Givaudan Landing Page

Welcome to
our Volketswil site

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We are delighted with your visit and we want to do everything possible to make sure you have a great experience during your stay. Below you will find useful information in preparation of your visit. In case you need any assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us by calling +41 44 908 4333.

  

  

Logistics

Our site in Volketswil is situated about 10 km east of Zürich and is easy to reach by car or public transport.
 

AddressGivaudan Schweiz AG
Industriestrasse 8a
8604 Volketswil
Switzerland
By public transportwww.sbb.ch
Train S9 or S14 to Schwerzenbach ZH
From there it is approximately a 10 minutes walk to the reception
By car

Roadmap from Zurich Airport to Volketswil

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The entrance to our building is at the end of Industriestrasse, building 8a.

ParkingVisitors


A limited number of parking spaces, shared parking with La Prairie, are available on the site. Access via Industriestrasse. Parking for Givaudan visitors is allowed only on parking spaces with Givaudan signs.

Employees from other sites
A limited number of parking spaces, shared parking with La Prairie, are available on the site. Access via Industriestrasse. Parking for Givaudan visitors is allowed only on parking spaces with Givaudan signs.

By taxi

Passengers may be dropped off at the building entrance:

Givaudan Schweiz AG
Industriestrasse 8a
8604 Volketswil
Switzerland

Building entrances and accessWithout an approved application and contact person it is forbidden to enter the Givaudan site. Givaudan identity badges are to be worn visibly at all times. Return your badges at the reception before leaving.
Contact usT +41 44 908 4333
Monday through Friday 07:30-16:30 CET

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Safety rules

The term ‘safety’ covers a variety of aspects, such as occupational health and safety, product safety, building security, etc. To safeguard occupational health and safety at the production area, the work areas are divided into zones. All employees and visitors are obliged to wear the personal protective equipment (PPE) prescribed for each zone.
 

Safety ground rules
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Safety booklet for external visitors and maintenance contractors
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Important numbers

In the event of an emergency

First Aid – 044 908 4444 (internal paramedics)
Fire / Emergency – 118
In case of an alarm, leave the building, proceed to the assembly point and wait for further information.

Volketswil emergency plan

 

Detailed hygiene regulations apply in all areas in which food is prepared, processed or handled. The local and regional guidelines contain detailed provisions on hygiene, as does the FDHA’s Hygiene Ordinance. To guarantee hygiene in the application labs, the work areas are divided into hygiene zones. The hygiene regulations laid down for each zone apply to not only lab personnel, but also visitors (both internal and external) and maintenance and cleaning staff.

Visitors must be accompanied by Givaudan employees.
Hygiene zonesRegulations/criteriaAreas
No defined zone
  • Eating and drinking are forbidden except in designated areas
  • Offices
  • Corridors
  • Airlock Unispheres
Low risk
(green zone)
 
  • Workwear/lab coats must be worn
  • Eating and drinking is forbidden
  • No open handling of product
  • Basement
  • Warehouse
  • Storage place next to Unispheres weighing area
  • Laboratories (QC, R&D)
High risk
(yellow zone)
  • Not available at Volketswil site 
  • Not available at Volketswil site
Critical risk
(red zone)
  • Workwear/lab coats must be worn
  • Hairnet, beard snood must be worn
  • Wash hands regularly
  • Eating and drinking are forbidden
  • Open handling of product for sale
  • Chemical production
  • Unispheres production
  • Refilling area

 

Safety zonesRegulations/criteriaAreas
No PPE zone
(low risk activities)
  • No PPE required
  • Offices
  • Corridors
  • Sampling
  • Airlock Unisperes
PPE zone
(medium risk activities)
  • Workwear/lab coats must be worn
  • Safety shoes must be worn
  • Safety goggles when handling hazardous substances
  • Safety gloves when handling hazardous substances
  • Basement
  • Warehouse
  • Laboratories (QC, R&D)
  • Storage place next to Unisperes weighing area
  • Chemical production
  • Unisperes production
  • Refilling area
  • Sampling
  • Airlock Unisperes
Special PPE zone
(high risk activities)
  • Workwear/lab coats must be worn
  • Safety shoes must be worn
  • Safety goggles when handling hazardous substances
  • Further regulations due to activities (respirator, fall production, special safety gloves)
  • Blow tank
  • Unispheres weighing area

  

Watch the safety video

 

 
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Weather

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Zurich tips and links

Travel by train www.sbb.ch
Find a hotel

www.myswitzerland.com/en-ch/destinations/volketswil

Discover Volketswil

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