All entries located in Bern (Switzerland), newest first. tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:en:en/regions/bern 2026-08-14T06:00:00Z Eurotrack tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:4895c10f:en 2026-08-14T06:00:00Z

Stadler plans to invest CHF 33 million in modernising and extending its Biel steel foundry, whose castings are used in rail vehicles worldwide; in July 2026 Stadler Stahlguss AG filed a building application for a new dispatch hall and an extension of the existing building. The conversion is planned for early 2027 and the extended facilities are due to be running from 2028; the 115 jobs at the site are to be kept and grown by 5%. Plans include a solar array of about 8,900 m², roughly 15% lower energy consumption, about 80% less production waste thanks to better reuse of moulding sand, and feeding process heat into the district heating network; the date is the day of the report. (LOK Report, 14 Aug 2026) — Source: https://www.lok-report.de/news/deutschland/industrie/stadler-stahlgiesserei-fuer-den-standort-biel.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:90495b42:en 2026-01-26T06:00:00Z

Four self-service farm shops of Agrovision Burgrain will be closed as of the beginning of April 2026. The reason is considerable planning and investment uncertainty due to the political debate on amending the shop closing law and the announced referendum. Under current conditions they are not cost-covering. 8 employees are affected, 5 of them full-time positions. The organic farm with its own production and the restaurant in Alberswil will remain. — Source: https://www.zentralplus.ch/wirtschaft/vier-hoflaeden-schliessen-mitarbeitende-verlieren-ihre-jobs-2837382/

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:35e89386:en 2025-12-31T06:00:00Z

Closure of the vaccine factory. Development of the Expec vaccine failed; production of lentiviral vector vaccines will be relocated to Sassenheim (Netherlands). — Source: https://www.bernerzeitung.ch/bern-buempliz-janssen-schliesst-impfstofffabrik-300-verlieren-job-967514550590

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:39f94a27:en 2025-11-26T06:00:00Z

As part of its 'Selecta 2.0' realignment, Selecta is cutting 50-60 employees between August and the end of February (around 40 full-time positions net). Primarily affected is the headquarters in Kirchberg BE. Reason: a decline in the vending business since Covid/home working. Synergy effects from combining the snack-vending and hot-beverage services. Selecta employs 690 people in Switzerland. — Source: https://www.msn.com/de-ch/nachrichten/other/automatenfirma-selecta-stellt-60-angestellte-auf-die-strasse/ar-AA1RcvmG

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:5ec7f72c:en 2025-11-25T06:00:00Z

Letter of intent signed on 25 November 2025. Oberried (475 inhabitants) faces compulsory administration due to a lack of municipal councillors from January. Brienz has 3,265 inhabitants. Municipal assemblies on 3 and 4 December for public information. Earliest merger date: 1 January 2029. Both municipalities already cooperate in various areas. Update (11 Sep 2026): A Plattform J report refers to "ongoing merger clarifications of the municipalities of Brienz, Oberried and Schwanden", making Schwanden bei Brienz a third party to the talks. The report names no merger contract, vote date or target date (Plattform J, 11 Sep 2026). — Sources: https://www.bernerzeitung.ch/oberried-und-brienz-gemeinden-planen-fusion-ab-2029-681358514127 · https://www.plattformj.ch/artikel/246634/

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:2e7e836e:en 2025-11-25T06:00:00Z

Swissmedic will cut around 45 full-time positions over the next two years; the reason is declining revenue and rising costs, with a loss of CHF 23.4 mn in 2024. — Source: https://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/heilmittelinstitut-swissmedic-baut-45-vollzeitstellen-ab

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:a7be1a4c:en 2025-11-10T06:00:00Z

Three Raiffeisen shareholder banks in the Emmental are examining a combination in November 2025, with a decision scheduled for March 2026. Update (26 May 2026): In the member ballot (deadline 25 March 2026) 89.1% approved the merger agreements and changes to the articles; the technical and administrative combination into Raiffeisenbank Emmental took place on 26 May 2026 (Raiffeisen Unteremmental, https://www.raiffeisen.ch/unteremmental/de/mitgliedschaft/genossenschaft/urabstimmung1.html). — Source: https://www.neo1.ch/artikel/raiffeisenbanken-im-emmental-pruefen-zusammenschluss

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:33bc480e:en 2022-09-12T06:00:00Z

At the eastern approach to Bern station in the Wylerfeld area, the Olten-Bern, Biel-Bern and Thun-Bern lines used to cross at grade, causing conflicts among roughly 900 daily trains. A new roughly 300-metre single-track grade-separation structure now lets trains cross on different levels; costs were estimated at around CHF 270 million. The project entered service on 12 September 2022 and enabled new direct connections such as Zurich Airport-Interlaken starting December 2022. — Source: https://www.bahnonline.ch/23174/entflechtung-wylerfeld-bringt-direktverbindung-zuerich-flughafen-interlaken-zurueck/

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:44b39dfc:en 2017-04-03T06:00:00Z

The A16 (Transjurane) is an approximately 84 km motorway through the Jura mountains connecting Biel/Bienne with Boncourt on the French border, linking the canton of Jura and the Bernese Jura to the Swiss plateau and the French motorway network. After roughly 30 years of construction, the final section (Loveresse–Court, 9.4 km) was opened to traffic on 3 April 2017, completing the route. Total costs amounted to CHF 6.5 billion (about CHF 77.4 million per kilometer). — Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autobahn_A16_(Schweiz)