Swiss Innovation Park

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One branch of the Swiss Innovation Park is located on the campus of the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, at the shores of Lake Geneva.

Switzerland Innovation (German: Schweizerischer Innovationspark, French: Parc suisse d'innovation), organised through the Switzerland Innovation Foundation is the Swiss national network of science parks.[1]

It was inaugurated by Johann Schneider-Ammann on 18 January 2016 and will be organised around five locations:[1]

Company involvement[edit]

Various companies and organisations are based at Switzerland Innovation Park locations, ranging from startups to multinational organisations.

Switzerland Innovation Park Network West EPFL[edit]

Buildings at the EPFL Innovation Park campus in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Over 200 companies are listed as resident at the EPFL campuses in Lausanne and Geneva (Campus Biotech).[2] These include:

Swiss Innovation Park Zürich[3][edit]

The Zürich location of the Swiss Innovation Park has had slow progress getting the necessary political green lights.[4] Nonetheless, various ETH Competition Teams have already found their new Headquarters in the new Dübendorf location. These include:

  • AMZ - The university's Academic Motorsport Association.
  • ARIS - The university's Academic Spaceflight Initiative.
  • Swissloop - The university's Hyperloop team.
  • E-Sling - A group focusing on the electrification of a 4 seater.[5]

After its completion the Innovation Park in Zürich expects to house more commercial companies such as:[3]

  • Matternet
  • VRM Switzerland
  • New Green Tec
  • V-Locker
  • AEROPLAN
  • Habasit
  • VILT
  • Swiss Sino Innovation Center

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Factsheet" (PDF) (in German). Switzerland Innovation. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Innovation Park". www.epfl-innovationpark.ch. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
  3. ^ a b "Switzerland Innovation". Switzerland Innovation. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
  4. ^ Flury, Stefan Hotz und Reto. "Innovationspark Zürich: Verwaltungsgericht hebt Planung auf". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2021-01-08.
  5. ^ "Home - e-Sling". Retrieved 2021-01-08.

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