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On June 3-6, 2025, for the 13th time we organized the Swiss Pavilion at the ITM Industry Europe (Mach-Tool) fair in Poznań! The Pavilion is a joint initiative of Polish-Swiss Chamber of Commerce and Swiss Business Hub Central Europe within Swiss Embassy.

The guest of honor of this year’s Pavilion was Marc Bruchez, Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy of Switzerland in Poland.

The Pavilion included stands of the following companies:

Asyril (dystrybutor: CoRobotics)
Baumer
Gudel
Jura (which also served coffee)
Lista
Schmiedewerk Stooss

We encourage you to read the whole e-brochure of the exhibitors!

The traditional Swiss-style apero for clients and business partners of Pavilion’s exhibitors was organized on the second day of the fairs –  the raclette was served by Michel Prestinari-Skawiński from Magical Raclette Show and Swiss chocolated were provided by SSC Distribution. Same like last year, the official partner of the apero was Erowa company.

We would like to thank all the exhibitors and invite you to the next edition that will take place on May 26 – 29, 2026!

On May 15, 2025, the Chamber organized the Swiss Lunch as a side event to the extensive activities around the Swiss House pavilion organized by the Embassy of Switzerland.

Switzerland was a partner country of Impact’25, the first in the history of ImpactCEE.

Lunch partners were Nestlé, Novartis, Roche, Sandoz and Stadler. Guests were welcomed by Michal Stępień, President of the Chamber, and H.E. Fabrice Filliez, the Ambassador of Switzerland to Poland. Then a speech on Swiss innovation and economic relations between Poland and Switzerland was given by special guest Guy Parmelin, Vice President of Switzerland, and representatives of partner companies, Aleksander Wasilewski (Nestlé), Iwona Pajak (Novartis), Irma Veberič (Roche), Karolina Demus (Sandoz) and Philipp Brunner (Stadler) were invited to the stage.

After the official part, guests could taste Swiss raclette cheese, as well as Swiss wine during networking. We would like to thank the partners for their cooperation in organizing the Swiss Lunch, and the guests for coming high attendance and for the pleasant atmosphere!

The program of events at #SwissHouse included panel discussions and presentations with experts from Switzerland and Poland, centered around the topics of innovation, scientific cooperation, finance, startups and technology.

The topic of the Swiss Business panel was bilateral Swiss-Polish economic relations. The panelists exchanged experiences, opportunities and challenges of their companies operating in Poland, as well as… their dreams of what Poland will look like in 5 years. For the inspiring conversation, we thank panelists: Simone Wyss Fedele (Switzerland Global Enterprise), Irma Veberič (Roche), Karolina Demus (Sandoz), Karolis Bacevičius (Geberit) and Arkadiusz Swierkot (Stadler), and moderator Mikołaj Kunica (Business Insider).

We are delighted to have become a partner of the European Economic Congress, which this year took place from 23 to 25 April in Katowice. For the first time, the Chamber, together with Swiss member companies ABB, Nestlé, Novartis Poland, Roche, Sandoz Poland was present with a stand, the so-called Swiss Point, in the VIP zone. This was a place for meetings and discussions for our partners.
On 24 April, the second day of the congress, a panel discussion “Forum of economic cooperation: Switzerland” took place with the participation of representatives of our member companies:

Grzegorz Byszewski PhD, Public Policy and Governmental Affairs Partner, Roche Polska
Karolina Demus, President of the Management Board, Sandoz Polska
Iwona Pajak, Director of Public Affairs, Novartis Poland
Maciej Sieczka, President of the Management Board, Endress+Hauser Poland
Grzegorz Sołtysiak, CEO, ZREW Transformatory S.A.

together with:
Luca Laloli, Head of Economic, Financial and Scientific Affairs at the Embassy of Switzerland in Poland
Marcin Graczyk, Spokesperson, Board Representative for ESG and Sustainable Development, Polish Investment and Trade Agency
Ulrich Schwendimann, Managing Director of the Polish-Swiss Chamber of Commerce.

We encourage you to watch the retransmission of the session.
The panel was followed by a Swiss cocktail with our member companies and congress guests. The best Swiss chocolate from SSC Distribution, Swiss cheese and Swiss wine were not to be missed. Thank you for coming in such large numbers!

Furthermore, we are pleased to announce that our member company and partner Swiss Point has received an award in the ‘Investor without Borders’ category. Congratulations to Ms Karolina Demus and the Sandoz Polska team!

Many thanks go to our partners of the Swiss Point! ABB, Nestlé, Novartis Poland, Roche, Sandoz Poland thank you one more time!

We encourage you to take a look at the photo gallery and interviews with Roche Polska and Sandoz Polska as well as the Managing Director of  the Polish-Swiss Chamber of Commerce:

Grzegorz Byszewski, Roche Polska

Karolina Demus, Sandoz Polska 

Ulrich Schwendimann, Polish-Swiss Chamber of Commerce

New Year’s Meeting 2025 is behind us! We would like to extend our sincere thanks to all the guests for joining us in welcoming the New Year.

This year’s meeting was hosted by Roche Polska. Thank you!

The event was opened by Irma Veberič, General Manager of Roche Polska, along with Ulrich Schwendimann, Managing Director of the Polish-Swiss Chamber of Commerce. “The beginning of the year is always a time for reflection, to look back on the previous year, appreciate all that we have achieved, and anticipate what lies ahead. I truly believe that it will bring new hopes and opportunities,” said Irma Veberic during the official opening. Ulrich Schwendimann highlighted the fast-growing Polish-Swiss community, showcased in the latest Swiss Business Directory, a catalog of member companies that was available during the event. The Chamber’s President, Michał Stępień, wished the guests not only success in business but also longlasting business relationships.

The guest of honor at the event was H.E. Ambassador of Switzerland Fabrice Filliez, who presented the embassy’s plans for 2025. The event coincided with the visit of Ehab Youssef, Head of Europe Area North, who together with Jacek Jopek Professional Services Enabling Lead, Roche Diagnostics Poland emphasized the value of medical innovations for patients, healthcare systems, and economies worldwide.

Participants also had the opportunity to join a Laboratory Tour, during which they could observe the diagnostic solutions developed by Roche Diagnostics Polska.

After the official part of the event, guests enjoyed networking and conversations accompanied by live music.

A big thank you to everyone for another wonderful New Year’s Meeting of the Chamber’s member companies!

 

On December 4, another Economic Outlook meeting was held, organized jointly by the Swiss Chamber, ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA, Boyden Poland, Grant Thornton and mBank. Once again thanks to the hospitality of mBank, we held discussions on economic forecasts for 2025 in the beautiful spaces of the mBank Tower.

The meeting was started jointly by Agnieszka Kaczyńska, Head of International Clients Department Corporate Clients at mBank, Christian Lassnig, Commercial Counselor at ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA and Ulrich Schwendimann, Managing Director of the Polish-Swiss Chamber of Commerce, and then gave the floor to Marcin Mazurek, Chief Economist of mBank.

Marcin Mazurek’s interesting presentation on the country’s economic situation and the economic forecast for 2025 was a good basis for the subsequent discussion on Competitiveness of Poland today and tomorrow. How to keep Poland attractive in terms of living, working and worth investing? among Partners and invited guests: Eunika Klasik, Loxone; Katharina Lasota Heller, Lexcellence AG; Zbigniew Płaza, Boyden oraz Marcin Diakonowicz, Grant Thornton. The discussion was led jointly by Christian Lassnig and Ulrich Schwendimann.

We would like to thank all the speakers  and the audience for such an interesting exchange of opinions and observations. Finally, as usual, guests were invited to further discussion in the lobby during a networking cocktail.

Thank you for being with us!

International Speed Business Mixer 2024 is behind us! Nearly 200 people had the opportunity to meet at REGENT Warsaw Hotel and make new contacts.
Speed Business Mixer is the only formula where companies can reach a very wide business audience with their offer thanks to the cooperation between a dozen international bilateral chambers.

This year, the event was co-organised by as many as 14 chambers of commerce:

ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA, British Polish Chamber of Commerce (BPCC), AHK,CCI France Pologne / Francusko-Polska Izba Gospodarcza (CCIFP), Scandinavian-Polish Chamber of Commerce ( SPCC ), Belgian Business Chamber (BBC), Netherlands-Polish Chamber of Commerce, Polish Spanish Chamber of Commerce / Cámara de Comercio Polaco Española, Polish Canadian Chamber of Commerce, Polish Portuguese Chamber of Commerce,Camera di Commercio e dell’Industria Italiana in Polonia, Irish Polish Chamber of Commerce.

We would like to thank you for the pleasant cooperation and we wish all our guests many new business opportunities and fruitful projects.

See you at the next edition!

 

This year’s nineth edition of Polish-Swiss Innovation Day was devoted to the topic “AI in Manufacturing and Services. Experiences, opportunities and challenges of artificial intelligence for companies and institutions in Poland and Switzerland”.

The event took place on October 29 at Google for Startups Campus Warsaw. It was attended by over 160 people, including Chamber member companies and representatives of universities and institutions.

Polish-Swiss Innovation Day was organized in cooperation with the Embassy of Switzerland. The honorary patronage of the conference was provided by the Minister of Digital Affairs, Ministry of Development and Technology, and the Mayor of Warsaw. The media patronage was provided by Ringier Axel Springer Polska and Telewizja Biznesowa.

This interesting exchange of experiences was possible thanks to the support of Business Partners: IDEAS NCBR and member companies: ABB, Billennium, Nestle, Roche as well as host of the event: Google for Startups Campus Warsaw.

The event was opened by H.E. Fabrice Filliez, Ambassador of Switzerland to Poland, and President of the Chamber Michał Stępień. Moderators of the conference were Ulrich Schwendimann, Managing Director of the Chamber, Luca Laloli, Head of Economic, Financial and Scientific Affairs at the Embassy of Switzerland in Poland and Monika Ciemięga, Policy Officer at the Embassy of Switzerland in Poland. The official welcome was made by the host of the event Michał Kramarz, Head of Google for Startups, Central Europe.

As in previous years, we had the pleasure of hosting experts from Poland and Switzerland. During the conference, we had the opportunity to listen to:

Dariusz Standerski, PhD, Secretary of State, Ministry of Digitalisation

H.E. Ambassador Benedikt Wechsler, PhD, Head of Division for Digitalisation, FDFA State Secretariat, Bern

Patrick Warnking, Vice President Central and Eastern Europe, Google

Magda Kotlarczyk, Country Director Google Poland

Michał Kuszewski, Chief Specialist for Innovative Economy at the Economic Development Department, Warsaw City Hall

Prof. Dirk Mohr, Head of Institute of Virtual Manufacturing, ETH Zurich

Prof. Piotr Sankowski, PhD, University of Warsaw, MIM Solutions

Prof. Tomasz Trzciński, PhD, Research Group Leader at IDEAS NCBR, Warsaw University of Technology

Joost VandeVondele, PhD, Deputy Director for Science, Swiss National Supercomputing Center (CSCS), Swiss AI Initiative.

The presentations were followed by a panel discussion “How Companies Approach AI”, moderated by Magda Kotlarczyk, Country Director Google Poland, with experts from Swiss companies, business partners of the event:

Przemysław Zakrzewski, Vicepresident, ABB E-Mobility Sp. z o.o.

Adrian Foltyn, PhD, Senior Manager Data Science & Analytics, Nestlé Poland

Natalia Baranowska, Data & Analytics Section Lead – Data Advisory & Insights, Roche

Marcin Kruczyk, PhD, AI & Data Director, Ringier Axel Springer Polska

Mariusz Kotyś, AI & Data Competence Center Director, Billennium S.A.

We would like to thank all Partners, institutional and business, for their invaluable contribution to the implementation of this joint venture as well as all guests, who participated in the event.