Promoting synergies between industrial fields and cultivating interfaces between disciplines: Fondation Inartis cultivates an innovative vision that cuts across multiple industries. As an EPHJ partner for the last five years in connection with the Watch Medtech Innovation Challenge, Fondation Inartis supports watch industry professionals in their efforts to develop medtech projects. The Show is a […]

LIGA (the German acronym for lithography, electroplating, moulding) is an additive manufacturing process used to create 3D high-aspect ratio microstructures. It can be used to fabricate complex geometries that are impossible to achieve by means of conventional manufacturing technologies. Not only does it combine low cost, rapid deployment, superb surface quality, flexible production run sizes […]

Ever loyal to EPHJ, Bureau d’Étude Mécanique (BEMRC) recently obtained approval for its Swiss-made electric vehicle. An original demonstration of the expertise this Sierre-based firm is not allowed to talk about due to non-disclosure agreements… Suppose Switzerland were to reconnect with its early 20th century automotive industry all because a cutting-edge engineering consultancy in the […]

Any entrepreneurial success – just like any failure – always starts with an idea. The difference lies in the execution and in the network that emerges around the project to help make it a realistic and realisable proposition. That’s what the Watch Medtech Challenge – co-organised by EPHJ and Fondation Inartis since 2018 – is […]

Dear Exhibitors, Dear Visitors, With 2022 drawing to an end, this year has seen a strong recovery in the high-precision sectors, especially in the Swiss watch and jewellery industry, which has set new records for export sales – a development we are delighted to see. This trend had already become clear during the last EPHJ […]

In this video below, Domenico Foglia founder of Nanovoxel, a company which ambitions are to revolutionize the micro manufacturing world. The company uses the 2-photon polymerization 3D printing technique. This different from all the other 3D printing technologies is able to produce plastic parts and components with resolution in the micro-/nanometer range from prototypes to […]

No more artisanal cleaning of small parts in more or less clean bins! No more optical measurement in dedicated rooms far from the machines! By imagining two independent modules of small dimensions to be placed directly near the turning machines to clean and measure the parts in the demanding environment of the workshops, Petitpierre SA […]

EPHJ, the international high-precision trade show, has completed its 20th anniversary edition with a clear increase in numbers compared to the 2021 edition and a quality of visitors welcomed by the 700 exhibitors. Geneva, 17 June 2022 – As the doors of the world’s only trade fair dedicated to high precision watchmaking, jewellery, microtechnology and […]

Praised by its peers, the German company Polycrystal design wins the 2022 Exhibitors’ Grand Prix with a clear lead over its competitors thanks to a remarkable innovation in the field of materials. STS, the defending champion, passed the trophy on to its successor, wishing it the same success that followed its victory in 2021. Ironically, […]