Following the green light from the General Council of Bulle, on 12 December, Rolex SA today signed the contract with the City of Bulle to buy the land needed for its new watch factory. The site chosen along the A12 motorway in Bulle, in the industrial sector of “La Prila”, covers a total area of 104,686 m2. This new production site will enable Rolex to meet the world’s growing demand for its prestigious watches and maintain its state-of-the-art production facilities. Investments are estimated at more than one billion Swiss francs. More than 2,000 jobs should be created on the site, where the company plans to train several hundred apprentices. Read article

The potential is there and so is the competitive advantage. By making Industry 4.0 a pillar of our economic strategy, we want to capitalize on our strengths and invest in sectors where we have so much to offer Read article

The digital transformation of the Fribourg economy is well under way. Since its emergence in the early 2010s, Industry 4.0 has gone from being a mere concept to an everyday reality for many companies in the canton, and an integral part of their development strategies. Read article

The concept of Industry 4.0, which originated in the German automobile sector, quickly snowballed. Read article

The construction industry is undergoing a digital revolution of its own. Read article

Industry 4.0 – also known as the fourth industrial revolution – marks the advent of a new economic era dominated by the digital transformation of processes, trade and products. Read article

What do the global headquarters of Scott Sports, the Nespresso factory in Romont and the Rolex Learning Center at EPFL have in common? The structural frame or facade elements of all three buildings were made by Sottas SA. Read article

When you stay in a hotel for several nights, do you really need your room cleaned every morning? Read article

Gunther Schaar is convinced that the future of industry lies in leveraging data’s full potential. Read article

What do spectators at a professional baseball game in Mexico have in common with amateur cyclists competing in a road race in Belgium and guests at a South African firm’s end-of-year party? Read article