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It’s saved lives. It’s a present for presidents. It’s standard equipment for Space Shuttle crews and it continues to sell by the million. If anything is a real symbol of Switzerland, it must surely be the Swiss Army Knife, the little red prodigy packed with precision and quality. Swiss Radio International’s Robert Brookes reports.
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When it comes to zips, there are no flies on Switzerland’s Riri. The zipper company, which is based in Mendrisio (Men-dree-zio), canton Ticino (Tee-chee-no), has for the past few years literally been riding on the crest of a wave. Swiss Radio International’s Robert Brookes has been down to the southern part of Switzerland to find…
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By the time you’ll have heard this sentence, thousands of people around the world will have drunk a cup of Nescafé. A staggering 3,900 cups of Nescafé are drunk every second. Not only is it one of the major inventions of the twentieth century, it’s also a huge money-spinner for the Swiss multinational food giant,…
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Fabric and carpet from a company in Langenthal (Lang-en-taal), canton Bern, travel around the world every day. And some pretty influential names use products from Lantal (Lan-taal) Textiles. United States president George W. Bush sits on Lantal fabric every time he flies in Air Force One. And Queen Elizabeth walks on the company’s carpet in…
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People who read the “Dallas Morning Star” in the United States, “Le Monde” in France or La Nacion in Buenos Aires will probably have never heard of Wifag. Readers in Switzerland of the tabloid “Blick” and other daily Swiss newspapers will probably be in the dark too. But behind that name is a discreet Bern…
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The Swiss are proud of their agricultural heritage, but in a world of free trade, more and more Swiss mountain framers are finding it hard to survive. In the southern canton of Valais (vall-ay), though, a group of framers has found a novel way to make ends meet. They are members of Valplantes (val-pl-ah-nt) a…
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The word Ricola has become synonymous with a tasty lozenge or candy that is especially soothing for the throat, and often used against cough. Although now available worldwide, the product started in Switzerland. It was the idea of a Swiss banker, who invented the Ricola formula made of 13 different alpine herbs. His name was…
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