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Kloten ZH/Lucerne - Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD) has opened a new center located in The Circle. Here, more than 250 experts from around the world will collaborate on an interdisciplinary basis to investigate and develop therapeutic substances, while marketing activities will represent an additional focal point.

Zürich/Paris – The first experiment involving a transfer of central bank digital currency in Europe has been successful. The transaction was carried out between banks based in Switzerland and France. The parties involved included SIX, the Bank for International Settlements, the Swiss National Bank and Banque de France.

Zurich/Boston - Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has signed a ten-year agreement for Climeworks to capture some of the unavoidable CO2 emissions it makes from the air and permanently store this underground. BCG will additionally support the company with scaling up its business model worldwide.

Zurich - Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH) and their colleagues have become the first group to achieve error correction with qubits in practice. Corporations such as Google and IBM were among the competitors for this breakthrough in quantum computing.

Bern/Arbedo-Castione TI - SBB intends to spend around 460 million francs on its new plant in Arbedo-Castione. The canton and the city of Bellinzona are contributing a further 120 million francs. Around 440 new jobs will be created as a result. The plant will go into operation in 2027.

Hergiswil NW/Zurich/London - Global corporate consulting firm Synpulse has entered into partnership with fintech unicorn Thought Machine from the UK. In this collaboration, Synpulse will act as a strategic sales partner for the core bank platform Vault from Thought Machine.

Zurich/London - The globally operating British group FNZ has agreed a takeover deal for Appway. The cloud solutions of the multinational FinTech firm are used to automate the working processes of financial institutions and asset management firms of all sizes.

Zug - Holcim has announced its intention to construct a residential complex of 3D-printed houses in Kenya. The project will comprise 52 houses in total and is the largest of its kind in Africa. The aim is to accelerate the breakthrough of 3D-printing for affordable housing applications.

Opfikon ZH - Sunrise is aiming to make machine maintenance easier. To achieve this, 5G capabilities and an Augmented Reality solution developed by the start-up OverIT will be used. The solution can be tested in the Joint Innovation Center operated by Sunrise and Huawei.