Triform

What Triform does

Triform SA is a Swiss specialist engineering consultancy founded in 1991 and headquartered in Fribourg, with a secondary office in Lausanne. The firm focuses on water management, providing consulting and design services across wastewater treatment (STEP/StaRRE), micropollutant elimination, surface water management, urban hydraulics (PGEE), and emerging "ville-éponge" (sponge city) infrastructure. With approximately 19 employees, Triform serves primarily public-sector clients including cantonal governments (Vaud, Fribourg), federal offices (OFROU, Agroscope), municipalities, intercommunal associations, and selected private-sector accounts such as airports and real-estate developers. The firm is ISO 9001:2015 certified and operates within tightly regulated Swiss water frameworks, where regulatory expertise and long-tenure authority relationships materially shape procurement outcomes.

Technically, Triform's capabilities rest on conventional hydraulic and process engineering (ozonation, activated-carbon filtration for micropollutants, urban drainage modeling) augmented by Building Information Modeling (BIM) for design and visualization. Notable mandates include the STEP de Morges wastewater treatment plant upgrade (project value ~110M CHF, 88,000 population-equivalent capacity, spanning roughly 2013–2024) and the EBBV micropollutant elimination project (330 l/s). In 2024 the firm spun off its environment and acoustics activities as Triform EA, refocusing the parent on water, and joined the IG Mikropower consortium of five Swiss engineering firms active in small-scale hydropower and water-energy work.

The business model is project-based consulting: revenue is generated from hourly/daily engineering fees on mandates awarded via Swiss public tendering, with no product licensing, SaaS, or transactional revenue component. Pricing follows standard Swiss engineering hourly benchmarks, and go-to-market is anchored on reputation, certification, and track record with cantonal and federal authorities rather than marketing-led demand generation. Customer concentration is Moderate, with diversification across multiple public-sector logos offset by the lumpy, multi-year nature of individual mandates.

Name

Triform

Legal name

Triform SA

Website

https://triform.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Triform SA is a Swiss engineering consultancy founded in 1991, specializing in water management services — wastewater treatment, micropollutant elimination, urban hydraulics, and sponge city infrastructure — serving primarily cantonal, federal, and municipal public-sector clients in Switzerland.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Water Engineering Consulting

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (54162), Environmental Consulting Services (541620)

SIC

Water, Sewer, Pipeline, Comm & Power Line Construction (1623)

akta.pro primary industry

Water, Wastewater & Hydraulics Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Design & Engineering for Renewal/Expansion (Pipelines, Pump Stations, Treatment Plants) (EUANALAD), Construction Management & Delivery (EPCM/CMAR/Design-Build Oversight) (EUANALAE)

Keywords

• Water engineering consulting
• Wastewater treatment design
• Urban hydraulics services
• Surface water management
• Stormwater infrastructure

Headquarters

HQ city

Fribourg

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Engineering Consulting Services: Triform SA generates revenue through project-based engineering consulting engagements for public and private sector clients in Switzerland. Services include feasibility studies, preliminary design, detailed engineering, construction supervision, and project management for water infrastructure projects.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Triform SA is a Swiss engineering consulting firm providing specialized water management services across three main domains: wastewater treatment (épuration des eaux, including STEP/StaRRE plants and micropollutant elimination), surface waters (river revitalization, flood protection, hydrometry), and urban hydraulics (PGEE drainage plans, sponge city/ville-éponge infrastructure, water evacuation). Services span the full project lifecycle from feasibility studies through preliminary design, detailed engineering, and construction supervision for public sector and private clients across Switzerland.

Product overview

Triform SA is a Swiss engineering consulting firm specializing in water management with three main service areas: épuration des eaux (wastewater treatment), eaux superficielles (surface waters), and hydraulique urbaine (urban hydraulics). The company offers specialized services including STEP/StaRRE wastewater treatment plants, micropollutant treatment using granular activated carbon, pumping stations, industrial water treatment, flood protection, river revitalization, urban drainage planning (PGEE), sponge city infrastructure, and hydrometry. Services span from feasibility studies through construction supervision for public and private clients throughout Switzerland.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Épuration des eaux (Wastewater Treatment) Engineering consulting services for wastewater treatment including design, renewal and extension of wastewater treatment plants (STEP/StaRRE), micropollutant elimination via fixed-bed granular activated carbon systems, pumping stations (STAP), and industrial water treatment. Targeted at public water utilities, intercommunal associations, and industrial clients.

Quantifiable outcome

• STEP de Morges project designed for 88,000 EH capacity with treatment of micropollutants
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Triform EAcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Triform EA emerged from Triform SA's 2024 organizational evolution and is specialized in environment and acoustics. The privileged partnership between Triform SA (water) and Triform EA (environment and acoustics) enables a holistic view of environmental issues for clients, combining water engineering with environmental and acoustic expertise.
• IG MikropowercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIG Mikropower is a consortium of Swiss engineering firms specializing in micropollutant treatment in wastewater. Triform SA participates alongside rysering.ch, gujerag.ch, kuster-hager.ch, and caprez-ing.ch to deliver high-quality services to project owners in this specialized domain. The partnership enables cross-regional coverage (German-speaking and French-speaking Switzerland) for micropollutant elimination projects.
• Josef Piller SAminorOthersJosef Piller SA is listed as a partner on the Triform SA partners page. No further details on the nature of the partnership were available.
• DMA Ingénieurs SAminorOthersDMA Ingénieurs SA is listed as a partner on the Triform SA partners page. No further details on the nature of the partnership were available.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Kuster + Hager AG: Swiss engineering firm with comparable water/environmental infrastructure consulting services and a member of the IG Mikropower consortium alongside Triform.
• Stucky SA: Swiss engineering consultancy (now part of Gruner) active in water infrastructure, dams, and environmental projects — overlapping service portfolio and public sector client base with Triform.
• Hunziker Betatech AG: Swiss engineering firm offering consulting in water, wastewater, and infrastructure with comparable project-based services to public sector clients — closely matching Triform's service mix and customer profile.
• Gujer AG: Swiss engineering consultancy in water and infrastructure, member of the IG Mikropower consortium — directly comparable specialty consulting firm serving similar public sector clients.
• Holinger AG: Leading Swiss engineering consultancy specialized in water, wastewater, and environmental infrastructure, serving municipalities and industry across Switzerland — Triform's most direct and largest competitor in the same niche.
• Ryser Ingenieure AG: Fellow Swiss water engineering consultancy and partner within the IG Mikropower consortium — directly comparable in scale, services, and German-speaking Swiss market focus, and a co-bidder rather than a pure competitor on consortium work.

Broad incumbents

• EBP Schweiz AG: Swiss planning and engineering consultancy with strong environmental and water practice serving public sector clients — overlapping capabilities and customer base with Triform at larger scale.
• Basler & Hofmann AG: Large Swiss multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy with water/environmental capabilities among many other practice areas — competing for the same public tenders but with significantly broader service portfolio and scale.
• CSD Ingenieure AG: Swiss engineering group active in environment, water, and infrastructure with regional offices across Switzerland — comparable service offering and public sector orientation at larger scale.
• AFRY (formerly Pöyry / AF-Consult Switzerland): Global engineering, design, and consulting firm with Swiss operations covering water, environment, and infrastructure — larger incumbent competing for major municipal and federal mandates.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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