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Japanese GreenTech company Green Science Alliance (GSA) has opened a laboratory at Switzerland Innovation Park Biel/Bienne, in the canton of Bern. The lab will develop a technology that regenerates valuable materials from used lithium-ion batteries.

Japanese GreenTech company GSA opens a battery recycling lab in Biel/Bienne

19 October 2026

ClearSpace has signed a contract worth more than GBP 61 million with the UK Space Agency to deliver the United Kingdom's first nationally commissioned active debris removal mission.

ClearSpace to deliver the UK’s first national active debris removal mission

19 October 2026

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.

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

Geneva hosts the 18th Geneva Forum from December 7 to 11, 2026, welcoming industries, businesses and financial operators at the Palais des Nations. Two Global Impact Projects, Drone for Climate and One Health Centers, illustrate opportunities rooted in Western Switzerland.

18th Geneva Forum to bring industry and finance together around impact entrepreneurship at the UN

12 October 2026

Vaud-based ClearSpace has signed a contract with the European Space Agency to mature the docking, rendezvous and servicing technologies of Phoenix, a mission designed to extend the operational life of satellites in geostationary orbit.

ClearSpace signs ESA contract for the next phase of its Phoenix satellite life-extension mission

5 October 2026

Top Stories Western Switzerland

Top Stories from Western Switzerland (September 2026)

5 October 2026

In Lovatens, in the canton of Vaud, Insolight, Romande Energie and blueberry grower Olivier Pichonnat have inaugurated the largest agrivoltaic installation built in Switzerland to date, combining crop protection and renewable electricity generation on 1.8 hectares.

Insolight and Romande Energie inaugurate Switzerland’s largest agrivoltaic installation

22 September 2026

Kielder Agro Group has joined Gaia Tech as a strategic investor, providing fresh capital to accelerate the development of the company's platform for ingredients upcycled from agricultural side streams.

Gaia Tech secures fresh funding from strategic investor Kielder Agro Group

14 September 2026

SurfAce Cleantech, a deep-tech start-up based at EPFL Innovation Park, has closed a CHF 250,000 pre-seed round to bring its coating technology for compostable flexible packaging toward industrialization and certification.

SurfAce Cleantech raises CHF 250,000 to advance its compostable coating technology

14 September 2026

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