SCC Newsletter December 2018

Dear Swiss Centers Members, Partners and Friends,

In the past few months, the Swiss Centers had the pleasure of welcoming 5 new members into our cluster, namely EAO, Ceramaret, Intamin, CONDIS, Spineart.

Despite the tension and uncertainty between US and China, we are glad to have been witnessing the positive development of Swiss businesses in China. The growing Chinese market with strong demand of high-end and premium products, both in industrial application and consumer goods, offers great opportunities to the Swiss companies.

To cater for this demand, our new business center at Hongqiao CBD was officially kicked-off on Oct 12th, with the honorable presence of Mr. Ambassador, Jean-Jacque de Dardel. Since then, we have been working intensively on decoration and preparation. Today the office is ready for the member companies to move in.  We are very happy to end the year with this milestone, and look forward to an exciting new year of 2019 with all of you.

Thank you, our members, partners and friends, for your continued trust and support. We wish you all a good festival season, and happy to continue to support your business success in the new year!

Zhen Xiao

CEO

Swiss Centers China

Contents

§   Member News | 5 new members

§   Location Update | Shanghai Hongqiao CBD and 4 others

§   2019 Swiss Business in China Survey

§   Latest Delegations & Events

Member News

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Intamin Amusement Rides, based in Schaan, Liechtenstein, offers the largest complementary line of products in the amusement ride industry.

The company is known from the numerous entries in the Guinness Book of Records for the Highest, the Fastest, the Steepest and further superlatives in amusement rides in the world.

Ceramaret specializes in the manufacture of precision parts in Advanced Ceramics (High Purity Alumina, TZP Zirconia, ATZ and ZTA) for high tech applications.

Ceramaret develops complex ceramic parts and/or assemblies to customer specifications for many different applications. Fluidic, electronic and tribology applications are the main area of activities.

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EAO, a Swiss family-owned company founded in 1947, is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of high-quality industrial switches, complete custom HMI panels and interface systems, and specialised automotive switch systems.

EAO has production sites in Switzerland, Germany, North America and China, as well as 10 wholly owned sales companies and distributors in over 50 countries.

CONDIS® by Maxwell Technologies is a world leader in the production and development of high and medium voltage products and solutions for utility infrastructures.

Designed and manufactured in Switzerland, our capacitors has provided stability and reliability to the electrical grid for more than a hundred years. By constantly investing in R&D, we deliver advanced and customized solutions to international utilities and OEMs.

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Spineart, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, is a privately held medical device company focused on simplifying the surgical act by designing, developing and promoting safe and efficient solutions to spine surgeons, operating room teams, and patients.

Spineart is a pioneer in its field, having introduced unique patented and clinically validated technologies in the fields of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Motion Preservation, Fusion, Biologics, and Fractures Treatment.

Location Update

Hongqiao CBD

Swiss Center Hongqiao CBD comes into operation from 2018.

The center’s proximity to the Hongqiao Transportation Hub, and established amenities has attracted 4 Swiss companies, EAO, Ceramaret, Alpvision and Intamin, who wish to capitalize on the location’s advantage of international traffic and connectivity.

Join Swiss Center Hongqiao CBD!

More information click here.

Free Trade Zone

Since its grand opening in 2014, the Swiss Center in the Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone has witnessed Swiss SME members grow their businesses beyond the Swiss Center premise.

Dec China and Integra Biosciences are two such examples. The two members have outgrown their space at the Center and relocated this year to new places where they occupy hundreds of square meters office and showroom space.

The moves are a positive sign that Swiss companies are scaling up operations.

Check out the available space at the Center click here.

Xinzhuang Industrial Park

RAHN China is another company who has outgrown its space at the Swiss Center in the Xinzhuang Industrial Park.

The Swiss chemical company set up its office there in 2011. After 7 years’ development, it has now invested in a new location which will allow the company to establish both the office and a chemical lab. The new space 5.7 times as large as their former one will give RAHN the opportunity to accommodate its growing energy curing & cosmetics business in China.

“Swiss Center has been very supportive of our growth,” says Yue Zou, General Manager of RAHN China, “When we as a SME start business in China, it has served us well.”

Wuqing & Dongli Development Area

Thanks to the unique advantages in location, Tianjin Wuqing Development Area (UDA) is attracting a growing number of high-quality enterprises.

In 2018, UDA has introduced 513 projects, with the total investment of 9.38 billion RMB (including 21.931 million USD of foreign-funded projects), such as Bossard Group of Switzerland, ESCO of United States, Keller of Germany and other 16 companies.

Dongli Development Park is also offering exclusive preferential policies for investment enterprises. For more information, please contact Ms. Margarit Ma (margarit.ma@swisscenters.org).