Swiss National Day 2020

Family-owned firm makes high-tech sewing machines

Family-owned firm makes high-tech sewing machines

BERNINA, a 127-year-old family owned Swiss international company, has a kind of startup in Singapore. A leading sewing machine company, it is a household name in Switzerland and around the world as Be...

V-Zug makes headway into Singapore kitchens

V-Zug makes headway into Singapore kitchens

LEADING Swiss kitchen appliances company V-Zug is among the new wave of Swiss companies coming to Singapore to expand their business. Since making its debut here in 2018, the company has opened its fl...

Bilateral cooperation in multiple ways

Bilateral cooperation in multiple ways

Being small states, Switzerland and Singapore are natural partners in many international organisations, says Swiss Ambassador.

Swiss investments in Singapore up S$22b

Swiss investments in Singapore up S$22b

Foreign direct investment climbed to a record S$60.7 billion at end-2018, a 57% jump from the previous year.

ABB marks 50 successful years in Singapore

ABB marks 50 successful years in Singapore

ZURICH-HEADQUARTERED ABB, founded by two Swiss engineering pioneers in 1891, will be celebrating its 50th year of operation in Singapore soon. The company was established in the Republic in 1970 and e...

Innovative design solution for face mask

Innovative design solution for face mask

WHEN the Covid-19 pandemic hit and there was a shortage of face masks everywhere earlier this year, Jean-Luc Fringeli, a Swiss national who has been living in Singapore for five years, decided to do s...

Swiss tourism set for recovery

Swiss tourism set for recovery

The Covid-19 pandemic has hit the sector hard but it is getting lots of help from its national tourism marketing agency.

Two Swiss companies to open innovation centre in Singapore

Two Swiss companies to open innovation centre in Singapore

Republic chosen because of its skilled workforce and advanced infrastructure.

Swiss biz hub promotes trade and investment

Swiss biz hub promotes trade and investment

SWITZERLAND Global Enterprise (S-GE), which operates an active Swiss Business Hub here in Singapore as the official Swiss organisation for trade and investment promotion, has a special focus on helpin...

Husband and wife team up for job sharing

Husband and wife team up for job sharing

Barbara and Nikolas Gonzenbach are both Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy of Switzerland in Singapore.