This category brings together commercially relevant news, industry signals and infrastructure intelligence, helping readers follow the people, projects, technologies and markets driving change across the sector.
In a leap that could transform aerospace manufacturing and beyond, students at ETH Zurich have developed a novel laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) system capable of printing...
Switzerland, one of Europeβs most critical transit hubs for freight traffic, is embarking on a transformative overhaul of its heavy vehicle toll collection system. Kapsch...
In the picturesque canton of St. Gallen, where pristine Alpine air meets the rhythm of responsible living, something quietly transformative is happening. Here, compost is...
In a breakthrough moment for sustainable transportation, Swisspod, alongside the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) and the School of Business and Engi...
LΓΌscher Gartenbau-Baumschulen AG is based to the west of Zurich. Founded in 1956 as a “one-man business”, the company now realises all aspects of garden and l...
In a world where the construction industry constantly seeks innovative and efficient solutions, the recent acquisition of KERN Tunneltechnik SA by PERI SE marks a signifi...
In spring, not only snowdrops and crocuses sprout, but also construction sites on Swiss roads. Repair work, patching and renewal is everywhere. Some of the old asphalt fr...
Doka, the international formwork and scaffolding expert, is demonstrating its expertise in dam construction as the principal supplier to the new Spitallamm dam project at...
The job at a high-rise construction site in the Swiss municipality of DΓΌbendorf (ZΓΌrich) not only required a crane with enormous reach that would be able to erect tower c...
Railway noise is unhealthy. Hundreds of millions has already been invested in noise barriers, quieter braking systems and other measures with the goal to protect at least...
Construction is underway on a tunnel as part of a bypass to relieve traffic for communities in Toggenburg in Switzerland. For Dokaβs formwork experts the conditions of th...
The 37 ft 9 in (11.5 m) width paving of the Gubrist Tunnel demanded optimal coordination and maximum efficiency. Thatβs why contractor Marti AG Solothurn chose VΓGELEβs W...
Liebherr has sold its 2000th 34 K fast-erecting crane to Mathis Bau AG. The Swiss construction and transport company is a long-standing customer of the construction machi...
Small but mighty electric compact machines from Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) are being put through their paces by Swiss customers for the first time in one of...
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN is the biggest particle accelerator in the world β and growing: to equip the LHC for new, more ambitious experiments in the next d...
Hyundai Motor Company today shipped the first 10 units of the Hyundai XCIENT Fuel Cell, the worldβs first mass-produced fuel cell heavy-duty truck, to Switzerland. The co...
At the end of January 2020, representatives of the historic Aargau city of Kaiserstuhl, in Switzerland, were able to receive a special type of municipal vehicle for their...
A Liebherr Compactmix 1.0 is supplying the construction site for the βV-cablewayβ (or βV-Bahnβ) project in the Swiss mountains with concrete. The project was a challenge...
At the start of every December, the world-famous winter sports paradise of St Moritz rings in its winter season. It goes without saying that all the slopes are perfectly...
The city of Thun (Bernese Oberland) in Switzerland will have electric sweepers from 2019. The eSwingo 200+ not only offers COΒ² neutral operation and a lower noise level:...
In early January, winter storm Eleanor battered the village of Lenk in Switzerland, pushing a 19-tonne Montreux Oberland Bernois Railway (MOB) vehicle off its rails in th...
A new Hitachi ZX300LCN-6 medium excavator has been selected by Contrabi SA to help it complete an important earthmoving project in the district of Lugano, Switzerland. Th...
It combines supreme performance, precision and elegance. The Schmidt Supra 4002 belongs to a very special class of powerhouse. With its 435 hp, capacity to clear up to 35...
For this yearβs annual World Economic Forum, the city of Davos and ABB teamed up in a long-term partnership to provide e-infrastructure for public and private transportat...
TIB Recycla SA (TIB) has selected a new Hitachi ZW310-6 wheel loader to be its main workhorse at the companyβs new recycling centre in the district of Lugano, Switzerland...
Skyjack is increasing its market share in Switzerland with SkyAccess, a sales and rental company in the country, adding more Skyjack equipment to its fleet. SkyAccess use...
Researchers from ETH Zurich have built a prototype of an ultra-thin, curved concrete roof using innovative digital design and fabrication methods. The tested novel formwo...
The Charles Kuonen Suspension Bridge near the village of Randa in the Swiss Alps has opened as a replacement to a previous bridge that had been damaged by a rock fall. Th...
The shell of the Belchen rehabilitation tunnel has been completed. Tunnelling ended successfully in Eptingen in the Swiss canton of Basel-Country on June 21, 2017, three...
On geographically tough terrain such as in the Swiss Alps, asphalt paving is a challenge in itself. Extreme slopes, narrow roads and steep precipices place demands on the...
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