NUTRITION and FOOD TECHNOLOGIES a Cutting-Edge Industry of the Canton of Vaud 2 VAUD ECONOMIC PROMOTION / NUTRITION and FOOD TECHNOLOGIES

NUTRITION AND FOOD TECHNOLOGIES A cutting-edge industry of the canton of Vaud 2 VAUD ECONOMIC PROMOTION / NUTRITION AND FOOD TECHNOLOGIES

FOOD CHAMPIONS

Personalized nutrition, functional foods, robotized agriculture: tomorrow’s food is being invented in the canton of Vaud.

With a strong agricultural tradition, the canton of Vaud saw From local to global the agri-food sector develop over a century ago, with the Products from the Vaud food industry are exported world- creation of Nestlé in Vevey in 1905. Other influential com- wide. They convey a strong brand image, combining quality, panies followed: Eckes-Granini and its fruit juices, Reitzel authenticity and know-how, accentuated by the numerous and its vegetables in jars, and Hilcona and its ready meals. Protected designations of origin (PDO) The region also benefits from a strong industrial tradition, complemented by a strong spirit of innovation, enabling In addition to the large-scale trade in foodstuffs, the canton the companies it hosts to design and produce new solu- of Vaud has several important players in the research and tions to meet today’s needs and anticipate the challenges development of new products, such as the Agroscope de of the future. Changins and the Nestlé Research Center. The world leader in the sector has also opened its Nestlé Health Science In addition to innovative start-ups, the region benefits from branch, dedicated to nutritional care, in the region. the influence of leading international companies such as General Mills, Chiquita and ADM. Academic institutes, including the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), are working on a future- oriented challenge: agritech. This emerging sector is being invested in by the start-ups Gamaya, ecoRobotix and Clean- Greens, as well as by the American company Geosys, which has been operating in the region for several years. These companies are developing drones to control crops, weeding robots, “intelligent” greenhouses and remote sensing systems. The EPFL has also opened its “Integrative Food and Nutrition Center” to devote itself entirely to issues related 9 bn to nutrition and food production. To take advantage of the dynamism of the EPFL, the Nestlé Institute of Health Sci- Swiss exports of food, beverages ences has moved into the EPFL Innovation Park to develop and tobacco in 2019 (CHF) targeted nutritional solutions. The École hôtelière de Laus- anne (EHL) is also active in research, innovation and entrepreneurship with its Innovation Village and the Metro : OFS, vaud-economie / Cover: CleanGreens / Cover: : OFS, vaud-economie Hospitality Lab, in partnership with the Metro Group. Sources

“Switzerland is home to a unique innovation ecosystem for food and nutrition. Together, we can more effectively address global challenges such as delicious, nutritious and affordable food for all, sustainable packaging, and climate change mitigation.” STEFAN PALZER CTO of Nestlé : Photo CleanGreens VAUD ECONOMIC PROMOTION / NUTRITION AND FOOD TECHNOLOGIES 3 : OFS, vaud-economie / Cover: CleanGreens / Cover: : OFS, vaud-economie Sources

AN IDEAL SETTING FOR INVESTMENT Located in the heart of Europe, Swit- Vaud is the largest of the French-spea- The canton’s 50,000 or so companies zerland never ceases to amaze with its king cantons and the most populous, are mainly active in the service sector, diversity and prosperity. Its political with more than 800,000 inhabitants. but also in high-volume technology system is based on democracy and As a guarantee of its openness, almost sectors such as precision instruments, consensus, which generates produc- a third of its population is foreign- medical equipment and information tive stability that greatly benefits the born. A large proportion of the can- technology. economy. The country regularly ranks ton’s inhabitants are highly qualified among the most competitive in the and have been attracted by the wor- world. king conditions and the excellence of the region’s institutions. : Photo CleanGreens 4 on page8) (see listofcompanies Nutrition on page6) (see listofcompanies Food processing on page7) (see listofcompanies Waste reduction on page6) (see listofcompanies Food chain4.0 on page7) (see listofcompanies Precision farming domain Strategic VAUD ECONOMIC PROMOTION MAIN FIELDS CEO ofCleanGreens SERGE GANDER

/ NUTRITIONAND FOOD TECHNOLOGIES Digital nutrition Healthy aging Precision nutrition Targeted nutrition Food scents intelligent systems equipement &Smart Protein alternatives Food supplements Smart packaging Data-enabled circular economy Waste monitoring Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Replace Biomass valorization Apps for consumers empowerment Sustainable trading Food security Food safety Traceability Weeding andearlypathogendetection Environmental monitoring Water management Sustainable farming Main application of whichprovide at the academic real support level”. EPFL andthe HEIG-VD, two both real sources ofsupport, staff. This iswhy staff. we have turned of to talents the the “As atechnology company, we need highlyqualified

Enzymatic processes Web anddigitaltechnologies Sensors Blockchain Cloud IOT/IOM (internet ofmaterials) IOT Hyperspectral imaging Robotics Satellites Drones Main technologies Digital technologies Yellow biotech intelligence Artifical Big data Epigenetics Next generationsequencing Multi-omics Microbiota Natural bioactive extracts Fine chemistry Milling Grinding Extraction/purification Smart materials Advanced equipment High content imaging Grey Biotech Microbiology

Sources : SPEI Vaud, Swiss Food & Nutrition Valley association VAUD ECONOMIC PROMOTION / NUTRITION AND FOOD TECHNOLOGIES 5

A BROAD FIELD, MANY AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Close relationships between the academic world and international companies give the canton of Vaud a benchmark status in the agri-food sector.

The agri-food sector includes both primary sector companies (the farms themselves, which produce the food) and RESEARCH INSTITUTES secondary (industry, which transforms it into industrial food).

AGROSCOPE CHANGINS With a view to the optimization of processes in one of these CHUV two sectors, research activity also takes an important EHL Innovation Village place. The canton of Vaud, in particular, is at the forefront METRO Hospitality Lab of the sectors presented in the following pages.

EPFL CEAT Study Community for Spatial Planning

IFNC Integrative Food and Nutrition Center

TOPO Geodetic Engineering Laboratory Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Section TOPO Laboratory, Geodesy Materials Science and Engineering Section

HEIG-VD COMATEC Mechanical and microtechnical design

IICT Institute of Information and Communication Technologies +1 bn

INSIT The amount invested in Institute of Territorial Engineering Switzerland in food innovation (CHF), of which CHF 500 million NESTLÉ CRN Nestlé Research Center in the canton of Vaud alone.

NIHS Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences Nestlé R&D Accelerator Nestlé Professional Beverage Center

2nd The food industry is the second most patented field in Switzerland after the pharmaceutical industry. : SPEI Vaud, Swiss Food & Nutrition Valley association Valley Nutrition & Food Swiss : SPEI Vaud, Sources 6 VAUD ECONOMIC PROMOTION / NUTRITION AND FOOD TECHNOLOGIES

Food processing Food chain 4.0 Food supplements, alternatives to animal proteins, com- The food chain represents the different stages of the food pound extraction processes, companies are innovating to industry. From production to the collection of products, reinvent food. They are developing intelligent systems and their transport, storage and distribution, food has a diverse new flavors to renew the sector. For example, the sustain- journey. Companies are looking for innovative solutions to able solutions proposed by start-up Embion Technologies promote sustainable trade while involving the consumer. pave the way for antibiotic-free agriculture while reducing They also aim to improve product traceability and safety food waste. by using new technologies. Start-ups Scantrust and Originfood use the blockchain to improve the transparency of the food chain.

FOOD PROCESSING FOOD CHAIN

9 RESEARCH 7 INSTITUTES RESEARCH INSTITUTES

5 DESIGN START-UPS DIVERTISSEMENTDIVERTISSEMENT FILM ET CINÉMA 7 SMES AND 13 LARGE COMPANIES SMES AND LARGE COMPANIES

18 START-UPS

RESEARCH INSTITUTES | 9 RESEARCH INSTITUTES | 7 EPFL Integrative Food and Nutrition Center, Chemistry and EPFL Integrative Food and Nutrition Center Engineering Section NESTLÉ Nestlé Research Center, Nestlé Institute of Health EHL Village de l’Innovation, METRO Hospitality Lab Sciences, Nestlé R&D Accelerator NESTLÉ Nestlé Research Center, Nestlé Institute of Health HEIG-VD INSIT, IICT, COMATEC Sciences, Nestlé R&D Accelerator, Nestlé Professional Beverage Center START-UPS | 18 HEIG-VD COMATEC Ambrosus, Arandee, bNovate, Datapred, Drinkotec, Food Blockchain XYZ, Hivetracker, kaiosID, Kitro, La petite Epicerie, Originfood, Procsea, START-UPS | 5 Procsim, Scantrust, See Your Box, Socialease, SwissDecode, Wecheer Embion Technologies, Magnesys, Nectariss, SwissSource, Typsy SMEs AND LARGE COMPANIES | 7 SMEs AND LARGE COMPANIES | 13 Bobst, Bühler Group, Chiquita, Codefine, Nestlé, SGS, SICPA ADM, Bonzel, Bühler Group, Demaurex, Eckes Granini, ELVAmac, Firmenich, General Mills, HPP compétence, Nespresso, Nestlé, Valentine Fabrique, Visar Sorting VAUD ECONOMIC PROMOTION / NUTRITION AND FOOD TECHNOLOGIES 7

Waste reduction Precision farming Waste affects all stages of the supply chain. Companies Agricultural technologies include all the innovations used in are looking for innovative solutions to limit and reduce their agriculture, horticulture or aquaculture that improve crops’ environmental impact. This includes biomass recovery, yield, efficiency, and profitability from an environmental waste control, data-driven circular economy and the de- perspective. Two high-potential start-ups in the canton of velopment of intelligent packaging. The start-up Bloom Vaud represent this new field of research: CleanGreens, Biorenewables offers an alternative to petroleum-based which develops aeroponics solutions for lettuce cultivation, products. Thanks to the carbon contained in lignin, a mol- and ecoRobotix, which is active in the design of a robot ecule found in wood, it is possible to produce textiles and weeder to limit the use of chemical herbicides in crops. bioplastics. Start-ups active in the design and manufacture of UAVs, such as Gamaya and senseFly, are also included in the agritech field. Their technologies are aimed at generating better knowledge of soils to help farmers improve their crops.

WASTE REDUCTION PRECISION FARMING

10 RESEARCH INSTITUTES 5 RESEARCH INSTITUTES

4 FILM ET CINÉMA SMES AND MÉDIASMÉDIAS 5 ARTS DU SPECTACLE LARGE COMPANIES 10 SMES AND START-UPS LARGE COMPANIES

24 START-UPS

RESEARCH INSTITUTES | 5 RESEARCH INSTITUTES | 10 EPFL Integrative Food and Nutrition Center EPFL Integrative Food and Nutrition Center, Laboratoire TOPO, EHL Village de l’Innovation Géodésie, Aménagement du territoire et urbanisme communauté CEAT NESTLÉ Nestlé Research Center, Nestlé R&D Accelerator EHL Village de l’Innovation HEIG-VD COMATEC NESTLÉ Nestlé Research Center, Nestlé R&D Accelerator HEIG-VD INSIT, IICT, COMATEC START-UPS | 10

Bloom Biorenewables, BCI environment, Biocom Energy, Capagain, START-UPS | 24 Droople, Embion Technologies, Proxipel, Kitro, Pataclette, Swiss Innovative Green Solutions Aero41, Agolin, Agricollect, Agrosustain, Caulys, CleanGreens, ecoRobotix, Gamaya, Geosys Europe, Greenastic, Hydromea, Lagosta, Lumartix, Mootral, Open Stratosphere, Picterra, Pix4D, Polykem, SMEs AND LARGE COMPANIES | 4 Precision Vine, Sensorscope, senseFly, Topodrone, Vivent, Swiss Fresh Bühler Group, Nestlé, Sapal, Tetra Laval Water

SMEs AND LARGE COMPANIES | 5 Arandee, Biokema, Granovit, Nuproxa, Socorex 8 VAUD ECONOMIC PROMOTION / NUTRITION AND FOOD TECHNOLOGIES

Nutrition The field of nutrition is vast: matters of taste, texture, aes- thetics and health. The challenges are also numerous: fight- ing the trend towards industrial and poor-quality food (junk food), tackling obesity and diabetes which are increasing in our society, finding solutions to food allergies and intoler- ances, etc... Research institutes, companies and start-ups are therefore working to develop precision nutrition products. The Amanzentis company, for example, is dedicated to combining science and dietetics to develop cutting-edge therapeutic nutrition products.

NUTRITION

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2 ARTS DU SPECTACLE SMES AND EXPERTISE IN THE COFFEE SECTOR LARGE COMPANIES With the presence on its territory of subsidiaries of the giant Nestlé, Nescafé and Nespresso, as well as 14 START-UPS Ally Coffee Trading, Bahia Café, Monodor and Star- bucks based in Lausanne, the Vaud region brings together the world’s main players in the manufacture and distribution of coffee beverages. This concentration allows the development of a global expertise po- sition in R & D, quality testing, and trading for the coffee industry. The “Integrative Food and Nutrition Center” of the EPFL, or the Nestlé Professional Bev- erage Center work on coffee research and innovation. The field is also seeing the emergence of RESEARCH INSTITUTES | 9 start-ups such as Ecocafé, which promotes the sale EPFL Integrative Food and Nutrition Center, Section de Chimie et génie chimique of sustainable and responsible coffee. EHL Village de l’Innovation, METRO Hospitality Lab NESTLÉ Nestlé Research Center, Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences, Nestlé R&D Accelerator, Nestlé Professional Beverage Center HEIG-VD COMATEC

START-UPS | 14 AA Healthcare, Amazentis, Emotion Food Company, Gene Predictis, Genknowme, GNUBiotics, Inobian, MDN Development, Mixfit, Myravan, NetUnion, Nutripixi, Olliscience, Volv Global

SMEs AND LARGE COMPANIES | 2 Bühler Group, Nestlé : Statistiques Vaud du commerce extérieur et Switzerland Global Enterprise, site internet, 2020 internet, site et Switzerland Global Enterprise, extérieur commerce du Vaud : Statistiques Photo : Nestlé Photo Source VAUD ECONOMIC PROMOTION / NUTRITION AND FOOD TECHNOLOGIES 9

NUMEROUS RESEARCH INSTITUTES

The canton of Vaud is home to a large concentration of scientists specializing in nutrition and agri-food.

Nestlé Institute of Health Science Agroscope de Changins In 1987, the food giant established a center entirely dedicated Agroscope is the Swiss federal competence center for agri- to research and development (R & D) near Lausanne. Its work cultural research. Its research activities cover the entire ranges from fundamental research on nutrition and health value chain of the food industry. The aim is competitive and to applied research for product development. The center is multifunctional agriculture, quality food for healthy nutrition at the forefront of technologies and knowledge related to and an intact environment. nutrition, bioanalysis, functional foods and food safety. It is also home to the Nestlé R&D Accelerator, which brings Agroscope has developed a Smart farming department. together scientists, students and start-ups to accelerate the The institute studies how new technologies can be used in transformation of innovative ideas and concepts into Swiss agriculture to achieve maximum benefit (profitabil- prototypes and commercialized products. ity, time savings, improved quality and animal welfare). The Agroscope site in Tänikon in the canton of Thurgau is being Nestlé regularly collaborates with Swiss universities and transformed into the “Swiss Future Farm”, a unique Euro- university hospitals, in particular with the University of pean platform for new technologies in agriculture and the Lausanne (UNIL), EPFL and ETH Zurich. food industry.

The group also has a research center in Orbe, a center of 1’012 10 excellence for coffee products and technologies, powdered employees sites throughout the country, beverages and cereals, including the Nestlé Professional including 3 in the canton of Beverage Center. The Nestlé Professional Beverage Center Vaud: Changins (one of the most important in Switzer- stands out as a major R&D facility in collaboration with the land), Avenches and Pully General Mills Group. Nestlé has established its companies Nestlé Health Science and Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences at the Biopôle and EPFL Innovation Park respectively.

55% 10 of Nestlé’s global research of its 40 research centers are budget is invested in located in Switzerland. Switzerland in 2018

+300 the number of foodtech start-ups in Switzerland : Statistiques Vaud du commerce extérieur et Switzerland Global Enterprise, site internet, 2020 internet, site et Switzerland Global Enterprise, extérieur commerce du Vaud : Statistiques Photo : Nestlé Photo Source 10 VAUD ECONOMIC PROMOTION / NUTRITION AND FOOD TECHNOLOGIES

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne School of Management and Engineering Vaud (EPFL) (HEIG-VD) The institution, which ranks among the top 20 best schools The engineering school, based in Yverdon-les-Bains, is in the world, also participates in research in the field of agri- also involved in research for the food industry, particularly food. The Sciences and Engineering of Materials study eve- through its institute COMATEC (Design, Materials, Pack- rything related to packaging, especially of food products. aging and Conditioning). The institute benefits from a The Food Chemistry section focuses on the properties of wide range of competences, from integrated and struc- food and food combinations. The EPFL Innovation Park is tured design methodology to mechanical and microtech- home to a number of start-ups active in the food chain 4.0, nical design, including modeling and numerical analysis, including Food Blockchain XYZ, which ensures the quality choice and characterization of materials, assembly tech- and safety of food through sensor systems connected to the niques, destructive and non-destructive testing of materi- blockchain. als, analysis of mechanical structures, as well as everything related to packaging and conditioning. : Photo Nestlé

Integrative Food and Nutrition Center (EPFL) École hôtelière de Lausanne This transdisciplinary research center studies the en- EHL is one of the world’s most renowned hospitality tire food value chain, from agriculture to the food schools. In addition to its training activities, it is involved industry, restaurants and retailers. The research pro- in research, innovation and entrepreneurship. The In- jects cover a wide range of topics, from allergies to novation Village, launched at the end of 2018, is a place societal issues, from product packaging to health is- where professionals, academics and entrepreneurs can sues. The Center works closely with several Euro- develop new solutions in the fields of education and pean research centers, German and Belgian, in service professions. A collaboration has been in place particular, as well as regional industry players such with Nestlé for several years. EHL also operates the as Nestlé and General Mills. Metro Hospitality Lab, in partnership with the Metro Group. The school collaborates with other institutions such as the EPFL to, for example, advance science in the culinary arts. Photo : Nestlé amazentis.com ing-edge therapeutic nutrition products. advances inresearch and clinical science to develop lead An innovative life sciences company dedicated to using Amazentis agrosustain.ch and prevent molddevelopment onlarge agronomic crops. The company develops and markets natural solutions to stop AgroSustain agricollect.ch and harvestingofmushrooms. Agricollect develops robots to automate thecultivation Agricollect agolin.ch tion incows. pany hasdeveloped anadditive promoting methanereduc compounds for veterinary nutrition. Inparticular, thecom Agolin develops food supplements based onbotanical Agolin aero41.ch biologique etconventionnel desvignes. cultures. Ilspermettent l’épandage ainsique letraitement Aero41 développe desdrones dédiésàlaprotection des Aero41 adm.com and cocoa processing. Ithas270 around plants theworld. multinational active intheagro-industry, insoy particularly Founded in1923, Archer DanielsMidlandisanAmerican ADM aahealthcare.ch deficiencies. to improve thehealthandwell-being ofindividuals with A company attheforefront ofthedemandfor aminoacids AAHealthcare various fieldsof activity.dynamic inits of Vaud economicrich and fromvaried a network benefits that is From multinationals to SMEs andinnovative the canton start-ups, CUTTING-EDGE COMPANIES - - - VAUD ECONOMIC PROMOTION arandee.ch help companies intheirbusiness decisions. Arandee assesses thefinancialrisksofdifferent marketsto Arandee ambrosus.com safety andoriginofproducts. food andpharmaceutical companies to ensure thequality, Ambrosus hasdeveloped ablockchain-based solution for Ambrosus bnovate.com of drinkingwater. lows continuous monitoring ofthemicrobiological quality EPFL Innovation Park, hasdeveloped atechnique thatal company bNovateThe start-up Technologies, based at the bNovate Technologies bloombiorenewables.com fumes, plasticsandtextiles. terials for thechemical industryinmarkets such asper production ofsustainable andcompetitive biological ma hasdevelopedThe start-up arevolutionary solution inthe Bloom Biorenewables biokema.ch markets pharmaceutical products for veterinary use. Biokema isaSwiss company thatdevelops, produces and Biokema biocomenergy.com Natural biofuels madefrom walnut shellsandvinewood. Biocom Energy bci-environment.com reduction involume in24 hours. aerobic bioreactors to recover hazardous waste with a 90% BCI environment hasdesignedaccelerated composting BCI environment / NUTRITIONAND FOOD TECHNOLOGIES - - - 11 12 VAUD ECONOMIC PROMOTION / NUTRITION AND FOOD TECHNOLOGIES

Bobst Codefine The company specializes in equipment and services for Codefine is an international company in the packaging and packaging and label manufacturers. textile sector. bobst.com codefine.ch

Bonzel Datapred The Swiss Bonzel Group produces alcoholic, malty, fruity Datapred is a learning machine suite designed to meet the and energy drinks. challenges of analysis times for large volumes of data. It helps bonzel.ch industry, logistics and retail sectors solve complex analysis, optimization and forecasting problems. datapred.com Bühler Group A company specialized in industrial equipment for the food industry. Demaurex Bühlergroup.com Demaurex manufactures robotic systems for the food industry. demaurex.com Capagain Capagain addresses the problem of single-use coffee capsules. Its product enables the recycling of capsules: after Drinkotec brewing the coffee, the machine automatically extracts the Drinkotec manufactures low-waste beverage dispensing ground coffee from the used capsule. The consumer can then equipment. compost the coffee and dispose of the packaging material. drinkotec.ch capagain.com

Droople Caulys Droople provides a water management platform based on Caulys develops customizable urban greenhouses to grow a network of intelligent sensors placed at each point of various edible plants without GMOs and pesticides from consumption, toilets, showers, taps, and washing ma- seeds selected for their nutritional quality. chines. This fine data will be useful for cities and water caulys.com distributors to improve planning and reduce water resi- dence time in the reservoirs and in the network. droople.io Chiquita The world leader in the banana market has its European headquarters in Rolle. Chiquita is active in more than 70 Eckes-Granini countries worldwide and sells pineapples, ready-to-eat Leader of fruit juice producers in Switzerland with its two fruit salads, and dried fruit. brands, Granini and Hohes C. It has a partnership with chiquita.com Nestlé Waters Switzerland for distribution and marketing in Switzerland. eckes-granini.ch CleanGreens CleanGreens is developing automated above-ground lettuce cultivation systems: an aeroponics technique originally tested by NASA to grow lettuce leaves in its space stations. cleangreens.com VAUD ECONOMIC PROMOTION / NUTRITION AND FOOD TECHNOLOGIES 13

ecoRobotix General Mills The ecoRobotix robot weeder is able to spray the herbicide An American company ranking 6th among the world’s larg- at the right rate and in the right place, thus reducing costs est food groups, with a portfolio of more than 100 brands. and environmental impact on the farm. Its Europe-Australia headquarters has been established in ecorobotix.com the canton of Vaud since 2003. generalmills.com

ELVAmac Swiss manufacturer of machines for the food and beverage Geosys Europe industry. Active in technologies for agriculture and big data, the elvamac.ch American company designs decision-support tools based on satellite imagery, geographic information systems, the latest in agronomic research and the web. Embion Technologies geosys.com Development of processes for the transformation of cel- lulosic biomass into chemical and combustible products as well as food ingredients using combined catalytic and bio- Greenastic logical approaches. Greenastic is an intelligent online garden center that sells embiontech.com plants adapted to its customers’ soil and their constraints. greenastic.com

Emotion Food Company Emotion Food Company has created a food texturizer for Genknowme people suffering from dysphagia from conception to indus- Genknowme is dedicated to transforming cutting-edge re- trialization through pro-types and tests. search into epigenetic tests that measure the impact of emotionfood.ch lifestyle on biological age. genknowme.ch

Firmenich Fragrance and aroma creation company. GnuBiotics firmenich.com A company developing breakthrough nutritional ingredients for the food and nutrition industry influences the mi- crobiome to benefit the gut. Gamaya gnubiotics.com Born on the EPFL campus, Gamaya specializes in remote sensing cameras capable of performing large-scale crop diagnosis from drones. Granovit gamaya.com The independent company provides solutions in animal nutrition. granovit.ch Gene Predictis Gene Predictis offers a series of genetic tests to adapt medical treatments to the needs of each individual. Hempfy genepredictis.com Marketing of food and beverages based on cold infusion of THC-free cannabis plants. hempfy.com 14 VAUD ECONOMIC PROMOTION / NUTRITION AND FOOD TECHNOLOGIES

HiveTracker Levatura HiveTracker improves real-time visibility for supply chain Producers of local yeast aimed for beer production. actors through its data exchange platform that tracks, con- levatura.ch trols and secures documents, goods and financial flows in near-real-time. hivetracker.io Lumartix Lumartix plasma lamps are a new-generation light source that reproduces the spectrum of solar radiation, thus con- HPP compétence siderably reducing operating costs. HPP Competence is the first company in Switzerland to lumartix.com offer an alternative pasteurization method that is gentler on food. hppcompetence.ch Magnesys The company develops systems which allow to overcome the iron particles, solving problems that can occur during Hydromea food processing. The solution offered by Magnesys uses The world’s first portable wireless underwater UAV for the an innovative technology to increase purification efficiency inspection of complex water-filled spaces in the oil, gas of the end products, in particular thanks to a self-cleaning and shipping industries. mechanism. hydromea.com magnesys.ch

Inobian MDN Development Manufacture of food supplements. A company specialized in the creation, manufacture and inobian.com marketing of food supplements. mdndevelopment.online

kaiosID kaiosID is a product traceability solution integrated into the Mixfit packaging for consumer goods that helps brands fight Mixfit is a digital health company that designs nutritional against counterfeiting. experiences to encourage sustainable and positive changes kaiosid.com in health behaviors. gomixfit.com

Kitro Automated food waste management solution for restaurants Mootral and canteens called “KITRO - food waste management”. The company is developing a natural feed supplement kitro.ch for cows that reduces their methane emissions by 30%. mootral.com

Lagosta Lagosta specializes in the research, development, manu- Myravan facturing, and promotion of products in the field of aqua- Application for planning balanced menus for catering culture and biotechnology. professionals. lagosta.com myravan.ch : Photo Gamaya VAUD ECONOMIC PROMOTION / NUTRITION AND FOOD TECHNOLOGIES 15

Nectariss NetUnion Nectariss is developing new natural flavors in the luxury NetUnion develops technology solutions for e-health and food market, such as natural truffle flavors thanks to its chronic diseases, especially obesity, diabetes and eating patented technology. disorders. nectariss.com netunion.com

Nestlé Nuproxa Number 1 in the world food industry, the Nestlé group Swiss supplier of natural and innovative solutions for opened its first offices in Vevey at the end of the 19th -cen animal nutrition. tury. Its head office is still there. Nestlé employs more than nuproxa.ch 10,000 people in Switzerland, almost a third of whom are based in the canton of Vaud. nestle.com Olliscience Development and manufacture of food supplements of natural origin. Nestlé Health Science olliscience.com Founded in 2011, Nestlé Health Science (NHSc) is a leader in the field of nutritional science, committed to redefining the management of health. It offers an extensive portfolio OpenStratosphere of science-based consumer health, medical nutrition and Independent company that designs, manufactures and op- supplement brands. erates fleets of stratospheric UAVs. nestlehealthscience.com openstratosphere.com : Photo Gamaya 16 VAUD ECONOMIC PROMOTION / NUTRITION AND FOOD TECHNOLOGIES

Originfood Development of traceability solutions for the food industry based on blockchain. originfood.io

Picterra This start-up is democratizing access to earth observation data by satellite and air. picterra.ch

Pix4D Founded in 2011, PixD develops imaging and mapping solutions for UAVs. Dedicated to precision agriculture, they en- able real-time monitoring of crop evolution. NESPRESSO pix4d.com The Nestlé group’s subsidiary launched its famous individualized coffee capsule almost thirty years ago, and today has stores in 289 cities around the world. Polykem When it was founded in 1986, Nespresso had only Development and production of super absorbent polymers four different coffee blends and had five employees. (SAP) for agricultural use for water retention and release in In the early years, its offer was only dedicated to pro- arid or desert environments. fessionals. At the end of the 1990s, the brand was polykem.com faced with the challenge of regularly offering new tastes and new machines. It launched its online or- dering site and quickly expanded its customer base. Precision Vine Focused on the improvement of wine quality. Precision In the first decade of the 2000s, the company re- Vine is at the service of wine growers thanks to data col- vamped its coffee blends, selecting quality raw ma- lected from high-resolution aerial photography (hyper and terials and searching for the tastes that would please. multispectral, thermal and visual). The strength of the brand also lies in its ability to precisonvine.com adapt to the different markets it targets. Its recent success has been the development of a new machine adapted to long coffees for North America. It is now Procsea the world leader in coffee machines, capsules and A start-up that has developed a digital platform allowing pro- accessories. Nespresso has its world headquarters in fessionals to buy seafood products directly. Lausanne. It also has two production plants in the procsea.com canton of Vaud, in Avenches and Orbe, as well as one in Romont. The company employs more than 14,000 people worldwide. Procsim nespresso.com Specialized in flow management and process optimization, Procsim provides solutions to companies working towards 3D modeling, simulation, analysis, optimization, prediction and visualization. procsim.ch : Rosa Films : Rosa Photo VAUD ECONOMIC PROMOTION / NUTRITION AND FOOD TECHNOLOGIES 17

Proxipel SGS The company based in the commune of Le Vaud has de- The world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and signed a mobile pellet production unit. The machine can certification company. SGS offers an end-to-end supply process the biomass wherever it is located. chain range of services that reduce risk, ensure quality and proxipel.ch improve productivity. sgs.com

Sapal Sapal specializes in high-quality product packaging, mainly SICPA in the processed cheese, chocolate and broth sectors. World leader in solutions and services for secure authenti- sapal.ch cation, identification and traceability, SICPA is now study- ing the links between blockchain and foodtech. sicpa.com ScanTrust ScanTrust designs anti-counterfeiting software suites for brands enabling a secure mobile product authentication smartTONi solution. smartTONi is a catering system that aims to make com- scantrust.com mercial kitchens more efficient and effective. smarttoni.com

See Your Box See Your Box is an IoT-based B2B service that enables early Socialease detection of logistics problems encountered by goods on Socialease is a personal assistant created to help hotels their way to customers. and restaurants control and manage their social networks seeyourbox.com interactions. socialease.ch

senseFly Developing decision support tools for farmers through Socorex Isba large-scale geospatial data collection and analysis solu- Socorex Isba is specialized in precision instruments, par- tions for UAVs. ticularly those used to measure, dose, transfer, dispense sensefly.com and inject liquids (micropipettes, dispensers, etc.). socorex.com

Sensorscope Thanks to sensors, the Sensorscope system allows regular SwissDecode monitoring of plant water requirements, management of SwissDeCode commercializes a test that quickly carries nutrient solutions, and controls of salinity, pH, drainage rate out sanitary controls thanks to food DNA analysis. and other climatic parameters influencing plant growth. swissdecode.com sensorscope.ch

Swiss Fresh Water Autonomous water desalination systems. swissfreshwater.com : Rosa Films : Rosa Photo 18 VAUD ECONOMIC PROMOTION / NUTRITION AND FOOD TECHNOLOGIES

SwissSource Volv Global SwissSource develops ionization sources for R&D centers and Volv Global uses secure open source technologies to en- research laboratories using mass spectrometry equipment. able more efficient and cost-effective healthcare solutions. swissource.com volv.global

Tetra Laval WECHEER World leader in the field of food packaging, especially for WECHEER has created the world’s first intelligent bottle liquids such as milk and juices. opener that registers each bottle as it is opened to manage tetralaval.com inventory and to be able to recommend new products to customers. global.wecheer.io ThinkEE ThinkEE is a platform for collecting, centralizing, securely storing and analyzing in real-time all data from a company’s devices. thinkee.io

RANKING Topodrone VAUD’S EXPORT MARKETS, The company manufactures small and light surveillance IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE UAVs for mapping small areas. topodrone.org 1. Chemistry (19%)

2. Agriculture and silviculture Typsy products (16%) Portal for online continued education developed by former hotel and restaurant industry professionals. 3. Precision instruments (15%) typsy.com 4. Watchmaking (11%)

Valentine Factory Manufacture and marketing of professional electric fryers. valentine.ch

Visar Sorting Visar Sorting manufactures an electronic sorter for sorting batches of potatoes and carrots. visar-europe.com

Vivent Vivent seeks to improve the health of people and plants by using high-frequency electrical signals specific to each individual or type of plant. vivent.ch Source: Statistique Vaud Vaud Statistique Source: Source: Statistique Vaud agridea.ch the Star’Terre initiative. edge andknow-how from practice andresearch. It supports areasrural to prepare, exchange, and disseminate knowl Agridea ofactors isanationwidenetwork inagriculture and areas,rural linkingscience andfarming. Founded in1958, Agridea isaSwiss association for developing agriculture and Agridea cleantech-alps.com to bringthemvisibility,start-ups andnetworking. support bility. The cluster works withresearch institutes, SMEs and recycling, industrial ecology, energy efficiency and eco-mo clean technologies such asphotovoltaics, hydraulics, waste sion is to promote Western Switzerland asaEuropean hub for by theState Secretariat for Economic Affairs(SECO). mis Its French-speaking which issupported SwitzerlandandBern, CleantechAlps initiative isanetworking ledby thecantons of working inthe same field. canton ofVaud, helpingthem to network with other entities Several assistcompanies actors wishingto set upinthe NETWORK OF SUPPORTINGNETWORK PARTNERS CLUSTER CleantechAlps MICHEL ROCHAT CEO EHLGroup field that impacts everyone’s daily life.” de Lausanne hasthe to lead the responsibility way ina “Beyond educational the activities, its École hôtelière - - - VAUD ECONOMIC PROMOTION park since 2009. food industrywhohasbeenworking onthescience Fankhauser, anentrepreneur specializingintheagri- value”,with high-quality explains Stéphane an accelerator to designnew production methods with astrong agritech mission:“To component. Its be tion complex, dedicated to theagri-food industry, industrial innovation ofaproduc center attheheart ofthecanton ofVaud,din inthenorth isto create an The aimoftheAgropôle, atwo-hectare site atMolon agropole.com explains Stéphane Fankhauser. search stage, inapre-industrialization phase”, preneurial andare capacity “after theappliedre The companies present are selected for theirentre launch ofprojectsare also available to companies. incommunicationsupport andmarketing for the patch halls.Administrative andlogistical and services sector: refrigeration cells, packaging terminals, dis site. It offers equipment designed for activities in the The Agropôle onits aimsto mixSMEs andstart-ups AGRO-POLE OF MOLONDIN / NUTRITIONAND FOOD TECHNOLOGIES - - - - - 19

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Biopôle A technology park entirely dedicated to life sciences, inau- gurated in 2004, the Biopôle is home to more than 50 com- INNOVAUD panies and institutes - including several multinational head Innovaud combines the promotion of foreign invest- offices as well as innovative SMEs - representing more than ment and the promotion of innovation in order to tar- 1,200 professionals. It is also home to more than 25 world- get the needs of the Vaud ecosystem as well as those renowned research groups from the Centre Hospitalier Uni- of companies. The structure targets companies wish- versitaire Vaudois (CHUV), the Univesity of Lausanne (UNIL), ing to set up in the Vaud region, new start-ups that as well as companies and start-ups in the field of nutrition, are starting up or SMEs that are innovating and de- such as Nestlé Health Sciences. veloping, around innovative domains such as food- biopole.ch tech, cleantech, ICT and digital, life sciences and health, drones or aerospace to name a few. Innovaud works closely with the SPEI. Cautionnement Romand innovaud.ch The organization supports any project for the creation, development, takeover or succession of a business by financ- ing machinery, tools, equipment, inventory or working capital. Cautionnement Romand grants guarantees for a maximum period of 10 years - depending on the project - and not exceeding CHF 1 million. cautionnementromand.ch

EPFL Innovation Park Established next to the EPFL, the technology park of the same name houses more than 160 companies, established in 14 buildings, with a total surface area of 55,000 m2. More than 2,000 researchers, engineers, scientists and administrative staff work there. epfl-innovationpark.ch

FIAL The Federation of Swiss Food Industries (FIAL) is the um- brella organization for the 16 sectoral associations of the Swiss food industry. It aims to safeguard the economic and N°1 environmental interests of the affiliated industries and their Switzerland is the leading member companies. trading country for sugar, coffee fial.ch and cereals. Sources: SFNV Sources: SFNV Sources: Sources: SFNV

Sources: SFNV innosuisse.ch vice andprofessional networks. innovation inSwitzerlandthrough financial resources, ad agency. Itisresponsible for promoting knowledge-based Innosuisse is the federal government’s innovation promotion Innosuisse foodhack.global national news ofthesector. They also publish a newsletter gathering national and inter meetings, they create anetwork of agri-food entrepreneurs. able, ethical andhealthyfood system. Through events and formutual support companies working to develop asustain FoodHack’s mission is to create a dynamic ecosystem of FoodHack fondation-fit.ch technological projects. 500’000 thedevelopment francs)to support ofinnovative FIT provides andloans(rangingfrom grants CHF20’000 to Foundation for Technological Innovation (FIT) the increase inSwiss food exports between exports 2001 and2018 3x

- - - VAUD ECONOMIC PROMOTION vaud-economie.ch also provide direct financial support. ganizations according to theirspecificneeds.TheSPEI can ticular by putting themintouch withtheappropriate or sectors. TheSPEIadvises andinforms entrepreneurs, inpar Vaud, those active particularly intheindustrial andhigh-tech companies establishedinthecanton of The SPEIsupports Office for andInnovation Economic Affairs (SPEI) companies and scientific institutions, as well as a large companies andscientific institutions,as well asalarge agricultural tradition, ofworld-class anunrivaled density from thecombination gastronomic ofahigh-quality and investments intheregion. Thecanton ofVaud benefits aims to bringtogether know-how, and talent,start-ups ecosystem worldwide. Theinitiative, launched in2020, develop andpromote aninnovative food andnutrition andtheNestlécompany are joiningforcesanne (EHL) to nology inLausanne theÉcole (EPFL), hôtelière deLaus The canton of Vaud, the Swiss Federal Institute of Tech swissfoodnutritionvalley.ch innovative products to healthyandsustainable diets. science andtechnology - from agriculture to waste, from future of food and nutrition with the help of cutting-edge trition Valley aimsto meetthemajorchallengesof sciences androbotics. Inthisway, theSwiss Food & Nu inthefieldsof numberfood, ofstart-ups nutrition, life SWISS FOOD & NUTRITIONVALLEY / NUTRITIONAND FOOD TECHNOLOGIES - - - - - 21 22 VAUD ECONOMIC PROMOTION / NUTRITION AND FOOD TECHNOLOGIES

Star’terre Innovation Village - École hôtelière de Lausanne Launched in 2020, Star’terre brings together farmers, en- Created in 2009 by the École hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL), trepreneurs, public and private organizations, research and the Innovation Village is the first incubator for start-ups the French-speaking ecosystem supporting entrepreneur- dedicated to the development of new hotel and catering ship and innovation to create a dynamic network in the concepts. It aims to support the entrepreneurial spirit, in- field of agriculture and local food. The inter-cantonal ini- spire and rethink the food and hospitality industry. It oper- tiative aims to bring together the actors of Lake Geneva’s ates in partnership with strategic players in the sector, such food ecosystem on its platform and support innovative as the HotellerieSuisse association, Nestlé and the inter- projects. national hotel chain Marriott. starterre.ch ehlgroup.com/fr/innovation/village-de-l-innovation

Swiss Food Research Y-PARC SWISS TECHNOPOLE Swiss Food Research supports and encourages innovation Created in 1991, the technology park located in Yverdon-les- (development of new products and technologies), im- Bains is the first of its kind in Switzerland. It is also one of the proved product quality, and reduced production costs. This largest, with a surface area of 50 hectares. This business program supported by the Swiss Food Research Founda- center is home to more than 150 companies and start-ups. tion, provides companies active in the sector with state-of- Y-PARC offers a complete and varied infrastructure - land for the-art infrastructure and resources. They provide advice sale, premises for rent, a business incubator - and support for financial support applications, for example. services adapted to each individual. swissfoodresearch.ch y-parc.ch Photo: Ecorobotix Photo: Photo: Ecorobotix © VAUD 2021 vaud-economie.ch [email protected]