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Advanced Manufacturing

The canton of Fribourg and the Banque Cantonale de Fribourg (BCF) have unveiled the nine finalists of the 18th IFF (Innovation Fribourg Freiburg) Awards, selected from 40 applications across three categories.

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Fribourg unveils the nine finalists for the 2026-2027 IFF Awards

12 October 2026

HARTING has inaugurated the extension of its production facilities in Biel/Bienne, in the canton of Bern. The new energy-plus building adds production capacity at a site the technology group founded in 1984.

HARTING inaugurates the expansion of its production site in Biel/Bienne

12 October 2026

WuXi AppTec has opened a new pharmaceutical production line at its site in Couvet, in the canton of Neuchâtel. The USD 100 million investment is part of a broader project to make the site a main production center in Europe for the group.

WuXi AppTec inaugurates a USD 100 million spray-drying line in Couvet

7 October 2026

A new study by BAK Economics shows that the life sciences sector generates CHF 20.6 billion in direct value added in Western Switzerland, and CHF 28.3 billion once its ripple effects across the regional economy are taken into account.

Life sciences generate CHF 28.3 billion in direct value in Western Switzerland

6 October 2026

Neuchâtel’s CSEM is launching Start-up Elevate, a program giving five incorporated deep-tech start-ups each CHF 50,000 worth of targeted technology development support to move from prototype to industrial deployment.

CSEM launches Start-up Elevate to help deep-tech start-ups overcome technical barriers

5 October 2026

Unveiled at the Marly Innovation Center, the 2026 edition of fribourg.swiss, the official magazine of the Fribourg Development Agency, examines the culture that drives start-ups and the ecosystem that supports their growth in the canton.

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Fribourg’s official magazine devotes its 2026 edition to the start-up mindset

23 September 2026

Embodied AI, a Lausanne-based start-up founded by EPFL-trained roboticists, has launched with a first financing round led by Faber VC to develop intelligent robots designed to work alongside humans in industrial environments.

Embodied AI launches with international investor backing to automate European production lines

22 September 2026

Italian investment company Vam Investment and Umberto Macchi di Cellere, former chief executive of Bulgari Horlogerie, have created Chaumont Group, a new player in the high-end watch market bringing together four component manufacturers under a structure based in Neuchâtel.

New luxury watch components group Chaumont establishes its base in Neuchâtel

8 September 2026

The Empa campus in Thun has split its Advanced Materials Processing laboratory into two independent units dedicated to surfaces and interfaces on one side and to metallic materials and manufacturing on the other, as researchers on the site make computational tools for alloy design accessible through a conversational AI agent.

Empa in Thun splits into two labs for materials and metals

7 September 2026

Swiss industrial group Bystronic has entered into an agreement to acquire Isochronic, an automation technology company based near Lausanne specializing in high-speed robotic sorting systems and software for sheet metal processing.

Bystronic acquires Vaud robotics start-up Isochronic

31 August 2026

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