A Swiss SME is searching for either a board manufacturer or a research & development partner that is able to produce or to develop an open-pore, air-permeable, non-flammable or flame retardant, lightweight board. The board size is rather big, namely approximately 3.0 m x 1.2 m.

Launched in 2018, on the realisation that it is extremely hard for shoppers to have an overview of the vegan alternative to traditional food, the Swiss company is developing a digital platform to facilitate the contact between shoppers and vegan food producers and retailers. Combining both physical and online stores, the platform allows shoppers to get information on existing vegan brands as well the stores they can be purchased from.

Energy system models suggest hydrogen and fuel cells (FCs) will play an important role in climate change mitigation. However, one of the major historical and current challenges of commercialising fuel cell technology has been cost. Nonetheless the market is growing exponentially despite the cost/kilowatt (kw) at over 1,000 EUR highlights consumers’ willingness to pay in the face of increasingly stringent environmental regulations. In the face of fast-approaching decarbonisation targets, in many cases (such as heavy vehicles) there is no practical alternative technological solution.

For safety, operational and environmental requirements railway ballast and train tracks must be largely free of vegetation and organic leftovers. In addition to this, the railway ballast should be clean from organic leftovers. The common market solution to prevent and treat vegetation on railway tracks is the use of soil herbicides and leaf herbicides. However, this solution is expensive, complicate, polluting for soil and groundwater and provides a solution only for weed control.