens
A CHF 85 million retooling makes it our most efficient plant — and the first to run entirely on renewable energy.
Third product line ships
The modular platform launched to the first fifty enterprise customers, with a 40-week order book at year end.
Carbon target reached early
Absolute emissions down 40% against the 2020 baseline — five years ahead of the original commitment.
The year in pictures
Twelve months in three minutes
People first, always
Our apprenticeship programme welcomed its largest cohort ever: 120 young professionals across four sites. Retention after qualification stands at 87% — the quiet engine behind our operational consistency.
“The integration was the hardest thing our team has done — and the proudest. Two companies, one culture, zero customers lost.”