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Bern - The Swiss Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education, and Research is providing six million Swiss francs in funding for two space projects. One will see the ETH Zurich, Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences, Maxon, and ANYbotics develop a walking robot for lunar exploration. The other, conducted by s2a systems, EPFL, and the University of Bern, is developing optics for the Zimmerwald Observatory.

Zurich/Flawil/Kreuzlingen - Growth is key for the Swiss companies Maestrani and Data Migration International – especially in challenging times. This is a strategy that their managing directors, Christoph Birchler and Thomas Failer, have now explained in a UBS video talk.

Aadorf/Nenzing - Griesser Holding AG from the canton of Thurgau has been using 95 percent sustainable aluminum in the production of its window shutter range at its Austrian plant in Nenzing since September. As a result, the company is saving up to 30 percent CO2 per kilogram of aluminum and moving closer towards net zero.

Bussnang/Salt Lake City - Stadler has opened a new welding facility for train car bodies at its site in Salt Lake City. Aluminum car bodies for trains in the USA will now primarily be manufactured locally. Stadler's share of local value added in the USA will also increase to 80 percent with this new plant.