News Sep 21, 2020 Zurich is one of world’s smartest cities The city of Zurich has been placed third worldwide in this year’s Smart City Index. The report assesses the efforts and successes of cities in th...
News Sep 18, 2020 Crypto Valley thriving despite coronavirus crisis The number of companies in Switzerland and Liechtenstein working on blockchain technologies increased to 919 in the first half of the year. They ...
News Sep 17, 2020 Sigrist-Photometer wins innovation award Nidwalden company Sigirist-Photometer AG has been honored with an innovation award for its ScrubberGuard by the Central Switzerland Chamber of Co...
News Sep 17, 2020 Investors see great potential in Polyneuron The Basel-based company Polyneuron Pharmaceuticals extended its Series A funding round and has now raised a total of 36.5 million Swiss francs. I...
News Sep 16, 2020 Lonza set to manufacture coronavirus drug for Humanigen The Basel-based pharmaceutical supplier Lonza is supporting the US firm Humanigen in the development of a potential coronavirus therapeutic. Lonz...
News Sep 16, 2020 CERN and Lausanne University Hospital collaborate on a pioneering new cancer radiotherapy facility CERN and Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) are collaborating to develop the conceptual design of an innovative radiotherapy facility used for c...
Success stories Sep 15, 2020 Gateway to Europe Yandex Yandex, Russia’s largest Internet company, entered the market of Western Europe in 2012 by opening its office in Lucerne, Switzerland. Having an ...
News Sep 15, 2020 CHF 5 million granted to the CHUV for the research of antibodies against Sars-Cov-2 The Immunology and Allergy Department of the CHUV has obtained European funding of nearly CHF 5 million for its research aimed at identifying ant...
News Sep 14, 2020 Myotest’s « made in Valais » technology integrated into Samsung’s latest smartwatch Myotest announced the introduction of the Running Form feature in Samsung’s new Galaxy Watch3. Runners will therefore have access to the highly a...
News Sep 14, 2020 Lindt Home of Chocolate set to strengthen location The Lindt & Sprüngli chocolate competence center is designed to impart knowledge with regard to chocolate and promote Switzerland as a locati...
News Sep 11, 2020 Robot to cut innovative building blocks Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a hot-wire cutting robot. It can carve complex shapes out of materials in just a few steps. The cutter w...
News Sep 10, 2020 ETH Zurich remains among the best The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH) has achieved 14th place in the latest Times Higher Education university rankings. This ...
News Sep 10, 2020 SFS invests in Heerbrugg site SFS is building an additional production facility at its Heerbrugg site. Here, assemblies used in electronic brake systems will be manufactured f...
News Sep 09, 2020 ABB expands Turgi location ABB is to construct a new multi-functional building containing office space in addition to research and development facilities at its Turgi site....
News Sep 09, 2020 Swiss healthcare marketplace Hystrix raises CHF 3 million hystrix medical AG, the leading e-commerce marketplace in the Swiss healthcare system for medical goods, has successfully completed a CHF3 millio...
News Sep 08, 2020 EPFL spin-off Technis raises CHF 3.2 million for its connected floors The Vaud-based start-up and EPFL spin-off Technis has raised CHF 3.2 million for its connected floors that allow the flow of people to be regulat...
News Sep 08, 2020 Greater Zurich Area driving forward FinTech The financial system is on the cusp of great upheaval, as demonstrated by the rise of the FinTech sector. In the Greater Zurich Area, numerous in...
News Sep 08, 2020 Hackathon provides solutions for sustainable agriculture Around 70 participants developed innovative prototypes and solutions for the agriculture of tomorrow as part of a hackathon event held at the Lie...