Cleantech community profiles

MeduSoil – Biocement made by microorganisms

MeduSoil develops and sells innovative, sustainable binder products for private and public-sector construction projects. They are produced by microorganisms that naturally occur in large quantities…

AIK Technik – Turning municipal waste into recyclable materials

In a circular economy, waste constituents serve as raw materials for new products. AIK Technik AG uses modern processes to recover metals and other valuable…

Swiss Wood Solutions – Credit cards made from Swiss wood 

Wood is older than humanity – and today it is in greater demand than ever as a raw material for a wide variety of applications….

SELFRAG: transforming waste into wealth

With its unique process for recycling incinerator bottom ash, SELFRAG achieves recovery rates that are more than three times greater than current best practice. The…

Vatorex – Heat treatment helps bees survive

Beekeepers have a serious problem: up to half of all bee colonies die over the winter months. But commercial beekeepers can now massively reduce their…

Stadler Rail – Clean alternatives to diesel trains

The electrification of rail transport takes many forms. Two new ones are hydrogen drives and the use of battery storage systems. Stadler Rail has recently…

Insolight – how to grow fruit and generate electricity at the same time

Using the system developed by Insolight, it is now possible to effectively combine agricultural production and photovoltaic power generation on the same site. In Switzerland…

Climeworks – Stripping greenhouse gas from the atmosphere

According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), to limit climate change, CO2 must be removed from the atmosphere on a massive scale. Climeworks’…