Vision & Mission
We believe that through our technologies and together with academia, our clients and partners, we can face the challenges of our time.
Our mission is to enable Swiss industry growth: we act as an innovation factory, provide expertise and infrastructure to companies, and translate research into technology transfer in digital technologies, precision manufacturing, and sustainable energy.
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Awards and certifications
CSEM is recognized as an ISO-certified innovation vector in providing technology platforms that enable significant scientific and creative breakthroughs in today's world. Our products, solutions, and equality policies have been honored in Switzerland and around the world. Our commercialized technologies are innovation in action. They add value to industry partners and enhance the competitiveness of the Swiss economy.
CSEM’s recognition by prestigious international organizations, demonstrates our standing in the world of international research. It reinforces our esteemed position among our peers, which is crucial to our vision of networked innovation.
History and start-ups
In the early 1980s, there was a genuine concern that Switzerland was losing ground to its neighbors when it came to developing new technologies. However, the federal council had a visionary plan. It created a private research and development center, and, in 1984, the CSEM success story began.
Since then, we have an award-winning track record of collaborating with thousands of companies and creating more than 50 start-up businesses and spin-offs, with several successful buyouts.
Governance
CSEM is a public–private research and technology organization (RTO). We enhance the competitiveness of Swiss industry by collaborating with our extended network in academia, research, and the economy. The center is governed by a carefully balanced combination of its Board of Directors, its Executive Board, and its Scientific Advisory Board.
Around one-quarter of CSEM shares are publicly held, by the ETH domain (Swiss federal institutes of technology and related research bodies), and therefore by the Swiss Confederation, and by the canton or the town of Neuchâtel. The remaining three-quarters are held by leading organizations from across Switzerland’s industries and economy.
