BaselArea

Janus

Wed, 12 May 2010 09:48:00 +0200

Mit Fertigstellung der Nordtangente, der unterirdischen Autobahnverbindung zur französischen A35, und den umfassenden Veränderungen im St. Johann – hin zu einem Life-Sciences-Cluster - entsteht ein lebendiges Quartier mit urbanem Charakter. Dieses neue Quartier ist mitten in der Fertigstellung.

Die im ersten Halbjahr 2010 fertig erstellte Ueberbauung Janus, von den weltberühmten Architekten Christ & Gantenbein entworfen, besticht durch ihre enorme Architektur und hier besonders durch ihre grosszügigen Fensterfronten. Die zwischen 100 m2 und 300 m2 grossen Dienstleistungs- und Ladenflächen im Erdgeschoss eignen sich bestens für Büros, Praxen, Läden, Bars, Cafés, Ateliers und weitere Dienstleister.

Ihr Geschäft profitiert von der unmittelbaren Nachbarschaft zum blühenden Wirtschaftszweig Life-Sciences mit seinen global tätigen Unternehmen, von dem sich in Umsetzung befindlichen Life-Sciences-Campus der Universität Basel sowie von seinen urbanen Menschen, die durch die Entwicklung des Quartiers ebenfalls hierher ziehen werden. Die direkt vor der Haustüre gelegenen öffentlichen Nahverkehrsverbindungen an die Basler City und die Nähe zur Universität sowie zu universitären Einrichtungen sind weitere Standortvorteile.

Überzeugen Sie sich selbst! Bezug ihres neuen Geschäfts ab Mitte 2010.

Detaillierte Informationen finden Sie auf: www.janus-arbeiten.ch

Ihr Ansprechpartner:

Intercity Basel AG

Herr Michel Eglin

Rennweg 40

4020 Basel

Tel. +41 61 317 67 82

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BaselArea welcomes Indian poultry pioneer Venky’s to Jura

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:37:00 +0100

The VH Group (Venkateshwara Hatcheries) is the leading Indian poultry conglomerate based in Pune. Incorporated under the name Venky’s Inc., the state of the art manufacturing facility in Bassecourt will provide a major stepping stone for the VH Group to strengthen its position in the European market. The VH Group is the first Indian company to establish such a plant.

“One of the main reasons for us to come here is the high quality standard related to Switzerland”, says Mr. B. Venkateshwara Rao, Managing Director of the VH Group. “Thanks to the uncomplicated and efficient collaboration by all the partners of BaselArea, we were able to quickly find an appropriate site and to establish the company here.”

Provided that the approval process goes according to plan, the new production facility in Bassecourt should become operational by the end of 2011, providing up to 50 job opportunities in the region in the initial year of operation. The VH Group will produce poultry vaccines for the European, Asian and other regulated markets in Bassecourt.

“I’m glad we were able to successfully support the VH Group. Even more when taking into consideration that the collaboration between BaselArea and the Canton Jura has only just begun”, says Dr. Franz A. Saladin, CEO of BaselArea. “This is surely a promising beginning of our partnership.”

VH Group
Established in 1971, the VH Group (Venkateshwara Hatcheries) is a fully integrated poultry company in India, with a turnover of approx. USD 700 million. It provides complete poultry solutions from basic breeding to providing ready-to-eat chicken and processed egg variants. VH markets its products through the ‘Venky’s’ brand. The Group has 26 registered companies in India and is expanding its global footprint to various locations including Bangladesh, Vietnam and other countries of the Middle East and Africa. The vaccine plant project was developed under the leadership of Chairperson Mrs. Anuradh Jitendra Desai and Jt Directors Mr. Jitendra Desai, Mr. B. Venkateshwara Rao and Mr. B. Balaji Rao. The project will be under the technical guidance of Dr. Venugopal Nair, Head of Avian Infectious Diseases Programme, Institute for Animal Health UK and Dr. Vergil Davis, USA. For more information please see www.venkys.com

BaselArea

BaselArea is the economic promotion agency for the the region of Basel. Supported by the Cantons of Basel Stadt, Baselland and Jura, BaselArea promotes the region as a business destination and supports companies to get off to the best start in the Basel area. Their services are free of charge. For more information, please see www.baselarea.ch/en

For more information:
Sabine Schenker, Communication & Marketing, BaselArea, Tel. 061 295 50 02,
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BaselArea launches cooperation with new partner

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:54:00 +0100

Anyone passing Stand A10 in the Congress Center Basel is treated to an unusual sight. From a wide 420 cm window, the visitor is presented with a view of unspoilt Jura pastures. It is a perfect illustration of the fact that, thanks to its new partner Jura, BaselArea has a far wider range of building land that it can offer its customers in the future.

BaselArea cooperates with a regional real estate network in helping foreign companies to settle here and providing start-ups from the region with support. And the stand also gives BaselArea the opportunity to team up with property developers from this network, who are presenting their most important projects at the fair. These are Adimmo AG, the GrAmA Group, the Basel-City department Stadtwohnen and Jelmoli Real Estate.

Swissbau Real Estate is a new platform for the real estate sector that is taking place during the Swissbau trade fair in the Congress Center Basel from 12 to 16 January.

BaselArea is responsible for promoting the business region of Basel on the international stage. The joint business development group of the cantons Basel-Stadt, Baselland and Jura provides support to foreign companies settling in the region and offers advice to local start-up companies. Their services are available free of charge to anyone interested. Every year BaselArea looks after around 700 customers and supports about 80 companies starting up or settling in the region.

For further information:
Sabine Schenker, Communication and Marketing, BaselArea, Tel. 061 295 50 02,
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The new Basel start-up centre “Basel Inkubator” is ready for business

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:43:00 +0100

The construction of the “Basel Inkubator” in the Stücki Business Park in Basel was completed in December 2009. The infrastructure includes offices and meeting rooms, as well as laboratory facilities. Together with the coaching, this allows young entrepreneurs to keep their costs as low as possible in the initial phase of the building the business and to develop an important basis for the start-up company. This lowers the risk of foundering to which potential start-ups are often exposed.
The offer is aimed primarily at spin-offs with a technological background from the University of Basel and the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland. The two universities firmly believe that more research results have real business potential. As long as there are sufficient places available, companies of other origins may also apply to the use the “Basel Inkubator”. Various research groups have already expressed their interest and will soon be moving into the building.
Broadly based initiative
The “Basel Inkubator” is an initiative of the University of Basel, the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland, Canton Basel-Stadt and “EVA – the Basel life sciences start-up agency”. The management of the “Basel Inkubator” was entrusted to “EVA – the Basel life sciences start-up agency”, a consulting organization specializing in start-ups. Peter Burckhardt, CEO of EVA and “Basel Inkubator”, is delighted with this new challenge: “It is motivating to have the opportunity to help start-up companies in this difficult initial phase. The “Basel Inkubator” is a very important vehicle for fostering innovation and fills what had been a big gap in our region.”

For further information:

Peter Burckhardt, CEO EVA - the Basel life sciences start-up agency, Tel. +41 61 633 30 10

40,000 new jobs in the Basel region within eleven years

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:39:00 +0100

The study, conducted by the market research institute Prognos, shows that the Basel region is economically well positioned for the coming decade. It has over eleven key industries: pharmaceuticals, agrotechnology, speciality chemicals, medical engineering, the capital goods industry, banks, insurance, logistics, the trade fair industry, tourism and the creative sector (culture, architecture etc.). The most important drivers of growth are likely to be the life sciences industries, such as the pharmaceutical sector.
According to Kai Gramke from Prognos, most key sectors are planning to create new jobs in the Basel region. On the basis of company statements, the institute expects around 40,000 new jobs to be created by 2020.

Roche a world leader in research

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:00:00 +0100

Roche and Novartis are mixing it with the big boys when it comes to investments in research and development. In the last three years they have increased their spending on research and development by 50 percent. This has taken them several rungs up the ladder in the EU list of the world’s biggest R&D investors, where they now occupy positions four (Roche) and ten (Novartis).
According to the report of the EU Commission, the ten largest industrial companies doing the most research worldwide include two companies from the EU and five from the USA, with the Japanese company Toyota topping the list.

Basel lowers taxes again for companies

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:19:00 +0200

To be specific, the Basel government decided on Tuesday that the maximum rate of profit tax will be lowered from today’s 22 percent to 21.5 percent. In view of the current economic and financial position, the tax reduction will take effect in 2011. As the government announced, it will impact the budget in 2012.
The government had already lowered the maximum rate of profit tax in 2008 and 2009 from 24.5 to 22 percent. After the planned reduction to 21.5 percent, two further reduction steps of 0.5 percent each will follow – but only when economic growth and the net debt ratio permit, as the government notes in its communication.

For more information (only in German):

http://www.medienmitteilungen.bs.ch/2009-09-15-rrbs-003.htm

Switzerland replaces United States at top of competitiveness rankings

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:01:00 +0200

Singapore, Sweden and Denmark round out the top five. European economies continue to prevail in the top 10 with Finland, Germany and the Netherlands following suit. The United Kingdom, while remaining very competitive, has continued its fall from last year, moving down one more place this year to 13th, mainly attributable to continuing weakening of its financial markets. The People’s Republic of China continues to lead the way among large developing economies, improving by one place this year, solidifying its position among the top 30. Among the three other large BRIC economies, Brazil and India also improve, while Russia falls by 12 places. Several Asian economies perform strongly with Japan, Hong Kong SAR, Republic of Korea and Taiwan, China also in the top 20. In Latin America, Chile is the highest ranked country, followed by Costa Rica and Brazil.

"The strong interdependence among the world’s economies makes this a truly global economic crisis in every sense. Policy-makers are presently struggling with ways of managing these new economic challenges, while preparing their economies to perform well in a future economic landscape characterized by growing uncertainty. In a difficult global economic environment, it is more important than ever for countries to put into place strong fundamentals underpinning economic growth and development,” said Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum.

For more information:

http://www.weforum.org/en/media/Latest%20Press%20Releases/PR_GCR09

BaselArea has a new chairman

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:56:00 +0200

Peter Krebser (57) was elected as the new President at the last members’ meeting of BaselArea, representatives of Cantons Basel City and Baselland and of the leading business organizations in the region. Peter Krebser, who has a doctorate in chemical engineering, is responsible for Global Production at Sika AG, where he is a member of the Executive Committee. He has 25 years of industrial experience, especially in the chemical and pharmaceutical sectors, where he has held senior positions with Huntsman AG and worked with Novartis, Sandoz and Lonza. Peter Krebser lives in Basel.

Suzanne Thoma has been President of the Board of Directors of BaselArea since 2004. Her achievements during this period include in particular the strategic realignment and focusing of BaselArea on the life sciences and other high-tech sectors. BaselArea has benefited enormously from her experience in management. Since the focal point of Suzanne Thoma’s life at present lies outside the Basel region, she has decided to step down.

BaselArea is responsible for promoting the economic region of Basel on the international stage. The joint promotion of Cantons Basel City and Baselland provides assistance to foreign companies settling in the region and advisory support for new start-ups. The services are available free of charge to anyone interested. Every year, BaselArea looks after around 700 clients and assists about 80 companies in starting up or establishing their business in the region.

For further information:

Dr. Peter Krebser
Sika AG
Tüffenwies 16
8048 Zürich
Tel. 044 436 42 65
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Dr. Suzanne Thoma

Tel. 079 433 54 25

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Sabine Schenker

Kommunikation BaselArea

Tel. 061 295 50 02

Natel 079 545 35 70

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Projekt 47 - Innovationspark Allschwil

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:03:00 +0200

Im September 2009 fällt der Entscheid für den Startschuss der zweiten Projektphase des Projekts 47. Geplant ist, zwei weitere Gebäude zu erstellen, die analog der ersten beiden Häuser erstellt werden sollen.

Auf dem Grundstück zwischen Hegenheimermattweg, Kreuzstrasse und Kiesstrasse in Allschwil, werden nochmal zwei 5-geschossige Labor- und Bürogebäude realisiert.

Die Neubauten mit 11‘700 m² Büro- und Laborflächen sollen für Firmen aus dem Life Science Bereich zur Verfügung stehen. So werden mehr als 200 hochwertige Arbeitsplätze im innovationspark allschwil – basel geschaffen.

Die Realisierung der Bauten ist aufgeteilt in Grundausbau (Core & Shell) und Mieterausbau. Die Aufteilung in Labor und Büro wird mit dem Mieterausbau definiert und so entsprechend den Wünschen und technischen Anforderungen der jeweiligen Nutzer geplant und ausgeführt. Von den 11‘700 m² ist bereits alles vermietet.

Die Erschliessung der beiden Gebäude erfolgt vom Hegenheimermattweg her über einen Vorplatz, wo sich die Besucher- und Veloparkplätze und in unmittelbarer Nähe vor der Haustür eine Bushaltestelle befinden. Vom Vorplatz gelangt man über den Haupteingang im Zwischenbau in die beiden Hochbauten.

Burckhardt und Partner AG Architekten

Urs B. Lehmann

Dornacherstr. 210

4053 Basel

Tel. +41 61 338 35 10

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