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The Marly Innovation Center reaches 200 companies and 1,000 jobs in 2026

15 June 2026

French spare parts specialist FACTORYYY has chosen the Marly Innovation Center in Fribourg to launch its Swiss operations, targeting manufacturers in the energy, rail, and industrial sectors.

Why FACTORYYY chose the Marly Innovation Center to launch its Swiss operations

Neuchâtel’s CSEM has opened an industry-accessible battery dry room at its Battery Innovation Hub, giving Swiss companies, start-ups, and SMEs access to advanced battery development infrastructure.

CSEM expands its Battery Innovation Hub with a new dry room in Neuchâtel

5 May 2026

Medtronic celebrates ten million implantable devices produced in Tolochenaz, confirming the canton of Vaud as a global medtech manufacturing hub.

Medtronic reaches 10 million implantable devices produced in the canton of Vaud

4 May 2026

miros, an EPFL ecosystem start-up developing a network of bookable connected workpods, has closed a CHF 1 million pre-seed round to scale its deployment across Switzerland, targeting over 100 units by end of 2026.

miros raises CHF 1 million to deploy a national network of connected workpods

31 March 2026

Global in vitro diagnostics leader bioMérieux has invested over CHF 1 million in Geneva-based scale-up Plair, whose RAPID-C+ system is setting a new standard for real-time viable particle monitoring in pharmaceutical cleanrooms.

bioMérieux invests in Plair to advance environmental monitoring in pharma

30 March 2026

Ecorobotix has reached a commercial milestone, with 1,000 units of its ARA ultra-high precision sprayer now deployed on farms across more than 30 countries spanning Europe, North and South America, and Oceania.

Ecorobotix reaches 1,000 ARA precision sprayers sold worldwide

24 March 2026

As life sciences companies navigate increasingly complex global markets, the decision of where to establish or expand international operations has become a strategic one.

Why Life Sciences Companies Choose Switzerland to Scale Internationally

Renens-based L.E.S.S. SA has raised CHF 17 million to accelerate the industrial-scale deployment of its proprietary LuxiBright nano-fiber lighting technology across automotive, machine vision, and medical markets.

L.E.S.S. SA raises CHF 17 million to scale its nano-fiber lighting technology

3 March 2026

Top Stories Western Switzerland

Top Stories from Western Switzerland (February 2026)

25 February 2026

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