‘Our biggest challenge is to meet the demand for sustainable fuels’
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New regulations are pushing airline carriers to gradually ditch oil for cleaner fuels. Synhelion, a Swiss start-up, is turning sunlight into fuel.
‘Children should learn how to maintain a healthy lifestyle, not just maths and geography’
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Peter Ohnemus, CEO of Swiss-based digital health tech company dacadoo, explains why schools should integrate health in their curriculum and outlines opportunities in keeping ageing populations healthier.
‘Hero is perceived as a Swiss brand … only in Switzerland’
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Hero Group is known for its small jams found on breakfast tables in hotels. CEO Rob Versloot talks about being Swiss and downsizing its portfolio to remain competitive.
Swiss Federal Railways’ Monika Ribar: ‘I could never have had this career if I’d had children’
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While she is opposed to quotas for women on management boards, she believes attitudes still need to change to advance equality in the world of work.
‘Balancing growth and sustainability is the challenge of the century for the tourism sector’
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Francisco Betti, co-author of a report on world tourism, firmly believes in the key role of technological progress in making the sector sustainable in the next 20 years.
‘Swatch has no competition’ in its Swiss-made watch segment
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Swatch's recovery from a long decline owes a lot to an industrial innovation that recently celebrated its tenth anniversary.
President of Patek Philippe: ‘I am, by far, the watchmaker who knows his customers best’
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Thierry Stern, the owner and director of Patek Philippe, explains why the prestigious Geneva-based firm produces almost all its watches in-house, while delegating sales to outside partners.
Face-to-face meetings ‘more important than ever’ for watch industry
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The Watches and Wonders trade fair in Geneva is hoping to set a new record for exhibitor and visitor numbers this year. SWI swissinfo.ch spoke to the event’s CEO, Matthieu Humair.
What makes a Swiss ‘private-label’ watch company tick
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Roventa-Henex has based its entire business model on discretion and works completely anonymously for brands and individuals.
‘The arrival of foreign capital has not harmed Swiss watchmaking’
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An interview with Jean-Daniel Pasche, president of the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry, who steps down at the end of 2023.
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Unlike other Swiss watch manufacturers, Longines has enjoyed strong growth in China this year. An interview with its managing director.
‘High costs are not prohibitive for premium destination Switzerland’
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The president of Switzerland Tourism believes that local authorities are perfectly capable of managing the occasional flow of visitors.
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The CEO of Geneva Airport, Switzerland's second largest, expects slow growth of passenger traffic over the next few years.
‘Animal milk remains Emmi’s passion and core business’
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Ricarda Demarmels, the new CEO of Swiss dairy giant Emmi, is confident that plant-based alternatives will not replace animal milk.
In Switzerland more people are being referred to electrical therapies or psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. Are there similar approaches where you live?
Is your place of origin, your Heimatort, important to you?
Every Swiss citizen has a Heimatort, a place of origin, but many have never visited theirs. What’s your relationship with your Heimatort? What does it mean to you?
