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CECIMOCECIMO SPRINGSPRING MEETINGSMEETINGS 15–1815-18 JuneJune 20192019 RüschlikonRüschlikon PROGRAMME BOOKLET CECIMO SPRING MEETINGS 2019

Dear CECIMO Family,

We are thrilled to have you here in Rüschlikon overlooking Lake Zurich.

The CECIMO Spring Meetings 2019 also mark the 75th anniversary of Swissmem’s «Swiss Machine Tool Manufacturers» specialist group. We are therefore pleased to have the privilege of hosting you all on this occasion. Let us introduce you to the Swiss people and their specialities beyond machine tools, such as watches, chocolate, cheese, «schwingen» and more!

Zurich and its sprawling suburbs are often referred to as the economic powerhouse of . We hope you will return home having discovered © Tornos SA not only some hitherto unknown facets of this Michael Hauser, President, Swiss Machine Tool Manufacturers & CEO, Tornos SA, Moutier charming city, but also an interesting fact or two about Switzerland and its people.

We wish you inspiring meetings and an exciting time here in the heart of Europe!

Michael Hauser Christoph Blättler President Secretary General PROGRAMME CECIMO SPRING MEETINGS 2019 Saturday 15 June 2019 Monday 17 June 2019

WORK PROGRAMME SOCIAL PROGRAMME WORK PROGRAMME SOCIAL PROGRAMME

12.00–16.00 → Work programme 9.00–12.30 → Work programme 9.00 → Transfer to centre of Zurich 17.00–18.15 → Welcome drinks and keynote speech 9.30 → Cultural introduction

18.30–22.30 10.45 → Private guided tour of → Welcome dinner in Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zurich Beyer Clock & Watch Museum

12.30 → Lunch 12.30 → Lunch at at Hotel Belvoir Hotel Storchen

14.00–17.30 → Work programme 14.00 → Shopping Sunday 16 June 2019 free time

16.10 → Transfer back to Rüschlikon by boat WORK PROGRAMME SOCIAL PROGRAMME 17.00 → Arrival at hotel 8.15 → Transfer to railway station 19.00–22.00 8.34 → Departure by chartered historic train → Gala dinner at Belvoir Restaurant & Grill

11.19 → Visit to Graubünden/Glarus Swiss Wrestling Championship in Cazis

12.30 → Lunch on the Championship site Tuesday 18 June 2019

13.30 → Continuation of visit

14.39 → Departure by train from Cazis station WORK PROGRAMME SOCIAL PROGRAMME

17.30 → Arrival at hotel 9.00–13.00 → Work programme

13.00–14.30 → Farewell lunch at Belvoir Restaurant & Grill 3 4 Programme Saturday, 15 June

Check-in 1 Details 10.00–16.00, Hotel Belvoir in Rüschlikon, valet service from Thalwil

We recommend arriving by public transport (train) at Thalwil railway station. There are frequent direct trains from station to Thalwil (S2, S24 and IR75). Once at the station in Thalwil, exit towards the lake, cross the road and enter the lobby of Hotel Sedartis, where you will find a CECIMO Welcome Desk. A driver will then take you to Hotel Belvoir in Rüschlikon in about five minutes.

6 Saturday, 15 June Saturday, 15 June

Welcome drinks Welcome dinner & keynote speech 1 2 17.00–18.15, Hotel Belvoir, 18.30–22.30, Zunfthaus zur Saffran in Zurich Charles Darwin Room Coach transfer Hotel Belvoir → Zunfthaus zur Saffran

The New Rail Link through the Alps (NRLA or NEAT) Comfortable buses will bring you all right from the is arguably the most famous Swiss project of our hotel lobby to the «Zunfthaus zur Saffran», the time throughout Europe. Built to last and delivered spice traders’ guildhall («Saffran» means saffron). on time and on budget, the Gotthard Base Tunnel Dating back to 1732, the building is historically is currently the longest rail tunnel in the world. significant. After a light aperitif accompanied by Hear about the key points of this project, witness an introduction to the guild and its treasures, the some of the exciting, important moments and learn welcome dinner will be served in the main hall. about the current status of the high-speed rail link After that, buses will bring you back to the hotel, from Switzerland to Italy from the Communication unless you want to explore the nightlife of down- Director of the company running the project since town Zurich a little longer by yourself. its inception.

7 8 Sunday, 16 June Sunday, 16 June

Journey on a Swiss Wrestling historic train Championship

8.15–11.19, Hotel Belvoir 11.30–14.30, Cazis → Thalwil → Cazis 14.39 Departure from Cazis back to Hotel Belvoir

Today we are going to experience a train ride on Split into two groups, insights will be given into the «RAe 4/8», which was built in 1939 and was the Swiss national sport of «schwingen», a the fastest and most modern train in Europe at traditional form of wrestling. For lunch we can the time. Commonly known as the «red double enjoy the kind of simple menu traditionally served arrow» («Roter Doppelpfeil»), it gained the at such championships before splitting up again nickname «Churchill» in 1946 after Sir Winston for the afternoon. Everybody will need to be back Churchill used this very train during his visit to at Cazis station by 14.30 to board the train. Switzerland to travel from Geneva to Zurich. The «Churchill» will be waiting for us in Chur to bring transfer bus to Thalwil railway station leaves the us back to Thalwil. Thanks to on-board drinks and hotel at 8.15 sharp. Breakfast will be served on a quick lesson in the Swiss card game of «Jass», the train. Dress code: casual with sturdy shoes the trip should fly by. We will arrive back at hotel (i.e. sport shoes, light hiking boots). Belvoir at 17.30.

9 10 Monday, 17 June Monday, 17 June Cultural tour in Zurich and Beyer Clock & Lunch and Watch Museum shopping 4 9.00–12.30, Zurich 3 12.30–16.00, Hotel Storchen Coach transfer Hotel Belvoir → Zurich at 9.00 and downtown Zurich

At 9.00, when the Delegates start their meetings, At 12.30, an aperitif will be waiting for the group a bus will take the partners from Hotel Belvoir to on the first floor of Hotel Storchen right beside the downtown Zurich. In the «Grossmünster» church, in a private room with balcony and views a famous landmark of Zurich, they will not only get across the river to the «Grossmünster» and the an introduction to this magnificent building, but guildhalls «zum Rüden» and «Zimmerleuten». On also learn about the important roles played by its a nice day, this is quintessential Zurich. Of course, priests during the religious reformation in Europe. after this refreshment, lunch will be served. From After this, it will only be a short walk across the about 14.00, the guides will assist where required River Limmat to the Beyer Clock & Watch Museum, with some individual shopping after having made featuring one of the finest collections in Switzer- sure that all participants understand where to land. Participants will be introduced to the fine meet at 16.00 sharp to catch the boat back to pieces and the history of clocks and watches. Rüschlikon from the Bürkliplatz pier.

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Map Zoo Zurich

Letzigrund Programme Details 22 Fluntern 10 Page 6–18 21 11 1. Check-in/welcome drinks 28 2. Welcome dinner 4 19 3. Cultural tour in Zurich 3 9 23 2 4. Lunch and shopping 12 7 24 Sihlfeld 29 Hottingen 5. Boat trip Werd 26 27 1. Gala dinner 13 5 1. Farewell lunch 25

Hirslanden Restaurant Tips Page 19–20 14 6. Bergrestaurant 7. Restaurant La Rôtisserie 8. Lake Side Mythenquai 8 20 9. Restaurant Bauernschänke 10. Restaurant Café Boy 11. Restaurant Gamper 12. Restaurant Kaiser’s Reblaube 13. Restaurant Kronenhalle 14. Restaurant L’Altro 15. Restaurant La Salle 16. Restaurant Sihlhalde 17. Restaurant Sonne 18. Rico’s 19. The Restaurant at the Dolder Grand

Sightseeing Tips Page 21–22 20. Uetliberg 21. Europaallee 22. National Museum 23. Bahnhofstrasse Kilchberg 24. Niederdorf 18 25. Sechseläutenplatz Küsnacht 26. Paradeplatz 27. Fraumünster 28. 29. Grossmünster 6 1 17 16 13 Rüschlikon Monday, 17 June

Boat trip

5 16.00–17.00, Bürkliplatz pier Travelling by boat to Rüschlikon with bus back to Hotel Belvoir

The meeting point for all partners participating at 16.00 is the Bürkliplatz pier, where Bahnhof- strasse ends at the shore of Lake Zurich. The boat will leave from there at 16.10 bound for Rüschlikon. Once disembarked in Rüschlikon, a bus will bring the partners safely back to Hotel Belvoir by 17.00, leaving ample time to prepare for the gala dinner.

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Gala dinner Farewell lunch

1 1 19.00–22.00, Belvoir 13.00–14.30, Belvoir Restaurant & Grill Restaurant & Grill

The whole restaurant floor will be at our disposal A seated buffet lunch will be waiting for you at a this evening. In an elegant setting, first some reserved section of the hotel’s Restaurant & Grill champagne and cocktails will be served in the by 13.00. Please enjoy at your leisure and round Lobby Lounge before the doors open and give off your exchange with colleagues and friends access to all the magnificent views the hotel can before catching your chosen transport for the offer of Zurich and its lake. A fine dinner will be journey home. prepared especially for you with exquisitely paired wines. At times, additional entertainment will be provided in between the courses by a live tango orchestra and a couple of professional tango dancers. After dinner, a bar pianist will await you for your nightcap at the hotel bar until midnight.

17 18 Restaurant Tips 115 years of history is still an Restaurant Sihlhalde, insider tip. Israeli chef Ingwar Gattikon Zuckerberg surprises with her Star chef Jürg Smolinksy menu, which manages to be continues his father’s tradition Bergrestaurant Felsenegg, Restaurant Bauernschänke, both creative and traditional. and builds on it. Enjoy exquisite Adliswil Zurich Glockengasse 7 wines and enchanting French From the hills near Zurich, Zurich meets the world: the 8001 Zurich 12 cuisine at a high level. you can enjoy an incredible «farmers tavern» conceived +41 44 221 21 20 Sihlhaldenstrasse 70 panoramic view over Zurich and and managed by rising star https://kaisers-reblaube.ch 8136 Gattikon the lake while eating local and chef Nenad Mlinarevic infuses +41 44 720 09 27 16 rural dishes. Easily accessible high-quality Swiss regional Restaurant Kronenhalle, www.smoly.ch by train and cable car. Some cuisine with innovative culinary Zurich may remember this place from concepts inspired by a range This iconic Zurich restaurant Restaurant Sonne, Stäfa the last CECIMO Fall Meetings of places from New York to has been a meeting point Fresh, local fish caught from in Switzerland. Copenhagen. for friends, family, business Lake Zurich is both a passion Felsenegg 1 Rindermarkt 24, 8001 Zurich partners and artists alike since and a tradition for this charm- 8143 /Zurich +41 44 262 41 30 9 1924. Kronenhalle is not just a ing small family business in +41 44 710 77 55 6 www.bauernschaenke.ch place for fine dining, but a work Stäfa across the lake from https://felsenegg.com of art in its own right. Its bar is Rüschlikon. Restaurant Café Boy, Zurich also worth a visit. Seestrasse 37, 8712 Stäfa La Rôtisserie at Hotel This bistro looks back on a long Rämistrasse 4 +41 43 477 10 10 17 Storchen, Zurich history, having first opened 8001 Zurich www.sonnestaefa.ch Quintessential Zurich. Elegant its doors in 1934. Two young +41 44 262 99 00 13 dining on the terrace on a warm chefs offer seasonal daily spe- www.kronenhalle.ch Rico’s, Küsnacht summer evening surrounded cials in the heart of Zurich’s «Native in a colourful way» is by several landmarks. Indulge pumping nightlife area. The Restaurant L’Altro, Zurich how Rico Zandonella describes in traditional French and Swiss wine list has some surprises This restaurant is a peaceful both his restaurant and his cuisine with a magnificent in store. Ask Stefan for his Italian garden near Lake Zurich. cuisine just across the lake view of the River Limmat and recommendations. On the menu you will find exqui- from Rüschlikon. This creative Zurich’s old town. Kochstrasse 2, 8004 Zurich sitely created and passionately concept has earned him and Weinplatz 2, 8001 Zurich 7 +41 44 240 40 24 10 prepared Italian cuisine. There his team two Michelin stars +41 44 227 21 13 www.cafeboy.ch is also an impressive Italian and 18 Gault&Millau points. https://storchen.ch/en/restau- wine list that includes some Seestrasse 160 rants-bars/la-rotisserie/ Restaurant Gamper, Zurich rarities. 8700 Küsnacht Want to be surprised and try Sternenstrasse 11 +41 44 910 07 15 18 Lake Side, Zurich something new? The cuisine 8002 Zurich www.ricozandonella.ch The Mediterranean restaurant in this humble yet stylish +41 44 201 43 98 14 with its grand terrace and bar restaurant is best described as www.l-altro.ch The Restaurant at the is located directly at the shore hyper-seasonal with a back-to- Dolder Grand, Zurich of Lake Zurich and offers mag- basics approach.. Restaurant La Salle, Zurich Indulge in pure gourmet cuisine nificent views over the lake. Nietengasse 1, 8004 Zurich Enjoy glamorous yet humble high above the city. The restau- Bellerivestrasse 170 +41 44 221 11 77 11 cuisine in a unmistakeably rant boasts two Michelin stars 8008 Zurich http://gamper-restaurant.ch/ industrial setting in the halls and 19 Gault&Millau points and +41 44 385 86 00 8 of the old boat-building site in offers a unique experience with https://lake-side.ch Restaurant Kaiser’s Zurich-West, with an interest- a panoramic view over the city, Reblaube, Zurich ing wine list as well! the lake and the Alps. Nestled between St. Peter’s Schiffbaustrasse 4 15 Kurhausstrasse 65 church and Bahnhofstrasse 8005 Zurich 8032 Zurich in the middle of Zurich’s old +41 44 258 70 71 +41 44 456 60 00 19 19 town, this institution with over www.lasalle-restaurant.ch www.thedoldergrand.com 20 Sightseeing in Zurich Sechseläutenplatz – and the five-part cycle in the combines tradition with chancel and the rosette in the modernity southern transept are the work Sechseläutenplatz is a place of Marc Chagall. Uetliberg – Zurich’s very collection documenting the for relaxing between Bellevue Fraumünster own mountain cultural history of Switzerland: and Zurich’s Opera House. The Stadthausquai 19 At 2,850 feet above sea level, handicrafts, everyday objects, «Sechseläuten» spring festival 8001 Zurich 27 the Uetliberg towers over the sculptures and paintings from takes place at Zurich’s most www.fraumuenster.ch rooftops of Zurich. The moun- prehistory to the present popular public space every tain affords an impressive day tell a host of interesting spring, when the «Böögg» – a Lindenhof panoramic view of the city, the stories. giant, artificial snowman Lindenhof is an oasis at the lake and the Alps. In summer, Landesmuseum Zurich 22 mounted high on a stake – is Lindenhof is an oasis at the there’s plenty to discover on Museumstrasse 2, 8001 Zurich burned to say goodbye to win- heart of the city and provides well-marked hiking routes, a www.landesmuseum.ch ter and welcome the summer. a glorious view of the old town, mountain bike route and the Sechseläutenplatz 25 Grossmünster church, City Hall, Planet Trail. Bahnhofstrasse – Zurich’s 8001 Zurich the River Limmat, the university 8143 Uetliberg 20 shopping boulevard and the Swiss Federal Institute www.uetliberg.ch You can find everything that Paradeplatz – the heart of of Technology. Lindenhof was your heart desires on Bahn- Bahnhofstrasse also the scene of numerous Europaallee master plan hofstrasse: fashion, art and The hub linking Zurich’s lake, historical events. For example, Europaallee is a new urban Zurich specialties attract local old town and Bahnhofstrasse the oath sealing the Helvetic quarter taking shape on a site residents as well as visitors. is known throughout the world Constitution was taken on covering more than 80,000 At the spot where city moats as a financial centre. Parade- Lindenhof in 1798. square metres (860,000 were 150 years ago, today it platz is the heart of Bahnhofst- Lindenhof 28 square feet), right alongside connects Lake Zurich with the rasse and an important tram 8001 Zurich the tracks of Zurich’s main main railway station on a length junction near Lake Zurich. It railway station. Europaallee of 1.4 kilometres (0.87 miles). 23 was called «Säumärt» (pig Grossmünster – Zurich’s comprises various new de- Bahnhofstrasse, 8001 Zurich market) in the 17th century, famous landmark velopments and construction www.bahnhofstrasse-zuerich.ch owing to a livestock market According to legend, Charlem- sites that are primarily the that took place regularly there. agne discovered the graves of work of Zurich-based archi- Niederdorf – popular prom- Paradeplatz 26 the city’s patron saints Felix tects, but architectural firms enade in Zurich’s old town 8001 Zurich and Regula and had a church from London and Amsterdam21 Niederdorf is a pedestrian built as a monastery on the have also been involved. zone the same as Limmatquai, Fraumünster – a church in spot. In the first half of the Europaallee, 8004 Zurich which runs parallel to it. During the old town with windows 16th century, the Grossmün- www.europaallee.ch the day, the pedestrian zone by Chagall and Giacometti ster church was the starting and many stores, which are Founded in 853 by King Louis point of the Swiss-German National Museum – history almost hidden in alleyways, the German, this church with Reformation led by Huldrych in a fairytale castle entice you to shop. In the its convent was inhabited by Zwingli and Heinrich Bullinger. The National Museum, which evening, Niederdorf changes the female members of the Grossmünster stands next to Zurich’s main into a nightlife district for a aristocracy of Europe. Its Grossmünsterplatz station, is reminiscent of a very varied public with its bars most stunning treasures are 8001 Zurich 29 fairytale castle. On show in and street artists. 24 the stained glass windows: www.grossmuenster.ch the rooms and halls of the Niederdorf, Niederdorfstrasse those in the north transept National Museum is the largest 8001 Zurich are by Augusto Giacometti,

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Contact Hotel payment Swissmem Please settle your room bill on Jolanda Celentano departure. All major credit cards are Pfingstweidstrasse 102 accepted. CH - 8005 Zurich T +41 44 384 48 27 Dress codes M +41 79 701 28 55 Social/partner programme: [email protected] Informal dress, good walking shoes. Bring clothing for both rain and CECIMO sunshine. Elisabeth Vilain Keynote & welcome dinner: 66, avenue Louise Smart casual B - 1050 Brussels Gala dinner: T +32 2 502 70 90 Black tie/cocktail dress [email protected] Tipping Venue Taxes and service charges in restau- Hotel Belvoir rants and for taxi services are included. Säumerstrasse 37 If you were satisfied with the service, 8803 Rüschlikon you may round up the bill. There is no T +41 44 723 83 83 general percentage as a rule of thumb. www.hotel-belvoir.ch Emergency numbers Directions from Zurich International emergency number: 112 By train from Zurich HB: Police: 117 take train S8 heading towards Ambulance: 144 Pfäffikon SZ. Get off at Fire brigade : 118 Rüschlikon and change to bus 165 heading towards Taxi services «Rüschlikon, Park im Grüene». Zurich City Get off the bus at «Belvoir». T +41 44 777 77 77 By car: Zurich Airport take the A1 motorway, following T +41 44 888 77 78 the signs for Lucerne (Luzern). Thalwiler Taxi Join the A3 at the «Westring» T +41 44 720 41 41 junction and follow the signs for Chur. Continue on the A3 and take the exit for Thalwil / Rüschlikon Picture sources: (34). Take the second exit at the – AlpTransit Gotthard Ltd: p. 7 first roundabout and then the – Hotel Belvoir: p. 5-6, p. 17, p. 18 first exit at the next roundabout. – RAe 4/8, : p. 9 Follow Feldimoosstrasse. After – Schwinger-Verband: p. 10 – Storchen Zurich: p. 12 500 metres, turn right onto – Zunfthaus zur Saffran: p. 8 Säumerstrasse. – Zurich Tourism: p. 11, p. 16

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