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Zurich - The law firm Homburger has decided to use a search machine developed by DeepJudge following a successful pilot project. With the help of machine learning technology, attorneys can easily find and use information in already available documents with natural language.

Netstal - Kalkfabrik Netstal lime factory in the canton of Glarus has presented its project for capturing CO2 from lime production. This aims to highly concentrate the CO2 in waste gas and then liquefy it. Federal Councillor Albert Rösti attested to the great global potential of the technology at the presentation.

Winterthur - Kistler Group is building its new headquarters in Winterthur. On a plot of land next to the previous headquarters, a factory with state-of-the-art production and logistics will be built where Kistler will create the world’s largest production of piezoelectric sensors.

Washington - Switzerland is once again the best country in the world according to this year’s rankings from U.S. News & World Report and this is already the sixth time the country has achieved being placed on top. The assessment of a total of 87 countries is based on a global survey of 17,000 individuals.

Schaffhausen - The pilot run of the self-driving bus route STL Linie 13 in Schaffhausen has gone without a hitch so far. In the first 100 days of operation, the Swiss Transit Lab determined that a safety driver was required in 10 percent of travel time and adverse weather had no effect on the technology.

Lugano - Arduino SA has received additional capital amounting to 22 million US dollars from investors. The IT company plans to use the sum from the series B funding, which now totals 54 million US dollars, to strengthen its presence in Europe and the USA.

Kemptthal/Zurich - Haelixa AG, which specializes in DNA markers that offer product traceability, has secured financing from the Zurich Silk Association (ZSIG). It will use the capital raised to expand its global activities.

Zurich/New York - Fintech company GenTwo has acquired Series A financing from New York-based start-up backers Point72 Ventures. With an investment of 15 million dollars, Pete Casella from Point72 Ventures has also joined GenTwo’s board of directors.

Winterthur/Seoul - Winterthur Gas & Diesel Ltd. (WinGD) is entering into a partnership with the shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries. The two companies plan to collaborate on future applications of ammonia engines on vessels.