Inspiring success of Polish companies in Switzerland

On 10th March the meeting ‘Inspiring success of Polish companies in Switzerland’ took place, which was organized in Zurich in co-operation with the Polish Professionals in Switzerland and the Trade and Investment Promotion Section of the Polish Embassy in Bern.

The event began with the official welcome by Jaromir Sokołowski, the Ambassador of Poland in Bern. Afterwards the following organizers of the meeting gave a speech: Wojciech Bachorski (Polish Professionals in Switzerland), Monika Ruggli (Polish-Swisschamber of Commerce) and Krzysztof Wolniarski (Trade and Investment Promotion Section of the Polish Embassy in Bern).

The main focus of the evening were inspiring presentations of Inglot represented by Teresa Trillo-Drab and IT Kontrakt represented by Łukasz Syrnik.

We would like to thank all guests for taking part in this event.

New Year’s Meeting

On 21th January the New Year’s Meeting of the Polish-Swiss Chamber of Commerce took place. This time the meeting was held at Studio Smolna 8.

The event began with the official welcome by Andrej Motyl, the Ambassador of Switzerland to Poland and Marek Szymański, the President of the Chamber. Afterwards Przemyslaw Powalacz, the Managing Director of Geberit Group presented his experience from the merger of Koło and Geberit.

The special attraction of the meeting was live cooking. Piotr Kucharski prepared especially for our guests flambé pears with gorgonzola ice-cream and crumbs.

The New Year’s Meeting was also an occasion to honour the winners of the second edition of our competition “swissstandards.pl. From Theory to Practice” www.odteoriidopraktyki.pl .

We would like to thank our guests for being part of this meeting and our partners for financial support.

New Year’s Meeting

On 21th January the New Year’s Meeting of the Polish-Swiss Chamber of Commerce took place. This time the meeting was held at Studio Smolna 8.

The event began with the official welcome by Andrej Motyl, the Ambassador of Switzerland to Poland and Marek Szymański, the President of the Chamber. Afterwards Przemyslaw Powalacz, the Managing Director of Geberit Group presented his experience from the merger of Koło and Geberit.

The special attraction of the meeting was live cooking. Piotr Kucharski prepared especially for our guests flambé pears with gorgonzola ice-cream and crumbs.

The New Year’s Meeting was also an occasion to honour the winners of the second edition of our competition “swissstandards.pl. From Theory to Practice” www.odteoriidopraktyki.pl .

We would like to thank our guests for being part of this meeting and our partners for financial support.

6th International Family Picnic

The 6. International Family Picknic was held at Rancho pod Bocianem on 6th September 2015. The event was organised in cooperation with the Commercial Section of the Austrian Embassy, the Belgian Business Chamber, the French Chamber of Industry and Commerce and the Polish-Portuguese Chamber of Commerce. This year we hosted a record number of guests – 700 persons.

During the picnic the participants could play mini-golf, football and volleyball, climb climbing walls and prove their courage in the rope park. For youngest guests we prepared bouncy castles, kid’s corners and a stand where they could cook biscuits.

We thank all guests for coming and thank the sponsors for their support and attractive prizes.

Sponsors:

6th International Family Picnic

The 6. International Family Picknic was held at Rancho pod Bocianem on 6th September 2015. The event was organised in cooperation with the Commercial Section of the Austrian Embassy, the Belgian Business Chamber, the French Chamber of Industry and Commerce and the Polish-Portuguese Chamber of Commerce. This year we hosted a record number of guests – 700 persons.

During the picnic the participants could play mini-golf, football and volleyball, climb climbing walls and prove their courage in the rope park. For youngest guests we prepared bouncy castles, kid’s corners and a stand where they could cook biscuits.

We thank all guests for coming and thank the sponsors for their support and attractive prizes.

Sponsors:

Swiss Pavilion on Energetab 2015

On 15-17 September in Bielsko-Biała we had an opportunity to participate in the Energetab 2015 fair. Swiss Pavilion was organized within the fairs for the sixth time. Pavilion is a joint initiative of Polish-Swiss Chamber of Commerce and Swiss Business Hub Poland within Swiss Embassy. 

The companies that were present during the fairs included:
– AMETEK Compliance Test Solutions (www.ametek-cts.com)
– Delta Energy Systems (www.deltaenergysystems.com/en/index.html),
– EnerSys (www.enersys-emea.com),
– Helmar, representative of Haeffeli (www.helmar.com.pl),
– Reichle & De-Massari Polska (www.rdm.com/en/co/about-us/home.aspx
– Pfiffner (www.pfiffner-polska.com.pl).

Traditionally other member companies joined the initiative: ER&M and Wamtechnik.

Swiss Pavilion on Energetab 2015

On 15-17 September in Bielsko-Biała we had an opportunity to participate in the Energetab 2015 fair. Swiss Pavilion was organized within the fairs for the sixth time. Pavilion is a joint initiative of Polish-Swiss Chamber of Commerce and Swiss Business Hub Poland within Swiss Embassy. 

The companies that were present during the fairs included:
– AMETEK Compliance Test Solutions (www.ametek-cts.com)
– Delta Energy Systems (www.deltaenergysystems.com/en/index.html),
– EnerSys (www.enersys-emea.com),
– Helmar, representative of Haeffeli (www.helmar.com.pl),
– Reichle & De-Massari Polska (www.rdm.com/en/co/about-us/home.aspx
– Pfiffner (www.pfiffner-polska.com.pl).

Traditionally other member companies joined the initiative: ER&M and Wamtechnik.

Polish-Swiss ICT-Sector Meeting

The idea of the meeting was to provide an opportunity for establishing contacts and exchanging experience between the Polish and Swiss ICT-sectors.

The meeting consisted of the following parts.

Presentations
– «The ICT Market in Switzerland: What to expect» Nils Braun, Institut für Wirtschaftsstudien Basel (IWSB) for ICTswitzerland (download the presentation)
– «The ICT Market in Poland: What to expect» Dariusz Brzeziński, Apax Consulting Group (download the presentation)
– «Swiss Open Source Security Software for the World Market», Andreas Steffen, Institute for Internet Technologies and Applications, HSR Hochschule für Technik Rapperswil (download the presentation)
– «DevOps – the Agile Successor? The benefits and caveats of Continuous Delivery – stories from the field», Krzysztof Rolak, PGS Software Speed Business Meetings

Case studies
– «Creativity, Commitment and Relationships – A story of the fastestgrowing Swiss IT company in Poland», Wojciech Mach, Luxoft Poland (download the presentation)
– Anna Pruska & Ralph Hudler, Comarch Swiss AG (download the presentation by Anna Pruska) / (download the presentation by Ralph Hudler)
– Reto Tobler, Credit Suisse AG 
– «In a nutshell: Five reasons to grow in Switzerland and five reasons to grow with Polish ICT-partners», Agata Tomczak, Dreberis AG

Panel Discussion moderated by Paweł Panczyj (ABSL) & Andreas Kaelin (ICTswitzerland)
Swiss-Polish Cooperation in the ICT-Sector – Challenges & Opportunities
– Anna Pruska, Comarch Swiss AG
– Reto Tobler, Credit Suisse AG
– Wojciech Mach, Luxoft Poland
– Rolf Bühler, Greater Zürich Area
– Agata Tomczak, Dreberis AG

More information about the agenda and the speakers of the meeting can be found under the link below www.swisschamber.pl_ICT-MeetingBooklet.pdf

We would like to thank the co-organizers for their cooperation during the organisation of the event and our sponsors for the financial support of the meeting. 

Polish-Swiss ICT-Sector Meeting

The idea of the meeting was to provide an opportunity for establishing contacts and exchanging experience between the Polish and Swiss ICT-sectors.

The meeting consisted of the following parts.

Presentations
– «The ICT Market in Switzerland: What to expect» Nils Braun, Institut für Wirtschaftsstudien Basel (IWSB) for ICTswitzerland (download the presentation)
– «The ICT Market in Poland: What to expect» Dariusz Brzeziński, Apax Consulting Group (download the presentation)
– «Swiss Open Source Security Software for the World Market», Andreas Steffen, Institute for Internet Technologies and Applications, HSR Hochschule für Technik Rapperswil (download the presentation)
– «DevOps – the Agile Successor? The benefits and caveats of Continuous Delivery – stories from the field», Krzysztof Rolak, PGS Software Speed Business Meetings

Case studies
– «Creativity, Commitment and Relationships – A story of the fastestgrowing Swiss IT company in Poland», Wojciech Mach, Luxoft Poland (download the presentation)
– Anna Pruska & Ralph Hudler, Comarch Swiss AG (download the presentation by Anna Pruska) / (download the presentation by Ralph Hudler)
– Reto Tobler, Credit Suisse AG 
– «In a nutshell: Five reasons to grow in Switzerland and five reasons to grow with Polish ICT-partners», Agata Tomczak, Dreberis AG

Panel Discussion moderated by Paweł Panczyj (ABSL) & Andreas Kaelin (ICTswitzerland)
Swiss-Polish Cooperation in the ICT-Sector – Challenges & Opportunities
– Anna Pruska, Comarch Swiss AG
– Reto Tobler, Credit Suisse AG
– Wojciech Mach, Luxoft Poland
– Rolf Bühler, Greater Zürich Area
– Agata Tomczak, Dreberis AG

More information about the agenda and the speakers of the meeting can be found under the link below www.swisschamber.pl_ICT-MeetingBooklet.pdf

We would like to thank the co-organizers for their cooperation during the organisation of the event and our sponsors for the financial support of the meeting. 

Swiss Pavilion at MachTool Fair 2015

The Chamber organized Swiss Pavilion during the ITM Fair – Mach-Tool Exhibition on 9-12 June 2015.

It is a joint initiative of the Polish-Swiss Chamber of Commerce and Swiss Business Hub Poland which was held for the fourth time.

The Pavilion included stands of the following companies: Bibus Menos (www.bibusmenos.pl), Bogucki Engineering (www.bogucki.org), Dawin Plus, representative of Swiss company K.R Pfiffner AG (www.dawin.pl), Fracht FWO Polska (www.frachtfwo.pl) and Otto Suhner (www.suhner-transmission-expert.com). 

Also Gudel Polska (www.gudel.com/pl) joined our initiative. Coffee was served by the company Jura (www.pl.jura.com).

Traditionally, on the second day of the Fair, we organized Swiss-style apero for clients and business partners of Pavilion’s exhibitors.