History
In 1989, at the age of 14, Avni Orllati and his twin brother Basri arrived in Switzerland through family reunification and in 1995 they rented a machine to break concrete. Two years later, on April 18, 1997, they established Orllati SA after acquiring a struggling company with a fleet of construction equipment. Later, their older brother Gjevgjet Orllati joined the business. [1]
In 2001, Orllati acquired LMT SA and relocated to a former cantonal gravel pit in Bioley-Orjulaz, in the Gros-de-Vaud region. This provided a larger fleet of machinery and a site for processing uncontaminated excavation waste. [1]
Initially discreet, Orllati gained prominence in 2005 when Avni Orllati began acquiring land and expanding into real estate alongside civil engineering activities. [2]
In 2017, Orllati inaugurated new facilities at its Vaud site for treating contaminated soil, a first in French-speaking Switzerland. This allowed the company to process soil locally, reducing its ecological footprint and supporting its environmental remediation goals. [3] [4]
Controversies
In late 2016, Groupe Orllati SA faced anonymous accusations of environmental pollution at its Bioley-Orjulaz site. Investigations identified the accuser as former journalist Fabien Dunand. [5] A judicial investigation, dubbed Operation Cracoucass, concluded that the allegations were baseless and driven by economic rivalries, notably involving a competing Vaud real estate developer. [6] In October 2021, Dunand was convicted of slander and raising a false alarm, receiving a 150-day fine. [7] His appeal was rejected by the Cantonal Court, which upheld the conviction with a four-year suspension. On August 23, 2023, the Federal Supreme Court confirmed the conviction. [8]
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