An exceptional The Shapers awards evening!
On September 2 in Sierre, we had the great pleasure of co-hosting the Industrie 4.0 "The Shapers" 2022 Award ceremony, now in its 5th year!
The ten or so prize-winners were the subject of a fine article published in the industry monthly MSM where you can delve into the projects and visions of these brilliant entrepreneurs from Western Switzerland.
Once again, a big BRAVO to each and every one of them for their contributions to the growth of innovation in French-speaking Switzerland:
- Pierre Falbriard, R&D Manager at Louis Belet SA (JU)
- André Borschberg, Sebastien Demont and Gregory Blatt, co-founders of H55 SA (VS)
- Raphaël Broye, founder and CEO of Panatere SA (JU)
- Ramzi Bouzerda, founder and CEO of Droople SA (VD)
- Germain Kolly, founder, and Dominique Kolly, manager of G. Kolly SA (FR)
- Rafic Hanbali, CEO of SwissINSO (FR)
- Raja Yazigi and Philippe Koller, co-founders of Netsensing Technology Sàrl (NE)
- Inès Hamaguchi, enameller (NE)
- Cécile Münch-Alligné, HES professor and head of the "Hydroelectricity" research group at HES-SO Valais-Wallis (VS)
- Javier Bello Ruiz and Robin Mange, co-founders ofImverse SA (GE)
- François Birling, co-founder and CTO, and Alexis Larcher, business developer,Objectis SA (VD)
THANK YOU to Manufacture Thinking and to all the partners who made this evening possible: CLCI (Latin Chambers of Commerce and Industry), GIM (Groupement suisse de l'Industrie des Machines), Cla-Val, Manufactures Cartier Horlogerie, SIG, AvenirIndustrie Valais, HES-SO Valais-Wallis, HE-Arc, Swiss Digital Center and the State of Valais.
Special thanks to Christophe Darbellay, Laurent Salamin and Florian Németi for their contributions!
Photo credit: Cédric Luisier, Swiss Digital Center
