News archive

December 2008
		Significant expansion of Microsoft Development Center in Greater Zurich Area
		Pegasystems opens European office in Zürich
		Switzerland’s multilingual heritage generates one tenth of Swiss GDP
		ETH Zürich professor awarded prize for outstanding performance in supercomputing
November 2008
		Swiss companies among top investors in research and development
		Switzerland with strong country brand
		Zürich again among the top ten global financial centers
		Switzerland among most prosperous countries
		Zurich Airport named Europe's leading airport again
October 2008
		Switzerland wins «War for Talent»
		Switzerland retains 2nd place in the WEF Global Competitiveness Report
		Switzerland among the top in the 2008 Economic Freedom of the World index
		Little corruption in Switzerland
September 2008
		NYU Stern School and Swiss Finance Institute Launch Joint Management MBA in Zürich, New York and Singapore
		Zürich is Europe’s most attractive economic region
		Switzerland: an attractive IT location
		Zurich International School (ZIS) has opened additional facility in the Greater Zurich Area
August 2008
		QRC Group opens a new subsidiary in Zürich
		Greater Zurich Area in the News: moneycab.com interviews CEO Willi Meier
		The ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich among the 100 best universities in Europe
		ETH Zurich creates new lab with Walt Disney
		Greater Zurich Area launches new website
July 2008
		Big success for Switzerland at International Biology Olympiad 2008
		ETH Zürich and IBM establish nanotech lab in the Greater Zurich Area
		Switzerland among top ten in Global Enabling Trade Report 2008
June 2008
		Another strong year for Swiss Biotechnology
		«GULP» expands to the Greater Zurich Area
		Zurich still enjoys the highest quality of living in the world
		«Terumo» opens a branch office in the Greater Zurich Area
May 2008
		Greater Zurich Area part of the most competitive economy in Europe
		Alpine Finanz Immobilien AG is new member of the «Greater Zurich Area Standortmarketing» Foundation
		Red Herring 100 Europe 2008 Awards: Nine Swiss start-ups honored
		«Club of Rome» relocates headquarters from Hamburg to Greater Zurich Area
		WEF Global Information Technology Report: Switzerland ranks 3rd
April 2008
		Joint project of ETH Zürich and Empa awarded international recognition
		«Ecolab» establishes its EMEA headquarters in the Greater Zurich Area
		«DV-RATIO» establishes subsidiary in the Greater Zurich Area
		Switzerland among the most innovative countries
March 2008
		Switzerland ranks 9th in 2008 Index of Economic Freedom
		High quality of service at Zürich airport
		Zürich International School establishes new branch in the Greater Zurich Area
		Switzerland number one on 2008 Environmental Performance Index
February 2008
		«TAC-Lufthygiene AG» has settled in the Greater Zurich Area
		Switzerland has one of the most attractive tax systems within Europe
		Rudolf Kalman wins this year’s Charles Stark Draper Prize
		Switzerland ranks fourth in Globalization Index 2007
January 2008
		Switzerland has attractive tax system
		«Greater Zurich Area Standortmarketing» Foundation has new member
		«Managed Objects» opens a subsidiary in Zürich
		Swiss LLC (GmbH) law simplified