Engelberg_Magazin_No_15

Ein Team, das in Sachen Sa- nitär- und Heizungsinstalla- tionen sowie deren Planung für Kompetenz steht. Rechts aussen Geschäftsführer Roman Schleiss und seine Frau Anikò. The Schleiss team delivers expertise in installing and planning plumbing and heating systems. (Roman and Anikò Schleiss on the far right)

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An old German proverb – “Handwerk hat gold­ enen Boden” – suggests that learning a trade will pave your way with gold. As with most adages, though, reality is not quite that straight­ forward. For three generations now, plumbing company Schleiss has been showing how its combination of expertise and friendly advice is the way to succeed in Engelberg’s compact market – even though there are several competi­ tors. “There’s enough work for ever yone,” says Roman Sch leiss (51), a qua lif ied plumber who

A specia l computer program and access to a vast selec tion of produc ts f rom dif ferent suppliers a llow her to turn paper ideas into 3D computer models. That ’s a huge help for clients who are tr y ing to decide between dif- ferent options – especia lly since the system can a lso decorate the v ir tua l bathroom with the desired tiles. Anikò, a mother of two who comes f rom Hungar y, appears to have a keen sense of what her clients might like: “Ever y customer is dif ferent, they a ll want dif fer- ent things” – and it is this variety that makes her enjoy her job so much. Roman is ver y keen to he gets to replace old heaters and household de- v ices with energy-ef f icient a lternatives. Ever y step counts, he says, no mat ter how sma ll. Roman is happy with the way things are going. As a classic Swiss SME with eight em- ployees, Sch leiss can’ t hand le huge volumes, but its books are usua lly f u ll. This success is largely down to the team of long-standing employees, of whom Roman is clearly ver y proud. “It wou ld be great if we cou ld a lso take on an apprentice in the coming year,” he says. That makes sense, as a company whose employ- ees see their job as their vocation is in an idea l position to train good tradesmen and women. Sch leiss’ commitment to helping young people is a lso clear in the company’s sponsor- ship ac tiv ities. It lends f inancia l suppor t to clubs – in par ticu lar Spor tclub Engelberg – that foster the nex t generation. Roman believes that ac tive clubs are par t of the overa ll pack- age that makes Engelberg so at trac tive. encourage customers to star t switching f rom heating sys- tems that use oil to ones that work with renewable ener- gies. He is a lso happy when

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became managing direc- tor of Sch leiss in 2005. His grandfather, Eduard Sch leiss, founded the company in 1928. Back then, it focused exclusively on plumbing insta llations, but when Ro-

3D computer models let cus- tomers take a tour of their future bathrooms.

man’s father Robi took over in 1965, he had a pioneering idea: Sch leiss wou ld add a second string to its bow and become a reliable par t- ner for heating as well as plumbing. Today, plumbing work accounts for 60 percent of the company’s business, while an impressive 40 percent comes f rom heating insta llations and maintenance. “Building ser v ices are a lways inter twined,” says Roman of the advantages of hand ling both plumbing and heating. He ex- plains that architec ts, in par ticu lar, appreciate hav ing just one contac t person for planning and insta lling plumbing and heating systems. Sch leiss doesn’ t conf ine itself to new builds: renovations and conversions have long been par t of its ser v ices, and the company a lso hand les the construc- tion management for these projec ts on request. When it comes to planning new bathrooms, Roman draws on the exper tise of his wife Anikò, who steps in to create v ir- tua l images of customers’ dream designs.

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