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Zurich – Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam visited the city of Zurich, where she met with mayor Corine Mauch to discuss smart cities, digitalization and the urban workplace.

Davos – Switzerland again took first place in the global competition for attracting the best talent. It scored especially well for its high quality of life. Zurich also secured the top spot in a global comparison of cities.

Zurich – nanoleq has developed a technology that makes cables more robust and stable. But their invention could be used for more than just unbreakable headphones – it is also of great interest to industries like medical technology, robotics and even aerospace.

Zurich/Baar ZG – ReHaptix provides digital tests for measuring upper limb impairments. Thanks to a new partnership with the healthcare platform healthbank, users can now compare their results with other patients.

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.

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.

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.

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.