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ExhibitorsFuture ExpoWednesday and Thursday 19th & 20th November 2014

www.swiss-innovation.com

Patronage

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Harvesting fresh fish and vegetables from a roof farm? Measuring venous blood pressure with olive oil? Recy-cling tyres? What may sound improb-able to us is already possible thanks to innovative methods and technolo-gies. At the Swiss Innovation Forum’s Future Expo you will encounter these and many other novel and exclusive ideas and products, and have the opportunity to talk to the innovative minds behind them.What sparks off innovation? An idea. It may be driven by the benefit it will

bring – meeting a need, making a process more efficient or a meth-od more simple, and so bringing advances in a whole sector. Or it may be driven by a finding, the application of something new, the benefits of which are not yet known. Inventive talent alone is not enough to achieve this. An idea or an in-vention cannot be termed an innovation until it is exploited commer-cially. I am not talking about basic research. No, the innovative pro-cess involves both academia and industry. Both must work together, pooling their strengths and experience. Switzerland is a country of small and medium-sized enterprises and excellent higher education. It is not always easy to bring the two to-gether, and neither is this something which happens of its own ac-cord. However, there are many mechanisms to encourage links

Foreword

between industry and research. For example, we have set up sec-tor-specific and thematic networks in which both higher education and businesses are represented. The federal Commission for Tech-nology and Innovation, the CTI, supports these networks and so helps to encourage the vital transfer of knowledge and technology between the two.A further important initiative set up by the CTI and aimed at SMEs in particular are the so-called innovation mentors, experts who advise entrepreneurs on the various funding options in Switzerland, help to set up projects and put companies in contact with the right research partners.However, successful innovation not only results in a product or pro-cess which is ready for the market. No, it may even lead to the crea-tion of a start-up company. Young innovative minds in particular often take the bold step of setting up on their own. The CTI provides them with support in the form of coaching programmes and expertise.At Future Expo you will meet some of these promising start-ups. You can look forward to some exciting and inspiring conversations and to being enthused with both the inventive and the entrepreneurial spirit.

Walter Steinlin, CTI President

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MEDIA

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12 eSMART

9 Swisspower

33 IONIGHT

15 WRF

35 Amag STA Finalists

16 i-net

32 Swissmem

31 CBP

29 Eversys

17 Aargau Services

18 PSI 19 EMPA

20 ETH

30 Skycell

24 Creoptix

23 Zühlke

28 Tyre Recycling 25 Qipp

27 Urban Farmers 26 Veinpress

34 Quo AG

11 Swisscom iO 10 Glas Trösch

7 ZhdK

13 Skybotix 14 Domo Safety 36 Schweiz Tourismus

5 HSLU T+A

8 HSLU D+K 6 Swissnex

3 EUREKA CDN/ZA/KR

1 EUREKA Award

4 EUREKA Info+DFRC 2 EUREKA Cluster

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Round-table

22 Atizo

21 csem

KTI

Swisspower

MeetingPoint

Swisscom

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Overview

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Stand Exhibitor Page

01 EUREKA Award Finalist: EMSAT 6

01 EUREKA Award Finalist: HIPERMED 7

01 EUREKA Award Finalist: LRF 8

02 EUREKA Clusters 9

03Associated EUREKA member states: South Korea, Canada, South Africa

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04 EUREKA 11

04 DFRC AG 12

05 Lucerne School of Engineering and Architecture 13

06 swissnex 14

07 Zurich University of the Arts 15

08 Lucerne School of Art & Design 16

09 Swisspower Energy AG 17

10 Glas Trösch AG 18

11 Swisscom Ltd 19

12 eSMART 20

13 Skybotix AG 21

14 DomoSafety AG 22

15 Freiburg Area Economic Developement 23

16 i-net innovation networks switzerland 24

Exhibitors

Stand Exhibitor Page

17 Aargau Services Economic Promotion 25

18 Paul Scherrer Institut PSI 26

19 Empa 27

20 ETH Zurich 28

21 CSEM SA 29

22 ATIZO 360° 30

23 Zühlke 31

24 Creoptix AG 32

25 qipp ag 33

26 VeinPress GmbH 34

27 UrbanFarmers AG 35

28 Tyre Recycling Solutions SA 36

29 Eversys AG 37

30 SkyCell Ltd. 38

31 China Business Platform 39

32 Swissmem 40

33 IONIGHT AG 41

34 QUO AG 42

35 AMAG 43

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Exhibitor profileName Enhanced Monitoring and Simulation Assisted Tunneling

Employees 19 collaborators were involved in the project

Products EMSAT-cut: system for monitoring disc cutting forces of a tunnel boring machine EMSAT-sim: system for the calculation of finite-element tunnel simulations EMSAT-inf: information system and webservice for managing tunneling data

Enhanced Monitoring and Simulation Assisted TunnelingStand: 01

www.geodata.comwww.subsurface.atwww.sd.rub.de

EUREKA Award 2014: Nominee in category Innovators of Tomorrow Eurostars project EMSAT

In the project EMSAT, the Austrian company Geodata and its university partners Montanuniversität Leoben (AT) and Ruhr-Universität Bochum (DE) have developed an integrated tunnel monitoring, simulation and in-formation system. It consists of three interlinked modules: 1. EMSAT-cut: a realtime measurement system consisting of sensors and devices used to monitor the individual forces acting on excavation tools of a tunnel boring machine. 2. EMSAT-sim: a processing system consisting of computer hard- and software components used to calculate finite-element tunnel simulations rapidly and automatically. 3. EMSAT-inf: an information system used for management, visualization and analysis of tunneling data and for connecting all EMSAT-modules. EMSAT provides continuous prognoses (e.g. of the expected ground de-formation) right during tunnel excavation. The prognoses are based on input data that are live-recorded on site and transferred directly from the tunnel boring machine to a remote data processing center via the Inter-net. Offered as a webservice, EMSAT helps avoiding tunneling risks such as collapses or critical deformation.

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EUREKA Award 2014: Nominee in category Added-Value:EUREKA Pro Factory project HIPERMED

First CELTIC cross-domain project including partners from ICT/e-health from definition-to-validation that designed/implemented a common OPEN HIgh PERformance teleMEDicine platform based on a unified-Service- Oriented-Architecture providing media/control services over IP allowing to offer high performance/low cost professional telemedicine services and reuse in-home infrastructure (professional to Patient Scenarios) mini-mizing deployment costs.

Tested in 5 Professional Scenarios and 5 Professional-to-Patient Scenar-ios with a common validation methodology involving 42 internal actors (6 doctors) 69 external final users (40 Professors/Doctors, 14 Interns, 11 Patients, 4 Technicians) in 5 European Health Care Systems.

HIPERMED has proved to be a stable and reliable solution helping doc-tors to perform remote consultation between a Reference Hospital and a Doctor/Clinic/Hospital needing support reducing medical emergency costs and easing non-transferred patients follow up.

HIPERMED has developed 8 new products and improved 8 existing prod-ucts being deployed in Spain, France, Poland, Sweden and Turkey.

Exhibitor profileName HIPERMED HIgh PERformance teleMEDicine platform

Employees 20

Products Videoconference Solution for e-learning and remote consultation Remote monitoring sensor systems e-health support systems

HIPERMED HIgh PERformance teleMEDicine platformStand: 01

www.hipermed.orgwww.merkum.es

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EUREKA Award 2014: Nominee in category Competitiveness:EUREKA Pro Factory project LRF

The benefit of the international cooperation between AUDI AG & FlexProp was a development of ultralight roof fixture. Reducing the weight then gave us the chance of replacing the existing concept (Massive transfer System) with a robot handling concept.

Being able to develop a Robot based concept resulted in the following benefits:

■ Investment reduction of 30%■ Energy reduction of 40%■ Potential shop floor space reduction up to 60%

Additionally, we achieved increased flexibility with new model integra-tions, increased capacity for new model derivatives and a simplified com-missioning process.

The innovation developed during this project has created a standard de-sign that is just in use in the Volkswagen Group, incl. AUDI AG.

As a result the solution has been implemented around the world in the automotive-bodyshops of the Volkswagen Group.

Exhibitor profileName Light weight design for high precision laser

welding fixtures in bodyshop

Employees AUDI AG: 4 members FlexProp: 5 members

Products AUDI AG: Sporty, progessive and sophisticated vehicles FlexProp: High performance light weight equipment

Light weight design for high precision laser welding fixtures in bodyshopStand: 01

www.audi.comwww.flexprop.se

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EUREKA Clusters, essential instruments for European competitiveness

EUREKA Clusters are strategic initiatives proposed and led by industry, developing innovative technologies of key importance for European com-petitiveness. They facilitate R&D and innovation projects on the basis of a broad industrial participation spanning large industry and SMEs as well as research institutions and other public or private organisations.

EUREKA Clusters are a EUREKA success story. They feature a high indus-trial participation, with an increasing level of SME participation (30% – 50%). The success of the Clusters is due to their flexibility, enabling com-panies to share their pre-competitive R&D and innovation efforts through international cooperation. Member countries choosing to support a com-pany in their country have the opportunity to align this support with their national priorities.

EUREKA Clusters clearly reflect synergies where European industry, re-search and collaboration interests, innovation capacity and national fund-ing opportunities meet.

Clusters are part of EUREKA and contribute to its major objective: to coor-dinate and foster private and public investment in cooperative industrial R&D&I in Europe, towards a sustainable European competitiveness.

Exhibitor profileName EUREKA Cluster

Foundation 1987, creation of JESSI: first EUREKA strategic initiative

Direction Rotating annual Inter-Cluster Committee

EUREKA Clusters: ACQUEAU, CATRENE, CELTIC Plus, EURIPIDES², EUROGIA 2020, ITEA3 Stand: 02

www.eurekanetwork.org/programmes/clusters

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Associated EUREKA member states: South Korea, Canada and South Africa

Since 2009 the EUREKA initiative is closely cooperating with selected non-European countries by providing them the status of an associated EU-REKA member. This opens the pathway for cooperative and market-ori-ented projects between at least one partner from an associated EUREKA member state and one partner of a European EUREKA member state. South Korea was associated to EUREKA in 2009. Project activities in the framework of EUREKA are funded and coordinated by the Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology, KIAT. Canada was associated to EUREKA in 2012. Project activities in the frame-work of EUREKA are funded and coordinated by the National Research Council, NRC. South Africa was associated to EUREKA in 2014. Project activities in the framework of EUREKA are funded and coordinated by the Department of Science and Technology, DST. The associated EUREKA countries display their national innovation prior-ities and cooperation opportunities.

Associated EUREKA member states: South Korea, Canada, South AfricaStand: 03

www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca

www.dst.gov.za

www.kiat.or.kr

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EUREKA

EUREKA is an intergovernmental organisation supporting transnational market-driven R&D. Its mission is to stimulate growth and job creation by supporting the internationalisation of businesses with innovative ideas. This mission is achieved through the international coordination of the over 40 national innovation programmes in the EUREKA Network.

EUREKA offers support to companies, research centres and universities, enabling them to develop innovative products/services. Over €30 billion of public-private investment has been mobilied to support 5,500 projects. Following a bottom-up approach with projects in any technological area with a civilian purpose, EUREKA has been a driving force for innovation in Europe.

EUREKA supports R&D with 4 complementary instruments: 1. EUREKA projects: involving at least two participants from the network; 2. Eurostars: first European joint programme dedicated to research-performing SMEs; 3. Clusters: long-term strategically significant projects involving large companies that develop generic technologies: 4. Umbrellas: national, the-matic networks which focus on assistance for project generation.

Exhibitor profileName EUREKA

Foundation 1985

Direction EUREKA Member States

Products EUREKA supports innovative, bottom-up, market-oriented and transnational R&D projects with 4 instruments: EUREKA projects, Eurostars, Clusters and Umbrellas.

EUREKAStand: 04

www.eurekanetwork.org

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CityFlow – Wide-scale intelligence based on people’s movements in cities and premises

To help your customers, you need to know them. Whether you are a city, an agency or a shopping centre, information about how the target popula-tion moves and behaves is essential to design your services.

CityFlow is an intelligence system that passively collects anonymous data about people movements in a city or premises: footfall, stays’ duration, origin, distribution map and mobility patterns. Its innovation is the use of combined location-based technologies, which allows accuracy at an af-fordable price without intrusion in customers’ mobile devices. No corre-lation between device and person is required, perfectly privacy-compli-ant. The system offers web-based monitoring tools and implies adaptive deployments to fulfil customers’ requirements (location accuracy, wide coverage, type of analytics). Results consist in analytics about people’s behaviour on a city-wide scale in order to give municipalities, malls and advertisers the opportunity to improve services for their customers: tour-ists’ assistance, traffic guidance, promotions based on customers’ prefer-ences. CityFlow (E! 7439) is co-funded by the State Secretariat for Educa-tion, Research and Innovation and the European Union.

Exhibitor profileName DFRC AG

Foundation 2006

Direction Erel Rosenberg, Director

Employees 12

Products CityFlow is an intelligence system that passively collects anonymous data on people movements, building behav-ioural figures on city-wide scale. Devoid of personal data, it helps to create tailored community and marketing services.

DFRc

DFRC AGStand: 04

www.dfrc.ch

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iWalkActive – An Active Walker for Active People

iWalkActive is a new rollator system that greatly enhances the possibili-ties to stay active outdoors. With its integrated services it greatly improves the user’s mobility in an enjoyable and motivating way.

An existing outdoor walker – the Veloped – is extended with an efficient and powerful electric motor-drive, and state-of-the-art ICT technology for navigation and activity oriented assistive services. The motor-drive offers intuitive assistance. It also controls the speed in order to prevent the walk-er from rolling away.

In the near future the demand for better and more competent rollators will increase dramatically – and iWalkActive will be the premium choice. iWalkActive will be available through mobility dealers, bicycle and out-door retailers, healthcare businesses, user organisations and sport-, well-ness and tourist resorts/hotels, both through purchase, part-payment as well as different rental solutions.

iWalkActive is a European Research Project funded by the AAL Joint Pro-gramme. It is coordinated by the Center of Excellence for Embedded Systems Applied Research CEESAR of the Lucerne School of Engineering and Architecture.

Exhibitor profileName Lucerne School of Engineering and Architecture,

CEESAR – iHomeLab

Foundation 2004

Direction Prof. Alexander Klapproth

Employees 24

Products The Lucerne School of Engineering and Architecture works on two metathematic research focuses: ‘Building as a System’ and ‘Intelligent Solutions for the Energy Turnaround’.

Lucerne School of Engineering and Architecture, CEESAR – iHomeLabStand: 05

www.hslu.ch/ceesarwww.ihomelab.ch

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Connecting the world and Switzerland in science, education, art & innovation

swissnex is a network with nodes in the world’s most innovative hubs, where the future is being shaped. Together with science and technology counselors based in Swiss embassies around the world, swissnex takes an active role in strengthening Switzerland’s leadership as a world-class location for science, education, and innovation.

The swissnex Network is composed by swissnex Boston, with an outpost in New York City, swissnex San Francisco, swissnex Singapore, swissnex China, with an outpost in Guangzhou, swissnex India, and swissnex Brazil with an outpost in Sao Paolo.

Activities of the swissnex Network range from monitoring and reporting developments in science and innovation policy in the host regions to es-tablishing and maintaining contacts within the local administration, uni-versities, research institutes and the private sector. Events, Fact Finding missions, Technology Scouting are just a few examples of the instruments that swissnex uses to foster a culture of exchange and bring back to Swit-zerland the best that each region has to offer.

Exhibitor profileName swissnex

Foundation 2000

Direction State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI)

Employees >50

Products swissnex provides to businesses: Customized Events; Fact finding missions; Targeted Introductions; Independent Analysis; Technology Scouting; Workshops; Informational Meetings and Trend-scouting, Market Entry Camps.

swissnexStand: 06

www.swissnex.org

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ZHdK Serious Game Design IMIC – Innovative Movement-Therapies in Childhood

“IMIC” is a translational research and development project with the aim of creating a motivating locomotion rehabilitation setting for children with neurological disorders and cognitive limitations in an interdisciplinary context. The project focuses on the expansion of pediatric robot-assisted rehabilitation of lower and upper extremities, which is achieved through the flexible connection of specifically designed RehabGame scenarios to therapy devices. Beside clinical research questions addressing the im-pact of the developments, “IMIC” focuses on design aspects and techno-logical research and development: Which gameconceptual, audio-visual and technological features must a RehabGame provide in order to max-imally motivate young patients in their active participation in therapy as well as to support the therapists?

The project’s key development, the middleware “RehabConnex”, allows the combination of several therapy robots or input devices to the “IMIC”- RehabGames. The potential of Serious and Applied Games only starts to be recognized. There is a wide array of other possible fields of application besides med-icine, including health care, education, human resources and advertise-ment

Exhibitor profileName Zurich University of the Arts,

Specialization in Game Design / Serious Games Research

Foundation 2004

Direction Head: Prof. Ulrich Götz; IMIC Research Team: Prof. Ulrich Götz, René Bauer, Anna-Lisa Martin, Ralf Mauerhofer, Mischa Geiser, Sarah Celebioglu, Daniel Hug

Employees 19

Products Within “IMIC”, ZHdK Serious Game Design developed the therapeutical videogames “Gabarello v. 2.0”, “Magic Castle” (WT) and “Torlino”, as well as the central middleware “Re-habConnex” to connect games with therapeutical devices.

Zurich University of the Arts, Specialization in Game Design / Serious Games ResearchStand: 07

http://gamedesign.zhdk.ch

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e-broidery® Illuminating Textiles

e-broidery® is the name given to these light textiles, which were de-veloped under the auspices of a research project and brought to be launched on the market. These innovative materials are designed to meet both decorative and functional needs. They are equipped with electronic components, which have been incorporated in the various textile surfac-es using embroidery techniques. The Lucerne University has researched the aesthetic possibilities of integrating light into the textiles within sev-eral experiments. Our partner Forster Rohner Textile Innovations has it proved possible to realise e-broidery®-technology in such a way that the textiles retain such properties as softness to touch, washability and ease of folding. Concrete application examples, like the curtain collection eLu-mino of Création Baumann illustrate the design possibilities which can be achieved through the use of e-broidery® in the areas of interior design and fashion. The project was funded by the CTI under the initiative “Starker Franken”.

Exhibitor profileName Lucerne School of Art & Design,

CC Products & Textiles

Foundation 2007

Direction Prof. Dr. Andrea Weber Marin & Isabel Rosa Müggler

Employees 7

Products The CC Products & Textiles focusses on applied Design Research in Textiles envisioning novel textile aesthetics, innovative textile products & processes and material research.

Lucerne School of Art & Design, CC Products & Textiles Stand: 08

www.hslu.ch/design-kunst

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Swisspower Energy AG – comprehensive and innovative energy solutions

The goal of converting existing energy systems is being actively pursued. As a leading provider of comprehensive energy solutions throughout Switzerland, Swisspower is supporting its utility partners in their commit-ment to this cause, jointly spearheading the energy revolution. The flag-ship projects presented at the Future Expo offer a glimpse into the range of innovative measures from Swisspower partners with the aim of inspir-ing similar projects. Swisspower and its partners believe that a new era in energy is financeable and feasible. smartflower™ from IBAarau Elektro AG answers the question of whether it is possible to create more efficient and simpler photovoltaic solutions for the domestic sector than in the past. The goal was to create a system that is easy to set up, connect and start up – just like any household device – while being mobile and able to supply sufficient power for an average household. The smartflower™ SF32 is the world’s first mobile, all-in-one plug-and-play solar power plant, featuring an exceptional, timeless de-sign and intelligent high-end technology.

Exhibitor profileName Swisspower Energy AG

Foundation 2000

Direction Fredi Keller, CEO

Employees 32

Products Electricity products, renewable energy, energy services, multi-energy billing

Swisspower Energy AGStand: 09

www.swisspower-energy.ch

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The wireless light source in the glass

The integration of organic light-emitting diodes (OLED) in laminated glass combines the advantages of new lighting technology with the ele-gance of the transparent material glass. The visual highlight of the materi-al combination is provided by the wireless supply of current to the OLED light module. This is made possible by a sophisticated new technology: the specially processed glass conducts the current and can also be provi-ded with multiple circuits to suit specific application needs.Elegant appearance, enduring qualities, almost no heat emission, out-standing colour rendition – OLEDs combine all these characteristics and more besides in laminated glass, thereby opening up new opportunities for use as a light-emitting architectural and design element. The potential areas of application include:

■ Display cabinet design, especially for foods and for exhibits which are sensitive to heat/UV

■ Furniture and lighting

■ Pavement lighting

■ Home lighting

■ Refrigerated spaces

Exhibitor profileName Glas Trösch AG

Foundation 1905

Direction Erich Trösch, CEO

Employees 5’100

Products Insulating glass, monolithic safety glass, laminated safety glass, fire protection glass, automotiv glass, train glazing, aircraft glazing, anti-reflective and mirrored glass, interior glass systems, glass furniture

Glas Trösch AGStand: 10

www.glastroesch.ch

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iO App

Whether in Switzerland or anywhere in the world with iO you can phone, chat, send pictures or videos and much more. You can make free calls to all Swiss numbers even from abroad. Your privacy is protected, thanks to secure data storage on Swisscom servers in Switzerland. A single app for all your communications

■ Free for everyone worldwide■ Free phoning and texting to other iO users ■ Invite up to 50 friends to a group chat■ Sharing of pictures, videos, locations, contacts and more

with other iO users

Make “iO Out” calls free of charge

■ Call practically any number in Switzerland, Europe, Canada or the United States

■ Texting to all of your worldwide contacts who don’t yet have iO

Call Switzerland free of charge

■ Unlimited phone calls to the Swiss fixed and mobile network – even from abroad

■ You can use mobile data or WLAN networks worldwide

Exhibitor profileName Swisscom Ltd

Foundation 1998

Direction Urs Schaeppi

Employees over 20’000

Products Swisscom offers mobile communications, fixed networks, Internet and digital TV to corporate and residential customers. Swisscom is also one of Swizerland’s largest providers of IT services.

Swisscom LtdStand: 11

www.io.swisscom.ch

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Comfort, security and energy efficiency in your home!

Our range of eSMART “all-in-one” intelligent solutions allows you to man-age your house or apartment. Easy to install and simply to use, eSMART helps you to reduce your energy consumption. Connected via touchscreen or smartphone, eSMART enables you to man-age your energy consumption and control your home. All the technology goes on behind the sockets and easy to install mod-ules! The eSMART system includes a touchscreen and small modules. It can be easily installed in existing houses and apartments during renovation or included in new building projects.

Exhibitor profileName eSMART

Foundation 2011

Direction Dr. Fabrizio Lo Conte (CEO) Dr. Laurent Fabre (COO) Eng. Jérome Ramelet (CSO)

Employees 10

Products eSMART is like a car dashboard designed for your home. It allows you to see what’s happening, manage everything in just one click and enjoy being in control.

eSMARTStand: 12

www.myesmart.com

Winner Swisscom StartUp Challenge 2014

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Navigation solutions for micro-helicopters to inspect & survey industrial structures

Operators of current unmanned micro-helicopters rely on GPS position-ing in order to safely control such a platform. However, GPS technology is only accurate up to 5 meters and becomes unavailable indoors or in proximity of structures of interest. Skybotix provides visual navigation technology that replaces GPS posi-tioning by much more accurate, camera-based positioning. Skybotix mul-ti-camera sensors allow industrial-grade and very accurate visual odom-etry and 3D reconstruction in unstructured in- and outdoor environments without active measurements.The map created of the environment is used for automatic collision avoid-ance and to improve the user-interaction.Using visual data for navigation allows to safely operate aerial platforms indoors, over long distances and in cluttered and confined environments. In result, points of interest can be approached closer, faster and automat-ically without the risk of a crash.In addition, Skybotix uses the visual data to improve the data acquisition workflow. A live 3D representation of the environment helps operators in terms of orientation, flight planning and data management.

Exhibitor profileName Skybotix AG

Foundation 2009

Direction Simon Dössegger & Sammy Omari

Employees 5

Products Small and light-weight multi-camera sensor system for micro-helicopters Navigation software for robust and map-based high-level control & automatic collision avoidance Real-time mapping and visualization software

Skybotix AGStand: 13

www.skybotix.com

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The technical assistance system DomoCare® sets new standards

There are more than 7 million seniors in Western Europe in need of do-mestic and medical care. This population is growing at a rate of 3%, lead-ing to increased costs for social security systems. In Switzerland alone, more than 200’000 elderly people are requiring Home Care assistance and are affiliated to a Home Care organization. They all could benefit from DOMOSAFETY’s solution. DOMOSAFETY’s intelligent care system learns the daily routines of the resident through wireless sensors placed strategically around the home. The information captured from the sensors is analyzed and compared to a uniquely created profile of the resident; as a result, system detects sit-uations outside of what is considered ‘normal’ or baseline and identifies potential risks that could lead to increased fragility and loss of mobility, as well as domestic incidents such as flood and fire. It provides the family and care givers a simplified visual interface accessible using mobile de-vices such as smart phones.

Exhibitor profileName DomoSafety AG

Foundation 2009

Direction Edouard Goupy

Employees 14

Products DomoSecurity DomoSafety DomoCare®

DomoSafety AGStand: 14

www.domo-safety.com

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Location Advantages in Southwest Germany

The Freiburg im Breisgau region’s main location advantage in compar-ison to the global competition is the combination of education, science, research and development with an outstanding environment and quality of life. The University of Freiburg regularly earns top positions in every German higher education and research ranking. With five Fraunhofer In-stitutes, Freiburg is a “hotspot” for application-oriented, industry-related research and development. The region on the three-country border between Germany, France, and Switzerland is one of the fastest growing regions in Germany, which is reflected in the 30% increase in the number of employees and the 25% growth in population in the last 25 years. The Freiburg Region presents the following innovations:Telocate: An alternative to GPS in buildings. Due to the acoustic ranging approach and novel “self-calibrating” algorithms, the localization system is more precise and easier to use than similar systems based on Wi-Fi or Bluetooth.Black Photon Instruments – Sunscanner: Manufacturer of high quality measurment equipment for solar radiation measurements. A leading sup-plier for solar power plants, project developers and meteorological sta-tions.

Exhibitor profileName Freiburg Area Economic Developement

Foundation 1994

Direction Dr. Bernd Dallmann

Employees 4

Products Site development, entrepreneur consultation, site evaluation New location, relocation, and expansion support Site marketing / commercial space management Promotion of innovation and technology

Freiburg Area Economic DevelopementStand: 15

www.wrf-freiburg.de

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Printed and organic electronics – Technologies with potential

i-net innovation networks shows the status quo of printed and organic electronics with different applications from participants of the i-net Tech-nology Circle, which is supported by CSEM. In the Technology Circles of i-net Cleantech, trendsetting ideas can be discussed with expert repre-sentatives of technology companies and research institutions in order to develop new products and solutions.

Essentially, printed and organic electronics are made using a highly pre-cice printing process which allows the application of different materials in several steps with a thickness on the order of 10 to 100 nanometers. This results in micrometer to millimeter thick electronic components, which can be integrated for the production of displays, sensors or other systems.

The main advantages are the various design possibilities of the printed products, their flexibility, transparency, light weight, potentially lower en-vironmental impact during manufacturing, operation and disposal, ease of integration in large-scale objects, as well as the (long-term) potential of reducing the production costs on large areas.

Exhibitor profileName i-net innovation networks switzerland

Foundation 2012

Direction Dr. Christof Klöpper

Employees 10

Products Promoting innovation in Northwestern Switzerland i-net offers companies and entrepreneurs advisory services as well as a wide range of opportunities to network and foster knowledge and technology transfer.

i-net innovation networks switzerlandStand: 16

www.i-net.ch

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Innovation in Aargau

The canton of Aargau offers an excellent environment to bring innovations to the market. With its programms Hightech Aargau and PARK innovAARE Aargau supports knowledge and technology transfer. The economic pro-motion agency presents you two start-up companies founded in Aargau.

Waterjet Suspension Technology is a novel and patented process to pro-duce in a highly efficient manner an abrasive waterjet to clean or machine technical components.The unique efficiency and controllability is based on a simple principle: Carrier medium und additive media is mixed at ambient pressure and subsequently pumped to the working pressure. The resulting abrasive waterjet can be used for a wide range of applications.

EULITHA has developed a breakthrough photo-lithography technolo-gy called PHABLE for low-cost printing of nano-patterns on the surfaces of photon devices. PHABLE system increases the resolution available in such a tool from about 2 microns down to about 100 nanometers. Appli-cations are diverse, including production of light extraction substrates for LEDs, polarizers for LCD screens and light absorbing structures on pho-tovoltaic panels.

Exhibitor profileName Waterjet Technologies AG

Foundation 2007

Direction Philipp Roth

Employees 6

Products Machining, surface treatment and cutting of technical materials with water jets.

Exhibitor profileName Eulitha AG

Foundation 2006

Direction Harun Solak, Jens Gobrecht, André C. Wohlgemuth

Employees n.a.

Products PhableR 100: photo- lithography tool for Nano-patterned LED-wafers

Aargau Services Economic PromotionStand: 17

www.waterjet- technologies.ch www.eulitha.com

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PSI: Accelerating MedTech Latest Developments and Future Prospects

Skills and Products for Diagnostic and Medical TreatmentRadiopharmaceuticals provide a significant diagnostic tool and therapeu-tic remedy for various types of cancer today. PSI’s experts – in collabora-tion with several Swiss stakeholders – are developing a concept to build the first Swiss Center for Radionuclide Medicine.

Skills and Solutions for Drug DevelopmentPSI offers a unique combination of specialists, expertise, know-how, facil-ities & infrastructure that will enable us to significantly speed up the time needed to identify promising lead compounds for various pharmaceuti-cal applications.

Skills and Solutions for ImagingX-ray imaging detects the radiation that passes through an object. The Differential Phase Contrast X-ray technology developed at PSI displays, also the quality (phase) of the light transmitted. We are actively exploring the potential and marketability of this technology for medical and other applications.

Skills and Infrastructures for TherapyCompared to other methods, proton beams release their energy in a very precise manner protecting surrounding tissues. Together with an industrial partner, PSI strives to further advance 4D motion management.

Exhibitor profileName Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI)

Foundation 1988

Direction Prof. Dr. Joël Mesot (Director)

Employees 1900

Products Large research facilities, research projects with industrial partners, R&D services

Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI)Stand: 18

www.psi.ch

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Empa – The Place where Innovation Starts: Portable Gas Sensor for Mobile Applications

Trace gas analysis is of great importance in a wide range of applications such as industrial process control and human breath analysis for non-in-vasive diagnostics. Furthermore, many trace gases impact our environ-ment and need permanent monitoring. A portable MIR spectrometer was developed based on direct absorption laser spectroscopy. Miniaturiza-tion of the building blocks and consideration of power dissipation led to a high-sensitivity sensor no larger than an A3 sheet of paper. The sen-sor can be packed to withstand harsh weather conditions, and it is fully field-deployable. Its small footprint and robust construction make the de-vice highly suitable for mobile applications.

Empa’s research activities link applications-oriented research to imple-mentation of new ideas in the areas of nanostructured, “smart” materials and surfaces, environmental, energy, and sustainable building technolo-gies as well as biotechnology and medical technology. Through an effi-cient technology transfer Empa is capable of providing its partners with services and solutions that not only enhance their innovative edge and competitiveness, but also help to improve the quality of life for the public at large.

Exhibitor profileName Empa

Foundation 1880

Direction Prof. Dr. Gian-Luca Bona

Employees 960

Products Research Technology Transfer Services, Consulting and Expertise Knowledge Transfer and Advanced Training

EmpaStand: 19

www.empa.ch

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Eye Contact for Video Conferencing

In order to realistically imitate real-world patterns in virtual communica-tion, it is critical that eye contact is preserved. Unfortunately, conventional hardware setups for consumer video conferencing inherently prevent this. During a session we tend to look at the face of the person talking, ren-dered in a window within the display, instead of facing the camera, typi-cally located at the top or bottom of the screen. Therefore it is not possible to have eye contact. “CatchEye” is a gaze correction system that allows users to have eye con-tact during video conferencing. It runs in real-time on average consumer hardware and preserves both the integrity and expressiveness of the face as well as the fidelity of the scene as a whole. The main component of “CatchEye” is a face replacement algorithm that synthesizes a novel view of the user’s face in which the gaze is correct and seamlessly transfers it into the original color image. In the output video stream the user is now directly facing his communication partner when looking at the video con-ferencing window.

Exhibitor profileName ETH Zurich

Foundation 1855

Direction Prof. Dr. Ralph Eichler, Präsident

Employees 7’900 employees and 18’200 students

Products Research and education in the fields of engineering, architecture, mathematics, natural sciences, system- oriented sciences as well as management- and social sciences.

ETH ZurichStand: 20

www.ethz.ch

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Technologies that make the difference

Upcoming connected devices are the common denominator of the inter-disciplinary interaction of smart sensors, communication as well as ad-vanced algorithmic processing.

The cases of innovating products proposed during Swiss Innovation Fo-rum are examples of such integration. In the case of Sensecore, wearable systems for medical applications are based upon two smart electrodes, connected with a single wire integrated in the textile. The careful integra-tion of textiles and electrodes allow for a desirable design of the shirt with the functionality of physiological parameter monitoring.

In Weartech, the sensing devices are textile fibers, eg. conductive or pi-ezoresistive, embroidered in tissue allowing measurements like breath (eg. extension of the thorax) or pulse. Beyond lifestyle management, these tools can be used for medical applications, for instance a quasi-quantita-tive monitoring of patients with psychological problems.

Optical measurements, performed from a wrist device, allow the monitor-ing of pulse. Artefact correction algorithms in the new product PulseOn allow monitoring the pulse rate continuously and, more importantly, relia-bly, without a chest belt.

Exhibitor profileName CSEM SA

Foundation 1984

Direction Mario El-Khoury, CEO

Employees 450

Products The smart watches trend joins CSEM’s core business since its origins in the watch industry: we develop smart, miniaturized, ultra-low consumption devices for our industrial customers.

CSEM SAStand: 21

www.csem.ch

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Rivella launches new fruity product varieties with the help of consumers and Rivella fans

The story behind Rivella Peach and Rivella Rhubarb is at least as innova-tive as the combination of the fruity aromas and Rivella. In a two year pro-cess which included idea generation, naming and launching, consumers and Rivella fans were involved throughout. On the idea platform atizo.com the online community has generated over 800 different new Rivella vari-ties. “We benefit from innovative platforms like atizo.com. They are very valuable to launch a dialogue with our target group” says Silvan Brauen, Group Brand Manager Rivella.

Both new Rivella CLIQ products are based on the typical Rivella-taste and are combined with fruit aromas to create a unique sensation of taste. Thanks to its fruity taste profile the new Rivella varieties are connected to the active joie de vivre and a tasty thirst quencher.

Rivella Peach and Rivella Rhubarb have been available in your Swiss supermarket since May 2014.

Exhibitor profileName ATIZO 360°

Foundation 2014

Direction Adrian Gerber

Employees 6

Products Innovation projects, revitalization of idea management, trend scout network, workshop with experts, branding project, business model workshop, product sweepstake, qualitive customer and consumer interviews

ATIZO 360°Stand: 22

www.atizo360.com

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Zühlke. Empowering Ideas.

A powerful idea can become a phenomenon if it is delivered on time. As an independent partner, we work with you to take your ideas to market and help your business achieve success. We take your requirements and apply our knowledge and practical experience in three interconnected areas: product and software engineering, management consulting and start-up financing for your business benefit. Zühlke provides added value as a result of the experience gained through more than 8’000 successful international projects, as well as continued investment in business and technology knowledge and understanding. Founded in 1968, the Zühlke Group today has local teams in Austria, Germany, Serbia, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. In 2013, Zühlke generated CHF 105 million in revenue, employing more than 630 staff.

Exhibitor profileName Zühlke

Foundation 1968

Direction The Zühlke Group is owned by partners

Employees 630

Products Product and Software Engineering, Management Consulting, Start-up financing

ZühlkeStand: 23

www.zuehlke.com

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Creoptix™ WAVE: High-Sensitivity for Drug Discovery

Drugs work by binding to molecules in the patient’s body, the so-called drug targets. The thorough and accurate analysis and characterization of such interaction between a drug and its drug target has therefore be-come of utmost importance. This especially as modern drug discovery approaches but also regulatory requirements ask for more and better quality data than ever before.

Based on Swiss innovation, Creoptix™ WAVE provides a solution for this need by best-in-class sensitivity and highest resolution in the analysis of drug-drug target interaction. Thanks to the WAVE, waveguide interfero-metry, the intrinsically most sensitive principle for optical sensors, can now be implemented in a commercially available system for a broad user base. As further benefit, a smart integration of sensor and microfluidics on a disposable chip reduce costs and down time for maintenance by providing clean microfluidics for every test.

Proprietary software offering control and evaluation in one tool, wizards, full flexibility and open access to raw data provide user-friendliness for beginners as well as sophisticated users.

Exhibitor profileName Creoptix AG

Foundation 2009

Direction Matyas Vegh, CEO Kaspar Cottier, CTO, Founder

Employees 4

Products Creoptix™ WAVE: System for the label-free analysis of interactions between drugs and drug targets, comprising the main instrument WAVEcore, the disposable sensor chip WAVEchip and the software WAVEcontrol.

Creoptix AGStand: 24

www.creoptix.com

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BRANDcare by qipp

Manufacturers’ problemAs a premium manufacturer you deliver outstanding products. Unfortu-nately, you most often do not know who uses those products – and only if you know your customers, you are capable to help them keep their prod-ucts valuable and make the most of them. BRANDcare by qippBRANDcare equips each product with a unique digital identity and lets you add all product-related services and digital information directly to a product. BRANDcare makes it simple to let consumers “check-in” on your products, and turns your products into a permanent and entertaining communication channel.

Exhibitor profileName qipp ag

Foundation 2012

Direction Stefan Zanetti, CEO

Employees 5

Products FLATapp – A framework to build an app for each flat efficiently. BRANDcare – All relevant information and services around each product, shipped as an app. UNIshare – Sharing community app for universities.

qipp agStand: 25

www.qipp.com

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Automatic Vein Pressure Measurement by Controlled Compression Sonography

The current technique for measuring venous pressure (VP) is invasive and costly requiring insertion of a catheter with potential complications. Therefore, a VP measuring technique has been developed, which will avoid having to resort to painful catheter examinations in the future. VP is an important medical parameter. It is measured every hour for specific medical conditions in intensive care units. The VP allows to draw conclu-sions regarding the volume of blood in the vascular system. This is rele-vant in the case of haemorrhage, for example. VP measurements current-ly require the insertion of a catheter. This procedure is laborious, painful for the patient and can lead to serious complications.

VeinPress GmbH has succeeded developing a device which gets placed in front of an ultrasound transducer and which delivers pressure values to a display unit. In this display unit the pressure values get combined with ultrasound images and the VP gets calculated automatically by novel software. The product will allow for significant savings in healthcare. It is expected to replace at least 10 percent of catheter measurements per-formed worldwide.

Exhibitor profileName VeinPress GmbH

Foundation 2011

Direction Dr. Ulrich Baumann, Vincent Baumann, Dr. Eric Odenheimer, Dr. Markus Widmer

Employees 4

Products A pressure gauge got developed and placed in front of an ultrasound transducer. In a display unit the pressure values get combined with ultrasound images and the venous pressure gets calculated automatically by novel software.

VeinPress GmbHStand: 26

www.veinpress.com

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20% of food could and should be grown in the City. UF,a resource-efficient alternative.

UrbanFarmers (UF) is a new category driver with a leading brand for local, ultra-fresh produce. UF provides innovative solutions for urban food production. UF develops, finances and operates urban farms that grow sustainable fish and vegetables in a recirculating Aquaponics sys-tem. The produce is sold directly to grocery retailers via long-term pro-duce purchase agreements (LPPA).

UF Rooftop Farms refer to commercial Aquaponic rooftop farms. Since 2011, UF operates UF001 LokDepot, the world›s first rooftop farm that de-livers proof-of-concept and financial viability. The positive reception to-wards UF has caught the attention of grocery retailers like Migros, Swit-zerland’s largest retailer, who now lists UF branded produce at their flagship store in Basel.

The newest UF product “Bolt-On”, enables growers to upgrade their veg-etable, flower or fruit production with fish. UF Bolt-On presents a scala-ble solution with significant potential for growth within the existing global horticulture industry.

Internal Rates of Return (IRR) ranging from 5 – 9% for Rooftop Farms and 8 –11% for Bolt-on Systems, allow UF to leverage project financing through LPPA’s with its retail customers.

Exhibitor profileName UrbanFarmers AG

Foundation 2011

Direction Roman Gaus, CEO, founder Andreas Graber, Director R&D, founder

Employees 8

Products Rooftop farms: Grow sustatinable food directly on the rooftops of industrial or commercial properties. Bolt-On: Enables growers to upgrade their vegetable, flower or fruit production with fish.

UrbanFarmers AGStand: 27

www.urbanfarmers.com

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Tyre recycling. We transform scrap tyres into a valuable and sustainable resource. Our mission is to build profitable, sustainable and global solutions for the collection, processing and recycling of scrap tyres by developing and im-plementing innovative technologies and business processes.

TRS is born from the observation of the significant inefficiency, or even non-existence of a consistent, comprehensive and profitable scrap tyre recycling solution. In Switzerland only, the equivalent of more than 50’000 tons of scrap tyres are collected every year. A large majority of those tyres are valued by energy recovery, i.e. burnt in cement factories.

To enable a beneficial valorization of the rubber from scrap tyres, TRS has developed proprietary mechanical and biotech solutions: tyre cut-ting, ultra-high pressure pulverization followed by a biotech process. The last step enables a surface devulcanization of the rubber powder and its transformation into a valuable recycled raw material.

The innovative nature of TRS lies as much in the novel Swiss technologies as in the implementation of a unique business model.

Exhibitor profileName Tyre Recycling Solutions SA

Foundation 2013

Direction Staffan Ahlgren, Managing Director

Employees Lean innovation with 3 full time employees + development partners

Products TyreXolTM Proprietary devulcanized rubber powder made from scrap tyres

Tyre Recycling Solutions SAStand: 28

www.trs-ch.com

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True espresso with a touch

The `genius’ behind the Eversys technology lies in the respect of the bean to cup journey. From ventilated bean hoppers through to ceramic blades, the powder ends up in a patented reverse extraction system, which opti-mises the product’s quality straight into the cup.From a technical standpoint, there is also the modular construction, the automatic cleaning system, all patented elements of the Eversys value proposition. Ergonomics have also been taken into consideration as retail space must render a return on investment so 56 cms of space and 350 es-presso per hour guarantee productivity and financial viability.Connectivity has become a staple to large multi site organisations seek-ing to communicate remotely with their equipment. Eversys provide early warning systems as well as `Push’ reporting to enable all stakeholders to have transparency on the performance of the equipment.Ultimately, the Barista like `in cup’ experience will satisfy the end custom-er, which is what matters most after all!

■ 350 Espresso/hour■ Auto-cleaning■ Modular construction■ 28 cm space■ Telemetry

Exhibitor profileName Eversys AG

Foundation 2009

Direction Jean-Paul In-Albon

Employees 39

Products Eversys develops, manufactures and distributes leading edge fully automatic espresso machines, without compro-mising the high standards required by today’s market.

High-Potential Eversys Ltd. was awarded with the “SEF.High-Potential SME” quality label in June 2014. www.sef4kmu.ch

Eversys AGStand: 29

www.eversys.com

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SkyCell – worldwide transportation in a cooled, safe and sustainable way

The innovative SkyCell system was developed to meet the current and future demands of global regulatory requirements (GDP, FDA, ANVISA, etc.) in the pharma supply chain regarding the transportation and logis-tics of temperature sensitive pharmaceutical products. SkyCell is not just an improvement, it is rather a new generation of cooling containers when it comes to temperature stability, reliability, performance, and sustainability. SkyCell is the safest system on the market. With a failure proof, chemical cooling system and a proprietary insula-tion, the SkyCell system assures a stable inside temperature, even under extreme ambient conditions such as outside temperature ranging from -35°C to +65°C. This allows transportation of temperature sensitive phar-maceutical products from a hot to a cold area, or vice versa. Through the SkyCell Transport Planner (www.skycell.ch/SCTP), every Pharma Supply Chain Manager is enabled to define their own routing and hence apply a proactive risk management already well ahead of the transport. This ena-bles the user to consider required safety margins and assure meeting the quality standards during the transport.

Exhibitor profileName SkyCell Ltd.

Foundation 2012

Direction Richard Ettl, CEO

Employees 9

Products SkyCell 770C

High-Potential SkyCell AG was awarded with the “SEF.High-Potential SME” quality label in July 2014. www.sef4kmu.ch

SkyCell Ltd.Stand: 30

www.skycell.ch

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China Business Platform – Where Chinese and Swiss Companies Meet

The China Business Platform (CBP) is an initiative of the Office of Econ-omy and Labour Basel-Stadt with the aim of bringing different business stakeholders from China and Switzerland together. With its large partner network, the CBP supports Swiss companies with their business in China. It also supports Chinese companies setting up their businesses in North-western Switzerland by offering consultancy and equipping them with “soft landing” office space and connections to local experts and compa-nies. The combination of “outbound” and “inbound” services makes the CBP a unique project in Switzerland. Innovative CompaniesAt the Future Expo, the CBP presents two companies with current or planned activities in China. Clicktodo SA: This IT start-up from the canton of Jura develops a new on-line booking platform for leisure activities.

Buss ChemTech AG: Buss ChemTech is a world leader in the engineer-ing and supply of plants and equipment for chemical reactions.

Exhibitor profileName China Business Platform

Foundation 2013

Direction Gabriel Schweizer

Employees 2

Products Market-entry support for Swiss companies in China Problem solving for Swiss companies doing business in China Market-entry support for Chinese companies in Switzerland Business Events such as the Basel-Shanghai Business Forum

China Business PlatformStand: 31

www.china-business-platform.ch

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Vision of the future: the smart factory

We have seen mechanization, mass production and automation, but now a new type of industrial revolution is emerging. The basic concept be-hind Industrie 4.0 is closer integration between the digital and physical worlds. What are known as “cyber-physical systems” facilitate individual, flexible and more efficient production (the “smart factory”). Networking takes place at multiple levels, covers distances ranging from the local to the global, and encompasses the collection, interpretation and use of data (“smart data”). Digitization of the value chain ensures that overall man-agement of processes is geared to demand. Smart production is still in its infancy, but the related business models are very promising. Any compa-ny wanting to remain competitive, however, should already be looking at the potential of this form of industrialization. We will be happy to provide information on concepts and activities relating to Industrie 4.0 and will be delighted to welcome manufacturing companies as well as suppliers and service providers to our stand!

Exhibitor profileName Swissmem

Direction Hans Hess, President; Peter Dietrich, Director

Employees 332’000 employees in the MEM industries and 87 in Swissmem’s offices

Products Swissmem represents the interests of more than 1’000 com-panies in the Swiss mechanical and electrical engineering industries (MEM industries) as well as those in related technology-oriented sectors vis-à-vis economic, political and public audiences. Swissmem offers its member companies various services and networks.

SwissmemStand: 32

www.swissmem.ch

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LMS – The Ultimate Laser Mass Spectrometer

Building on decades of technology development for ESA and NASA space missions, the award-winning Laser Mass Spectrometer (LMS™) analyses the chemical composition of any solid material (e.g., rocks, minerals, met-als, glasses and ceramics) with high lateral (~5µm) and depth (<1nm) resolution. LMS™ provides the equivalent of a real time 3D chemical tomography of the sample with the same or better measurement performance than now-adays well-known state-of-the-art laboratory instruments such as Ther-mal Ionization Mass Spectrometers, Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometers, and Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometers. The high detection sensitivity of LMS™ allows the quantitative analysis of trace elements and isotopes (ppb level) without the requirement of refer-ence materials, making LMS™ an ideal tool for a broad range of applica-tions, including oil and mineral exploration, mining operation, semicon-ductor industry, solid waste recycling and quality control. The core part of LMS™ is as small as a 0.5l bottle, which makes LMS™ an ideal portable instrument for on-site applications.

Exhibitor profileName IONIGHT AG

Foundation 2014

Direction Andreas Riedo

Employees 6

Products S-LMS™: sample analysis service for customers interested to send in samples for routine analysis. R-LMS™: a complete leading-edge Laser Mass Spectro-meter installed and supported on-site worldwide.

IONIGHT AGStand: 33

www.ionight.com

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LYRA® – this ABILITY Switzerland gait trainer puts patients back on their feet

Automated, neurological gait training therapy was developed in the mid-1990s. Until now, highly complex and costly devices have dominated the market. These prices could only be afforded by well-off clinics. As a result there is a greater demand for an inexpensive gait trainer that is easy to use, suitable for everyday clinical practice, and nevertheless fulfills the high standards for therapy. The founders of the company ABILITY Switzer-land understood this early on, and thus established their startup company at the end of 2010.

From the beginning there was an awareness of the great importance of design and ergonomics for the gait trainer’s success. QUO has supported the team since the spring of 2011, not only with selectivity and versatility in technical development, but also in the early conceptual phase of the functional design, which decisively influenced the development of all oth-er elements.

With the LYRA® system, ABILITY Switzerland has developed a gait trainer that takes the high standards of today’s neurorehabilitation therapy into account. It will return walking ability and thus mobility to thousands of patients.

Exhibitor profileName QUO AG

Foundation 2000

Direction Walter Weiler, CEO

Employees 25

Products QUO supports customers in various sectors with the identification of new business opportunities, and in turning them into commercially successful, innovative products.

QUO AGStand: 34

www.quo.ch

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We step on the gas for the environment

The ETH Spin-off Climeworks and Audi are revolutionising the market for synthetic fuels. The vision for both partners: extensive CO2 neutral mobil-ity, whilst using existing infrastructures.Climeworks developed the so-called “CO2 collectors” in Zurich. They fil-ter pure CO2 from the air using very little energy. This “renewable” CO2 is an ideal raw material for amongst other things, vehicle fuel use. Audi has recognised the benefit: In Werlte (GER) in a world first, a CO2 collector will be integrated into a unit to produce synthetic fuel in 2015.The AMAG presents the vehicle here: The Audi A3 Sportback g-tron is the first Audi vehicle with reduced CO2 emissions in production. Tanks of compressed natural gas (CNG) mean less CO2 is created. It is possible to do up to 400 km of the full range of 1,300 km only with the use of pure natural gas. This creates CO2 emissions of only 92 – 88 g/km (CNG). The g-tron is driven by a new 1.4 TFSI engine.

With 81 kW/110 PS and 200 Nm torque the Audi A3 Sportback g-tron reaches a top speed of more than 190 km/h, the kick from zero to100 km/h takes eleven seconds. For 100 km the five-door consumes on average less than 3.5 kilograms of natural gas, which corresponds to CO2 emis-sions of only 88 g/km.

Exhibitor profileName AMAG Automobil- and Motoren AG,

importers of Audi’s in Switzerland

Foundation 1945

Direction Morten Hannesbo

Employees approximately 5’400 (700 of whom are apprentices)

Products automobiles

AMAG Automobil- and Motoren AG, importers of Audi’s in SwitzerlandStand: 35

www.audi.ch/g-tronwww.amag.ch

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