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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

CCRAFT, a Neuchâtel-based CSEM spin-off operating the world's first independent foundry for thin-film lithium niobate photonic chips, has closed a USD 7.8 million funding round to build industrial-scale manufacturing capacity.

CCRAFT raises USD 7.8 million to scale up its photonic chip foundry

6 July 2026

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Top Stories from Western Switzerland (June 2026)

29 June 2026

At a recent BioAlps INSIDE event in Fribourg, the Biofactory Competence Center showcased how its bioprocess expertise helps partners across Western Switzerland move from research to production, with collaborations spanning Lausanne start-up Regenosca and the CHUV.

Fribourg’s Biofactory Competence Center turns biotech research into scalable production

23 June 2026

Following the strong scientific performance of the CHEOPS space telescope, the European Space Agency has extended its mission until the end of 2029, keeping its science operations center at the University of Geneva at the heart of European exoplanet research.

ESA extends the CHEOPS space telescope mission until 2029

15 June 2026

Neuchâtel’ CSEM contributed system integration and bonding expertise to the development of Hamilton's GlucoSense, a sensor that delivers continuous glucose monitoring inside bioreactors used in biologics production.

CSEM helps bring real-time glucose monitoring to bioreactor manufacturing

3 June 2026

Western Switzerland has quietly built one of Europe's most distinctive robotics ecosystems, not by chasing consumer-facing spectacle, but by extending its 250-year tradition of precision engineering into the age of intelligent machines.

Western Switzerland for Robotics Companies

Omega has launched the Laboratoire de Précision, an accredited independent precision testing facility open to the entire Swiss watchmaking industry.

Omega establishes the Laboratoire de Précision in Biel

1 June 2026

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