For 13 years, Philippe Dubois shaped the industry as President of the SVI. Philippe Dubois was bid farewell at the members' meeting on 16.05.2025 in Olten. In the eulogy, held by Managing Director Andreas Zopfi, Philippe's consistently

The wide range of training and further education opportunities following an apprenticeship are a major strength of the Swiss VPET system. In order to strengthen the recognition of formal higher vocational education and training qualifications both nationally

The submission window will be extended until May 23, 2025. Take the opportunity and submit your innovations to Switzerland's biggest packaging award. Link to the competition

All presentations of the Packaging Talks at a glance Together with EMPACK, we present the EMPACK Packaging Talks. All presentations can be listened to again online.

News from SERI: Foreign workers play a key role in the Swiss labor market. According to the Swiss Labor Force Survey, they accounted for almost 30 percent of the working-age population aged 25 to 64 in 2022.

Media release from economiesuisse dated 09.04.2025 The most important facts in brief: economiesuisse has conducted a survey among companies and industry associations on the impact of the new US tariffs. Around half of the companies surveyed are

DG ENV's oral answers during the meeting on February 4, 2025 to the questions and possible solutions presented by CEI-Bois on the remaining uncertainties in the implementation of the EUDR are included here(click here). CEI-Bois

Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office (FSVO): We would like to inform you that the Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office (FSVO) will adopt a health-related regulation of the European Union (EU) on bisphenol A (BPA) and

The IK Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen welcomes the interim status of the ongoing coalition negotiations and urges the negotiators of the coalition agreement to draw up ambitious guidelines for climate protection and the circular economy. Other players in the

Study at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) How well does generative artificial intelligence like ChatGPT perform in exams? This question was investigated by a team at EPFL led by Antoine Bosselut. They presented the