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Swiss Manufacturing Survey and Award 2019
The survey shows a high commitment to manufacturing in Switzerland, especially at the Pilatus Flugzeugwerke AG, the first winner of our Swiss Manufacturing Award.
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Digitalization: Key for personalized medicine

Dr. Lukas Budde is going to present a new cooperation between Empa, KSSG and ITEM at smarthalle St. Gallen on 07 October 2019 15:00.

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QC Lab Exchange Platform at Merck KGaA in Rome

The meeting was focused on the exchange topic "Life Cycle, Change Management & Optimized Lab Operations". During numerous presentations and interactive workshop sessions the participating companies shared and exchanged many successful practices.

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New contribution in the German magazine Produktion published

Professor Friedli describes in the article the importance of digitalisation for plants in high-wage countries. According to two surveys conducted at the Institute, a majority out of a sample of more than 270 participants think that digitalisation helps to keep production in high-wage countries whereas at the same time a similar majority thinks that no new plants will be necessarily established due to digitalisation. You can read the article here: Produktion – Technik und Wirtschaft für die deutsche Industrie (2018) Vol. 30, p. 31

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FDA Quality Metrics Research - New report published!

After intensive weeks to wrap up the second year of research, our Year 2 Report was finally released on November 7, 2018 with a keynote of Prof. Friedli at the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering ISPE Annual Meeting in Philadelphia.

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Lean2020 - The Future of Operational Excellence

Lean management remains the most important production paradigm, even after more than 25 years.