Adrian Déteindre

Saurer AG manufactures textile machinery and components. It offers pre-spinning, roving frame, ring spinning, compact spinning, rotor spinning, winding, twisting and embroidery machines. The firm’s brands include Allma, Jintan, Saurer Embroidery, Schlafhorst, Volkmann and Zinser. IIt offers machinery components under the brand names that include Accotex, Daytex, Fibrevision, Heberlein, Temco and Texparts. The company was founded in 1853 and is headquartered in Wattwil, Switzerland.

Eppendorf SE develops, manufactures, and distributes instruments and equipment for use in life-science research laboratories. The firm specializes in the areas of liquid, cell, and sample handling. Its products include pipettes, dispensers, centrifuges, bioreactor systems, cell culture and imaging consumables, centrifugation instruments, freezers, shakers, temperature control and mixing devices, as well as laboratory consumables. The company was founded by Heinrich Netheler and Hans Hinz in 1945 and is headquartered in Hamburg, Germany.

Cilander AG specializes in textile finishing activities. It offers technical textiles which include print & pack, architecture/building/home, industrial & abrasives, automotive & mobile and Protection & sport and clothing textiles which include men’s and ladies outerwear and clothing for Arab and African markets. The firm offers dyeing, singeing, mercerization, boiling off, kier-boiling, tumble drying, coatings and cloth inspection processes. The company was founded in 1814 and is headquartered in Herisau, Switzerland.

Metrohm AG manufactures and supplies analytical instruments. Its products include titration, Karl Fischer titration, ion chromatography, spectroscopy, voltammetry, electrochemistry, liquid handling, process analyzers, and stability measurement. The company was founded by Bertold Suhner in 1943 and is headquartered in Herisau, Switzerland.