Export Award 2020: Three innovative Swiss high-tech companies nominated

Even though the Foreign Trade Forum in the spring had to be cancelled due to Corona, the export promotion organization Switzerland Global Enterprise S-GE will once again present the Export Award to a company whose internationalization strategy is convincing. The award ceremony will take place on October 26 in Bern. The award will be presented by Ruth Metzler-Arnold (Chairman of the Board of Directors S-GE) and Simone Wyss Fedele (CEO S-GE).

Who can best deal with export hurdles

Volatility and uncertainty increasingly characterize international business. This is evidenced by the trade disputes and political tensions of recent years, but also by the current Covid 19 pandemic, which has severely slowed down global trade. In order to survive in this environment, it is all the more important that internationally oriented Swiss companies position themselves with a clear unique selling proposition, tailor their market development strategy to the various target markets and deal with export hurdles in an agile manner - as is the case with the Berlinger Group, Sensirion AG and Storz Medical AG.

The Jury of the Export Award has nominated these three companies for the Export Award 2020 because, despite a challenging environment, they operate successfully in international markets and have made it to the top of the world market in their sector. The honorary and independent jury is made up of well-known personalities from the Swiss business, science and media worlds.

The finalists for the Export Award 2020

• Berlinger Group: Innovation meets tradition. The high-tech products of the Berlinger Group are used for temperature monitoring of pharmaceutical and medical products as well as for safe transport and storage of doping samples in elite sports. Thanks to personal contacts with international pharmaceutical companies and humanitarian organizations as well as sports federations and organizers of major sporting events, the hardware and software solutions from Toggenburg are in demand in over 180 countries. "Feel safe" is the slogan of the 155-year-old family-owned company, which trumps with continuity and innovation and plays an important role worldwide in terms of patient safety and in its commitment to clean sports.
• Sensirion AG: Taking off with sensors. As a global market leader for environmental sensors and flow measurement, the Sensirion AG Stäfa successfully defies even weighty competitors. The company, which emerged from the ETH in 1998, mainly sells standardized products that can be adapted worldwide and are used in the automotive, industrial, medical and consumer markets. Around one fifth of sales is invested in research and development at the Stäfa headquarters, where 70 percent of the value added is generated.
• Storz Medical AG: Wave of success thanks to shock wave. Shock wave technology developed by the Storz Medical AG has tradition since 1987. The non-invasive method is used for a wide variety of medical treatments in urology, orthopedics, cardiology, aesthetics and neurology. The spectrum of applications in medical practices, rehabilitation centers and hospitals ranges from the disintegration of kidney stones to the therapy of Alzheimer's disease. Around 60,000 shock wave systems from this company are in use every day worldwide - and the growth potential is enormous. Through its global distribution network, Storz Medical is represented in over 90 countries. 160 employees develop and produce at the headquarters in Tägerwilen on Lake Constance. Storz Medical AG employs a total of 210 people worldwide.

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