Renewable fuel to be produced on the Monthey chemical site
The first fuel production plant in Switzerland to use renewable raw materials should be built in Monthey in 2024.
Eurostars grants CEIDOS and Limula EUR 1.14 million for an innovative device
In collaboration with Limula, Valais-based CEIDOS has received a grant of EUR 1.14 million from Eurostars to develop a platform dedicated to the automated production of cell and gene therapy products.
The “made in Valais” election simulation platform FairElection awarded
The FairElection web platform was awarded a bronze medal in the “Innovation” category at the prestigious Best of Swiss Web Awards 2022 ceremony.
Net Zero Lab Valais: carbon-neutral solutions for aluminum manufacturing
In collaboration with the EPFL, OIKEN and HES-SO Valais-Wallis will establish a collaborative R&D laboratory at Novelis’ plant in Sierre, with the objective of reaching carbon-neutral production at the facility by 2030.
A new campus for UniDistance and the HESD in Brig
The new campus of UniDistance Switzerland and the HESD brings together the 180 employees of both institutions and can welcome up to 2’300 students.
Valais start-up MobyFly wins an award in Osaka
Technology start-up MobyFly has been awarded a prize in the HackOsaka competition, which pre-selects innovative ideas for the 2025 World Expo in Japan.
The EPFL Valais “sponge” that extracts gold from water to become a start-up
The molecular sponge capable of recovering gold residues from wastewater will become a start-up launched on the Energypolis campus.
Business Valais becomes Economic Promotion Valais
The organisation previously known as Business Valais is now changing its name to “Economic Promotion Valais”.
Inflamalps takes part in a significant biopharmaceutical research project
Biopharmaceutical company Inflamalps has just entered a major Innosuisse project, which aims to discover at least one new class of antimicrobial molecules effective against multi-drug resistant pathogens.