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The Shapers Awards
The Shapers Award, the result of an in-depth investigation in French-speaking Switzerland, highlights the impetus of our local industry in adopting disruptive innovations and celebrates the men and women who are driving this transformation.
The Shapers 2024 | Valais, Geneva & Neuchâtel
Photographs by Dimitri Känel
The Shapers 2023 | Sottas, Friborg
Photographs by Dimitri Känel
The Shapers 2022 | Techno-Pôle Sierre, Valais
André Borschberg, Sébastien Demont & Gregory Blatt , co-founders of H55 SA (VS)
Raphaël Broye , founder and CEO of Panatere SA (JU)
Pierre Falbriard , R&D manager at Louis Belet SA (JU)
Ramzi Bouzerda , founder and CEO of Droople SA (VD)
Javier Bello Ruiz & Robin Mange , co-founders of Imverse SA (GE)
Germain Kolly & Dominique Kolly , respectively founder and director of G. Kolly SA (FR)
Christopher Bouzas , director and co-founder of Objectis SA (VD)
Rafic HANBALI , CEO of SwissINSO (FR)
Raja Yazigi & Philippe Koller, co-founders of Netsensing Technology Sàrl (NE)
Inès Hamaguchi , enameller (NE)
Cécile Münch-Alligné , professor at HES and head of the "Hydroelectricity" research group at HES-SO Valais/Wallis
The Shapers 2021 | Switzerland Innovation Park - Biel
Martin Boeni , CEO of BBN Mécanique SA (NE) and its spin-off S4T Technologies SA
Dr. Nicola Tomatis , CEO of Bluebotics SA (VD)
Andrea De Luca , CEO of DM surfaces SA (JU/BE)
Thierry Melly , Vice President, Wireless IC's and Systems at Semtech (NE)
Loïc Baboulaz , co-founder and CTO of Artmyn (VD)
Florent Plé , Managing Director of Symbios Orthopédie SA (VD)
Kenneth Funes Mora , director and co-founder of Eyeware Tech SA (VS)
Thomas Estier , co-founder and CEO of Rovenso SA (FR)
Iris Desforges , director and co-founder of Forimtech SA (GE)
Philippe Lambinet , director and co-founder of Cogito Instruments SA (GE)
Nuria Pazos , professor at the Haute École Arc (NE)
The Shapers 2020 | Geneva
Agnes Petit , from the company Mobbot (FR)
Pierre-Yves Bonvin , from the company Steiger Participations SA (VS)
Thierry Vialenc , from the company Sogetri (GE)
Anne Tayac, from the company Givaudan (GE)
Stéphane Poggi , from the company Felco Motion
Nathalie Nyffeler , from HEIG-VD
Christophe Taramarcaz , from the company HoroSys (NE)
Denis Piquerez , Soprod (VS)
Steve Tanner, from the company ecoRobotix (VD)
Philippe Crevoisier , from the company Crevoisier (JU)
Jean-Marie Hotz , Hot's Design Communication (BE/Bienne)
The Shapers 2019 | Montreux, Vaud
Dr. Sarah Degallier Rochat , Professor, HES (BE/Bienne)
Patrick Neuenschwander , Tornos (Ju BE)
Christophe Fragnière , Le Vivier & CPAutomation (FR)
Dominique Beuchat , 3D Précisio (JU)
José Demetrio , Geosatis (JU)
Alexandre Pauchard , Bobst (VD)
Hugues-Vincent Roy , AISA (VS)
Bernat Palou , ARCM (BE/St-Imier)
Grégoire Ramuz , TPF (FR)
Sonja Betschart , WeRobotics (GE)
Magali Fröhlich , HE-Arc (NE)
The Shapers 2018 | Neuchâtel
Reto Wyss , Vidi-System, Cognex
Philippe Menoud , IEM
Aude Pugin , Apco Technologies SA
Denis Jeannerat , Willemin-Macodel
Samuel Vuadens & Jonas Hügli , Factory 5
Marc Thurner , regenHu
Peter Stas , MMT
Claude Jeannerat , Micro5
Christophe Nicolet , Felco
Philippe Menoud , IEM