Prix SVC Espace Mittelland postponed to spring 2023!

The Omikron variant of the Corona virus also proves to be too big a risk for the award ceremony of the Prix SVC Espace Mittelland 2022: The award ceremony planned for January 19, 2022 will be postponed to spring 2023. The new date is March 15, 2023. "It is important to the Swiss Venture Club to be able to hold the Prix SVC Espace Mitteland without restrictions and in a dignified, festive setting - with over 1,000 guests and a networking aperitif," says the SVC, explaining the decision. "The Prix SVC thrives on emotions, on appreciating the finalists and on networking. We want to offer this to our guests, finalists and partners without restrictive measures, which is why we have decided to postpone the award ceremony," explains OC President and SVC Regional Director Roland Schaller.

The nominees for the Prix SVC Espace Mittelland

So now the six finalists must continue to exercise patience, because the prize should actually have been awarded in August 2021. The companies nominated for the award are:

• Hugentobler Swiss Cooking Systems Ltd, Schönbühl (www.hugentobler.ch): More than 50 years of experience and the lifeblood of a Swiss entrepreneurial family are behind Hugentobler cooking systems. The company is a market leader as a total provider of development, manufacturing, training, sales and service of modern commercial kitchen equipment and cooking systems. The company is managed by Reto Hugentobler in the second generation and employs around 120 people at six locations.
• Kästli & Co. AG, Belp (www.kaestlistoren.ch): Textile sun and weather protection systems have been the world of the Kästli family for over 80 years. The company, managed in the third generation by Marc Kästli, is the market leader for custom-made textile sun protection. The strategic orientation and the size of the company allow the flexible realization of individual ideas tailored to the shape and use of the building. 45 employees work in the in-house manufacture and sewing shop in Belp.
• MB-Microtec AG, Niederwangen (www.mbmicrotec.com): The company is a global market leader in the development, manufacture and distribution of microcomponents for the watch, security, automotive, space and aerospace industries. Under the brand name trigalight, the company manufactures self-luminous gas capillaries that glow with unchanged luminescence for years without an external energy source. The in-house watch brand traser offers uncompromising functionality and robustness with highly resistant materials as well as the trigalight self-luminous technology. The family-owned company is led by CEO Roger Siegenthaler and employs around one hundred people.
• Lanz Dairy Ltd, Obergerlafingen (www.lanzmilch.ch): Quality, milk from the region, natural ingredients and gentle processing are the principles according to which Privatmolkerei Lanz AG produces dairy products, yogurt, whipped cream and other milk-based specialties in its modern production building in Obergerlafingen. Six days a week, it supplies over 300 Engro customers. Founded in 1941, the family business is now run by Olivia and Gregor Lanz in the third generation and employs 60 people.
• SANITIZED INC, Burgdorf (www.sanitized.com): The company is a global leader in hygiene function and material protection for textiles, plastics and paints. For over 80 years, the company has pioneered, developed innovative, effective and safe technologies for antimicrobial finishes. SANITIZED AG has a worldwide network for distribution, production support and quality control. Sanitized® is a globally used and valued ingredient brand present on end products from over 300 brand manufacturers worldwide. The company is led by CEO Urs Stalder and employs 60 people.
• Thommen Medical, Grenchen (www.thommenmedical.com): Thommen Medical is an independent Swiss manufacturer of dental implants and is led by CEO Livio Marzo. Even after more than 33 years of clinical experience, Thommen Medical continues to research and develop in close collaboration with leading international dentists, dental technicians and renowned academic institutions with the aim of ensuring that every patient has access to the best available tooth replacement solution. Thommen Medical manufactures its products at its own facility in Grenchen, Switzerland. The company, which employs over 115 people, has subsidiaries in Switzerland, Germany and the USA. In other markets in Europe, Asia and the Middle East, Thommen Medical is represented by exclusive distributors.

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