With the opening of a coppersmith in the year 1874, F.J. Forster laid the foundation for AFG Arbonia-Forster-Holding AG, the international building supplier Group of today. AFG is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange an has its head office in Arbon, in the canton of Thurgau (Switzerland). The group is active worldwide with over 40 distribution companies as well as offices and partners in more than 70 countries. AFG employs a total workforce of around 6200.

The 14 main productions sites of AFG are located in Switzerland, Germany, the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Italy and China.

The various business units/companies that make up AFG are active in the following sectors: heating technology, air-conditioning/ventilation technology, sanitary equipment, windows and external doors, profile systems and special doors. In these core sectors, each year AFG companies convert around 2,700,000 m2 of glass for windows and shower enclosures, 87,000 doors, 3000 km of steel profiles, 15,000 km of wood and PVC profiles for windows, more than 2.5 million radiators and in excess of 100,000 fan coils.