procure.ch takes over the Higher Technical School for Foreign Trade

For the past two years, the Höhere Fachschule für Aussenwirtschaft (HFA) in Aarau and procure.ch have been strongly represented in the Swiss market with a joint educational offering, the course for foreign trade specialists with a federal certificate. This positive collaboration will now be comprehensively expanded, according to the two organizations. Retroactive to January 1, 2022, procure.ch, the professional association of buyers in Switzerland, will take over the Swiss College of Foreign Trade. The takeover is part of the succession plan for the HFA, which was previously family-owned and characterized by a correspondingly lived culture and commitment to quality. The takeover by procure.ch is intended to secure both the continuation of the previous company culture and the successful market presence in the long term. The previous owners of HFA will remain associated with procure.ch and HFA. The current Chairman of the Board of Directors, Urs Angliker, will continue to directly oversee projects until the end of 2023 and thus support the newly appointed operational Managing Director, Fabian Angliker, as required from May 1, 2022. The HFA brand will remain fully intact. The cooperations with procure.ch will be expanded.

As the The HFA's positioning as a provider of training in the foreign trade environment is strengthened by the the Education provider around the procurement, procure.ch ideal, as it says in the communication. The services for members will be expanded. The joint market presence will be strengthened and HFA will be managed as an additional, independent brand. All employees will be taken over, as both organizations will continue to be run in parallel. As a result, the understanding of quality as well as the expertise will remain fully intact. Both organizations are pleased about this logical and positive step into the future.

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