NET Nowak Energie & Technologie SA has been providing its renewable energy consulting services to clients around the world for over 25 years. What is the secret behind the longevity of the pioneering consultancy? In an interview with Fribourg Network Freiburg, Dr. Stefan Nowak, company founder, senior advisor at NET NOWAK, experimental physicist and winner of the 2017 Becquerel prize, and Anita Maric Fasel, NET Nowak's new director and environmental engineering graduate from EPFL, attribute much of the firm's success to its objectivity and the high practical value of its services. Read article

"A mix of skills is essential", Herbert Stadler, the managing director and owner of Framo, embodies his company's business philosophy. The family-run business was founded in Romont by the Franke Group in 1973 and manufactures off-the-shelf and made-to-measure bathroom vanities, cabinet systems and special fit-outs. Read article

In 2021, Scout24 Switzerland and TX Markets merged to create the SMG Swiss Marketplace Group. Previously, the companies had sites in Flamatt, Zurich, Zug and Lausanne, but from Summer 2024, their combined workforce will be based at the bluefactory innovation quarter in Fribourg. Interview with Martin Waeber, Managing Director Real Estate at SMG. Read article

Bluefactory, in the heart of the city of Fribourg, has become a symbol of urban innovation. The inauguration of building B marks a new phase in the site's development. Interview with bluefactory managing director Philippe Jemmely. Read article

The New Rail Link through the Alps (NRLA) is one of Switzerland's most impressive engineering feats in recent times. Two of the three tunnels in this huge project, Gotthard and Ceneri, are fitted with more than 3,500 control cabinets made in Fribourg by Swibox AG. Read article

The multinational company Michelin, primarily known for its tires, has set its sights on becoming a market leader in sustainable mobility. After announcing the development of a novel inflatable sail called Wing Sail Mobility (WISAMO) for 2021, the first product is currently being tested on a container ship between Spain and England. Read article

In three years, the FLEX rover, the result of an international collaboration involving the Fribourg-based company Venturi Lab will head for the Moon. Read article

Bionomous is a contraction of 'biology' and 'autonomous systems', and is the name of a start-up which builds devices that automate processes used in life science research. A few weeks after the launch of its first product, the EggSorter, in December 2022, Bionomous, which is based at Le Vivier Technology Park, announced that it had raised USD 2.7 million in funding that will allow the start-up to scale its production. Interview with Frank Bonnet, CEO and co-founder of Bionomous. Read article

The Kolly Group is a real local success story. Founded in 1979, it initially specialized in the sale and maintenance of commercial vehicles, but soon began to diversify its activities, making important inroads in the environmental technology sector thanks, among others, to its KOLLYgram weighing system. Read article

The age of artificial intelligence (AI) is upon us. While the general public is currently discovering the jaw-dropping power of ChatGPT, a bot that can provide complex and coherent answers to all types of questions in a conversational way, there are lots of AI solutions coming on stream that are causing a buzz in the business world. Read article