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Rychiger AG is a globally operating Swiss special machinery manufacturer, headquartered in Steffisburg. Founded in 1918, the company specialises in custom filling, sealing and packaging machines for the food & beverage, life science and industrial goods sectors. Their portfolio spans primary, secondary and tertiary packaging solutions as well as general automation systems. With an export rate of around 80% and locations in Switzerland, Canada and Poland, Rychiger serves renowned brands worldwide.

AUROVIS AG is a Swiss specialist in automation, robotics, and industrial machine vision, founded in 2018 and based in Alpnach, Obwalden. Their name stands for Automation – Robotics – Vision Systems. AUROVIS provides innovative, modular automation solutions including the AUROVIS-Line Industry 4.0 platform, 3D vision systems, industrial robots, collaborative robots, and PLC/HMI integration. As a Cognex automation partner, they deliver customised solutions for quality inspection, robot guidance, and smart factory applications. ISO 9001 certified.

Schaltag AG is a Swiss industrial solutions provider founded in 1961, headquartered in Effretikon near Zurich. With over 60 years of tradition, Schaltag delivers engineering, automation, electrical cabinet construction, apparatus and machine manufacturing, and cable assembly. Their customers include leading Swiss machine and plant manufacturers across pharma, biotech, food, packaging, logistics, and renewable energy sectors. Schaltag operates in Switzerland and the Czech Republic, with ISO 9001 and UL 508 certification, and supports projects worldwide from concept to commissioning.

Autexis is a Swiss automation and MES group based in Villmergen (Aargau), founded in 1982. The group operates through two subsidiaries — Autexis Control AG for process control and automation engineering, and Autexis IT AG for MES and digital factory solutions. With around 30 employees, it serves industries including food and beverage, fluid handling, and energy. Certified to ISO 9001.

ICS Automation AG is an independent Swiss system integrator for process and machine automation, founded in 1999 by Christian Fraefel in Uzwil, St. Gallen. With around 50 employees, ICS delivers turnkey automation solutions for the food and non-food industry worldwide. Services range from requirements analysis and electrical schematics to PLC programming, servo technologies, HMI visualisation, process control systems with traceability, and ERP interfaces. Together with sister company ACS Solution, ICS covers the full automation pyramid including MES integration.

ControlTech Engineering AG (CTE) is a family-owned Swiss engineering company founded in 1990, based in Liestal, Basel-Landschaft. With over 80 employees and more than 8,000 projects completed, CTE specialises in automation, industrial IT, and data management for process plants and laboratories. They serve pharma, biotech, chemicals, food & beverage, energy, and logistics sectors. CTE is the only COPA-DATA Gold Partner in Switzerland and offers deep expertise in PLC/SCADA/DCS engineering (S7-TIA, PCS7, DeltaV, Beckhoff, zenon), MES connectivity, OT networks, and data engineering.

Autcomp AG is a Swiss specialist in automation, control systems, and ICT infrastructure, founded in 1989 in Chur. With around 50 employees across offices in Chur, Stansstad, and Wohlen, the company is particularly active in traffic and rail infrastructure automation and applies digital twin technology for virtual system testing before commissioning.

CPAutomation SA is a Swiss machine builder founded in 1999 and based in Villaz-St-Pierre, Fribourg. The company specialises in turnkey production equipment for micro-assembly, laser machining, and intelligent visual inspection. Their modular CP Series platform (CP Move, CP Laser, CP View) serves the demanding watchmaking, MedTech, and electronics sectors. CPAutomation combines engineering talent, deep learning-based vision systems, and after-sales service to deliver high-value automation for miniaturised components.

Sensirion is a world-leading developer and manufacturer of digital microsensors and systems, founded in 1998 and headquartered in Stäfa, Switzerland. Their product range includes environmental sensors for humidity, temperature, CO2, VOCs, and PM2.5, as well as gas and liquid flow sensors and differential pressure sensors. Sensirion's patented CMOSens® technology integrates the sensing element, logic, calibration data, and digital interface on a single chip. Their solutions serve automotive, medical, industrial, consumer goods, and HVAC sectors.

Rey Technology AG is an owner-managed Swiss automation and IT company founded in 1982, headquartered in Sirnach, Eastern Switzerland. With over 100 specialists, they develop and integrate complex automation, digitalization, and IT solutions for industrial environments — from energy and factory automation to ICT services for SMEs and schools. Areas of expertise include PLC/SCADA engineering, control cabinet manufacturing, robotics, cloud solutions, and IoT platforms (iDIP). Rey Technology is a certified Siemens Solution Partner and ISO 9001 certified.

Alps Group SA is a Swiss leader in industrial automation engineering, headquartered in Vouvry (Valais) with a branch in Yverdon-les-Bains. Founded in 1990 as Arlettaz Électrotechnique, the company has grown into a full-service automation group of around 70 employees. Their six business units cover automation engineering, electrical cabinet manufacturing, industrial safety, software development, maintenance services and component distribution. Alps Group serves clients in pharmaceuticals, agri-food, chemicals and energy across Switzerland and internationally.

3HLE Automation & Robotics SA is a Universal Robots Certified System Integrator based in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. The company combines AI-powered vision systems with collaborative robots to deliver contactless quality control and flexible automation solutions. Its cobot applications include assembly, sorting, packaging and automated visual inspection in human-robot collaborative environments.

ASIC Robotics AG is a Swiss general contractor for automation and industrial robotics, headquartered in Burgdorf. Founded in 1995, the company develops and manufactures customer-specific assembly, testing, handling and packaging automation systems. Their solutions include SCARA and articulated robot cells, transfer lines, rotary indexing tables, vision systems and injection moulding machine automation. With around 230 employees, two offices in Germany and machines installed in over 30 countries, ASIC serves sectors including automotive, medical technology, electronics, watchmaking, pharmaceuticals and food.

BSR Automation AG is a Central Switzerland system integrator and control engineering service provider founded in 1995. Together with its subsidiary BSR Eltec AG, the company delivers complete control system solutions including engineering, software development, and control cabinet manufacturing. Clients are primarily plant operators and machine builders in industries such as energy, railway technology, and shipbuilding.

Innomat-Automation AG is a Swiss technology partner for automation and digitalisation solutions, headquartered in Herisau with a branch in Frauenfeld. Founded in 2013, the company has been active as an automation partner since 2010 and employs around 16 engineers and technicians. In 2025, Innomat absorbed its subsidiary Asprotec AG to consolidate operations. The company's flagship product is the Kalisto IoT platform — a modular, Swiss-developed software framework for building HMI, SCADA, and IIoT applications. Kalisto supports machine-to-machine communication, data acquisition with analytics, visualisation, and alarm management, and can scale from simple operator interfaces to full IoT solutions. The platform is available for purchase rather than subscription, with optional on-premises or cloud deployment. Innomat's service portfolio spans industrial automation, robotics, handling automation, conveyor systems, process automation, test automation, and software development. The company works as both an engineering service provider and a system partner, supporting OEM customers and integrators with project management, PLC programming, and Kalisto integration. Industries served include food and beverage, medtech, printing, chemicals, and general manufacturing. Certified Siemens Solution Partner.

Penta-Electric AG is an independent Swiss specialist for the automation of process plants, headquartered in Liestal, Basel-Landschaft, with an additional site in Grenzach-Wyhlen, Germany. Independent of any manufacturer or corporate group, Penta-Electric delivers complete process automation from concept to commissioning — including PLC/SCADA engineering (Siemens WinCC, PCS7, COPA-DATA zenon), instrumentation & control (EI&C), control cabinet manufacturing, IT/OT services, and GAMP5-compliant qualification. Key sectors include pharma, biotech, chemicals, energy, and food. Reference clients include Roche, Bachem, and Siegfried.

BC Börtzler Control is a Swiss automation and control engineering firm founded in 1999 and headquartered in Schaffhausen. The company plans and implements industrial automation projects from specification through commissioning, serving clients in environmental technology, medical technology, food production, and mechanical engineering.

bawaco AG is a Swiss engineering company specialising in plant engineering and automation for the food industry, with a particular focus on dairy, aseptic fruit processing, plant-based milk alternatives and CIP cleaning systems. Founded in 2003 in Bern, the company designs and builds turnkey processing lines tailored to individual customer requirements. As an independent provider, bawaco selects best-in-class components across vendors. Their core expertise covers aseptic process technology, UHT and ESL milk sterilisation, complete dairy factory construction and fruit processing lines.

Ambis Solutions AG is a Swiss manufacturer of custom automation products based in Burgdorf (Bern), part of the Asic Group. With around 50 employees and over 40 years of combined expertise from predecessor companies Scheidegger AG, Zihlmann Profiltechnik AG, and Zufag AG, the company specialises in feeding technology, conveyor systems, sorting systems, and special-purpose machines including robotic camera integration.

MPI Technologies AG is an independent Swiss value-added distributor and solution provider for industrial hardware, IPC, display, communication, and SCADA software, founded in 1992 in Dättwil (Baden), Aargau. The company is the official distributor of the Ignition SCADA/MES/IIoT platform by Inductive Automation in Switzerland, and provides certified integration support for industrial projects. Product portfolio spans ruggedised IPCs, industrial displays, mobile devices, networking hardware, and SCADA solutions. Serves clients across manufacturing, energy, water, and infrastructure sectors.