Table of contents
The brand idea: What our brand stands for
Excellence in Glass
Our brand story: Why we are relevant for stakeholders, how we explain our brand idea
Univerre creates added value for customers through truly excellent products and services. Based on decades of experience with traditional and innovative glass products, and based on a broad, high-end selection of bottles, jars, and drinking glasses, we empower customers to realize their own differentiating glass solutions in a superior and consistent quality. Our tailored services for business customers cover the entire value chain of glass packaging, from development of individual or personalized packaging design to printing, distribution, cleaning, and re-use. Univerre product and design expertise empowers customers to realize their creativity, with endless possibilities to bring unique offerings to their markets. The introduction of innovative technologies and customer specific services beyond glass packaging ensures that our customers get the best products in the market. Through perfection in every dimension we aim to become the quality reference for glass in Europe.
Our brand personality: How we want our brand to be perceived, and what guides our behavior
Excellent
Personal
Agile
Key message style – defined, yet flexible for creation of additional messages, and translation in other languages.
Excellence in glass.
TO MAKE YOUR VISIONS COME TRUE.
Excellence in glass.
TO BRING YOU UNIQUENESS.
Bottles, jars and tableware.
SELECTED ESPECIALLY FOR YOU.
Superior quality.
TO STRENGTHEN YOUR REPUTATION.
Univerre offers each customer the best solution for glass packaging and table glasses.
Through perfection in every dimension, we aim to become the quality reference for glass in Europe.
Our quality promise is more than a claim. It is confirmed by independent certifications, to ensure that you get superior quality from Univerre:
ISO 9001 certification, referring to quality management
ISO 14001, referring to environmental management
Label Valais Excellence, distinguishing the most efficient and socially responsible companies in Valais.
You benefit from consistently high packaging quality, contributing to positioning your brand as a leading quality brand, and therefore to growing your profitability.
Design expertise.
TO POWER YOUR CREATIVE IDEAS.
Your own bottle shape.
FOR A MAGNIFICENT CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE.
Univerre is the right partner to support you in the design, development and production of your own bottle shape.
Your proprietary bottle design will strengthen your brand identity and enhance the customer experience.
A unique design will make your product stand out – and drive the purchase decision of the customer.
Support from the idea to the realization
Ability to produce small quantities
37.5cl and 50cl from 14’000 pieces
75cl from 12’000 pieces
Graphic support
Quick availability of samples in 3D printing
The costs of the moulds are partially covered by Univerre
Transport and customs clearance organised by Univerre
Your own glass shape.
SCULPTED TO MAKE YOU UNIQUE.
Univerre is the right partner to support you in the design, development and production of your own glass shape.
Your proprietary glass design will strengthen your brand identity and enhance the customer experience.
Support from the idea to the realization
Ability to produce small quantities
Graphic support
Quick availability of samples in 3D printing
The costs of the moulds are partially covered by Univerre
Transport and customs clearance organised by Univerre
Printing Excellence.
TO STRENGHTEN YOUR BRAND APPEARANCE.
Unleash your creativity.
TO STAND OUT FROM THE CROWD.
As the Swiss leader in the design of glass packaging and drinking glasses, Univerre is capable to provide printing for your glass packaging in excellent quality – and almost any quantity.
Univerre provides silk screen printing and digital printing methods.
For any type of printing, you will benefit from consistency, quality and infinite opportunities to make your glass packaging unique.
Silk screen printing allows up to 6 colors to be printed on glass – with premium effects such as, for example, gold, silver, luminescence, or satin finish. Silk screen printing allows 360° prints and is dish-washer safe. For silk-screen printing, minimum quantities apply, depending on the product type.
Digital printing on glass can be executed in very small quantities, supporting true personalization of products.
Digital printing includes reproduction of photos and special haptic or visual effects, such as relief prints, or mirror prints.
Expert services.
ALONG YOUR ENTIRE VALUE CHAIN.
Excellent bottle cleaning.
TO BOOST YOUR SUSTAINABILITY.
Univerre is the market leader for industrial bottle cleaning in Switzerland – supporting the circular economy with sustainable glass packaging for beverages.
With a capacity of 24 million bottles per year, Univerre is the number one company in Switzerland for industrial bottle washing.
Our state-of-the-art washing lines for bottle cleaning are able to remove self-adhesive labels and ensure an automated sorting of shapes and colors.
We guarantee highest hygienic standards while using biodegradable products.
Due to the constant microbiological controls and the positive ecological balance, Univerre is your excellent partner for industrial bottle cleaning.
30 years of experience in bottle washing
Innovation excellence.
FOR YOUR PACKAGING OF THE FUTURE.
The introduction of innovative technologies and customer specific services beyond glass packaging ensures that our customers get the best products in the market.
Our R&D focuses on the future of glass packaging, by establishing innovative IoT solutions, by driving the digitalization of industrial processes, and by exploring new technologies such as 3D glass printing, in cooperation with ETH Zurich.
You benefit from insights and new solutions that help you innovate your own business model.
Intelligent glass packaging.
TO DRIVE YOUR DIGITALIZATION.
Univerre makes your glass packaging intelligent: an NFC tag allows to link every single unit to your digital environment.
Work processes are simplified, and you as the producer can measure exactly where, when and how your bottle was interacted with, allowing you to discover new markets and respond to trends.
Intelligent glass packaging can be a key contributor to digitalize your business.
Smart bottles.
TO ENHANCE YOUR VISIBILITY AND REACH.
Smart bottles are equipped with an NFC tag, connected to the exclusive Univerre smart bottle platform.
Smart bottles link your product to inspiring digital content – from stories and visuals to animations and recommendations.
By enabling the bottle to interact with the consumer, you benefit from marketing your product better, faster and more efficiently.
The Univerre smart bottle platform consists of a user-friendly portal that allows you to get started with a smart sales solution in a few, simple steps.
The Univerre Studio.
TO INSPIRE YOUR CREATIVITY.
Visit The Univerre User Experience Studio – an exclusive space for you, situated at our headquarters in Sierre.
Here, you can experience our entire product range – and design your own product, hands-on.
The Univerre Studio is structured in 7 levels, along the development path of your new glass packaging: from sourcing or defining a shape to designing the print and to producing a first prototype.
For customers and design agencies, we offer workshops at the Univerre Studio, accompanied by our professional product designers, and tailored to your specific needs.
Visitors are welcome to join one of our guided tours.
The breathtaking views across the mountains and valleys of Valais will contribute to inspiring your visionary creations.
Get in touch with our Studio Master for a personalized proposal.
Check our Event calendar for seasonal highlights.
Strong logistic capabilities.
TO SMOOTHEN YOUR OPERATIONS.
We support you by sourcing packaging from renowned producers, and by providing logistics solutions in the timeframe and quantity required.
Our aim is to provide comprehensive glass packaging solutions tailored to your needs, to make your processes more efficient, and to allow you focusing on your core business.
WMS (warehouse management system)
More than 9000 deliveries are organised from our stocks each year.
33% of the volume delivered directly to customers from the factories.
Automatic invoicing
Automated demand forecast
Automated stock replenishment
More than 20 producer suppliers for glass packaging
More than 10 suppliers for glasses
140’000’000 units ordered each year
Approximately 3000 trucks / year organised
Entrepreneurial spirit.
BRINGING YOUR DREAMS TO LIFE.
Decades of experience.
TO STRENGTHEN YOUR BUSINESS.
Univerre has been founded in 1984.
Four decades of experience and historical proximity to our customers ensure that we understand customer needs as well as market and technology trends.
You benefit from a stable and experienced team, with a passion to making your business successful.
Cultivated mindset.
TO ELEVATE YOUR PREMIUM OFFERING.
We have a dream: We believe that glass is the packaging of the future and that we can contribute successfully to its development.
Our Vision: Excellence in Glass
Our Mission: Univerre offers each customer the best solution for glass packaging and table glasses.
Our values: performance, excellence, proximity to the customer, transparency, environment and durability & sustainability.
What’s in for you? The excellence claim of Univerre ensures that your offering is supported by excellent products and services – allowing you to grow your business, become more profitable and efficient, and to position your own brand as a quality leader in your sector.
Business excellence.
TO BOOST YOUR COMPANY SUCCESS.
Univerre is a family-owned company.
Two generations of the owner family are active in the company as members of the Univerre management team.
As entrepreneurs, we take full responsibility for our actions.
Passionate team.
TO BRING YOUS IDEAS TO THE MARKET.
The Univerre team is committed to provide the best solution for your needs.
Our specialists help you to realize your ideas and bring your products to the market.
We are at your side, to help you becoming unique.
State of the art sustainability.
FOR THE NEXT GENERATION.
Univerre supports environmental awareness in society by offering a sustainable and unlimited reusable product to the packaging market.
As the number 1 in industrial bottle washing in Switzerland, Univerre endeavours to work sustainably for the environment.
Sustainability is the guiding principle for our daily business:
No plastic bottles / glasses at our offices
Solar panels at the headquarter
Online glass design.
TO CUSTOMIZE SMALL QUANTITIES.
Quick and easy personalization of drinking glasses, jars, and bottles – starting from 6 pieces.
Select the glass you love, from a large choice.
Develop your own design online – with an easy to use toolbox of stickers, colors and fonts.
You can also upload your own design as print-ready file.
Choose between digital printing and silk screen printing.
Our online design tool provides you with a perfect preview of your design, animated and in 3D.
Great place to work.
FOR YOUR PROFESSIONAL SUCCES.
Do you believe that glass is the packaging of the future? Do you want to successfully contribute to the future development of glass packaging? Then join Univerre to build your professional career – and to work in a unique and family-spirited company culture.
We are a focused Swiss enterprise, with a multilingual team.
Univerre has international reach, and is embarking on a journey of transformation for the future.
What unites our team is a truly collaborative spirit, with one common goal: to make our customers happy.
Inspiring environment.
FOR YOUR PERSONAL GROWTH.
At Univerre, you can grow your skills and unfold your entrepreneurial talent.
Professional development is one of our key incentives for talents.
Our people are encouraged to develop their skills, and we offer a wide range of continuous training in all sectors.
The new headquarters in Sierre provides state-of-the-art, high-tech working environments – beautiful location included.
Benefits and more.
TO POWER YOUR MOTIVATION.
Univerre runs a transparent and equitable salary scale, for all positions and functions.
Managing by objectives complements the fixed remuneration, taking into account the company’s results as well as the achievement of the objectives set.
Flexible annual work time allows our administrative staff to organize their daily schedules according to workload and personal needs.
Wherever possible and required, we offer remote working.
At each site, Univerre provides free car parking, a dining room with kitchen, as well as changing rooms with showers. For the well-being of our employees, we provide bottled water, coffee and tea.
Strong and transparent culture.
TO BUILD GREAT TEAM SPIRIT.
Plenty of convivial moments.
TO ENJOY EACH DAY.
The Hive.
TO STRENGTHEN OUR COOPERATION.
The new head office in Sierre offers the best working conform
In order to strengthen the cohesion, a "Unilunch" is organized once a month.
Mentally for the work is important. We provide a fitness.
Business excellence.
TO HONOR YOUR EXECPTIONAL WORK.