Technopark Zürich

Technopark Zürich
Industry Technology Business Park
Genre Infrastructure Service Provider
Founded 1993
Headquarters Zürich, Canton of Zürich, Switzerland
Number of locations
 1
Area served
 Switzerland
Website Official website

Technopark Zürich is a technopark based in the municipality of Zürich in the Canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

History

Technopark Zürich was established in 1993 as a top location for technology transfer in Switzerland and a key point of contact for innovative start-ups looking to transform knowledge into marketable products and services. The founders planned to provide rooms, offices and other spaces, equipped with the latest infrastructure, and to house a stimulating environment for people from various branches, disciplines, universities, research institutes, start-ups and established enterprises.[1]

Organisation

Technopark Zürich is managed as a privately funded foundation, and the property landlords are Swiss Life and Zürcher Kantonalbank. It also houses the Technopark Academy which provides a training programme for start-ups and emerging companies. It acts jointly with the Swiss government and various trade associations to increase the competitiveness of the Swiss economy and to create enduring jobs.[1]

Collaborations

Technopark has numerous strategic collaborative partners to facilitate the transfer of knowledge and technology and the development of start-up companies: Centre Suisse d’Électronique et de Microtechnique (CSEM), CTI-Start-up, Division of Business and Economic Development of the Canton of Zürich, EMPA Dübendorf, ETH Zurich, FHS St.Gallen, glaTec, Greater Zurich Area, International Association of Science Parks (IASP), Swiss Private Equity & Corporate Finance Association (SECA), Swissparks, University of St. Gallen, University of Zurich, venturelab and Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW).[2] Technopark-Alliance was founded in 2002 to provide technology from academia to practice. The Technoparks in Aargau, Lugano, Luzern, Schlieren, Winterthur and Zürich are members of the Technopark-Alliance.

Location

Technopark is located in the Industriequartier district of the city of Zürich. It houses around 300 companies, and organizations of the fields of science, technology and economy,[1] among them ETH Zürich,[3] Swiss Post logistics and digitec, at its 47,000 m2 site.

The Technopark building complex was built between 1989 and 1993 as the first large single building on the industrial site of the former Escher Wyss & Cie company, and triggered the overall planning of the 17-hectare site. The project relies on the private design plan Techno Park (1991) and to the private design plan Escher Wyss area (1995/99). In 2011 the city council of Zürich authorized the partial revision of the design plan, and in 2012 the middle section of the building was increased.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Technopark Zürich". Technopark Zürich. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
  2. ↑ "Collaborations" (in German). Technopark Zürich. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
  3. ↑ "ETH Zürich, Technopark" (in German). ETH Zürich. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
  4. ↑ "Technopark Zürich" (in German). Hochbaudepartment der Stadt Zürich. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
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