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“Made in Switzerland” wants entrepreneurs

This content was published on Nov 15, 2005 This was the message of a one-day conference in the capital Bern, devoted to Swiss manufacturing of the future, or simply put “made in Switzerland”. While industrial activity in Switzerland is flourishing at present, particularly in engineering – the leading export sector – there can be no room for complacency, experts said. Figures show that…

Merger creates biggest building company

This content was published on Nov 15, 2005 The new group, with annual turnover of SFr2.7 billion ($2.1 billion), will be called Implenia. In a joint statement released on Tuesday, the two companies said that Implenia would be the “incontestable number one” in Swiss construction, with a combined stock value of around SFr360 million and around 6,500 employees. “The most important company in…

Alpine transport ministers follow Swiss lead

This content was published on Nov 14, 2005 The ministers agreed to consider a Swiss plan to develop a transit exchange, possibly with a reservation system that would help improve the flow of goods. Representatives from France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Slovenia and Switzerland convened on Monday in Sedrun, canton Graubünden. Swiss Transport Minister Moritz Leuenberger presented the results of a study showing that…

Lobby group lampoons imported rubbish

This content was published on Nov 14, 2005 The Alpine Initiative environmental group, which handed over the prize, said that imports of waste rose by 25 per cent last year and called for a coordinated policy on the issue. The “Red Devil Stone” prize is part of the Alpine Initiative’s campaign to reduce the transport of goods by road in the Alpine region.…

Swissmetal confirms foundry closure plans

This content was published on Nov 14, 2005 The move, aimed at saving SFr5 million ($3.8 million) a year, will involve more than 40 job cuts. Employees have said they will fight the cuts. In a statement released on Monday, Swissmetal said that it intended to focus its activities in Dornach, canton Solothurn. But before it could take a definitive decision, “some clarifications”…

Altitude keeps Switzerland on top

This content was published on Nov 14, 2005 Jürg Schmid, director of Switzerland Tourism, the Swiss national tourist office, has been buoyed by a slow but steady rise in tourist arrivals over the past couple of years. Tourists spent 2.2 per cent more nights in Swiss accommodation in the first eight months of this year than they did in the same period for…

Swiss want WSIS success pushed in Tunis

This content was published on Nov 13, 2005 Furrer, who is operational head of the Swiss delegation, hopes that the successes of the first phase of the WSIS summit in Geneva will be cemented at the second phase in Tunis from November 16-18. But he warns that there are several controversial topics that will come up during the meeting in the Tunisian capital,…

Business in China has potential and pitfalls

This content was published on Nov 12, 2005 That was the message from a packed day of discussions this week at the Swiss International Business Forum in Zurich devoted to “Fascination China”. The importance of China as a trading partner was not underestimated, with keynote speeches from two of Switzerland’s seven-member cabinet – Economics Minister Joseph Deiss and Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey (see…

Last-minute negotiations aim to save summit

This content was published on Nov 11, 2005 It is hoped that an intersessional gathering in Geneva and a so-called Resumed PrepCom-3 immediately before this month’s summit in Tunis will resolve key stumbling blocks. Like the first phase of WSIS in Geneva in 2003, PrepCom-3 came to an unsatisfactory end on September 30 with serious divisions between main players and no clear solution…

Swiss offer Ukraine bridge to Europe

This content was published on Nov 11, 2005 At the Focus on Eastern Europe conference, Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey said Switzerland wants to smooth the way for Ukraine’s entry into Europe. Calmy-Rey said in this way Switzerland could contribute to the long-term stabilisation of eastern Europe. She added that Switzerland could in particular help Ukraine adapt its legislative and economic framework to…

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