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LUZI uses circular raw materials to create perfumes
Dietlikon/Bäch - The fragrance house LUZI has put together a collection exclusively created with circular raw materials. All components are contained in a raw material toolbox, called LUZI Circular Toolbox – and have been awarded a C2C Certified Material Health Certificate certification at Gold level.
Ivoclar and SkyCell join forces to avoid dead freight from the USA
Schaan/Zurich/Zug - Ivoclar and SkyCell are optimizing reverse logistics. The dental company now ships its products that have been manufactured in the USA and destined for Europe using the refrigerated medical device air freight containers developed by SkyCell, which would otherwise make the return journey back to Zurich empty.
Settling in Switzerland: Four stories from ETH Zurich
ETH Zurich is more than just a prestigious educational institution; it's a vibrant cultural melting pot where over 120 countries are represented.
Oviva is one of the world’s best HealthTech companies
Altendorf/New York - Oviva, a HealthTech company from the canton of Schwyz, has been named in the World's Best Digital Health Companies 2024. This is the first time that Newsweek magazine and the German online platform Statista have compiled a list of the 400 best digital medtech companies in the world from 35 countries.
XFarm integrates companies from Spain and France
Manno/Badajoz/Paris - XFarm Technologies is strengthening its position in agricultural digitization: it is now collaborating with SpaceSense from Paris on spatial artificial intelligence and with Spain’s Greenfield Technologies on soil characterization.
Fixposition and Whale Dynamic join forces
Schlieren/Shenzhen - Fixposition and Chinese company Whale Dynamic are working together to integrate Fixposition’s Vision-RTK 2 positioning sensor into Whale Dynamic’s fully autonomous vehicles.
HeiQ signs distributor agreement for Synbio cleaners with Ecolab
Schlieren/St. Paul - In future, HeiQ Synbio Cleaners are to be sold by Ecolab in the European Union, EFTA member states and the UK. In this context, HeiQ will receive an advance payment of 1.8 million euros to cover the first two years of market launch.
Swissloop Tunneling wins Elon Musk competition
Zurich/Dübendorf/Bastrop - Swissloop Tunneling has won the Not-a-Boring-Competition 2024 in Texas and claimed the Champion Award. The team from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich was supported by the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology.
BancaStato to award SME sustainability prize
Bellinzona - BancaStato, the cantonal bank of Ticino, will from now on be awarding the Premio BancaStato per la Sostenibilità Aziendale to a trio of SMEs every two years. This award comes with prize money of 80,000 Swiss francs. The aim is to recognize effective sustainability strategies developed by companies.
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