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Published on 8 August 2024

Engineering

Discover examples of success stories in the field of engineering.

Federngfabrik-Schmid-Innosuisse

20 March 2024

From traditional to connected: New horizons for springs

Digitalising the springs industry: a sector traditionally rooted in mechanical engineering. This is the ambitious challenge that Federnfabrik Schmid AG has set itself.

Contrinex has developed an intelligent sensor with integrated object recognition.

14 March 2024

A traditional company shifts its focus to innovation

When Annette Heimlicher speaks, she sounds just as you would expect of a charismatic and dynamic leader of a global technology company: she brims with energy, puts complex concepts into simple words, and is full of laughter.

The impact of Innosuisse support offers on Global ID SA

27 December 2023

A world first rolls off the production line

Lausanne-based start-up Global ID wants to revolutionise biometric identification – with vein scanning. This world first produced in the Jura brings with it great economic and social benefits.

Kunststoffwerk SA Buchs has relocated its production to Europe.

19 September 2023

Innovation project leads to surge in growth

Kunststoffwerk AG Buchs has reinvented itself: alongside its world-famous two-metre folding rules, the Rhine Valley-based SME is now also producing surfboard fins.

Eskenazi 1

8 April 2023

A traditional SME develops the tools of tomorrow

For over 100 years, Eskenazi SA, based in Carouge near Geneva, has been manufacturing cutting tools for precision mechanics, primarily for the watchmaking and medical industries.

22 March 2023

A trip to Japan to explore the Asian market and the potential it offers

Thanks to Innosuisse's internationalisation camps, two dimpora employees had recently the opportunity to visit Japan to meet potential customers and to look at ways of achieving large-scale production.

13 June 2022

A key technology for magnetic rotor manufacturing

Johnson Electric International, in collaboration with the iRAP Institute of the School of Engineering and Architecture of Fribourg, has developed a technology to facilitate the production of magnetic rotors.

23 September 2020

Quality sleep thanks to smart pyjamas

Improving the quality of your sleep with what you wear while sleeping. This is the original idea of the Zurich start-up Dagsmejan, supported by Innosuisse.