Industry & the economy
Transfer and collaboration opportunities
Technology transfer
PSI strives to make new findings from research accessible to the industry. In this way the competitiveness of Swiss industrial enterprises shall be strengthened.As a result, firms can launch innovations on the market and hence secure existing jobs and even create new ones.
PSI annually files 30 to 40 patent applications to protect its inventions and draws up several licence agreements.
Hightech-Zone
With the initialization of the Hightech-Zone Villigen (HTZ) the Paul Scherrer Institut aims at strengthening its contacts and exchange with high-tech industry. Particularly in joint research projects the short distances between partners will improve the quality of the collaboration and the effectiveness of the know-how exchange.The proximity to PSI enables the tenants of the HTZ to make use of the existing competencies at PSI in various fields of science and engineering. Through these benefits, PSI has the objective to foster the innovation power in Switzerland.
Spin-off companies
The activities in research and technology at PSI open up a great variety of opportunities for commercial exploitation.If these technologies or services apply to an entrepreneurial scientist, they open up opportunities for the foundation of a start-up company.
PSI fosters and encourages the foundation of spin-off companies through advice and coaching from the transfer centre and various different support tools.
Current topics
News from Technology Transfer, 25. October 2011
PSI am Swiss Innovation Forum 2011
Am 3. November 2011 findet auf dem Novartis Campus das sechste nationale Innovationsforum statt. Das Swiss Innovation Forum entwickelte sich mit breiter Unterstützung von Wirtschaft, Wissenschaft, Bildung und Politik zur führenden Plattform für Innovation in der Schweiz. Neben hochkarätigen Partnern aus der Wirtschaft und der Verwaltung wird die Initiative von weltweit führenden Wissensinstitutionen unterstützt und gefördert. Experten aus der ganzen Welt nehmen teil.This news release is only available in German.
Aargovian Network Platform supports industrial companies
16. Mai 2011 – New, innovative products demand more and more complex innovation processes, which is increasingly challenging for small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs). Innovation is the result of cost-intensive research and often cannot be performed by SMEs themselves. Thus, a competent partner who performs the research can contribute significantly to strengthening the innovative power of companies. But how to find a competent research partner quickly, or perhaps even the technology needed? The Aargovian Network of Technology Transfer Offices offers exactly this service.