Nüssli Gruppe (ESAF)

26. Aug 2025 14:00

Mollis

Registration open

For over 80 years, the NUSSLI Group has been helping to ensure that emotions can be experienced up close at sports, cultural and business projects all over the world. For example, the Thurgau-based company NUSSLI realised the national pavilions of Switzerland, Austria, Uzbekistan, Brazil and Kuwait at the current World Expo in Osaka, built the stadium for the Swiss Wrestling and Alpine Festival Glarnerland in Mollis and was responsible for various temporary stadiums at the Olympic Games. From a Swiss family business to the world's leading event and construction service provider - but how did NUSSLI actually become a global player? Find out at this exclusive SMG meeting. Join us on a unique foray live on site at the 2025 Swiss Wrestling Festival in Glarus. Experience first-hand how complex event infrastructures are realised under time pressure and discover the secrets of success of a traditional Swiss brand.

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Program

"Exclusively behind the scenes at the ESAF: How NUSSLI became a global player"

14.00	Arrival of the participants for the NUSSLI Group Best Practice Meeting at the festival grounds of the Swiss Wrestling and Alpine Festival 2025 Glarnerland+ in Mollis Note: The exact meeting point will be communicated.
14.30	Welcome and presentation by Andy Böckli, CEO NUSSLI Group, Board Member SMG: ‘Comeback with vision’ Speech by Danilo Della Ca, COO Event Structures NUSSLI Group: ‘With system to experience - temporary event architecture worldwide’
16.00	Guided tour of the ESAF site with explanations of the grandstand construction Note: The tour takes place mostly outdoors on meadows, gravel paths and unpaved surfaces.
17.00	Questions and exchange of experiences from the panel Summary and outlook by Andy Böckli, CEO NUSSLI Group, SMG Board Member Instead of an aperitif, NUSSLI cordially invites you to enjoy sausage and beer - in true ESAF style.
18.30	End of the event

Andy Böckli

Group CEO, NUSSLI Group; Member of the Board SMG

Andy Böckli has been CEO of the NUSSLI Group since 2020. Prior to this, he worked for several years as an entrepreneur with ADUNIC (trade fair/temporary construction), which he founded. Andy Böckli began his career in industry (Honeywell, ITT, ABB). After a detour into the communications sector, he joined Oerlikon Balzers in 2002. He became Head of Europe there in 2010 and managed 1700 employees in 20 countries. Andy Böckli is a qualified engineer FH with an Executive MBA and a retired general staff officer. He has practical experience, further training and networks in the technology sector, business and the Swiss Armed Forces. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of OLMA, Granovit and V-Locker and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of VZ Vermögenszentrum Sammelstiftung.

Danilo Della Ca

COO Event Structures, NUSSLI Group

Danilo Della Ca has been COO of the NUSSLI Event Structures business line since 2020. In this role, he is responsible for global project acquisition and coordination as well as the strategic development of the business line. The qualified civil engineer with a master's degree in systems engineering began his professional career at mageba SA in Switzerland. There he quickly took on management responsibility and built up international experience - including as project manager in Australia and New Zealand and as sales manager and deputy managing director at mageba USA in New York. Since joining NUSSLI in 2019, Danilo Della Ca has successfully brought his extensive expertise in project management, sales and construction to the event industry. He combines technical expertise with a keen sense of markets and customer needs.

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Host:
NUSSLI Group
Hauptstrasse 36
8536 Hüttwilen
www.nussli.com

Organiser:
Schweizerische Management Gesellschaft
Zeltweg 48, 8032 Zürich
office@smg.ch, smg.ch
Telefon +41 44 202 23 2

Note: The exact meeting point will be communicated.

Travelling by public transport:

Travel comfortably by train to Näfels-Mollis station. From there, a signposted footpath (approx. 2000 m) leads directly to the venue.

Travelling by car:

Take motorway exit 44 in the direction of Glarus. At the roundabout before Näfels, take the right-hand lane and turn right towards the Lintharena/Näfels traffic lights. From there the route is signposted and leads to the left via the cantonal road, the Netstal crossover to the entrance to Mollis airfield. The route from the visitors' car park to the festival site is signposted (approx. 1000 m)

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