Project logistics industry stalwart Friedrich (Fritz) Paul Mumenthaler passed away on May 4 HLPFI was saddened to hear of the passing of Fritz His last role in the project logistics industry saw him head up the Basel-based forwarding company General Transport as partner and ceo.  Fritz’s career began in 1964 with an apprenticeship at a logistics company called American Express with whom Fritz learnt the “pleasure of forwarding” After a spell with Belgium’s Ziegler group he joined Thyssen Haniel Logistics in April 1979 becoming a vice director in June 1980 and ceo in 1983 Fast forward a decade and Fritz made his move to General Transport.  as he planned his retirement from General Transport he described his involvement in the shipment of a huge quantity of frozen beef to North Korea from 2002 to 2003 as one of the “most interesting periods of [his] life” including a meeting with a teenage Osama bin Laden while coordinating logistics services for infrastructure projects underway in Saudi Arabia He also secured a Guinness World Record for arranging the heaviest item ever carried by aeroplane in 2009.  Fritz told HLPFI of his plans to take cruises with his wife and enjoy time at his second home in Bosnia and Herzegovina while continuing to indulge in his passion for cigars and red wine “I am looking forward to having the time to work in the garden to be in the fresh air and to construct my days as I wish without any pressure,” he said in 2018.  His advice to would-be project forwarders at that time: “Be innovative but remember that this is not a business where you can just do the paperwork – you have to go to the site and you have to have the relationship with your customer That is the most important thing.” Fritz was also a strong advocate of embracing oneself in local cultures I always tried to respect the local customs often working with long-time friend Armin Kalyaniwalla (formerly of MHTC a company sold to Allcargo Logistics in 2012 and now director of Aurum Logistics).  very dear friend – more an elder brother – to me,” Armin told HLPFI “Fritz was an icon of the logistics industry always extending his large heart and hands to help colleagues.  “Most people whose lives he touched will surely remember him as the ‘Bud Spencer’ of the logistics world – a gentle giant Having had the pleasure of meeting and getting to know Fritz in Basel and at various Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) events across the years the team at HLPFI express their heartfelt condolences to his family and loved ones.  India-based Total Movements successfully executed the port-to-door transportation of 1,500 cu m of oil and gas equipment from Saudi Arabia to Singapore Fioravanti arranged for the movement of a heavy transformer from Agrate Briganza The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) re-elected Emanuele Grimaldi as its chairman He will hold the position for another two years Portugal’s Laso Transportes and Tagar Group have formed a strategic partnership aimed at expanding and consolidating their presence in the lifting and transport sector Robin Watson will succeed Forth Ports’ chair Lord Smith of Kelvin as he retires after 10 years in the role UK-headquartered winch specialist Rotrex Winches has rebranded as LGH Winches across the UK Site powered by Webvision Cloud Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker QuantumBasel and uptownBasel have inaugurated Switzerland's first physical quantum computer: an IonQ Forte Enterprise System. This achievement, in partnership with IonQ, aims to strengthen QuantumBasel's position as a center for quantum computing and AI and enhance opportunities for industry and academia to engage with these transformative technologies. The inauguration of the physical quantum computer in Arlesheim embodies the vision of uptownBasel investors, Monique and Dr. Thomas Staehelin, to counter the looming deindustrialization of Switzerland by promoting innovation and creating sustainable opportunities. With the commissioning of the quantum computer, uptownBasel has taken a decisive step towards becoming a leading innovation campus for Industry 5.0. By providing quantum access both via the cloud and through a physical quantum computer QuantumBasel allows its customers and partners to securely develop innovative applications and help shape the future of technology With IonQ's decision to operate its first European quantum computer on the premises of uptownBasel the concentration of technological know-how and innovative thinking in Arlesheim is further advanced IonQ's quantum physicists and engineers worked to create the optimal environment for operating the state-of-the-art Forte Enterprise quantum computer IonQ's Forte system can scale up to 36 algorithmic qubits (#AQ) and process over 34 billion possibilities simultaneously which is part of the partnership between IonQ and QuantumBasel underscores the shared commitment to long-term growth and technological advancement The inauguration of the quantum computer also marks the official opening of the IonQ European Innovation Center in uptownBasel It paves the way for unprecedented advancements in quantum computing and artificial intelligence and strengthens Switzerland's position as a key player in cutting-edge technology QuantumBasel is a competence center for quantum computing and AI promoting access to commercial quantum computing to drive innovation QuantumBasel places special emphasis on technological neutrality and is the first commercial quantum computer hub in Switzerland to provide access to hardware from IBM The team of quantum and data scientists at QuantumBasel trains and supports companies conducts projects in quantum computing and AI and works closely with universities and academic institutions Through an internationally networked ecosystem QuantumBasel offers access to advanced know-how and technologies enabling companies in industrial production and start-ups to realize innovations they couldn't develop independently uptownBasel is an international competence center for Industry 4.0—globally networked A development and production site for technology companies and other organizations is being established on the historic Schoren area in Arlesheim/BL near Basel covering approximately 753,475 square feet The main focuses are on industrial production as well as the cross-sectional function of digitalization A total of 50 to 100 companies with up to 2500 jobs are planned to be established with an investment volume of over 500 million francs (560 million US dollars) uptownBasel is made possible by the private ownership of the family Monique and Thomas Staehelin and is being realized by Fankhauser Arealentwicklungen is a leading company in the field of quantum computers delivering high-performance systems capable of solving the world's largest and most complex commercial and scientific use cases IonQ's current generation quantum computer is the latest member of a series of state-of-the-art systems featuring over 36 algorithmic qubits The company's innovative technology and rapid growth were recognized in the 2023 Next Big Things in Tech List by Fast Company and in the 2023 Technology Fast 500 List by Deloitte IonQ is available through all major cloud providers making quantum computing more accessible and effective than ever before By clicking on „Subscribe to Newsletter“ I agree to the processing and use of my data according to the consent form (please expand for details) and accept the Terms of Use. For more information, please see our Privacy Policy Copyright © 2025 Vogel Communications Group By Shane Stokes in Arlesheim Speaking after yesterday’s finish in Arlesheim Speaking after yesterday’s finish in Arlesheim CSC’S Frank Schleck said that stage three of the Tour de Suisse was a very tough day and one which gave an indication as to who will be in the running for the final yellow jersey This was a stage which was supposed to be flat I think the last climb was much harder than anyone expected hard day - it was up and down the whole time On that last climb we have seen the really strong guys in the race Schleck finished fourth in the race last year and said he was quite happy with how he was going yesterday I think these short hills are not so good for me but I am looking forward to the big climbs The Local Europe ABVästmannagatan 43113 25 StockholmSweden Switzerland teems with truly stunning villages (and towns too) where historic and architectural landmarks blend into pristine nature so choosing the 'most beautiful' ones is not an easy task The newest pick, located in Basel-Country but just a 20-minute tram ride from the centre of Basel city, Arlesheim “has retained its village character,” according to the association which every year crowns a 'best village' in Switzerland (though since 2019 Liechtenstein is included in the ranking as well) Arlesheim “is characterised by a large number of historic buildings," the association said created at the end of the 18th century as an English landscape garden (the largest in Switzerland) The community is also home to the oldest settlement sites in the canton Arlesheim is the 49th ‘beautiful village’ in the association network as well as the principality of Liechtenstein Switzerland's ten most beautiful villages you have to visit  Please log in here to leave a comment The information on this page is intended for journalists If you click NO you will come back to Mynewsdesk.com With her book ‘A Life With Colour’ Caroline Chanter presents the first comprehen-sive biography of the painter Gerard Wagner (1906–1999) Wagner understood the colours as an alphabet and looked for objective principles in the encounter with the being of colour “Gerard Wagner‘s paintings are colour symphonies in themselves whilst motifs as such recede into the background,” is how Caroline Chanter describes the painter‘s work from the 1990s onwards This is not about losing oneself in colour One can observe this particularly well in the metamorphosis series retaining coherence whilst possessing independence at the same time In 1924 Gerard Wagner spent time in the art colony of St Ives studying with the landscape painter John Anthony Park He learned from Park that colour expression is more important than form the young artist studied at the Royal College of Art in London (UK) It was Hookway Cowles who introduced him to Anthroposophy In 1926 Wagner and Cowles travelled to the Goetheanum in Dornach The impressions Gerard Wagner absorbed there turned what was intended to be a short visit into a lifelong stay He deeply studied Anthroposophy and the artistic impulses it has inspired in eurythmy Through colour experiments he explored objective principles of the essence of colour Gerard Wagner encompassed this in the words was expressed in the “direction” of the artistic activity Wagner‘s work was shown in an international exhibition at Menshikov Palace a wing of the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg who studied with Gerard Wagner and is now head of the Dornach painting school founded by him contemplating both external stages and inner motives and including many photos and illustrations Contact person Thomas Didden The Goetheanum is the headquarters for the School of Spiritual Science and the General Anthroposophical Society The School of Spiritual Science with its eleven sections is active worldwide in research and the practical implementation of its research findings and is supported by the Anthroposophical Society The exhibition at the Goetheanum features 20 paintings by Margarita Voloshina (1882–1973) The works from the second half of her life come from the Goetheanum collection the Rudolf Steiner Archives and two private collections The School of Spiritual Science with its twelve sections is active worldwide in research When you choose to create a user account and follow a newsroom your personal data will be used by us and the owner of the newsroom for you to receive news and updates according to your subscription settings To learn more about this, please read our Privacy Policy, which applies to our use of your personal data, and our Privacy Policy for Contacts which applies to the use of your personal data by the owner of the newsroom you follow Please note that our Terms of Use apply to all use of our services You can withdraw your consent at any time by unsubscribing or deleting your account Mass at the Shrine of Kateri Tekakwitha in Kahnawake a Mohawk woman from Kahnawake − an Indigenous community near Montreal (Quebec was canonized by the Catholic Church in 2012 a special mass was celebrated for the 6th anniversary of her canonization at the St The choir sings in Mohawk and some of the prayers are also in that language Visit Radio Canada International's website 86.5% of the Romanians have declared themselves Orthodox Christians What's the sound of an Orthodox mass in Romania in a centuries-old monastery with World Heritage frescoes in the region of Bukovina in the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest or in a small wooden church in Maramures County Visit Radio Romania International’s website  The majority of Swiss people are Christians A 2016 report showed that about 70% of Swiss visited a place of worship at most five times a year The number of believers has dropped in the past few years Arlesheim Cathedral community welcomed their new pastor Sylvester Ihuoma in a solemn mass The cathedral was built in the 1680s and is known for its impressive late Baroque architecture Visit Swissinfo.ch About 93% of Poles declare themselves to be Catholics But even in Poland is the number of church service attendees falling the Sunday mass remains for many Poles a very important part of life Visit Radio Poland's website The Czech Republic is one of the most atheistic countries in the world The number of believers has consistently been dropping and has halved in the course of the last two decades Only a fifth of Czech citizens claim to belong to a faith Only a tenth of believers go to church regularly The Roman Catholic Church has the largest number of followers Visit Radio Prague International’s website All rights reserved @ Radio Canada International 2018 the French technology groups Bouygues and Vinci have located 400 workplaces According to the plans of the Uptown Basel makers 50 to 100 companies with up to 2,500 jobs will one day reside on the site As an "incubator for innovation and technology transfer," the project is to comprise nine buildings on more than 70,000 square meters within ten years The investment volume is stated at half a billion francs Behind the project is the private ownership of the family Monique and Thomas Staehelin The next buildings in the construction process are the two energy centers for electricity and heat which uses waste heat from the site as well as biomass to provide heat The Birsstadt heating network currently brings together 25 existing heating plants and networks in the Birs Valley The heating network will be converted to renewable energies and thus become independent of natural gas The basis for the development of Uptown Basel is the Untere Weiden II neighborhood plan which was approved by the Arlesheim municipal assembly in March 2022 with 144 votes in favor to 20 against 13/06/2016 By Switzerland consumed 58 billion kWh of electricity Around 35% of the total was produced from nuclear, 59% from hydro, and 6% from other sources, based on 2015 Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE numbers Switzerland’s nuclear power plants – Source: World Nuclear Association The country has five nuclear reactors on four sites with a total generation capacity of 3,315 MWe which produced 24 billion kWh of gross electrical energy in 2015 Switzerland has a plan to shut down all of its nuclear power stations. In May 2011, the Swiss federal council decided to switch off all reactors at the end of their safe operational lifespans the last reactor would be shutdown in 2034 the government has made no commitment to close any nuclear reactor by a specific date Each of the four sites is summarised below: Beznau – Source wikipedia: By Roland Zumbühl (Picswiss) Source: Wikipedia – By BKW FMB Energie AG Gösgen – Source: Wikipedia – By Ch-info.ch (Own work) Liebstadt – Source: Wikipedia – By BjørnN (Own work) Three of Switzerland’s nuclear power stations are on the banks of the Aare river contained entirely within Switzerland’s borders starts near the 2,164 m high Grimsel pass in the canton of Bern out of lake Biel and across the Swiss plateau before emptying into the Rhine river which forms part of the border between Germany and Switzerland In addition to cooling three nuclear power stations it drives 40 sets of hydroelectric turbines MWe should not be confused with MWh. One MWe is one million watts of generation capacity. One MWh is one million watts of electrical power produced or consumed over one hour, a measure of energy – detailed definition For more stories like this on Switzerland follow us on Facebook and Twitter Filed Under: Environment, Swiss referenda Tagged With: , By subscribing you are agreeing to our Privacy Policy Previous Newsletters Copyright © Le News Sàrl 2014-2022 / Company number: CH-550.1.129.786-5 / VAT number: CHE-193.843.357 TVA By subscribing you agree to our Privacy Policy View upcoming auction estimates and receive personalized email alerts for the artists you follow The current exhibition at Forum Würth in Arlesheim (near Basel is dedicated to the German artist Christopher Lehmpfuhl.  The beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday means that Austrians will be giving up tasty treats for a few weeks as the traditional Christian fasting season begins so Austrians are buying them in the millions  There are at least 22 different manufacturers in Vienna whose quality is controlled by the Vienna Market Office (MA 59.) There are strict standards to be maintained  A Krapfen must - if not containing a hole - be filled with apricot jam which must be at least 15 percent of the whole "On the plates of the Viennese we allow only perfect food to land by using rigorous controls that ensure high food quality said Consumer Protection Councillor Sandra Frauenberger On Saturday Faschingskrapfen are being given away at eight popular markets in Vienna NO DRAGSTER RACING Due to the cancellation of several drag racing events the automobile world federation FIA has canceled the European Championship 2020 there is practically no more starting opportunity for Jndia Erbacher either the regional television brought a TV report about the change of domicile of Fat Attack from Arlesheim to Dornach regional television ran a TV report about Fat Attack's change of domicile from Arlesheim to Dornach no one suspected that such a long break from racing would come Jndia Erbacher is the fastest female racer in Europe in terms of top speed (513.31 km/h) and the second fastest over the usual distance of 1000 feet The woman from Basel-Landschaft has also been on the podium of the top class Top Fuel several times her nitromethanol rocket with more than 10,000 hp remains silent Too high costs without FIA status Because three out of five dragster events have been cancelled so far including the annual season highlight in Hockenheim there will be no FIA European Championship in 2020 This means that there is no longer a suitable starting opportunity for Jndia Erbacher who is aiming for her first race win and the European Championship podium It could be that England announces another fun race towards the end of the season If there's no prize money and travel subsidies like for European Championship races the financial outlay and the possible return no longer balance each other out." Necessary vehicle conversion At least the cancellations don't put her and her own team Jndia Erbacher Racing in a time crunch chassis reinforcements will be mandatory in the area from the front to the feet In order to get this right and to be able to start in the USA in the foreseeable future the woman from Basel wants to have this done under the direction of her American crew chief The only thing is that he won't come to Switzerland especially for this reason without racing assignments Long-distance destination USA The ambitious daughter of the six-time FIA European champion has no choice but to wait and see And also to use her time to cultivate and search for sponsors Jndia Erbacher: "So he then also knows the newly built car exactly I would have liked to drive somewhere else Now we'll just use the time until 2021 for clean preparation and hope that the situation will calm down by then The sponsors are skeptical anyway as to whether we can offer them anything at all this year preferably with our first races in the USA Because in Europe it's getting more and more difficult for us from the Top Fuel class." made a nice short film about the fascination of Top Fuel Racing with Jndia Erbacher fia.com/news/fia-european-drag-racing-championship-season-cancelled FROM ENGLAND TO ARLESHEIM At the first round of the FIA European Dragster Championship in England Jndia Erbacher was eliminated in the quarterfinals On Saturday evening the broad Swiss audience will see her in the season show "SRF bi de Lüt - in Arlesheim " The FIA Main Event in the dragster mecca Santa Pod was the season opener for the European Championship The FIA Main Event in the dragster mecca of Santa Pod marked the season opener for the European Championship in which Urs Erbacher's daughter Jndia is competing in the top class The Fat Attack team around the six-time European champion traveled to England last week with a virtually new Top Fuel dragster The test with the approximately 10,000 hp vehicle under racing conditions went well from a technical point of view This is due not least to the gentle driving style of the pilot who amazed everyone last year with second place in the final of the NitrOlympiX in Hockenheim the 22-year-old Swiss came quite close to her goal of making the 1000-foot sprint in a time under four seconds for the first time with 4.1066 and 245.21 mph ((394.54 km/h) top speed Jndia was defeated in an all-female duel by Finland's Anita Mäkelä she has only completed ten races in a Top Fueler in her career Apart from the three top riders Liam Jones Antti Horto and last year's champion Duncan Micallef no one had ever ridden the track at this level So it is not surprising that these three riders occupied the first three places after the qualifying the joy at what has been achieved outweighs the disappointment Jndia Erbacher: "To be able to run 4.10 in just the third qualifying run with a new Top Fuel dragster from the transporter without setup data is very good The team did a bang-up job and deserves a big thumbs-up." Family duel in Hockenheim The Basel-Landschaft native's next sporting appearance will not be until August in Hockenheim the team is concentrating on the most important event of the year Urs Erbacher will also take to the wheel of his Top Fuel dragster again Jndia is not planning a full European Championship season until 2019 Swiss television visits Arlesheim Already on Saturday evening Jndia Erbacher will be introduced to a wider Swiss audience The season show "SRF bi de Lüt - Frühlingsfest" is visiting Arlesheim BL The well-known presenters Nik Hartmann and Annina Campell welcome prominent guests and exciting local personalities in this program (20.10 to 22.10) who is considered the fastest woman in Switzerland in terms of top speed No doubt she'll be quick-witted in her answers to interview questions www.erbacher.biz Certificate handover on 19.06.2018 in Arlesheim: ISO 9001:2015 certification for Würth AG the ceremonial handover of the certificate took place in Arlesheim front from left to right: Oliver Lüken (Würth AG/QM) Michael Zimmer (TÜV Süd Management Service AG) Claudio Caruso (Würth AG/Head of Safety and Quality) and Marc Baumgartner (Würth AG/CEO) The Certification body of TÜV SÜD Management Service GmbH certifies that Würth AG is a leader in the market launch of new products and in the sale of assembly and fastening materials Quality management system according to ISO 9001:2015 successfully introduced and implemented The successful audit shows that Würth AG meets the strict requirements of ISO 9001:2015 This internationally recognized certificate stands for compliance with high standards in terms of quality assurance and continuous improvement Würth AG guarantees its customers and suppliers: The certification underlines the commitment of Würth AG to always offer products and services in the usual Würth quality Customers and suppliers benefit from a reliable partner who is committed to the highest quality standards Find out more about Würth AG's quality standards and commitment [insert link to relevant page here] www.wuerth-ag.ch