Minerva since 1897

Our story

Minerva Immobilier is the sister company of the Minerva SA industrial group, a Jura manufacturer founded in 1897 in Porrentruy. A family and industrial story spanning over a century, now carried forward by the fourth generation.

MINERVA SINCE 1897

A Swiss family business, proud of its history and rigorous in its work.

Our values

  • Proximity

    A team based in Porrentruy, directly available and reachable.

  • Transparency

    Clear, rigorous file follow-up, with no surprises.

  • Discretion

    Confidentiality for your commercial real estate projects, whether buying or renting.

Our journey

From 1897 to today

Porrentruy — A manufacturer is born
PorrentruyJura, Switzerland
  1. 1897

    A manufacturer is born

    Founded in Porrentruy under the name Duvaux Hublard & Cie.

  2. 1908

    The Minerva name is born

    The company is renamed Minerva — a name that would last the century.

  3. Four generations

    A family affair

    From Willy to Peter, and today Matthias Aerni: the Aerni family has passed down leadership of the group for nearly a century.

Bucharest — Switzerland, Portugal, Romania
BucharestRomania
  1. International reach

    Switzerland, Portugal, Romania

    The group extends its activities beyond the Jura, now present in Switzerland, Portugal and Romania.

  2. 2018

    Purchase of a building plot

    The group acquires land in Romania, in Bucharest, where a modern factory will be built.

Discover the Bucharest site
Porrentruy — Refocus on real estate
PorrentruyJura, Switzerland
  1. 2024

    Refocus on real estate

    Sale of the shoe business (Jolly, Italy and Romania) to the Lalceland group; the group now concentrates on its real estate activity.

  2. 2026

    Minerva Immobilier is founded

    Minerva Immobilier expands its offering in Romania and launches a new renovation and fit-out service.

See the Allée des Soupirs renovation
Porrentruy — Expertise serving the Jura
PorrentruyJura, Switzerland
  1. Today

    Expertise serving the Jura

    Minerva helps companies convert former industrial sites and supports their relocation projects to Romania.

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A family business

Four generations, the same commitment to work well done.

Our sites today

Two markets, one standard

From Porrentruy in the Swiss Jura to Bucharest, Romania, Minerva Immobilier supports its clients with the same rigour, wherever the property is located.

The group today

Today, the family group carries on two separate activities: its historic shoe manufacture, founded in 1897, and Minerva Immobilier. Two distinct companies, driven by the same values of rigour and closeness.

Minerva — Shoe Manufacture
The whole production team, in front of the workshop.
The whole production team, in front of the workshop.
The production line in full activity.
The production line in full activity.
One of the workshop's workstations.
One of the workshop's workstations.

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Minerva Immobilier in numbers
1897 Minerva founded
11,350m² Space let
12,180m² Space available to let
3 Sites, in Switzerland and Romania