Hunn Gartenmöbel AG with new co-owner

The succession plan has occupied Hunn for many years. The company and the Hunn garden furniture brand were built up by the Bänninger couple with a great deal of passion over 33 years and today employs almost 100 people. The company offers the largest selection of garden furniture in Switzerland and is, by its own account, the market leader in the industry. As Hunn continues, the search for a suitable buyer and successor took a lot of time. "We were looking for a successor who understands and lives on Hunn's core values and company philosophy. Selling to a large investor or a foreign company was never an option for us," explains Jürg Bänninger. In Jean-Pierre Iacopetta, the Bänningers have now found a new co-owner who will continue to run the company in the same spirit in the long term and who values each and every employee in the company, according to the statement.

Why Hunn garden furniture?

Jean-Pierre Iacopetta was enthusiastic about Hunn garden furniture from the very beginning because Hunn focuses on the customer and the product and looks at what really suits the customer. Hunn is an exemplary company with its commitment, expert knowledge and high quality standards in terms of product and service, the new co-owner explains his motivation further. The interaction among the employees and owners is very appreciative and collegial. Furthermore, Hunn has grown to become the market leader over the past 33 years, benefiting from a high level of brand awareness, long-standing employees, and a very solid and sustainable company structure.

Who is Jean-Pierre Iacopetta?

Jean-Pierre Iacopetta is a native Belgian and completed his Master's degree in Engineering, specializing in Business & Administration, at Solvay Business School in Brussels. He worked for four years as Senior Portfolio Manager at the bank BNP Paribas Fortis SA in Brussels. He then joined Compagnie Nationale à Portefeuille SA, the largest family-owned investment group in Belgium, where he gained experience in corporate investments and family business acquisitions as a Senior Investment Manager. He then moved to Switzerland and worked in the Canton of Zug, first in oil trading and later as Chairman and Managing Director of two other companies. Since the beginning of 2017, he has been Chairman of the Board and co-owner of GKM Gewerbekühlmöbel AG in Sarnen OW, one of Switzerland's leading suppliers in the field of refrigeration technology for the catering and refrigeration and freezer industries, as well as Tempco AG, which specializes in the rental of professional refrigerated cabinets. Together, the companies currently employ around 45 people.

Jean-Pierre Iacopetta grew up in a business family in Belgium. He is married and father of four children - twice twin girls.

What's next?

Hunn Gartenmöbel AG will continue to exist with its company name and in its business form as before and will remain an independent, Swiss family business in the future. The well-being of the employees is enormously important to all co-owners. Only with satisfied and motivated staff is the success of the company guaranteed, which is why the entire workforce will continue to be employed. "The Hunn team is one big family, which is why each and every employee is close to our hearts," says Barbara Bänninger

Hunn Gartenmöbel AG continues to focus on its core business, the sale of high-quality garden furniture to private and business customers, and is doing everything in its power to remain the market leader in the specialist garden furniture trade. Together with Jean-Pierre Iacopetta, Hunn continues to move forward on the path to success and aims to continuously improve and grow.

The succession of the company Hunn Gartenmöbel AG marks another milestone in the company's history. The board of directors looks very positively and with much joy into the future and is convinced that Hunn will continue to be successful in the market and stand out from the competition in the coming years.

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