Articles

2024
CONTRINEX, XEMPERIA AND ROMAG AQUACARE WIN THE IFF 2024-2025 AWARD
INNOVATION | 18.11.2024
On Wednesday evening, the canton of Fribourg celebrated its most innovative companies at the 2024-2025 Fribourg Freiburg Innovation Award (IFF) ceremony. The IFF Enterprise Award went to Contrinex, based in Corminboeuf, while the IFF Start-up Award, decided two-thirds by public vote, was awarded to Xemperia, a spin-off from the University of Fribourg.The IFF Sustainability Award, meanwhile, recognized the innovative project by ROMAG aquacare in Düdingen. Read article
FRIBOURG OPENS THE VIRTUOUS CIRCLE OF THE BIOECONOMY
BIOECONOMY FORUM | 11.10.2024
Two hundred personalities from Switzerland, France and Germany came to Fribourg to experience the Bioeconomy Forum on October 10, 2024. The event showcased the potential of this high value-added field and lifted the veil on Fribourg's ecosystem, where universities, institutes, clusters and economic sectors are cultivating synergies at the interface between the economy and biomass valorization. Read article
LIFE SCIENCES AT THE HEART OF THE FNF 2024 AND OF AN IMPACT STUDY
CHAMPIONS OF ADDED VALUE | 04.09.2024
The 2024 edition of Fribourg Network Freiburg, the official magazine of the Fribourg Development Agency (FDA), highlights this dynamic sector, which includes pharmaceuticals, biotechnologies and medical devices. Read article
AMPLIFYING INCLUSIVITY
SONOVA COMMUNICATIONS | 04.09.2024
"We deliver the wireless technologies that are critical to Sonova's success," Laurent Saada, the Managing Director of Sonova Communications, proudly explains. In April 2021, the global leader in hearing care solutions opened one of the first carbon-neutral offices in Switzerland. Read article
AN IDEAL HOME FOR THE LIFE SCIENCES
MARLY INNOVATION CENTER | 04.09.2024
The Marly Innovation Center (MIC) is home to an impressive number of ambitious life sciences projects. With 7,000 m2 of secure fine chemicals laboratories and customized clean rooms, not to mention flexible leasing options, the MIC is attracting cutting-edge firms and energizing the Fribourg ecosystem. Read article
FROM LOCAL ROOTS TO INTERNATIONAL HEIGHTS
CORDENPHARMA | 04.09.2024
CordenPharma is the latest occupant of a landmark site for the canton of Fribourg's pharmaceutical sector. The major structural changes it has undergone over the decades have enabled the business location to substantially expand its mission and reach. Read article
“BOOSTING OUR CANTON’S CAPACITY FOR INNOVATION”
MINI-INTERVIEW | 04.09.2024
Mini-interview with Jean-Nicolas Aebischer, HEIA-FR Director. Read article
FRIBOURG: A HUB OF EXCELLENCE IN THE LIFE SCIENCES
EDITO | 04.09.2024
The canton of Fribourg has become much more agile in its ability to integrate innovative economic sectors in a way that builds on its existing strengths and is consistent with its development policy. Read article
SEWING UP THE SURGICAL KIT MARKET
RUETSCHI TECHNOLOGY | 04.09.2024
As Ruetschi Technology conclusively proves, the pairing of precision watchmaking and medical expertise is a match made in business heaven. The family-run company, which was founded in 1959 at the prompting of a watch dial manufacturer, originally produced machined components for the watchmaking, automotive and electronics industries expanded into the medical device market and stepped up its R&D activities. Read article
LIFE SCIENCES: “ANTICIPATING GLOBAL TRENDS WHILE CAPITALIZING ON OUR PROVEN STRENGTHS”
JERRY KRATTIGER | 04.09.2024
Will Fribourg soon be better known for its biotechnology and green chemistry expertise than for its chocolate and cheese fondue? If the latest developments coming out of the canton's life sciences sector are anything to go by, this might just happen. Read article