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Schlieren/Mägenwil - The Comdat Group has acquired the ICT and DMS specialist Fantastic Solutions. Through this merger, the company based in the Greater Zurich Area will also occupy a leading role in the area of document management systems (DMS).

Schlieren/Beijing/Bedford - Fixposition has a new investor: Segway-Ninebot. The specialist in smart, short-range transportation equipment and service robots will integrate Fixposition’s global positioning technology into its final products.

Rümlang - GreenTEG has closed a funding round with 10 million Swiss francs. It plans to use the capital to increase production of its heatflux sensors in the Greater Zurich Area tenfold in 2023 and expand globally with its various applications.

Zurich/Villigen - Researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich and the Paul Scherrer Institute in the canton of Aargau have discovered how the nucleus of a cell is correctly positioned for cell division. A smart molecular glue plays a key role, keeping the microtubule attached, via moving motor proteins, to an actin cable.

Schlieren/Sanghera - The Trident Group from India is presenting a new range of bed linen featuring allergen protection in collaboration with HeiQ. The company has used the innovative HeiQ Allergen Tech textile technology developed by the startup based in the Greater Zurich Area.

Zurich/San Francisco - NLS Pharmaceutics has sold shares to the biotech investor BVF Partners and secured gross proceeds of 10 million dollars in the process. A second, much larger tranche is anticipated to take place towards the end of 2024. As a result, NLS is now in a position to finance its business operations and research activities up to 2025.

Zurich - Nitrogen fertilizers can be produced in a carbon-neutral manner under certain conditions and in certain locations. Given that this would benefit the climate, reduce natural gas imports and secure food supplies, a study has now examined which production methods would feasibly make sense.

Winterthur - At Designwerk, one of the world’s first megawatt-class charging stations is currently under development. With a rapid charging time of just 45 minutes, a Swiss consortium is seeking to make electric trucks suitable for long-distance routes and relieve the burden on power networks.

Stäfa - IRsweep is now offering a cost-effective, compact laser module. The Laser Module C is suitable for all existing IRsweep spectrometers. With the most commonly used symmetrical beam configuration, it covers the majority of applications.