(IN BRIEF) Swissport’s new perishable handling center at Liège Airport, fully operational from 1 August, offers a 2–8 °C airside facility for up to 40 ULDs, enhancing the company’s flower corridor and complementing its 27,000 m² cargo footprint opened in … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, Financial, Food & Beverage, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Switzerland, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged airside facility, cargo terminal, cool-chain, direct transfer, Dirk Goovaerts, Dutch flower market, eCommerce & Logistics, flower corridor, Liège Airport, partnership, perishable handling center, Saltend Chemicals Park, specialized cargo, Swissport, temperature-controlled, unit load devices, Wilfried Jans
(IN BRIEF) Basilea Pharmaceutica has initiated FORWARD‑IM, a global Phase 3 trial evaluating fosmanogepix in adults with invasive mold infections. Building on positive Phase 1 and Phase 2 results—and following the FAST‑IC Phase 3 candidemia trial—this open‑label study will randomize about 160 patients to … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Healthcare, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Pharma & Biotech, Science, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged Amplyx Pharmaceuticals, Aspergillus spp., BARDA, Basilea Pharmaceutica Ltd, broad‑spectrum antifungal, Candida auris, candidemia, Cresemba®, FAST‑IC, FDA Fast Track, FORWARD‑IM, fosmanogepix, Fusarium spp., HHS ASPR, invasive candidiasis, invasive mold infections, Lomentospora prolificans, Mucorales, orphan drug, Pfizer, phase 3 study, PSI CRO AG, QIDP, Zevtera®
(IN BRIEF) Boskalis and Allseas have formed a 50/50 consortium that will deliver CPC Corporation Taiwan’s second offshore gas pipeline, YT2, valued at approximately €1.2 billion. The project entails designing, constructing, installing and pre‑commissioning a 232 km, 36‑inch pipeline running parallel to the existing … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, Netherlands, News, Switzerland, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged 2026–2028, Allseas, backfilling, Boskalis, concrete mattresses, consortium, CPC Corporation Taiwan, energy transition, Marine Engineering, microtunnelling, northern Taiwan gas supply, offshore gas pipeline, partnership, pipelay vessels, rock installation, sustainability, Tongxiao transfer station, trenching, Yongan LNG terminal, YT2 pipeline, €1.2 billion
(IN BRIEF) Tetra Pak has been awarded EcoVadis’s highest Platinum rating, ranking it in the top 1 percent of over 130,000 evaluated companies. The accolade affirms the strength of Tetra Pak’s sustainability management across environment, labour and human rights, ethics, and procurement. Anchored … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Business, Environment, Financial, Food & Beverage, Industrial, Management, Marketing, Media, News, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged Awards, Circularity, Climate, EcoVadis, Emissions Reduction, Environment, ethics, Food Systems, Join Us in Protecting the Planet, Labour and Human Rights, Lars Holmquist, leadership, nature, Platinum medal, science‑based targets, social sustainability, Supplier Code of Conduct, sustainability, Sustainability Excellence team, sustainability management, sustainable procurement, Tetra Pak, top 1 percent, transparency, value chain
(IN BRIEF) Roche’s ongoing Phase Ib/IIa Brainshuttle™ AD study of trontinemab shows that 91 percent of participants reach amyloid PET negativity, with ARIA‑E rates under 5 percent. The company has outlined Phase III TRONTIER 1 and 2 trials in early symptomatic Alzheimer’s for 2025, plus a planned … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Healthcare, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Pharma & Biotech, Science, Security & Safety, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, amyloid plaques, amyloid‑beta monoclonal antibody, ARIA‑E, blood‑based biomarker, blood‑brain barrier, Brainshuttle, centiloids, clinical dementia rating sum of boxes, cognitive decline, diagnostics, early diagnosis, Elecsys pTau217, Levi Garraway, Matt Sause, PET negativity, Phase Ib/IIa, Phase III TRONTIER 1, Phase III TRONTIER 2, preclinical Alzheimer’s, pTau181, pTau217/Ab42 ratio, Roche, sustainability of clinical trials, TRAVELLER, trontinemab
(IN BRIEF) Stadler will deliver 132 custom high‑floor light rail vehicles and 34 intermediate modules to KVB for €700 million, beginning pre‑series arrivals in 2029 and completing full delivery by 2032. The trains can be coupled into 70 metre sets carrying up … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Switzerland, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged driver assistance, energy‑efficient air conditioning, high‑floor vehicles, hybrid wheels, intermediate modules, Jure Mikolčić, Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe, KVB, LED information screens, light rail modernisation, partnership, passenger counting analytics, Stadler, Stefanie Haaks, sustainable mobility, trainsets, universal accessibility, video‑mirror system
(IN BRIEF) Swissport has signed definitive agreements to buy ASC, expanding its ground and cargo handling footprint at London Heathrow and Gatwick. Heathrow processes most of Britain’s air freight and ranks fifth globally by passengers, while Gatwick serves 43 million … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Business, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Switzerland, Technology, Transportation & Logistics, Travel, United Kingdom
Tagged acquisition, air cargo handling, ASC, Catania, definitive transaction agreements, fifth busiest airport worldwide, ground services, Heathrow warehouses, Ignazio Coraci, Karen Cox, London Gatwick, London Heathrow, Palermo, partnership, Swissport, Swissport International, UK air freight, Warwick Brady
(IN BRIEF) MÁV’s 123 Stadler FLIRT trains have clocked over 300 million kilometres since entering service in 2007, yet they have only used about a third of their planned lifespan. Their efficient electric traction has already saved roughly €250 million … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Switzerland, Technology, Transportation & Logistics, Travel
Tagged CO2 reduction, domestic rail standards, electric traction efficiency, every second passenger, FLIRT fleet, full-service maintenance, Hungary rail transport, KISS double-decker, life cycle cost recovery, MÀV, modern rolling stock maintenance savings, partnership, passenger traffic growth, Róbert Homolya, Stadler, Stadler Trains Hungary, sustainability, sustainable rail transport, tram-train
(IN BRIEF) Kuehne+Nagel has opened a state‑of‑the‑art logistics centre in Tababela, Quito, consolidating its Ecuadorian operations and offices to improve efficiency and coordination. The site includes 2,280 m² of refrigerated storage, a 6,445 m² manoeuvring yard, 25 docks and 795 … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Switzerland, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged acquisition, air freight services, airport storage and delivery, cross-docking, customs management, decarbonisation options, Diether Bohn, FCL and LCL sea freight, international trade, Kuehne+Nagel, Kuehne+Nagel Ecuador, Master Transport, Mónica Jimenez, Panatlantic, partnership, Perishables logistics, refrigerated warehouse, supply chain management in Ecuador, sustainability, sustainable supply chain partner, Tababela Quito logistics centre
(IN BRIEF) Novartis has appointed Mukul Mehta as CFO and Executive Committee member effective March 16, 2026. He will replace long‑time CFO Harry Kirsch, who retires on March 15, 2026, after 22 years at the company. Kirsch oversaw major strategic … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Healthcare, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Pharma & Biotech, Science, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged 22-year career, Alcon spinoff, appointment, business planning and analysis, CFO appointment, digital finance, ECN, Executive Committee, focused medicines strategy, global finance leadership, GSK divestiture, Harry Kirsch, INSEAD, Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, leadership, March 16 2026, Mukul Mehta, Novartis, retirement, Roche divestiture, Sandoz spinoff, TAX, Vas Narasimhan
(IN BRIEF) Lars Sommerhäuser received SATW’s Outstanding Achievement Award at the members’ meeting for his leadership in advanced manufacturing and his role in uniting research with industrial application. As head of Empa’s Surface Science Coating Technologies team, leader of advanced manufacturing … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Business, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Science, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged additive manufacturing, advanced manufacturing, AM‑TTC Initiative, Awards, Empa, ETH Domain, Industry 4.0, Lars Sommerhäuser, leadership, members’ meeting, Outstanding Achievement Award, research network, SATW, Surface Science Coating Technologies, sustainable manufacturing, Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences, technology transfer
(IN BRIEF) ODEG and Stadler previewed a battery‑powered FLIRT Akku train on a ceremonial run from Schwerin to Parchim, ahead of a December 2027 launch under ODEG’s Westmecklenburg II contract. Fourteen units will serve both daily and seasonal regional lines, running emission‑free … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Switzerland, Technology, Transportation & Logistics, Travel
Tagged alternative rail drives, battery train, FLIRT Akku, German Federal Ministry of Transport, Jure Mikolčić, Mecklenburg‑Western Pomerania, NAH.SH, NextGenerationEU, NOW GmbH, ODEG, Parchim, partnership, Project Management Jülich, RB 13, RB 14, RB 15, RB 19, Schwerin, Stadler, Stefan Neubert, sustainability, Westmecklenburg II, zero‑emission rail
(IN BRIEF) Alpiq’s Board has confirmed Peter-Wim Gerssen, a Dutch business economist and former CEO/CFO of Shell Asset Management Company, as its new CFO. Gerssen’s appointment follows Antje Kanngiesser’s praise for his expertise in financial transformation and M&A, and succeeds … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged Alpiq Holding Ltd, Antje Kanngiesser, appointment, CFO appointment, debt reduction, energy transition, Financial Transformation, leadership, Luca Baroni, M&A strategy, Peter-Wim Gerssen, refinancing, Shell Asset Management Company, strategic growth, The Hague, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
(IN BRIEF) SGS has been named to TIME’s 2025 list of the World’s Most Sustainable Companies for the second year running, topping the Testing, Inspection, and Certification category. Selected from over 5,000 firms, the 500 honorees were judged on a … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Business, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged 97% renewable electricity, Awards, corporate governance, environmental performance, Géraldine Picaud, leadership, net zero by 2050, s&p global sustainability yearbook, SBTi, science-based targets, SGS, social performance, Statista, Strategy 27, Sustainability Ranking, testing inspection certification, TIME World’s Most Sustainable Companies
(IN BRIEF) Empa, in partnership with ETH Zurich and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, has developed a five-tier pyramid model to quantify energy supply security, addressing a longstanding gap in energy-system planning. Each tier—from self-production through complete autarky—provides quantitative indices that … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged autonomy, complete autarky, Empa, Empa Engineering Sciences, energy storage, energy supply security, energy trilemma, ETH Zurich, Georgios Mavromatidis, hydro reservoirs, iScience, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Matthias Sulzer, partnership, renewable energy, self-production, self-sufficiency, Switzerland 2050 scenario, system adequacy, thermal storage, vehicle batteries
(IN BRIEF) SIX and Banque Pictet & Cie SA have completed a pilot project tokenizing EUR- and CHF-denominated corporate bonds on the SDX platform, then allocating fractional bond holdings to Pictet Asset Management SA portfolios via their custody bank accounts. … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged asset management innovation, automated rebalancing, Banque Pictet & Cie SA, blockchain-based infrastructure, CHF-denominated, corporate bonds, David Newns, digital securities, EUR-denominated, financial inclusion, fractionalization, mutual funds, Olivier Ginguené, partnership, Pictet Asset Management, portfolio customisation, SDX, SIX, SIX SIS, tokenization
(IN BRIEF) Empa has introduced a novel 4D X-ray diagnostic that combines synchronized biplanar X-ray videos with CT-derived 3D bone models to quantify shoulder joint motion with 0.1–0.5 mm precision. This approach uncovers instabilities invisible to static imaging or skin-marker … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Healthcare, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Science, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged 4D X-ray analysis, Ameet Aiyangar, Biomechanics, biplanar radiography, clinical innovation, CT, CT 3D models, dynamic diagnosis, Empa, Inselspital Bern, joint instability, motion capture, MRI, musculoskeletal modeling, radiation-free diagnostics, Schulterinstabilität, shoulder kinematics, sitem-insel, sub-millimeter precision
(IN BRIEF) Basilea Pharmaceutica has secured an extra USD 39 million from BARDA under its Other Transaction Agreement, bringing potential non-dilutive funding to USD 268 million over 12 years. This new tranche will finance the ongoing phase 3 trial of … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Government, Healthcare, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Pharma & Biotech, Science, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged Allschwil, antibacterial, antifungal, ASPR, BAL2062, BARDA, Basilea Pharmaceutica Ltd, Cresemba®, fosmanogepix, HHS, invasive candidiasis, invasive mold infections, multidrug-resistant Candida auris, orphan drug, Other Transaction Agreement, partnership, QIDP, Switzerland, Zevtera®
(IN BRIEF) The SDG Outcomes Fund, a USD 100 million blended-finance vehicle created by UBS Optimus Foundation and Bridges Outcomes Partnerships, has achieved final close with an additional USD 18 million anchor commitment from the EIB—backed by the European Commission … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, Marketing, News, Switzerland, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged ACP Trust Fund, Ambroise Fayolle, blended finance, Bridges Outcomes Partnerships, EIB, environmental outcomes, European Investment Bank, Global Gateway, impact investment, Jozef Sikela, Leslie Maasdorp, low- and middle-income countries, Mila Lukic, outcomes-based financing, partnerships, SDG Outcomes Fund, social impact, Tom Hall, UBS Optimus Foundation
(IN BRIEF) Empa’s Soft Kinetic group and the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems have, for the first time, dissected the physics behind the thorn-covered tail scales of African scaly-tailed squirrels, revealing how these subcaudal spines deliver enhanced grip and … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Science, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged 3D scanning, African scaly-tailed squirrel, arboreal locomotion, Ardian Jusufi, autonomous drones, biomimetics, bionic robots, emergency landing mechanisms, Empa Soft Kinetic group, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, partnership, physical prototypes, rainforest biomechanics, subcaudal spines
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