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Situation: politics & security
The economic national supply authority released compulsory stocks of protein feed from 01.09.2026 because low water on the Rhine and Danube slows imports (a limited, time-bound release of at most 20 per cent, no shortage of consumer goods), which only just meets the criterion of a shortage report by the federal office; without this evidence the situation would be "strained". Not re-checked: state of the previous snapshot of 25.10.
Growth 53Transformation 51Decline 37Under construction & planned 49
Key figures
Largest job cuts
- Nestlé to cut 16,000 jobs worldwide by 202716,000 Affected staff ·
- ICRC to cut around 2,900 jobs worldwide2,900 Affected staff ·
- Kühne+Nagel to cut up to 1,500 jobs worldwide1,500 Affected staff ·
Sectors
| Sector | Entries | Affected staff |
|---|---|---|
| Pharma | 9 | 1,580 |
| Industry | 8 | 58 |
| Finance / Insurance | 5 | 660 |
| IT / Software | 5 | — |
| Media | 5 | 964 |
Follow-up
Followed up: 27 of 27 announcements older than six months.
Documented outcome: completed: 3, scaled back: 3.
Relocated abroad, to: 🇳🇱 Netherlands, 🇸🇰 Slovakia, 🇹🇭 Thailand, 🇻🇳 Vietnam.
All outcomes and relocations →
Open cases
- Samsung Biologics launches CHF1.46bn bid for PolyPeptideNext milestone: 5 Nov 2026
- Swiss Council of States adopts stricter capital rules for UBSNext milestone: 23 Nov 2026
- Nestlé to spin off water business into venture with Platinum EquityNext milestone: 30 Nov 2026
- Cembra Money Bank to acquire Santander Switzerland's car-finance businessNext milestone: 30 Nov 2026
- DWS to acquire real estate manager Peakside Capital AdvisorsNext milestone: 31 Dec 2026
Sums of the reports recorded in the tracker since recording began, not a complete picture of the labour market.
2026
- Lonza to buy five US manufacturing sites from Merck KGaA · Mergers · 🇨🇭 Switzerland / Germany
- Solar installer Go Smart Solution goes bankrupt, 40 jobs lost · Closures · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Tillotts to buy drugmaker Haupt Pharma Wülfing in Gronau · Mergers · 🇨🇭 Switzerland / Germany
- Canton Schaffhausen tightens rules for data centres · Policy · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Rheinmetall and MSC win auction for Mangalia shipyard · Mergers · 🇷🇴 Romania / Germany / Switzerland
- Geneva tram Line 17 extension to Annemasse opens in autumn 2026 · Infrastructure · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- EvoNext and Ascend Sport Technology to merge · Mergers · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- DWS to acquire real estate manager Peakside Capital Advisors · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / Switzerland
- Tamedia to cut 34 full-time jobs in its news desks · Layoffs · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- HUBER+SUHNER to acquire Motion Applied's Connected Intelligence business · Mergers · 🇨🇭 Switzerland / United Kingdom
- Swiss Council of States adopts stricter capital rules for UBS · Policy · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Roche breaks ground on CHF 790m active-ingredient plant in Basel · Expansions · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Sunrise reviews cutting up to 450 jobs in Switzerland · Layoffs · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- SBB to take 49% stake in Helsana unit HMS · Mergers · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- European Commission clears Helsana and SBB takeover of HMS · Policy · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Bitcoin Suisse to cut up to 60 jobs in Zug and close Copenhagen site · Layoffs · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Swiss cabinet approves message on Broadband Promotion Act · Policy · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- BLS cuts about 40 full-time posts by 2030 and closes travel centres · Layoffs · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Swiss Life to cut around 600 jobs by the end of 2028 · Layoffs · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- SBB to fold SBB Cargo back into the group from January 2027 · Mergers · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Stadler to invest CHF 33m in Biel steel foundry · Expansions · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Boehringer Ingelheim acquires Swiss vaccine developer Evax · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / Switzerland
- Partners Group to take majority of data centre power firm AVK · Mergers · 🇨🇭 Switzerland / United Kingdom
- Partners Group in exclusive talks to buy Aroma-Zone · Mergers · 🇨🇭 Switzerland / France
- US replaces Swiss tariffs with Section 301 duties up to 12.5% · Policy · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Nestlé to spin off water business into venture with Platinum Equity · Mergers · 🇨🇭 Switzerland / France / USA
- Cembra Money Bank to acquire Santander Switzerland's car-finance business · Mergers · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- volenergy to acquire bp Austria's filling-station business · Mergers · 🇦🇹 Austria / Switzerland
- Samsung Biologics launches CHF1.46bn bid for PolyPeptide · Mergers · 🇨🇭 Switzerland / South Korea
- ABB agrees to acquire Rotork for around $5.5bn · Mergers · 🇨🇭 Switzerland / United Kingdom
- Sequotech to acquire IT services firm Tiag · Mergers · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Burckhardt Compression completes Fornovo Gas acquisition · Mergers · 🇨🇭 Switzerland / Italy
- VisualLogix to acquire DACH software provider refyne Group · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / Austria / Switzerland
- Skyguide halves planned job cuts to around 110 · Layoffs · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Federal Council grants concession for Lausanne metro line m3 · Policy · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Federal Council opens consultation on rail and national road expansion · Policy · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- lastminute.com to cut around 400 jobs in shift to AI-driven model · Digitalization · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Federal Council proposes extending Alpine rail freight subsidies to 2035 · Policy · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- BLS completes renovation of Weissenstein tunnel and Solothurn–Moutier line · Infrastructure · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- SBB Cargo overhauls single-wagonload freight, about 200 staff affected · Layoffs · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Swiss parliament passes 2027 relief package with public transport cuts · Policy · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Greppen and Weggis vote on municipal merger · Mergers · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Stadler and Critical Software found joint venture Stadler Digital Labs · Mergers · 🇨🇭 Switzerland / Portugal
- Acrevis Bank to acquire Regiobank Männedorf · Mergers · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Newrest dismisses up to 30 Nightjet staff in Zurich · Layoffs · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- SBB opens hall extension with six work bays at its Olten works · Expansions · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Ex Libris closes all its stores, affecting 230 jobs · Layoffs · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Kiepe Electric hands trolleybus business to Carrosserie Hess · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / Switzerland
- Federal Council sets key parameters for transport expansion to 2045 · Policy · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Decathlon to open up to ten new stores in Switzerland in 2026 · Expansions · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Tamedia integrates AI and data into newsroom, cutting 30 jobs · Digitalization · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Tamedia splits print from digital, cutting 30 more jobs · Layoffs · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Ikea Switzerland weighs cutting up to 60 jobs in Spreitenbach · Layoffs · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Lucerne cantonal parliament amends shop-closing law, referendum planned · Policy · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Agrovision Burgrain closes four farm shops, affecting 8 jobs · Closures · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Spital Oberengadin to dismiss 50 staff to avert closure · Layoffs · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Spital Oberengadin risks full closure amid insolvency threat · Closures · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- PH FHNW cuts 30 to 40 jobs under its Perspektive:PH savings plan · Layoffs · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Zurich to acquire specialty insurer Beazley for £8.1bn · Mergers · 🇨🇭 Switzerland / United Kingdom
- MAZ journalism school announces job cuts across the institution · Layoffs · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- SPS Switzerland to close its Kriens site, affecting 45 jobs · Closures · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Globus cuts 48 jobs at its Zurich head office · Layoffs · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Bernina weighs shifting output to Thailand, risking up to 40 jobs · Layoffs · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Sunrise plans to cut up to 190 jobs to simplify its structure · Layoffs · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Knorr-Bremse completes purchase of Swiss electronics firm Duagon · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / Switzerland
2025
- Janssen closes its Bern-Bümpliz vaccine plant, cutting 300 jobs · Layoffs · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- SBB completes four-track expansion of Liestal station · Infrastructure · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- SBB opens new double-track section between Grellingen and Duggingen · Infrastructure · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- SBB completes six-year rail upgrade in the Basel area · Infrastructure · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Pfizer to cut 230 jobs, shrinking its Swiss workforce to 70 · Layoffs · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Swiss parliament withholds funding, SBB scraps Malmö night train · Policy · 🇨🇭 Switzerland / Denmark / Sweden
- Swiss government backs SBB single-wagon freight with CHF 260m · Policy · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Regensberg votes on merger talks with neighbouring municipalities · Mergers · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Selecta to cut up to 60 jobs under its Selecta 2.0 plan · Layoffs · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Raiffeisenbanks Uzwil and Niederhelfenschwil back merger · Mergers · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Oberried and Brienz sign merger letter of intent · Mergers · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Swissmedic to cut around 45 jobs over the next two years · Layoffs · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Sowind Group cuts 26 jobs at Girard-Perregaux and Ulysse Nardin · Layoffs · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Corvaglia sells its closures production, affecting 31 jobs · Closures · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- SRG SSR to cut around 900 jobs under its Enavant programme · Layoffs · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Deutsche Bahn completes renovation of Basel Badischer Bahnhof · Infrastructure · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- ICRC to cut around 2,900 jobs worldwide · Layoffs · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- First Camp to acquire Lodgyslife's camping sites · Mergers · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Novartis to cut 550 jobs at its Stein site · Layoffs · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Federal Council puts new rail freight support into force from 2026 · Policy · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- University of Lucerne closes its religious studies programme · Closures · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Swiss Post to merge its IT units T2i and Dialog Verwaltungs-Data · Mergers · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Three Raiffeisen banks in the Emmental weigh merger · Mergers · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Häggenschwil, Muolen and Wittenbach parishes vote on merger · Mergers · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Thurbo opens expanded Weinfelden service depot, investing CHF 18.4m · Expansions · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Kühne+Nagel to cut up to 1,500 jobs worldwide · Layoffs · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- SFS Group closes Flawil plant, cutting 75 jobs · Layoffs · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- SFS Group to close its Flawil plant, cutting 75 of 110 jobs · Closures · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Nestlé to cut 16,000 jobs worldwide by 2027 · Layoffs · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- SBB awards framework contracts for digital interlockings worth CHF 1.4bn · Digitalization · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Ferring to cut up to 500 jobs worldwide · Layoffs · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Advent tables CHF1.05bn cash offer for chipmaker u-blox · Mergers · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Dübendorf completes Younic development with 228 flats · Infrastructure · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Federal Statistical Office to cut 40 jobs by 2028 · Layoffs · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- SBB commissions new signal box in Zwingen · Infrastructure · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- EFG International to acquire Geneva private bank Cité Gestion · Mergers · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
2024
- Rhine Valley double-tracking enables half-hourly Zürich–Chur service · Infrastructure · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Fribourg station inaugurates modernised platforms · Infrastructure · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Rhaetian Railway opens new Albula Tunnel II · Infrastructure · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- SBB shortens train headways at Lucerne station · Infrastructure · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
2023
- New Minusio crossing loop and station open · Infrastructure · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Mägenwil loop boosts capacity between Aarau and Zürich · Infrastructure · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Swissgrid upgrades Bassecourt–Mühleberg line to 380 kV · Infrastructure · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Zurich Airport completes runway 28 renovation · Infrastructure · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Westhof housing cooperative in Dübendorf now occupied · Infrastructure · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
2022
- Waldenburg railway resumes service on metre gauge · Infrastructure · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Geneva modernises Genève-Aéroport railway station · Infrastructure · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Swissgrid expands Pradella–La Punt line to 380 kV · Infrastructure · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Swissgrid commissions new Chamoson–Chippis 380 kV line · Infrastructure · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Léman 2030: fourth track and flyover at Renens completed · Infrastructure · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Wylerfeld grade separation eases Bern rail junction · Infrastructure · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Swissgrid completes grid link for Nant de Drance · Infrastructure · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
2021
- Geneva Airport opens new East Wing terminal · Infrastructure · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Winterthur station gets new passenger and bicycle underpass · Infrastructure · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Zurich Altstetten station widens its passenger underpass · Infrastructure · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
2020
- Dübendorf station raises platform for step-free access · Infrastructure · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Eppenberg tunnel project: Wöschnau tunnel enters service · Infrastructure · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- SBB completes double track at Walchwil on Lake Zug · Infrastructure · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Ceneri Base Tunnel enters regular commercial service · Infrastructure · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- New Bözberg Tunnel in canton Aargau enters service · Infrastructure · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- The Circle complex opens at Zurich Airport · Infrastructure · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
2019
- Léman Express: CEVA line Geneva–Annemasse opens · Infrastructure · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Galgenbuck Tunnel opens at Neuhausen am Rheinfall · Infrastructure · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Limmattalbahn: first stage to Schlieren enters service · Infrastructure · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
2018
- Rebuilt St. Gallen station officially inaugurated · Infrastructure · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- TILO line S40 now runs through to Milan Malpensa airport · Infrastructure · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Rapperswil station renovation completed · Infrastructure · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
2017
- New tram link across Zurich's Hardbrücke opens · Infrastructure · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Basel's tram line 3 extended to Saint-Louis in France · Infrastructure · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- ETCS Level 2 enters service between Lausanne and Villeneuve · Infrastructure · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Transjurane A16 motorway through the Jura completed · Infrastructure · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- New LIPO Park football stadium opens in Schaffhausen · Infrastructure · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
2016
- New hillside viaduct at Killwangen-Spreitenbach enters service · Infrastructure · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Uster indoor pool gets renovated 50-metre pool · Infrastructure · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Modernised Bellinzona station officially inaugurated · Infrastructure · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Gotthard Base Tunnel officially inaugurated · Infrastructure · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
2026 · planned
- Lucerne builds new children's hospital with women's clinic for CHF 260m · Under construction & planned · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Lausanne to get its first tram line in over 60 years · Under construction & planned · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- SBB doubles track between Opfikon and Kloten for CHF 77 million · Under construction & planned · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Zentralbahn builds Staldifeld double track for half-hourly Engelberg trains · Under construction & planned · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
2027 · planned
- SBB builds second track between Cadenazzo and the Ticino river · Under construction & planned · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- ÖBB to renew Feldkirch–Buchs line for €187m by 2027 · Under construction & planned · 🇦🇹 Austria / Liechtenstein / Switzerland
- SBB to renew Feuerthalen Rhine bridge for CHF 15m by August 2027 · Under construction & planned · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Zurich Airport rebuilds landside passenger areas in Airport Shopping · Under construction & planned · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- SBB builds new Ritom hydropower plant in Ticino · Under construction & planned · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- SBB and Sierre rebuild Beaulieu bridge for CHF 18.2 million · Under construction & planned · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
2028 · planned
- SBB starts building new electronic interlocking in Gümligen · Under construction & planned · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- SBB builds new maintenance plant in Arbedo-Castione on schedule · Under construction & planned · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- RhB rebuilds Versam-Safien station for CHF 40.7m · Under construction & planned · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- BLS extends Leissigen crossing point on the Lake Thun line · Under construction & planned · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Switzerland widens A4 motorway between Kleinandelfingen and Winterthur · Under construction & planned · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- SBB rebuilds Solothurn West station and renews railway bridge · Under construction & planned · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- SBB plans Aesch turnback track for quarter-hourly Basel service · Under construction & planned · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- BLS rebuilds and extends Oberburg workshop for CHF 277m · Under construction & planned · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
2029 · planned
- SBB delays completion of the Ligerz Tunnel to 2029 · Under construction & planned · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Bern plans new tram line to Ostermundigen · Under construction & planned · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- SBB to double-track the Uster–Aathal line · Under construction & planned · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- SBB to build 4-metre freight corridor in Basel for CHF 114m by 2029 · Under construction & planned · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
2030 · planned
- Swissgrid to replace Grynau–Siebnen line with new 380 kV line · Under construction & planned · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- SBB to modernise Etzelwerk pumped-storage plant in Altendorf · Under construction & planned · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Olten to redesign station square with new cycle bridge · Under construction & planned · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Swissgrid to replace high-voltage line Airolo–Lavorgo in Ticino · Under construction & planned · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- SBB builds new pedestrian underpass at Bern Wankdorf station · Under construction & planned · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
2031 · planned
- EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse gets approval for €157m terminal extension · Under construction & planned · 🇫🇷 France / Switzerland
- Swissgrid's Bickigen–Chippis line upgrade delayed by appeal · Under construction & planned · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Bern station gets new underground RBS station by 2031 · Under construction & planned · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- SBB to build third track Bellinzona–Giubiasco with new stop · Under construction & planned · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- SBB to upgrade Dagmersellen–Emmenbrücke line to ETCS Level 2 · Under construction & planned · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
2032 · planned
- Swissgrid plans CHF 97m Niederwil–Obfelden 380kV line · Under construction & planned · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- SBB to build S-Bahn service facility in Schaffhausen by 2032 · Under construction & planned · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- RhB and SBB to rebuild Landquart station by 2032 for CHF 365 million · Under construction & planned · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
2033 · planned
- Obfelden–Samstagern grid upgrade worth CHF 170m under construction · Under construction & planned · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Zurich Airport to replace Dock A for around CHF 700m · Under construction & planned · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
2034 · planned
- Third track Denges–Morges worth CHF 175m under construction · Under construction & planned · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Geneva Cornavin underground station worth CHF 1.8bn starts 2026 · Under construction & planned · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
2036 · planned
- Swissgrid plans All'Acqua–Maggiatal–Magadino grid line replacement · Under construction & planned · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
2037 · planned
- Swissgrid plans 380kV Innertkirchen–Mettlen line via Glaubenberg · Under construction & planned · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Brütten Tunnel Zürich–Winterthur: groundbreaking planned for July 2026 · Under construction & planned · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Lausanne station rebuild for CHF 1.2bn hit by delays · Under construction & planned · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Zimmerberg Base Tunnel II Thalwil–Zug remains in planning · Under construction & planned · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Core A9 motorway section through Pfynwald delayed beyond 2030 · Under construction & planned · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- RhB to build Fideris tunnel in CHF 467.5 million Fideris–Küblis project · Under construction & planned · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
2038 · planned
- Lötschberg Base Tunnel gets CHF 1.7bn full upgrade · Under construction & planned · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
2040 · planned
- Swissgrid plans 380kV line from Innertkirchen to Ulrichen via Grimsel Pass · Under construction & planned · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Lucerne Through Station: CHF 3.3bn project under review · Under construction & planned · 🇨🇭 Switzerland