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Wallisellen - Reishauer AG, the Zurich-based gear grinding technology specialist, has developed a program on the basis of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to monitor its continuous generating gear grinding machines. Argus AI is able to detect changes in components such as wear and tear before automatically reporting these findings to a web app. In this way, users can reduce unplanned interruptions and downtimes.

Unterengstringen - The IT firm WEYTEC has won the award for Best Trading Hardware Provider at the London Trader Show. The system developed by the company from the Greater Zurich Area is used to trade 1,000 billion US dollars each day.

Zurich - Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich have developed an Artificial Intelligence that is able to determine on the basis of acoustic data whether a machine is functioning correctly. In this way, machine operators are notified automatically in the event that maintenance is required.

Uster/Da Nang - The Vietnamese textiles firm Hoa Tho Textile has recently started using a platform developed by Uster Technologies to monitor production processes. The platform brings together data on fibers, yarns and materials, which helps to guarantee product quality.

Zurich - The European Central Bank intends to deploy a new Artificial Intelligence solution developed by Squirro in order to analyze unstructured data. The start-up based in the Greater Zurich Area also has plans to grow stateside, having agreed a takeover for the US firm open.exchange.

Kloten - Swiss is the first airline in the world to use a new technology for smoother surfaces on its Boeing aircraft that reduces both carbon emissions and fuel consumption. This technique was developed with BASF and Lufthansa.

Birmensdorf/Zurich – Newly developed software can be used to optimally calculate the cable roads for overhead cranes in forestry work. The Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich worked together on this development.

Highly qualified talent in high-tech can have their pick of international locations. The Greater Zurich Area is becoming more and more attractive thanks to leading tech ecosystems and best-in-class infrastructure. In addition, Switzerland’s safety and stability play a crucial role. This is according to the specialist executive search provider Miramar Global, which recently opened a new office in Zurich.

Zurich - The number of companies operating in Switzerland grew by 3.4 percent year on year in 2021. At 4.7 percent each, the most powerful net growth occurred in the cantons of Schwyz and Zug. The largest number of new entries in the Commercial Register occurred in the cantons of Zurich and Vaud.