Press releases
21.05.13
Hoped-for growth stimuli fail to materialize
In the first quarter of 2013, sales by the companies in Switzerland's me-chanical and electrical engineering industries (MEM industries) fell by 3.9 percent year on year, while new orders decreased by 0.8%. The reversal in trend...
Read more27.02.13
MEM industries: Moderate stimulation of demand
The situation of the Swiss mechanical and electrical engineering indus-tries (MEM industries) is showing some initial signs of recovery. Com-pared to the same period of the previous year, incoming orders and rev-enues increased...
Read more10.12.12
'No' to route proposed by the «Energy Strategy 2050»
The federal government's «Energy Strategy 2050» jeopardizes the security of electricity supplies and the competitiveness of Switzerland’s exporting industry. Swissmem and scienceindustries, as representatives of industries that...
Read more12.11.12
MEM industries: no discernible growth stimuli
The situation remains difficult for the Swiss mechanical and electrical engineering industries (MEM industries). Although revenues growth remained slightly positive during the first three quarters of 2012, new orders and exports...
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