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Innovation | 31.01.24 | 3 min

SAT.1 Switzerland follows three startups

Horw/Rotkreuz/Erstfeld - The six-part television program “Startup Zünder – Abenteuer Selbstständigkeit” (Startup Zünder – the self-employment adventure) on th...

Headquarters | Sustainability | Innovation | 30.01.24 | 2 min

Emmi and Coop selling dairy products in PET bottles

Lucerne - Some milk and cream products under Coop’s own brands and the Lucerne-based dairy processing firm Emmi are now available in white PET bottles. At pr...

Sustainability | 30.01.24 | 3 min

Hug grows sustainable wheat in Aargau

Malters/Leibstadt - Hug AG has collaborated with Knecht Mühle in Leibstadt in the canton of Aargau to test the cultivation of sustainable wheat. Following...

Headquarters | Life Sciences & Health | 26.01.24 | 3 min

CPH Chemie gains presence in Indian market through acquisition

Perlen LU/Rüti ZH/Vadodara - Zeochem, the chemistry subsidiary of CPH Chemie + Papier Holding AG, has acquired Sorbead India and Swambe Chemicals in Va...

Building Technology | Sustainability | 26.01.24 | 3 min

Verium acquires stake in Impact Acoustic

Zurich/Lucerne - A group of investors represented by the multifamily office Verium has acquired a significant minority stake in Impact Acoustic. The ai...

Advanced Manufacturing | 25.01.24 | 2 min

Schurter wins Design Award 2023

Lucerne - The electronics company Schurter has won the "Product of the Year 2023" award from the test portal Electronic Product Design & Test. It won...

Headquarters | 25.01.24 | 3 min

Emmi grows in strategically key markets

Lucerne - Emmi generated slightly higher sales in 2023 than in the previous year, with a total of 4.242 billion Swiss francs. Organic growth amounted...

Life Sciences & Health | 22.01.24 | 2 min

Novocure making progress with approval for cancer therapy

Root - The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted Novocure’s application for the market authorization of its lung cancer therapy on t...

Headquarters | 18.01.24 | 1 min

Government extend funding for Technopark Luzern

Lucerne/Root - The canton of Lucerne is renewing its service agreement with Technopark Luzern. Thanks to the agreement, the Technopark, which was founded...

Life Sciences & Health | Innovation | 11.01.24 | 3 min

Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts improves hearing aids with Sonova

Lucerne/Stäfa - Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts and the company Sonova from the canton of Zurich are measuring mobile robots to see how...

Mobility | 09.01.24 | 2 min

Willisau to become the economic backbone of the region

Willisau - The Willisau employment area is to be sustainably developed and transformed into the economic backbone of the region as a whole. To this end,...

Headquarters | Advanced Manufacturing | 09.01.24 | 3 min

SWISS KRONO Group acquires Argolite AG

Menznau/Willisau - Argolite AG is joining the SWISS KRONO Group. By acquiring the manufacturer of laminate panels, the Group aims to develop synergies and cont...

04.01.24 | 2 min

Lucerne offers artists residency in Chicago

Lucerne/Chicago - Artists from the canton of Lucerne can apply to spend several months in Chicago. The Lucerne-Chicago Sister Cities Partnership is awar...

Life Sciences & Health | Professionals | 03.01.24 | 2 min

Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts to teach nursing at degree level

Lucerne - Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts will begin teaching degree-level nursing from the 2024 fall semester. The university hopes th...

Headquarters | 22.12.23 | 2 min

ALSO acquires trio of Eastern European firms

Emmen - The Lucerne-based technology firm ALSO has acquired the companies SWS and Entec in Czechia as well as SWS International based in Slovakia. With t...

ICT & New Work | Innovation | 18.12.23 | 2 min

Rulematch launches crypto trading venue for banks

Zurich/Lucerne - Rulematch has launched a new crypto trading venue for financial institutes. To this end, the start-up has turned to Nasdaq trading tech...

ICT & New Work | Innovation | 14.12.23 | 3 min

sustAInos shopping assistant impresses at Digital Days

Lucerne - The team sustAlnos has won #herHACK for its smartphone add-on for sustainable shopping at Migros. The #herHACK format is part of Digital Days,...

12.12.23 | 2 min

USZ now using tilbago debt collection software

Lucerne/Zurich - University Hospital Zurich (USZ) has replaced its previous SAP-based debt collection software solution with Robo-Inkasso from tilbago AG...

ICT & New Work | 11.12.23 | 2 min

ALSO strengthens cloud expertise through Commaxx takeover

Emmen/Oslo - ALSO has agreed a takeover of the Norwegian firm Commaxx. The closing of the transaction marks a growth step on the Scandinavian market an...

Professionals | 08.12.23 | 2 min

Universities of Lucerne and Salamanca agree partnership

Lucerne/Salamanca - The University of Lucerne and the University of Salamanca in Spain are to collaborate in future. As the University of Lucerne pursues...

Sustainability | Innovation | Building Technology | 06.12.23 | 2 min

Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts researches the perfect house

Horw - The School of Engineering & Architecture at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts has a new building on the roof of its laboratory buil...

Sustainability | Innovation | 05.12.23 | 2 min

Tourism Forum Lucerne presents the Lucerne Tourism Awards

Lucerne - The Capsule Hotel has been named as the winner of the Best Newcomer Award by Tourism Forum Lucerne. The prize was awarded primarily for its...

04.12.23 | 2 min

Geistlich Pharma appoints Diego Gabathuler as new CEO

Wolhusen/Schlieren - Geistlich Pharma appointed Diego Gabathuler as new CEO with effect from December 1. He succeeds Ralf Halbach in this role, who left...

30.11.23 | 2 min

Emmi opens new cheese facility in the USA

Lucerne/Stoughton - Emmi has opened a new cheese processing facility in the US state of Wisconsin. The Lucerne-based dairy manufacturer is further expand...