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GO! awards record number of microcredits
Zurich – Last year the GO! association granted more microcredits than ever before, allowing someone to start his or her own business or move forward with an existing company nearly every week.
Chinese manmade fibres manufacturers turns to Oerlikon
Pfäffikon SZ – Two of the top ten global manmade fibres manufacturers are turning to Oerlikon technology to help increase their production capacity. The two Chinese companies are paying a total of around 540 million Swiss francs for the solution from the Greater Zurich Area company.
Appway digitalizes Banque Cantonale de Genève processes
Geneva/Zurich – Banque Cantonale de Genève chose Appway as its technology partner. Together with the fintech company from the Greater Zurich Area, the bank was able to digitalize several key banking services processes.
KITKAT launches Swiss chocolate innovation
Zurich – Chocolate manufacturer Barry Callebaut developed a fourth, berry-coloured type of chocolate called Ruby. KITKAT will now launch the first Ruby chocolate version in Japan.
Prominent guests set to attend WEF
Davos – 70 heads of state and government will be travelling in the coming week to the Greater Zurich Area to attend the World Economic Forum. India’s prime minister Narendra Modi will deliver the opening address, U.S. president Donald Trump the closing speech.
Greater Zurich Area to boast a new innovation centre
Chur – InnoQube Swiss AG is planning a new innovation centre in the Greater Zurich Area, offering space for startups and creating a hub for research and development.
loanboox sets sights on further growth
Pfäffikon SZ – More than 7 billion Swiss francs in financing volume was unlocked in 2017 via the money and capital market platform loanboox. The startup, which successfully expanded into Germany last year, is also now setting its sights on entering further markets.
Researchers develop brick of the future
Dübendorf ZH – Empa researchers have developed a brick that could make thin and highly insulating walls possible in the future – without sacrificing architectural integrity.
Startup looks to revolutionize health monitoring
Zurich – Researchers at the Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich have developed a new type of health-monitoring electrode that easily adheres to the skin. An ETH spin-off now wants to turn it into a marketable product.
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