As far back as the early 1970s, the Fribourg-based Conrad Lutz was a vocal advocate of energy-efficient building design. Some saw him as a dreamer, others as a crank. But when the 1973 oil crisis hit, doubters soon realized that Lutz had been right all along. Read article

Construction law is hard to avoid. In Switzerland, it accounts for a third of all cases brought before the courts. Whether it is buildings, roads, railways, heritage, landscape or environmental protection, regional planning or land ownership, construction law touches on all our lives. And Fribourg is considered a national center of expertise in this field Read article

The popularity of steel construction is on the up and up. Fribourg-based companies working in this sector export their metalworking expertise throughout Switzerland and beyond. Read article

Wood is one of humanity's earliest building materials. From traditional chalets to state-of-the-art industrial facilities and multi-story apartment blocks, Fribourg's carpenters and joiners have a demonstrated capacity to adapt their tried and tested techniques to changing needs. Read article

In the space of almost 20 years, IMMOMIG SA has gone from a tiny start-up created by a young computer science student at the University of Fribourg to Switzerland's leading real estate software developer. Read article

The multinational company Michelin, primarily known for its tires, has set its sights on becoming a market leader in sustainable mobility. After announcing the development of a novel inflatable sail called Wing Sail Mobility (WISAMO) for 2021, the first product is currently being tested on a container ship between Spain and England. Read article

In three years, the FLEX rover, the result of an international collaboration involving the Fribourg-based company Venturi Lab will head for the Moon. Read article

Bionomous is a contraction of 'biology' and 'autonomous systems', and is the name of a start-up which builds devices that automate processes used in life science research. A few weeks after the launch of its first product, the EggSorter, in December 2022, Bionomous, which is based at Le Vivier Technology Park, announced that it had raised USD 2.7 million in funding that will allow the start-up to scale its production. Interview with Frank Bonnet, CEO and co-founder of Bionomous. Read article

The Kolly Group is a real local success story. Founded in 1979, it initially specialized in the sale and maintenance of commercial vehicles, but soon began to diversify its activities, making important inroads in the environmental technology sector thanks, among others, to its KOLLYgram weighing system. Read article

The age of artificial intelligence (AI) is upon us. While the general public is currently discovering the jaw-dropping power of ChatGPT, a bot that can provide complex and coherent answers to all types of questions in a conversational way, there are lots of AI solutions coming on stream that are causing a buzz in the business world. Read article