Contrinex, Xemperia and ROMAG aquacare Win the IFF 2024-2025 Award
On Wednesday evening, the canton of Fribourg celebrated its most innovative companies at the 2024-2025 Fribourg Freiburg Innovation Award (IFF) ceremony. The IFF Enterprise Award went to Contrinex, based in Corminboeuf, while the IFF Start-up Award, decided two-thirds by public vote, was awarded to Xemperia,...
LIFE SCIENCES AT THE HEART OF THE FNF 2024 AND OF AN IMPACT STUDY
Consolidating its position within the Fribourg economy, the life sciences sector boasts a rich ecosystem of leading companies, innovative start-ups, specialized institutes and competence centers. The 2024 edition of Fribourg Network Freiburg, the official magazine of the Fribourg Development Agency (FDA), highlights this dynamic sector,...
The Fribourg Development Agency gains ground despite a challenging context
The Fribourg Development Agency (FDA) presented today a solid annual report at the new premises of IMMOMIG Ltd in Düdingen. Despite a challenging geopolitical environment, the FDA supported a total of 40 company projects in 2023 (previous year: 41). The 40 companies involved plan to...
SMG is moving to a new site in the heart of Fribourg
SMG Swiss Marketplace Group AG announced today that it is relocating from Flamatt to the city of Fribourg. It will move into modern, centrally located offices on the bluefactory site in autumn 2024. The Fribourg Development Agency is very pleased that SMG (formerly Scout24 Switzerland...
Fribourg Network Freiburg 2023 digs into the construction and energy efficiency sector
The construction and energy efficiency sector is a mainstay of the Fribourg economy. It derives a great deal of its strength from the canton's dense network of international firms, high-caliber SMEs, clusters, competence centers and research organizations. The 2023 edition of Fribourg Network Freiburg, the...
The Canton’s Agri-food Strategy proves itself an effective Catalyst
Three Fribourg State Councillors participated in Friday’s presentation of the initial results of the Canton’s economic development strategy for the agri-food sector. For each of the Strategy’s three flagship programs, an interdisciplinary team undertook the elaboration of a project last year in cooperation with local...
A company from Fribourg will head for the Moon
In three years, the FLEX rover, the result of an international collaboration involving the Fribourg-based company Venturi Lab will head for the Moon. This rover is the largest and most powerful in the history of lunar vehicles. In 2026, SpaceX will use its Starship launch...
A strong 2022 for the Fribourg Development Agency
Despite the numerous uncertainties linked notably to the outbreak of the war in Ukraine and the resulting energy crisis, the Fribourg Development Agency (FDA) presented a solid result for 2022. After two record years, no less than 41 projects were successfully completed (45 in 2021)....
Rolex buys land in Bulle to build its new manufacture in the Canton of Fribourg
Following the green light from the General Council of Bulle, on 12 December, Rolex SA today signed the contract with the City of Bulle to buy the land needed for its new watch factory. The site chosen along the A12 motorway in Bulle, in the...
Comet, Neuria and PMF-System win the Fribourg Innovation Award
On Wednesday evening, the Canton of Fribourg honored its most innovative companies. The Business Award went to Comet Ltd based in Flamatt, while the Start-up Award was given to Neuria from Fribourg in accordance with the results of a public vote. Awarded this year for...