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Technology still reigns at ABB

This content was published on Dec 15, 2002 A wireless assembly line robot, the first of its kind, is the latest innovation to emerge from the Swiss-Swedish firm’s technology division. ABB is one of the first companies to apply wireless technology for industrial applications. Its assembly line robot, called Robbie, is fitted with wireless sensors which communicate with a central computer using radio…

Unions merge to meet challenge of liberalisation

This content was published on Dec 14, 2002 Its boss says the new union – with 150,000 members – will be much better placed to defend workers’ interests in the face of ongoing liberalisation. Travail.Suisse formally came into being on Saturday from the merger of the Federation of Christian Unions and the Federation of Swiss Employees’ Associations. The new organisation says it will…

Light emerges at the end of new Alpine tunnel

This content was published on Dec 13, 2002 After two years of digging, miners shook hands as they met in an 8.9 kilometre stretch of the tunnel, which will eventually link the Bernese Oberland with Valais. The link-up is the first of five break-throughs that will be required to complete the 34.6 kilometre rail tunnel – called the Lötschberg – which will help…

People’s wine goes under the hammer

This content was published on Dec 13, 2002 This year’s vintage, which has been described as “exceptional”, went under the hammer last week as part of a tradition dating back almost 200 years. Lausanne has held a public auction of its wines every second Thursday in December since 1803. This year 256,000 “ready-to-be-bottled” litres of red and white were divided into 400 lots,…

Ascom chairman takes helm as CEO

This content was published on Dec 13, 2002 The company announced on Friday that Urs Fischer would be stepping down as chief executive after less than two years in the job. Ascom said that merging the two top jobs was necessary so that the pace of its restructuring “can continue to be guaranteed”. Fischer’s departure is the latest in a string of resignations…

Swiss media celebrate Euro 2008 success

This content was published on Dec 13, 2002 But Uefa’s decision has come in for criticism, especially from the Scottish and Irish press. Newspapers in Scotland and Ireland – which submitted their own joint bid – were left fuming by Uefa’s decision to hand the world’s third biggest sporting event to Austria and Switzerland. The Glasgow “Herald” didn’t mince its words, saying Scotland…

Powering ahead

This content was published on Dec 12, 2002 Recent innovations include high-power circuit breakers, new technology for making car windshields and cleaner fuel technology. One headline-grabbing technology is a micro-sensor which locates oil reservoirs by detecting micro-earthquakes. Ships from icebreakers to cruise liners are starting to install ABB’s Azipod propulsion system which has proved more efficient than conventional diesel propulsion. The company has…

Swiss stand firm on EU tax offer

This content was published on Dec 12, 2002 EU ministers – who met on Wednesday – will resume talks in the new year on a system to stem tax evasion. The EU wants Switzerland to ease banking secrecy to guarantee the taxation of EU citizens’ interest earnings held in Swiss banks. However, the Swiss finance ministry said Switzerland stood by its offer of…

Swiss farmers seek new roles

This content was published on Dec 12, 2002 The community of Eggiwil in the Emmental has launched an innovative scheme creating a partnership between urban and rural areas. The initiative links city social work departments with Emmental farming families in a project which allows children at risk to be cared for in rural communities. The project was created by Aspos, an organisation dedicated…

EU finance ministers put off tax deal to 2003

This content was published on Dec 11, 2002 They want Switzerland to ease banking secrecy to allow the taxation of EU citizens’ savings income in Swiss banks. EU finance ministers meeting in Brussels on Wednesday said they would resume talks on January 21. “It was impossible to reach a deal because some member states needed more time,” said Thor Pedersen, the Danish finance…

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