APTE Association. Reception in Basel with Dr. R. Wellinger (on left), founder of CEH (Centre Electronique Horloger), predecessor of the current CSEM (Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique) and one the honorary members of the APTE Association, with the two co-founders of the APTE Association, Mr. W. Hammer (r) and Mr. G. Martini (m).

APTERO in Enges NE. Mr. A. Oess (r), Prangins (VD) presenting the newest developments in the European distribution business. You can order the APTE Association brochures free of charge in English, German or French from APTE Association, Schweizergasse 10, CH-8001 Zurich, Tel.: +41 1 210 36 94, Fax: +41 1 210 36 95 or by E-mail: z@apte.ch or n@apte.ch (APTE Association, Service Zurich and Service Neuchâtel/Enges)

APTERO in Enges. Mr. R. Degonda, Montres Tavernier Sàrl, Geneva, presenting the latest innovations.

APTERO in Enges. Dr. G. Brändli, ETH Zurich, presenting the FUSE program for small and medium enterprises. NB: The goal of FUSE is to stimulate more industrial enterprises to incorporate microelectronic technologies into their production, thereby increasing their competitiveness.

APTERO in Enges. Discussions with Mr. K. Weiss (r), Schlüssel-Weiss, Zurich, Mr. R. Hofmann (m), CDS AG Security Systems, Weinigen ZH and Mr. S. Gugelmann (l), Rueyres-les-Prés VD.

Organized by MTT AG under contract from MICROSWISS, MICROSWISS' presence at Ineltec was extremely well represented by competent employees. Mrs. Kim Kimmich from MTT AG, with Prof. Steiner from  MICROSWISS-Zentrum Nord-Ost, draws the winning contest entry.

The MICROSWISS stand at Ineltec hosted large numbers of visitors. From left: Mr. J.-C. Jacot, Dr. N. Rauch, Mr. N. Häberle, Mr. G. Martini.

Dr. Steinmann, (l) a representative of Canton Solothurn, visits the MICROSWISS stand.

The MICROSWISS bar; a central gathering point at the MICROSWISS stand, complete with two permanent hostesses and many refreshments!

MICROSWISS-Yverdon on the move! From left: Dr. Bui, Dr. Kowalczuk.

Mr. Schaad Sr. and Mr. Schaad Jr., both from Cramdea AG, Solothurn, visting MICROSWISS-Grenchen's stand. Their latest product development is an electronic switch that delivers performance unseen up until now: the full history is described in MICROSWISS success story number 12, which can be ordered free of charge in German or French from MTT AG, Schweizergasse 10, CH-8001 Zurich, Tel.: +41 79 457 70 50 or by E-mail: mtt@mtt.ch

Mr. Ph. Crausaz (l) from CROSSMOS Sàrl in Marin NE visits Mr. Martini. The contactless smart card access system installation from MICROSWISS Yverdon is in the background. The system indentied the smart card owner and greeted him or her by name!

Automation system with ASI-Bus from the Engineer School Oensingen, SO, represented by Mr. R. Hähni, responsible for technology transfer, assisted by Mrs. S. Grossmann Roth from MICROSWISS Grenchen.

Astronaut Patrick Baudry, astronaut and test pilot at Airbus Industrie, between Mr. G. Martini (l) and Mr. G. W. LaRosa, Vice President IBM microelectronics. Mr. Baudry presented his voyage into space at the IBM Microelectronics Design Forum'98 in Paris.

Mr. G. Vendramin, Electronic Packaging specialist at IBM South Europe, Middle East and Africa presenting the latest developments in the very important field of Interconnect Technologies.

Common session at the IBM Microelectronics seminar in Paris.

Mr. M. Rohner, Director Sales Switzerland, welcomes the guests at the Energizer cocktail in Basel.

A member of the Eiger-Mönch-Jungfrau entertainer group with some difficulties to serv Mr. B. Cherak from Calgary, Canada, during the APTERO/Energizer cocktail.

ITPS'98, 7th International Technology Partner Search meetings, the Swiss forum to establish business contacts worldwide. APTE-member and Bioworld editor S. Perriard (l.) discussing the latest development in the field of biotechnology  with Dr. O. Pitzurra, MRC AG, a spin-off company of EMPA.

ITPS'98, 7th International Technology Partner Search meetings, the Swiss forum to establish business contacts worldwide. Dr. D. Gross (l.), Mrs. Y. Bretscher, ITPS /  Centredoc with financial consultant and APTE-member Karl J. Lotz.

APTERO  and General Assembly of APTE, with presentation of the new wafer-fab Uniphase Laser Enterprise AG in Zürich. From left: Dr. V. Graf, General Manager Uniphase, Mr. D. Vecten (Debiotech SA), Dr. R. Wellinger (Mutron SA), Dr. F. Sugnaux, Dr. A. Brunner, Prof. Dr. G. Tröster (u-blox AG).

APTERO and General Assembly of APTE. From left: Dr. F. Sugnaux, Mr. M. Lechner (Alpha Sensors), Dr. F. Mayer (Alpha Sensors), Mr. M. Klebl (i-TEC Innovative Technologies GmbH und ETH-Venture 2000).

APTERO and General Assembly of APTE. From left: Mr. R. Peterhans (textpunkt) with his partner Mrs. I. Langenegger, and Dr. B. Stehrenberger (Treuhandbüro Dr. Brigitt Stehrenberger).

APTERO in Neuchâtel. Dr. D. Gross at work.
Topic: Innovation.

APTERO in Neuchâtel. Mr. F. Thorens, VP of the international aeronautics and astronautics meeting of Neuchâtel presents his organisation.

APTERO in Neuchâtel. Three astronauts presented their experiences in space and spoke about the necessity of flights in space. Richard A. Searfoss, USA (1st from left) and Alexander Serebrov, Russia (3rd from left).

APTERO with Champagne

APTERO in Bern at the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property. Mr. R. Tchudin giving answer to our question "should ideas be protected or applied?"