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Zug/Bern - Swiss Post will now additionally use electric tricycles or trikes to deliver mail from the middle of January. The manufacturer, vRbikes.ch ag, is part of the Smart Urban Mobility division of the industry and data company vonRoll Infratec.

Zurich/Birmensdorf - Researchers in Zurich have developed a special drone that can land in trees. The drone’s underside collects environmental DNA for the determination of biodiversity. It is now being trained for a challenging competition in the rainforests of Singapore.

Zurich/Lisbon - Bison Digital Assets, the crypto subsidiary of Portugal’s Bison Bank, has partnered with Sygnum for use of its platform for digital asset custody and trading. Sygnum’s B2B banking has already enabled 15 partners to create a regulated digital asset footprint.

Zug - The number of companies in Crypto Valley increased slightly in 2022, according to a new report from CV VC. However, the valuation of the 50 largest blockchain companies fell sharply. Overall, the assessment of the development of the region, which includes Switzerland and Liechtenstein, was positive.

Dielsdorf/Lupfig - Operations at Green’s first data center as part of its major Zurich Metro Campus project officially commenced on January 17. The data center offers space for 80,000 servers and facilitates high-density computing. Construction work on an office building will also start in January, with two more data centers additionally set to follow before the end of the year.

Zurich/Heerbrugg - ANYmal, the automated, four-legged inspection robot developed by ANYbotics, will now be enhanced by an integrated, 3D scanner for location detection from Leica Geosystems. This creates a digital twin of inspected facilities not only more accurately and rapidly, but also much more cost-effectively.

Lugano/Zurich - The City of Lugano has placed a digital bond worth 100 million Swiss francs based on blockchain technology on the SIX Digital Exchange, a Swiss securities exchange. With this world first, Lugano is strengthening its innovation model that aims to promote the digital transformation and innovation.

Riviera/Lodrino - The municipality of Riviera has been authorized to operate the former Lodrino military airport as a civilian airport in future. This offers security to companies based in the region. However, it will also support the development of the Swiss Drone Base Camp, a competence center for drones based at the new Switzerland Innovation Park Ticino.

Zurich - The Zurich financial center generates gross value added of almost 30 billion Swiss francs. It is therefore the largest of its kind in Switzerland. This is the result of the “Zurich financial center 2023/2024” study, which was commissioned by the Office for Economy and Labour of the canton of Zurich.