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Fourier Robotics

IDTechEx spoke to Fourier Robotics on its humanoid robot technology developments at CES 2026.

UniSieve

UniSieve is a Switzerland-based provider of advanced membrane materials utilizing molecular sieves for chemical and energy industries.

Climeworks

Climeworks is a Swiss company developing a modular direct air capture (DAC) technology based on a solid adsorbent system.

Polariton Technologies

Polariton Technologies develops plasmonic electro-optic modulators (EOMs) using silicon photonics, enabling devices that are up to 500 times smaller, ten times more power-efficient, and faster than conventional photonic technologies. Its solutions target high-performance applications in optical communications, data centres, and quantum technologies.

QZabre

QZabre is an ETH Zurich spin-off founded in 2018, producing the full design, build and fabrication of nitrogen-vacancy diamond quantum microscopes and scanning microscopy tips. CEO Dr Gabriel Puebla Hellman spoke at the QBN Quantum Leadership Session: Quantum Sensing Use Cases, attended by IDTechEx Technology Analyst Noah El Alami.

IDUN Technologies

IDUN Technologies has developed an in-ear EEG platform with applications. IDTechEx interviewed CEO Simon Bachmann.

UniSieve: MOF-Based Membrane Technology

UniSieve is a Switzerland-based provider of advanced membrane materials utilizing molecular sieves for chemical and energy industries.

Scrona AG

Scrona are a Swiss company focusing on multi nozzle electrohydrodynamic (EHD) printhead development, with the aim to simplify the microfabrication process through printing with high precision and high throughput.

neustark

Neustark turns construction waste into a carbon sink by mineralizing CO₂ in demolished concrete aggregate. In September 2023, IDTechEx Technology Analyst Eve Pope spoke to Head of Communications Sophie Dres.

IDUN Technologies

IDUN Technologies is developing neural interface technology, using in-ear EEG. Tess Skyrme, Technology Analyst at IDTechEx, interviewed CEO, Simon Bachmann.

Suncar HK: Electric Off-Road Machines

Suncar HK, headquartered in Oberbüren, Switzerland, develops electric powertrain systems for non-road mobile machinery. IDTechEx spoke to Suncar about market trends in construction, future technologies in the construction industry, and Suncar's long-term intentions within the industry.

IDUN Technologies

IDUN Technologies is a Zürich-based company incorporating neurotechnology into wearable devices.

Suncar HK: Electric Off-Road Machines

Suncar HK, headquartered in Oberbüren, Switzerland, develop electric powertrain systems for non-road mobile machinery. IDTechEx Analyst David Wyatt spoke with Suncar Managing Director Stefan Schneider to find out more about their work helping OEMs develop electric construction machines.

Synhelion Starts Construction of DAWN to Produce Solar Fuels

Synhelion marks the start of construction work on DAWN - the world's first industrial plant to produce synthetic fuels using solar heat. Located in Jülich, Germany, the facility will be the first to demonstrate the entire process from concentrating sunlight to producing synthetic liquid fuel on an industrial scale. SWISS will be the first airline to fly using the CO2-neutral solar kerosene produced there.

Using Sound and Bubbles to Make Bandages Sticker and Last Longer

Researchers have discovered that they can control the stickiness of adhesive bandages using ultrasound waves and bubbles. This breakthrough could lead to new advances in medical adhesives, especially in cases where adhesives are difficult to apply such as on wet skin.

Climeworks

Climeworks is a Swiss company developing a modular direct air capture (DAC) technology based on a solid adsorbent system.

All-In-One Solar Powered Tower Makes Carbon-Neutral Jet Fuel

Researchers have designed a fuel production system that uses water, carbon dioxide and sunlight to produce aviation fuel. They have implemented the system in the field, and the design could help the aviation industry become carbon neutral.

ANYbotics

Founded in 2016, ANYbotics is a Swiss spin-off from ETH Zurich specializing in legged robots used for inspection. Its product, ANYmal D, is the fourth-generation product and is priced at around €140,000.