BEDA - Berne Economic Development Agency
Berne Economic Development Agency
Leading medical technology business location in Switzerland.
Switzerland has a great tradition in medical technology which holds significant future potential. The Swiss medical technology added-value chain is well structured and highly integrated. About 1,300 companies with 45,000 employees create an annual turnover of 20.3 billion Swiss francs. The annual growth is 6% to 8%.
Medical technology represents a key area of the precision engineering industry in the Berne Capital Area. The long tradition of the watchmaking industry in the region advanced the know-how in precision manufacturing and is an important advantage for the medical technology branch.
There are approx. 320 medical technology companies with 7,000 people operating primarily as manufacturers and suppliers. In the last few years the number of employees in the medical technology industry has grown by 20%. Companies such as Medtronic, Haag-Streit, Ypsomed, Straumann, Roche Diagnostic, Precimed, Ziemer Group, Bien-Air, Carbamed, Steris, Staar Surgical, Bernafon, Stryker, Mathys Medizintechnik, Johnson & Johnson Medical and Synthes-Stratec are already in the region.
The Medical Cluster, a network organisation for medical technology companies in the Berne Capital Area, focus on activities like promotion for the innovation, expansion of education and support of innovative companies. The Competence Center of Medical Technology is responsible for professional technology transfer between universities and industry.
The Berne Economic Development Agency is a One-Stop Shop for companies that would like to relocate to the Berne Capital Area, Switzerland, and develop themselves there.
Berne Economic Development Agency BEDA
Münsterplatz 3
3011 Berne
Switzerland
Tel: +41 31 633 41 20
Fax: +41 31 633 40 88
www.berneinvest.com
Mr Jean-Philippe Devaux
Head of foreign investment
jeanphilippe.devaux@berneinvest.com
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