GZA assists 91 foreign companies with relocation

(CONNECT) In terms of location marketing, 2024 surpasses previous years in terms of quality, size and excellence. This is the GZA 's summary of its activities over the past year. As the location promoter explains in a press release, the GZA supported a total of 91 international companies in their expansion projects in this "year of top quality" together with the public location and economic development agencies of the joint economic area.

The GZA describes it as "particularly pleasing" that four out of five of these settlements come from the actively marketed key technologies of cleantech and artificial intelligence, the strategic focus for 2024. "In 2025, sustainability and innovation will become even more of a strategic focus for GZA," says Managing Director Lukas Huber. "Since the beginning of 2024, we have been evaluating projects not only in terms of economic aspects, but also from an environmental and social perspective."

According to GZA, the most important new additions include companies such as Revolut, Anthropic, OpenAI, the Robotics and AI Institute, BYD and Estun Automation. The strong international focus of these settlements confirms the attractiveness of the Zurich economic area for companies from the fintech, robotics, electromobility and artificial intelligence sectors.

The Starlab Space project also deserves special mention. The Greater Zurich Area is thus also positioning itself as a central innovation location in the future sector of the New Space Economy. "The location factors that make up the success of the Greater Zurich Area - from quality of life and security to tax attractiveness, entrepreneurial administrations, infrastructure and talent pool - must continue to be actively cultivated," summarizes GZA Chairman of the Board of Directors Dr. Balz Hösly. ce/mm