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Revamping Winterthur’s former industrial site

For 150 years Swiss industrial engineering firm Sulzer produced machines in the heart of Winterthur near Zurich. Since the heavy industry has come to an end, the city has been searching new purposes for the historical site. (Michele Andina, swissinfo.ch)

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A documentary and animation filmmaker from Bern, Michele studied film at Zurich University of the Arts. He's been a swissinfo.ch video journalist since 2004 and has a special interest in developing new video formats for mobile viewing, mixing animation and documentary styles.

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