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Kloten - Zurich Airport has been named as the best airport in Europe for the 19th consecutive year at the World Travel Awards. Meanwhile, the airport continues to be enhanced and modernized. Among other aspects, a sustainable dock made of wood is to be completed in the next ten years

Winterthur - Students at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) will be able to take a Bachelor degree in Medical Informatics from the fall of 2023. The course aims to develop highly sought-after specialists for the increasingly data and technology-driven healthcare sector.

Kemptthal - Haelixa is marking Egyptian cotton fabrics for premium shirts with a DNA marker. This makes the raw material traceable from the source to the finished textile product.

Zurich - ANYbotics is making its inspection robot ANYmal X for the oil, gas, and chemicals industry commercially available. The robot with legs, which is the only one approved for use in explosive areas, aims to close the digitization gap and enable unmanned systems.

Mendrisio/Nashville - Sintetica has received approval from the American Food and Drug Administration, enabling it to bring its eye anesthetic Iheezo to market. This is the first product of its kind to be approved there for almost 14 years. It is being distributed together with Harrow Health.

Dübendorf - First tests on new rail pads for railway tracks developed by the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) have shown a positive effect: they noticeably dampened both train noise and vibrations.

Zug/Sunnyvale - The blockchain firm NBK Labs has been included in the portfolio of the Silicon Valley start-up accelerator Plug and Play. The start-up, which is based in the Greater Zurich Area, is seeking to democratize accessibility to blockchain technology and Web3 with its app by the name of nobank.

Kloten - The airline Swiss has won two awards for its first class lounges at Zurich Airport. In the rankings of more than 350 airlines, Swiss was additionally voted in the top ten. In total, around 13 million passengers worldwide were surveyed for these rankings.

Schlieren - HeiQ has announced the launch of its innovative textile technology HeiQ Allergen Tech. This helps to reduce house dust mite matter and pet allergens. The new anti-allergen solution can be added during the finishing stage of the textiles manufacturing process.