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Sustainability | 01.12.22 | 3 min

Unique energy ecosystem planned

Lucerne - A Lucerne quartet made up of CKW, Galliker, Emmi and PanGas are joining forces with the aim of establishing a sustainable energy system based in...

Sustainability | Headquarters | 30.11.22 | 2 min

Pistor building distribution center for Eastern Switzerland

Sennwald/Rothenburg - The bakery and catering supplier Pistor is building a new distribution center for Eastern Switzerland. Operations at the new plant...

Building Technology | 30.11.22 | 2 min

Construction start of the Pilatus Arena in Kriens

Kriens/LU - Halter AG from the canton of Zurich has broken ground on construction of the Pilatus Arena in Kriens in the canton of Lucerne. The multifunctiona...

Sustainability | Innovation | 25.11.22 | 2 min

New Renergia heat storage tank optimizes energy supply

Perlen - The opening ceremony for the new heat storage tank was held on the premises of the Renergia waste incineration plant. The 33-meter-high tower is t...

Innovation | Life Sciences & Health | 22.11.22 | 2 min

Start-up Amphasys looks back on a decade of innovation in cell analysis

Root - The Lucerne-based start-up Amphasys is celebrating its 10th birthday. Based at Technopark Luzern, the company launched its innovative cell analysis...

Life Sciences & Health | 22.11.22 | 2 min

Estée Lauder, Organon and Apex Logic receive Tell Awards

Lucerne/Freiburg/Galgenen - Organon & Co., Apex Logic and Estée Lauder Companies have been honored with Tell Awards in New York for their investments...

Sustainability | Innovation | 18.11.22 | 2 min

CKW builds first solar plant in satellite dish

Lucerne/Baden/Leuk-Stadt - The Axpo subsidiary CKW is converting decommissioned satellite dishes into solar plants. The first installation of this kind i...

Innovation | 18.11.22 | 2 min

IHZ celebrating innovation award at the winner SWISS KRONO

Lucerne - The Chamber of Industry and Commerce of Central Switzerland will be honoring exceptional and innovative products, processes and services for th...

Sustainability | 17.11.22 | 3 min

Kidis plans growth with fairer children's clothing

Schlierbach - The Lucerne-based startup Kidis has received an investment amounting to 150,000 Swiss francs on the Swiss equivalent of the TV program Dr...

Sustainability | 16.11.22 | 2 min

Emmi installs solar thermal system

Lucerne/Langnau - The milk processor Emmi has become the first private Swiss company to put an industrial solar thermal system into operation. It generate...

Life Sciences & Health | Headquarters | 15.11.22 | 3 min

Novocure opens office in Canada

Root LU/Montreal - Montreal is the new home of Novocure Canada. The global oncology company from the canton of Lucerne intends to expand and support it...

Innovation | 14.11.22 | 2 min

HammerDrum wins *zünder award 2022

Horw/Sursee - HammerDrum has won this year’s competition from the *zünder funding program. The startup from Sursee is developing an efficient drilling technol...

Sustainability | 11.11.22 | 2 min

Ramseier relies on photovoltaics in Sursee

Sursee - Ramseier Suisse AG has installed a new photovoltaic system at its Sursee site. It will generate around 400 megawatt-hours of energy per year. This...

Innovation | Headquarters | 08.11.22 | 2 min

Oviva integrating IoT data from Medisanté in its obesity program

Lucerne/Altendorf - Oviva, a start-up based in Altendorf in the canton of Schwyz, will now deploy the cellular-enabled smart scales developed by the Lu...

04.11.22 | 2 min

Lucerne invites tenders for commercial use building plot in Ibach

Lucerne - The city of Lucerne is seeking to hand over a 5,600 square meter plot of land with development rights in the urban development area of Ibach. The...

Innovation | 03.11.22 | 3 min

Switzerland holds school computer science conference

Morschach/Lucerne - The international workshop for computer science education at primary and secondary levels has been held in Switzerland for the very f...

28.10.22 | 2 min

SWISS Air Rail expanding to Lucerne and Interlaken

Lucerne/Interlaken - SWISS and SBB are expanding their SWISS Air Rail network to Lucerne and Interlaken in the canton of Bern. From December, airline...

Sustainability | 28.10.22 | 2 min

More than a billion being invested in sustainable energy by ewl

Lucerne - The energy provider ewl (energie wasser luzern) has earmarked more than one billion Swiss francs for the ongoing energy transition. This invest...

Life Sciences & Health | 28.10.22 | 2 min

Geistlich agrees takeover of US dentistry firm

Wolhusen/Schlieren/Franklin - Geistlich Pharma has acquired Lynch Biologics, a Tennessee-based regenerative dentistry company. With Lynch Biologics’ le...

21.10.22 | 2 min

Sintratec gains ALSO as sales partner

Brugg/Emmen - Sintratec AG is entering into a partnership with ALSO Holding. With this, the Lucerne-based technology provider will become a sales partner...

Sustainability | 21.10.22 | 2 min

Auto AG opens new business park in Rothenburg

Rothenburg - Auto AG has opened its new business park in Rothenburg in the canton of Lucerne. The full-service provider in the commercial vehicle and...

Sustainability | 21.10.22 | 2 min

CKW now purchasing solar energy from across Switzerland

Lucerne - The Lucerne-based energy supplier CKW pays the second highest price for solar power in Switzerland. Remuneration is based on the reference ma...

Sustainability | Innovation | 18.10.22 | 2 min

Organic farmer develops plans for agricultural photovoltaic system

Aesch/Gelfingen - Heinz Schmid, an organic farmer from Gelfingen in the canton of Lucerne, wants to build an agricultural photovoltaic system over his ra...

Sustainability | 18.10.22 | 3 min

Texcircle transforming old textiles into new clothes

Lucerne - The Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts is developing methods in conjunction with business partners that allow old textiles to be...