{"id":38404,"date":"2026-04-14T11:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T09:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ggba.swiss\/?p=38404"},"modified":"2026-04-14T11:44:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T09:44:42","slug":"why-meanwhile-established-its-swiss-base-at-the-marly-innovation-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ggba.swiss\/en\/why-meanwhile-established-its-swiss-base-at-the-marly-innovation-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Meanwhile established its Swiss base at the Marly Innovation Center"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/meanwhile-france.com\/en\/\">Meanwhile<\/a>, a French robotics company founded in 2017 and specializing in collaborative mobile robots for intralogistics transport, has established MEANWHILE Swiss Ltd. at the Marly Innovation Center (<a href=\"https:\/\/marly-innovation-center.org\/en\/accueil-en\/\">MIC<\/a>) in Fribourg. The move marks the company&#8217;s first international subsidiary and a strategic step in its expansion across Switzerland, where it serves clients in the luxury watchmaking, pharmaceutical, healthcare, and semiconductor electronics sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fribourg was selected for its position on the linguistic border between French- and German-speaking Switzerland, providing an ideal base to serve both markets. The establishment was supported by <a href=\"https:\/\/ggba.swiss\/en\/services\/\">GGBa<\/a>, which connected Meanwhile with the MIC and local stakeholders in the canton of Fribourg, alongside the Auvergne-Rh\u00f4ne-Alpes regional economic agency and Bpifrance, which provided financing and risk-coverage mechanisms to facilitate the international expansion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the video below, Meanwhile Founder and CEO Sacha Stojanovic explains the company&#8217;s decision to establish in Western Switzerland, the role played by GGBa, the Fribourg Development Agency (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.promfr.ch\/en\/\">FDA<\/a>) and the MIC ecosystem, and Meanwhile&#8217;s vision for growth in the Swiss market, including a growing collaboration with EPFL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Western Switzerland For Autonomous Mobile Robotics (Meanwhile)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EhHj4NOkoqM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With nearly 100 robots deployed across France, Switzerland, Belgium, and Italy, Meanwhile continues to expand its footprint in Western Switzerland. 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