High-tech industries and production

Economy in LAKE GENEVA REGION is a very healthy one! High value-added sectors have particularly increased their activities, such as:

• Clock-making,
• Precision instruments,
• Medical equipment and other industrial equipment,
• pharmaceuticals,
• semiconductors,
• services,
• micro- and nanotechnologies,
• finance.

If one merely mentions the micro-techniques’ potential of LAKE GENEVA REGION, the know-how of enterprises, university, institute and technical school formation, one can foresee a heartening prospect for this sector.

Of course, thanks to a particular government support, LAKE GENEVA REGION offers also life sciences a bright future, as it is offered to information technologies, to technologies pertaining to the environment, to micro and nanotechnologies and to aeronautics, as well as to all the enterprises active in management and finance. Several organs of specific promotion and of clusters have developed during these recent years that represent suitable solutions for development and company life.

With an increasing number of highly qualified foreign workers, and of international companies that settle down in the region, the community of LAKE GENEVA REGION is promised to experience a bright future. It should be noted that the administrative procedures and customs conditions, conceived to favour business exchanges, make matters easier for the activities of companies that are active in production.

The following are some renowned industries that are active in the region:

Medical :
Beckman Instruments International
Haag-Streit
Johnson & Johnson Group
Kyphon
Medtronic Europe
Précimed
Roche Diagnostic
Staar Surgical
Straumann
Stryker
Ypsomed

Pharma/chemistry :
Bayer group
Celgen
Ciba
Ferring
Glenmark
Lonza
Novartis
Orgamol
Syngenta
UCB Farchim

Biotechnologies :
Baxter
Novimmune
Merck Serono
ZLB Behring

Foodstuffs :
Krueger
Merisant
Nutraco
Nespresso
Nestlé
General Mills

 

IT/Telecommunications :
Autodesk
Cisco
Hewlett Packard
Hummingbird
Kudelski
Logitech
Orange Communications SA
Quark Systems
SAP
Sun Microsystems
Sunrise
Swisscom
T-Systems
VeriSign

Microtechnologies :
Advanced Micro Technology
DelWest
Energizer
EM Microelectronic Marin
Feintool
Harting
Semtech
Oerlikon (Unaxis)
Valtronic

Industrial equipment :
ABB Sécheron
Bobst
Dixi
Fluid Automation Systems
Ismeca
Lam Research
Liebherr
Metalor
Mikron
PX Group
Schaublin
Tornos
Weckerle Cosmetics

Clock-making :
Audemars Piguet
Bulgari
Bulova
Cartier
Chopard
Corum
Franck Muller Watch Land SA
Girard-Perregaux
Gucci
Jaeger LeCoultre
LVMH
La Montre Hermès
Maurice Lacroix
MGI Luxury Group
Parmigiani
Patek Philippe
Polar
Richemont
Rolex
Swatch Group
Ulysse Nardin
Vacheron Constantin

BioAlps - A European hub for Healthcare & Life Sciences

MicroTech Industry – Platform to foster development and exchange for micro- and nanotechonolgies


SWISSMEM - the Swiss mechanical and electrical engineering industries organisation

 

 
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