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Are you looking to start or expand flying around the world, proving to be a model Aeropole your high-tech company in Europe? of successful innovation. Aeropole Competence Center is the ideal Science to market Competence location for companies active in aviation, The Commission for Technology and aerospace and autonomous solutions, Innovation, Switzerland’s federal innovation Center including derived applications on the ground in promotion agency, provides funding for market- the ICT, energy and composite sectors. Over 40 oriented R&D projects carried out jointly by Where aviation inspires innovation hectares and a 2.6 km runway are available for firms and universities, as well as for the creation your ambitious industrial projects, immediately and development of science-based companies. next to a military and civil airport and with a dedicated highway exit. Central, yet close to nature Switzerland, a haven of stability Located in a multilingual region in Western Switzerland, Aeropole Competence Center is BASEL ✈ Switzerland is one of the most liberal and ZURICH ✈ easily accessible by car from Switzerland’s competitive countries in the world. Its business- major cities and has its own highway exit. BERN ✈ friendly climate, strong social stability and solid Arriving by business jet or helicopter, by train AEROPOLE political system mean that investors are able or by car, you will be amazed to be so close LAUSANNE to engage in long-term activities with complete to Geneva and Bern, yet in a green living peace of mind. environment, just 10 minutes from the beautiful GENEVA ✈ lake Neuchâtel. Swiss quality as a competitive The place to B advantage From Aeropole to… Travelling time Swiss products and services are universally • 400,000 m2 technopark associated with quality, reliability and Bern 30 minutes • 2.6 km runway exclusivity. The excellent reputation they 2 • 74,000 m with access to runway enjoy is a clear competitive advantage for Lausanne 45 minutes • 18,000 m2 tarmac manufacturers and service providers, who can position their Swiss made products and • 8,400 authorized movements for services in a higher price segment. Geneva 1h15 civil traffic 2 • 190,000 m land for sale Where innovation fuels business Basel 1h30 • 220 CHF/m2 average price As the world’s most innovative nation, • > 500 employees of Swiss Air Zurich 2h00 Switzerland is the best place to drive new ideas Force forward. • > 30 specialists trained every year in polymechanics and electronics Solar Impulse The solar-powered aircraft was tested at • 1h15 from Geneva airport Cover image: Solar Impulse 2 flying over Lake Neuchâtel • 45 minutes from Bern airport Aeropole Competence Center and took off the during test flights in 2014 © Solar Impulse | Revillard | 2.6 km runway in 2010. Solar Impulse 2 is now Rezo.ch Aeropole Competence Center 2 Your gateway to Europe • Boschung Global headquarters for the By moving to Aeropole Competence Center, you development and production of would thrive alongside the following public and machinery and electronic systems for private entities: airport maintenance, highway and local • Swiss Air Force Training Center service. 150 people will be working on Aeropole Competence Center hosts the Aeropole site. the principal base for the Swiss Air www.boschung.com Force, as well as the reception base for • Speedwings various foreign air force companies in Business aviation flights operator. It Switzerland. The Swiss Air Force Base is building a three-hangar facility for employs 511 experts on site, and trains aircraft storage, maintenance and over 30 students every year in the fields operations. of polymechanics and electronics. www.flyspeedwings.com www.lw.admin.ch • Groupe E André Borschberg (left) and Bertrand Piccard • Swiss Hornet Tactical Simulator (right) © Solar Impulse | Ackermann | Rezo.ch Producer and distributor of Swiss SHOTS is a next generation simulator electricity to four regional states. “The support of the city with joint Helmet Mounted Cueing Currently developing the biggest of Payerne, of the region System (JHMCS), AIM-9X infrared production park of solar energy in missiles, datalink MIDS/Link16, Switzerland. and of the aerodrome Combined Interrogator Transponder www.groupe-e.ch (CIT). was key in turning this www.lw.admin.ch project into reality. We • Skyguide Provider of civil and military air will bring with us all the navigation services in Switzerland. It good times spent here. employs 1,400 employees and handles 3,500 flights a day at 14 locations in Without Payerne, there Switzerland, including the Aeropole Competence Center where it also would have been no Solar handles night operations (F/A-18, Super Impulse 2, no mission, no Puma, Cougar and EC635). www.skyguide.ch Round-the-World flight.” • Swiss Transportation Safety Bertrand Piccard, Initiator, Chairman, Investigation Board Pilot, Solar Impulse State authority of the Swiss André Borschberg, Co-founder, CEO, Groupe E is involved in clean technology © Groupe E Confederation which has a mandate Pilot, Solar Impulse to investigate accidents and critical • S3 – Swiss Space Systems Solar Impulse was hosted at Aeropole incidents involving trains, aircrafts, inland Developer, manufacturer, certifier and Competence Center from 2009 to 2015. navigation ships and seagoing vessels. operator of unmanned suborbital www.sust.admin.ch spaceplanes for small satellite deployment. www.s-3.ch In addition, a number of multinational companies and SMEs operating in high-value- added sectors have already settled in the region: ICT • Blue Coat Systems – solutions to optimize and secure the flow of information www.bluecoat.com • Dartfish – technologies for televised broadcast footage www.dartfish.com • Scout24 – e-commerce platforms www.scout24.ch Aeropole Competence Center hosts the principal base for the Swiss Air Force © VBS Aeropole Competence Center 3 • Harmonic – versatile and high • Extramet – production of extruded • Ruag Aviation – Comprehensive performance video solutions Tungsten Carbide maintenance and repair work for aircraft www.harmonicinc.com www.extramet.ch components, engines and avionic systems; development and design of • Ingenico – secure transaction and • Honeywell – aerospace products software solutions; engineering services. payment solutions and services; control technologies for www.ingenico.com buildings, homes, and industry • Ruag Aerostructures – specialized in www.honeywell.com aerostructures and international supply • Lufthansa Systems – integrated IT chains of global original equipment services for the aeronautics industry • Mistral Engines – multi-fuel, liquid- manufacturers. www.lhsystems.com cooled, electronically controlled rotary www.ruag.com engines • VeriSign – operates two of the world’s www.mistral-engines.com 13 root name servers www.verisigninc.com Electronics and electromechanics • Contrinex – inductive and photoelectric sensors www.contrinex.com • Maxwell Technologies – energy storage and power delivery solutions www.maxwell.com • Meggitt – sensor technology and high- tech vibration monitoring equipment www.vibro-meter.com • Saia-Burgess Controls – industrial- grade electronic components and systems for control/automation engineering www.saia-pcd.com • Wago Contact – spring loaded terminal blocks for PCB, capacitor, lighting and ballasts www.wago.ch • Fischer Connectors – high performance push-pull circular connectors and cable assemblies www.fischerconnectors.com Liebherr is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of construction machinery • Leclanché – multi-technology lithium- • Pix4D – professional image-processing European Space Agency ion battery systems software Spectratime is the provider of Rubidium www.leclanche.com www.pix4d.com atomic clocks and passive hydrogen masers • Gamaya – hyperspectral remote sensing for Europe’s Galileo global satellite navigation Aerospace-related sectors for advanced crop analytics system. • Schott – high-tech components in www.gamaya.com www.esa.int www.spectratime.com glass and other hard materials; optical • Flyability – development of a collision- assemblies and precision optical tolerant drone Robust and Safe Systems Center Fribourg components www.flyability.com (ROSAS) www.schott.com • senseFly – aerial imaging drones for Funded by the companies Johnson Electric • Liebherr – construction machinery professional applications International, Liebherr, Meggitt and the www.liebherr.com www.sensefly.com School of Engineering and Architecture of Fribourg, ROSAS operates as the extended • Bumotec – machines for high-end Partnerships have already been established applied research work bench in systems industries with several companies and institutions, safety, security and reliability engineering www.bumotec.ch including: for its industrial ROSAS partners as well as • COMET Group – high-tech components Ruag Group for other industrial clients and academic and systems based on x-ray, radio partners. RUAG has outstanding technological frequency and ebeam technology www.rosas.center www.comet-group.com capabilities on the ground, in the air and in space. Aeropole Competence Center 4 Be part of a top-end ecosystem Aeropole Competence Center aims to integrate new high-tech companies in a top- end ecosystem composed of R&D centers, complementary companies and a supportive IMD Business School, Lausanne © IMD network of public authorities. If you are active environment, business in one of the following sectors, don’t miss the EPFL – Swiss Federal Technology Institute 60 km www.unil.ch chance to be part