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30/03/11

Environmentally friendly technologies "made in Switzerland" are international leaders

Dübendorf, St. Gallen and Thun - environmentally friendly technologies are playing for Economic Research and Switzerland an increasingly important role. A new study shows that a significant proportion of investment between sectors, the Swiss company to spend on energy efficiency technologies. In addition, the study concludes the report belongs to Switzerland in the world in this area most innovative countries.

Clean Technologies increasing in Switzerland. The growth potential of the technologies that contribute to efficient use and conservation of natural resources, took the first time published "Switzerland Cleantech Report, which highlights the clean technology sector Switzerland wide and from different angles. Long before the recent reactor accident in Japan, Switzerland has recognized the enormous economic potential of environmental technologies and promote.

Significant proportion of investment in clean technology applications
The Institute of Economics, ETH Zurich (KOF) has been studied in a recent scientific study of the economic mechanisms involved in the production and dissemination of energy efficiency technologies in question. She concludes that Swiss companies spend on average between 5 and 7 percent of its total investment in energy efficiency technologies. The Swiss economy is therefore already used for clean technology products to a considerable extent - and various industries. With more than 12 percent of the share of investment in the document and is in the electrical engineering industry is particularly high. Food company with a market share of 48 percent is even higher. Among the most important investment motives are - regardless of company size - the prices of energy and environmental factors.

Leading international role of innovation in Switzerland
As one of the pioneers in clean technology, Switzerland is now one of the most innovative countries in 2008 alone was 20 per million patent-pending inventions in the field of clean technologies to record. "In the field of research and development, Switzerland is in fact the world class, " said Gian-Luca Bona, manager of EMPA, the project partners in the "Report Switzerland Cleantech" involved. "But for the Swiss company in the" big business "applications of clean technologies are well positioned, we have the results of basic research in this country to more efficiently implement innovative technologies. "

Cleantech Report Switzerland "
The "Switzerland Cleantech Report is a current inventory of the Swiss clean technology, highlighted the excellent framework for environmental technologies in Switzerland in research and development, commercial application, and attractive financing options. Published the "Swiss Cleantech Report 2011 " by a number of major research institutions, companies and public sector. The project partners are in addition to the EMPA, the Swiss Federal Office for Professional Education and Technology (BBT), CleantechAlps, CSEM, the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property, OSEC, the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), SIX Swiss Exchange and swisscleantech .
Source: EMPA Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research Institute

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