The traditional production of chocolate kisses at Chocolat Ammann AG is being discontinued - Maestrani is relocating production to Flawil. For Heimberg, this means the loss of 18 jobs.
The popular chocolate kisses from Heimberg BE will in future come from Eastern Switzerland: Maestrani Schweizer Schokoladen AG is relocating the production of Chocolat Ammann AG to Flawil SG - as early as August 2025, the company announced on Thursday afternoon.
With the change in production, the Chocolat Ammann brand will be fully integrated into the Maestrani portfolio. This marks the end of a 75-year era in Heimberg, where the famous chocolate heads have been produced since 1949.
The decision has severe consequences for the region: 18.4 full-time jobs will be lost. In its press release, Maestrani refers to the relocation as an "unfortunately unavoidable consequence". The company wants to actively support the affected employees in their professional reorientation.
The first rumors about a takeover by Maestrani were already circulating in mid-April. It came as a surprise to many that it was now being implemented so quickly. Maestrani is primarily known for its Munz, Minor and Avelines brands and is further expanding its portfolio with the integration of Chocolat Ammann.
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The Swiss already has the tickets to start the 2025 season in Australia
the starting point of a year that will answer all her doubts after becoming a mother
Four victories in six matches, this is the record that Belinda Bencic has achieved upon her return to tennis after becoming a mother for the first time
The Swiss decided to pause her career to start a family
a challenge that has long ceased to be a utopia for our players
the native of Flawil will start the 2025 season ranked #907 in the WTA
although this is the least of her concerns
Bencic reveals some stages of her pregnancy and emphasizes the goals she still has pending
everything happened faster than I could have expected
the truth is I didn't want to pressure myself on that matter and also didn't know what could happen
All I thought about was the birth of my daughter
but I couldn't give them much information."
I started moving a little and exercising again
It was as if muscle memory knew again what I was doing
I must confess that I still don't feel in top form
but even I am surprised that I was able to compete again in such a short time."
trained all my childhood and sacrificed a lot for my tennis career
That's why now I want to overcome this phase
but right now I want to give everything I have
I was very inspired to see other moms who managed to return and play at the same level as before
I read a statistic that said 75% of mothers returned to reach the same level as before
I don't think the tennis life is so horrible
you have to be mentally prepared and train a lot
I'm not someone who dwells on how bad things are
I think I have a super good life that allows me to do many things
"I will play the tournaments where I can enter
my participation in the United Cup is assured
while in the Australian Open I will use the protected ranking
the issue of a protected ranking is something I have to study
look at when it makes sense to use it and when not
I also have to be honest and assess my level of play
What is certain is that I want to play many tournaments; in Grand Slams
it will probably be Australia and Wimbledon [...] I am still not sure about Roland Garros
we will see if I can qualify on my own or if I have to go through the qualifying rounds."
I still have the goal of winning a Grand Slam title
but it would be great if it happened at the end of my career
I think the Olympic victory is the most beautiful thing I have experienced as a player
It is difficult to set a goal for 2025 because I still don't know which tournaments I will be able to play; for now
This news is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, Bencic: “Mi objetivo sigue siendo ganar un Grand Slam”
We took a short train ride from Zurich Airport toward eastern Switzerland to check out the latter
Industry hums solidly in the background of this quiet rural village
As we make the climb up picturesque country roads
it seems like an unlikely starting point to check out a staple of the Pesach shopping list
We’re here to see Flawil’s number-one tourist attraction: Maestrani’s Chocolarium
While Maestrani is one of Switzerland’s elite chocolate producers
owners of the iconic “Minor” and “Munz” ranges
a significant percentage of the factory’s output is actually kosher l’mehadrin
known to chocolate lovers in the frum world as Schmerling’s
Signs pointing to the Chocolarium building proclaim “50 Meter bis zum Glück [50 meters to bliss].” The “Chocolate Is Happiness” theme is evident all over
and fun posters in a lobby reminiscent of a magically themed children’s attraction
just one large group of schoolchildren enjoying the chocolate tour and eating their packed lunches
which means we’ll have some private time with the two product managers who have graciously welcomed us
who are happy to share some chocolate history and speak about their kosher products — mentioning that Schmerling is the production line that makes it across the Atlantic to the US
My eye is drawn like a magnet to the familiar kosher bars on sale among the other factory products (a real novelty to find mehadrin products in a little Swiss village)
every one of those fresh-off-the-line Rosemarie bars are now strictly kosher — so you no longer have to look for the packages with the special hechsher
rural Swiss village is an unlikely starting point for the kosher consumer’s beloved chocolate
kosher Swiss chocolate has become a culture of its own
Although there are plenty of alternatives today
says his grandfather Boruch Schmerling was the first to make Swiss chocolate kosher
Mendy’s great-grandfather Levi Yitzchok Schmerling was a young Russian Lubavitcher chassid employed by a German company
At a time when paranoid Russian authorities suspected anyone employed by companies outside of Russia of being a foreign agent
When he asked advice from Rav Shalom Dov Ber (the Rashab)
Importing kosher cheeses and running a kosher grocery store (which has morphed into Le Shuk
one of two groceries serving the community until today
Chani Schmerling) were Levi Yitzchok’s business
when there was some fear of Germany invading Switzerland
he obtained visas to the United States for himself and three daughters
His son Boruch could not leave Switzerland
and Baruch would continue his kosher food business in Switzerland with the blessings of Rav Yosef Yitzchok Shneerson
Boruch established a connection with the owners of Maestrani
a chocolate factory founded a century before by an Italian chocolate manufacturing pioneer named Aquilino Maestrani
who first began chocolate production in Lucerne
It was in the 1950s that Boruch Schmerling began actual production of chalav Yisrael products for the first time (remember the blue Schmerling triangles and cheese slices?)
Boruch decided to approach the Maestrani factory
to create chalav Yisrael versions of the Rosemarie and Minor
Since Boruch had a brother-in-law in the Unites States
he had a channel for exporting his chocolate products to the American Jewish community from the outset
and then travels as a sweet brown river into pipes and molds
we can’t wait to get to the “chocolate experience.” The smell wraps itself around us as we step in: warm
purest chocolate cake wafting from the oven
The process from raw cocoa bean to melt-in-your-mouth square is an open book here
with huge floor-to-ceiling viewing windows opening onto the actual factory floor
But Fabienne explains that sometimes visitors might find the machinery idle
with no rivers of molten chocolate lava flowing down to fill the molds
“When we prepare for a kosher run,” she says
“the relevant part of the production line has to be cleaned
and then it sits for 25 hours before kashering
visitors will notice that the machines are still
you’ll find the entire line in mid-production
Visitors can handle and taste raw cocoa beans brought from Peru and processed on site; get the feel of milking a cow; and learn how cocoa butter
We learn that milk chocolate was invented in Switzerland in 1875 — talk about an inspired shidduch — and that Maestrani used milk from the local Swiss cows (with the bells around their necks
but we can see it being transported upward
where it will be pulverized inside a great roller
for conching — a kind of prolonged kneading
the length and temperature of the conching process are different for each product and are great state secrets
Conching unifies the ingredients and smooths the chocolate into velvety bliss
but there is a difference in the smoothness of the bite between each product
others are built on praline paste or coconut paste
and white chocolate (always processed in that order to avoid flavor transfer)
fine chocolate for adults and fun chocolate for kids
including chocolate ladybugs and mini bars
like the batch that accidentally mixed up the mint flavoring with the praline paste
we’re in the wrong place for such mistakes
and there is quality control at each and every step of the process,” Fabienne says
“There are technical checkpoints and clear processes for staff
Pink lights swirl in a chocolate sensory room
but since this part of the experience has no kosher certification
means the company is willing to upgrade the kashrus standards in accordance with industry innovations
I can’t believe that my favorite bar is on the lines today: Rosemarie Cappuccino
Machines carry yellow placards with the word “Koscher,” and this is a bona fide supervised run
The liquid chocolate mass runs through pipes that cool it
I watch freshly produced cappuccino bars speeding on conveyor belts like mini cars on a highway
whizzing toward the machine that envelops them in a coffee-colored card
Then they fill up the brown cartons that are used to protect the exported products as they make their way across the world
Jonas runs down to the factory floor and reappears two minutes later with a handful of bars
Nothing bought in the grocery can compare to this melt-in-your mouth chocolate freshness
Since boiling water and high-quality chocolate don’t mix well — water can damage the chocolate and the machinery — for decades
the only way to kasher a chocolate factory was by heating cocoa butter up to high temperatures and using it in liquid form to kasher parts of the machinery
a breakthrough rippled through the industry when it was discovered that with certain technical changes
it was possible to kasher a chocolate factory with water
some hechsherim ruled that the formerly accepted standard of koshering with cocoa butter was no longer acceptable
since cocoa butter is only liquid at certain high temperatures and becomes solid as soon as it cools
while the kashrus leaders in Eretz Yisrael and Europe thought otherwise
Mendy Schmerling felt caught between the way things had always been
the likelihood that the factory management would balk at using boiling water on their machinery
and the need to keep up with kashrus innovations and improvement
How could he explain to the factory owners that the kosher procedures they’d always followed needed to be upgraded
it was planning a move from the city of St
we sat down with the engineers and with the certifying rav
and were able to build into the new design the technical modifications that allow us to kasher on the new
who still marvels at the Hashgachah pratis that helped him offer improved kashrus standards in the nick of time
The change was a major event that involved retraining the factory staff
“We didn’t want to just give them orders,” Mendy explains
“We held information events and invited everyone in the factory to hear
The rav explained the kashrus concepts and the reasoning
The fact that the laws have been the same for 3,000 years and we’re still applying those principles today — how materials absorb flavor
or the difference between porous and nonporous materials
The mutual respect and understanding helps things run smoothly
The rav who supervises the production receives the highest respect from the employees
when he identified an issue that necessitated pausing the kosher production
with the machines having to sit unused for a few days and then be kashered
the management and staff understood that there could be no compromise
They absorbed the heavy financial loss of the manufacturing time
it could be melted down and reused in a nonkosher product
A rabbi from another kashrus authority once visited the Maestrani facilities
“I’ve traveled all over the world for kashrus,” he said
“and you don’t see factories as clean as Swiss factories anywhere else.”
the kosher-run actually makes life a bit more interesting for factory employees
“It’s a bit of a change from the same-old day to day
I think it offers them something of an enjoyable challenge.”
tells me he’s also a lover of the Cappuccino bar
The great thing about it is it uses real coffee — but it won’t keep you up
You get your coffee with only a minute amount of caffeine.”
the flavor profile was already popular in many American products
But Israeli customers wondered what salt was doing in their chocolate bar
it’s already taken hold and become popular across the market
companies alter their recipes to cater to different tastebuds in different locales
Americans like their chocolate sweeter than Europeans do
so Cadbury adjusts the taste of their products in different production sites
But kosher consumers are used to buying imported kosher products
so Schmerling’s recipes are the same wherever you buy them
Different locales do have their idiosyncrasies
their Israeli distributor advised them not to change the wrapper of the Israeli best-seller
Mendy’s team had been planning to replace the brown-and-green label with a new blue hue
and labeled that bar “Rosemarie Nostalgia.”
the brown-and-green Nostalgia bar sells right next to the blue Rosemarie Milk bar all over Eretz Yisrael
but the Nostalgia bar outsells the Milk by a factor of ten
The pull of the wrapper is so great that Nostalgia is Schmerling’s number-one selling chocolate across the board
The number-two spot is occupied by Rosemarie Harmony
which Mendy says was a surprising high achiever
given that the team was not totally confident that it would float up to the sales ceiling
and Mendy is not shy about mentioning them
“The vegan almond bar that came out two years ago didn’t go well at all
the word ‘vegan’ scares the kosher consumer.”
The vegan bar had been developed and was ready to go for a while
when Trader Joe’s came out with a vegan chocolate with a pareve hechsher
this signaled that the kosher market was ready for his vegan bar too
which was not your typical dark pareve chocolate
What could be better for people who are fleishig
as well as the lactose intolerant population
But the “vegan” marketing might have been a mistake
as it seems to have distanced customers — the bar performed poorly
together with Rabbi Berel Lazar upon his arrival to Moscow; and loading a truck of food for Jews in Russia in the early 1990s
Swiss neutrality made it easier to send the shipments
endy keeps up with what’s getting melted and molded by chocolatiers worldwide by attending multiple trade shows
Yet he knows that the kosher market moves more slowly than its nonkosher counterpart
“When I see that something is growing and growing steadily
we think about working toward it in chocolate,” he says
UPS has just brought a case of the newest flavor up to Mendy’s New York office
It was produced in the factory just two days ago
a bar of milk chocolate with sea-salted almonds
“We went through seven or eight variations of this
even though it’s a simple bar,” he explains
Too much salt would overpower the chocolate flavor
it affected the ratios of the rest of the ingredients.”
I’m imagining that Research and Development must be a tasty job
Although the team members at the factory are trained in food technology
Mendy will also use the discriminating taste buds of his kids to hit the sweet spot
It’s apparently a serious and scientific process to develop a new chocolate bar
and the collaboration from New York to Switzerland is ongoing
and when his Schmerling team comes up with ideas for new products
the Maestrani Research and Development team sources the required kosher ingredients and makes up some samples — every single item checked by Schmerling’s rav hamachshir
Rav Chaim Moshe Levy of Kehal Adass Yeshurun in Zurich
Design and packaging can be a lengthy process
“Each tweak can take a few weeks,” Mendy says
“so it can be a year from conception to release of a new product.”
To source ingredients that are high enough quality for this perfectionist brand
also kosher l’mehadrin and kosher l’Pesach (all Schmerling products are kosher l’Pesach
can test the team’s tenacity and commitment to the limit
The most challenging product to manufacture
because its filling requires clarified butter
We now have to source high-quality kosher butter and clarify it in a separate specialized facility
It’s very challenging to locate this butter — at the moment we have a source for it in England,” he says
while at the same time wondering if kids really mind eating adult chocolate bars
the relationship between Schmerling and Maestrani is solid and loyal
Mendy remembers the old team members who worked with his father and grandfather
and today there are 160 Maestrani employees
“We always had good relationships,” he says
Gallen has a proud history of saving Jews during World War II
disobeyed Swiss law to help hundreds of Jews escape from Austria to Switzerland
The people are still proud of what they did for the Jews.”
Mendy looks back at a history that combines kashrus with chesed
when Gorbachev’s glasnost policy made thin cracks in the Iron Curtain
his father got involved in sending kosher food to Russian Jewry via the emerging network of Chabad shluchim posted there
“He had the know-how about product shipments
so he put together containers from all over Europe — chocolate and cheese
“He worked with the Ezras Achim organization
and he soon grew bolder and included seforim and tefillin
He still meets Jews from the former USSR who remember the precious kosher food items from Switzerland
Those who were committed to keeping kosher faced severe shortages
and the Schmerling shipments made a difference
hat about the bars you find squirreled away on a top shelf in your Pesach kitchen from last year
It doesn’t get better with time,” Mendy says
once the product is out of his temperature-controlled warehouses
should never be eaten after the expiration date
Mendy got a picture of a tribal member in Zimbabwe holding a Rosemarie bar
but nowhere near as content as the family taking their first Schmerling bite after turning over their kitchen
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End consumers do not fully appreciate the benefits of quality and short supply chains
Clothing/Footwear, Industrial
Marking the end of a chapter in Swiss textile history
AG Cilander is to close its doors by the end of August 2024 at the latest
due to the increasing challenges it has faced in operating from the high-cost country
Schilander has specialised in the finishing of clothing fabric and technical textiles with an annual production of around 16 million running metres at three Swiss plants at its headquarters in Herisau
as well as in Flawil and Lützelflüh
“Switzerland is an excellent location for development and production and our customers and business partners value the quality
origin and sustainability of our products,” said CEO Dr Burghard Schneider
it is clear that the end consumer may not fully appreciate the benefits of quality
and socially sustainable business practices
which can result in higher costs and prices
It is important for all of us as end consumers to rethink our priorities
because otherwise our customers will lose their businesses too
Without the business of our loyal customers
Cilander is not able to sustain its operations
the Central European textile industry is losing another important player
“We would like to take this opportunity to thank our long-standing and loyal customers and suppliers and we would also like to thank our employees
committed and empathetic individuals.”
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The Wimbledon fourth round encounter between Belinda Bencic and Victoria Azarenka came at an interesting point in their careers
was well on her way to recuperating both body and form
While Bencic had just captured her first Tour title at Eastbourne
and was playing the best tennis of a nascent career
The veteran Belarusian recognised the Swiss' threat
so made sure to find the power hitting and intensity that made her a grand slam champion
Azarenka blew Bencic away in the first set
but the 18-year-old showed some decent resilience in the second
Experience conquered youthful exuberance on this occasion
Switzerland's latest tennis star is here for the long haul though
A young talent of poise and rare intelligence
She started playing at just two years of age under the guidance of her father Ivan
she started to train at Melanie Molitor's tennis academy
has been an important influence on Bencic ever since
Bencic undertook daily training with Molitor from seven onwards
Ivan's ice hockey friend Marcel Niederer helped finance Belinda's progress early on
Bencic spent six months at the renowned IMG Nick Bolletieri tennis academy
and her promise led 11 sponsorship companies to come on board by the age of 16
Their faith was not misplaced as the Swiss posted some outstanding results as a junior
she won junior Roland Garros and Wimbledon
and was crowned world number one in June of that year
The Swiss' first exposure to professional tournaments came in 2011
She found some early success the following year
when she won two ITF events at Sharm el-Sheikh
The world took real notice of the Flawil prodigy in 2014
after excellent progress at the grand slams and a string of victories over feted opponents
Bencic made it through qualifying and won her first round match against Kimiko Date-Krumm
She lost to the defending champion Na Li in the second round
but gave a fine account of herself in the second set
She backed up her performances in Melbourne with a couple of Fed Cup singles victories in Switzerland's tie against France in February
The teenager then progressed to the semis of Charleston
defeating Maria Kirilenko and Sara Errani en route
where the then 17-year-old dispatched Angelique Kerber and Jelena Jankovic on a run to the quarter-finals
Bencic became the youngest player to reach the the last eight of the US Open since her mentor Martina Hingis in 1997
She topped of the season with a first final appearance at Tianjin
and received the WTA's Newcomer Of The Year award
She reached a second Tour final at 's-Hertogenbosch
before claiming her first title at Eastbourne with an excellent performance in the final against Agnieszka Radwanska
The outstanding shot in Bencic's arsenal is her two-handed backhand
and she takes it very early which unsettles opponents
as seen in the wind-affected Eastbourne final
Bencic's main weakness is her second serve
which can sit in the box and entice opponents
and she can extract a few aces particularly out wide on the ad side
her movement can still improve to compete with the very best
Bencic has an excellent all-round game and fine court intelligence
A place in the world's top five awaits her
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After becoming a mother and returning to the professional circuit
the Swiss player explains how she experienced pregnancy and what her goals are starting from the 2025 season
the native of Flawil explains how her life has changed since then
she even comes with us to the court and training sessions
This helps me focus entirely on my discipline
delighted to have taken the most important step of her life without ever closing the door on her professional career
now it's all about adjusting everything to the WTA calendar
This is the first time we are flying with the baby
the first time we won't have the nanny with us or her grandmothers to take on that role
We are all very motivated for these tournaments
a feeling that greatly contributes at home; we are looking forward to traveling as a family,” adds Bencic
a total of 414 days without competing until she stepped onto the central court of the W75 Hamburg this week
What hasn’t changed is her competitive spirit
something that won’t be altered by Bella's arrival on April 23
it would be foolish to deny that the journey back to the elite won't happen overnight
but I do need some practice to see exactly where my weaknesses lie
The fact that my partner is my physical trainer works in my favor; it helped me learn things during pregnancy
such as pelvic floor rehabilitation after childbirth
I had to listen to my body a lot to progress step by step,” says the 27-year-old
where the draw has paired her with a player even more experienced than her: Aravane Rezai
the Swiss player’s mind is set on aiming as high as possible in the medium term
“I would like to always be part of the world elite..
This new phase will also help me gain a different perspective on life
but there is more to life,” she pointed out emphatically
we have several examples that Bencic can draw upon to trust that this process is more than viable
Dozens of women who chose to be young mothers
and then picked up a racquet again with their little ones watching from the stands
Belinda has more than enough cases to join a long list of heroines that have completely changed the perspective held two decades ago
“Their advice has inspired me greatly; they have all shown me that it's possible to reconcile the personal aspect with the professional one
there are millions of mothers who have to manage their work while being a mother
so it's a big challenge to face,” concludes the Swiss while thinking of women like Naomi Osaka
This news is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, Bencic mantiene su ambición: "Quiero volver a la élite"
Habis Verwaltungs AG is selling the property in a central location in Flawil as part of a succession plan effective April 1
The 50,000m² site offers almost 30,000m² of commercial space
All leases will be taken over by the new owner
The former Habis Textil AG operated a weaving mill on the site for 138 years
the company's own production was abandoned and the property was transformed into an industrial park with around 70 individual tenants
Fortimo Invest plans to successively develop and upgrade the business park
He develops walking robots that move like living creatures: Marco Hutter is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems and a fellow of the Society in Science
One day his machines might be able to carry out the menial and dangerous work human beings would rather avoid
Anymal seems a little reluctant though: the latest development to come out of the workshop at ETH’s Robotic Systems Lab moves like a real creature
Thirty-year-old Assistant Professor Hutter gives the robotic dog trotting in front of him a sharp shove; the machine slightly evades to the side before promptly finding its balance again
Hutter also seems to have both feet firmly on the ground
He gives the impression of being exactly where he wants to be: at an internationally renown research institute and in a position of some responsibility
His demonstration with Anymal seems almost like a dance between man and machine
And that’s exactly where the innovation lies: the walking robots developed by Hutter and his team at the Robotic Systems Lab have joints that react as flexibly as those of their human or animal counterparts
“We want a robot that can overcome obstacles
move about swiftly and still be tough and energy-efficient,” stresses Hutter
who is in charge of a 12-person research team
making it suitable for use in impassable terrain and rough climates
Anymal can be easily carried and deployed by a single operator
allowing it to plan and implement its actions completely autonomously
Hutter is convinced that walking robots could be used in a number of different fields within a few years
on search and rescue operations in alpine areas
“The robots will go anywhere that is dangerous for people
or where working conditions are very bad,” explains the mechanical engineering graduate
Anymal owes its existence in part to the Society in Science funding programme
Hutter was awarded one of the sought-after internationally advertised fellowships in 2014
He will receive CHF 100,000 annually until 2019 for the advancement of his research
this fellowship was a unique opportunity to develop something that couldn’t be achieved with the ordinary resources,” explains the researcher
It is something in which he invests a lot of enthusiasm – as is made clear by his participation in the ARGOS Challenge
an international competition run by energy company Total to promote the development of autonomous robots for use in inspections of offshore oil and gas sites
Hutter’s research group has just tested Anymal’s practical applicability at the ARGOS Challenge in France
“Everyone was up and ready to go at six o’clock every morning,” says Hutter
“Even after we got back to our accommodation
we would still carry on working until two o’clock in the morning.” When someone works this much voluntarily
it seems that they may be living out a childhood dream – a more sophisticated version of building with Lego
Childhood photos in a Swiss National Science Foundation publication suggest that he loved assembling
sawing and excavating things even at a young age
“It was clear to me quite early on that I wanted to be at ETH,” he says. At school
he was particularly interested in science and computing
he decided on mechanical engineering “because it’s such a broad field”
His focus turned to walking robots only during his Master’s degree
He has been Assistant Professor of Robotic Systems since October 2015
Student support is a special concern for him
whether through student work or through the ETH tutor system
where each student is assigned a professor as a personal advisor and meets them several times each semester
he also bears a considerable responsibility for his research team: “I have to make sure that our lab produces outstanding work
attracts talented researchers and that I can pay them accordingly
so that we can be internationally successful.” Is that not very stressful
We’re a perfectly coordinated team with outstanding researchers.” For Hutter
it is clear that he will still be working at ETH in 10 years’ time
ETH is one of the best universities in the world – if not the best.”
Is there a super robot that Hutter would particularly like to develop
He shakes his head: “Every robot should serve a specific purpose
The ultimate humanoid wouldn’t really be practical.” Hutter is certainly aware of the kinds of worries his machines can trigger – fears of job loss or that robots will be used for military purposes
He is quick to answer: “Any machine can be used for military purposes,” he stresses
It is important to create the necessary legal conditions to prevent abuse
society should also be properly prepared for the increasing use of robots
“New technologies have always been a threat to jobs – but at the same time they have also created them and facilitated people’s lives.”
your daily life revolves around following your creative instinct
is there such a thing as a life outside the lab
That is all he will say though; he’s quite reserved when discussing himself and appears to prefer to stay out of the spotlight
Hutter has played the beautiful game since he was five years old; at the moment he plays for FC Flawil
the pitch is an area where human and robot might be able to co-exist peacefully: the former as player
the purpose of robots – to do the dirty work
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The programme was founded and financed by entrepreneur Branco Weiss
Successful candidates receive a generous fellowship
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Gambia's versatile player Pa Modou Jagne featured in Swiss side St Gallen's hard fought 5-1win over FC Flawil in the Swiss Cup on Saturday
Jagne was substituted in the 63rd minute for Sutter
Free's brace and goals from Calabro and Lehmann were enough to give St Gallen the necessary points in the final matches
who have 8 points and lie 7th in the Swiss Super League
walked away from further embarrassment in the championship when team coach Uli Forte took solid technical measures to book a place in the next round after numerous attempts at this level
The side is set to take on Young Boys on Wednesday in the super league
Abdourahman Dampha?s Neuchâtel Xamax surprised Uznach 3-1 in the Swiss cup also on Saturday
The bottom-place side who are struggling in the Swiss top-flight league is the shock of the championship
Mustapha Jarjue's Mons recorded its second defeat of the season after losing to Tienen 1-0 on Saturday
The defeat has retarded their points to 12 and second position
Following their 4-1 beating by Chelsea in the Champions League matches last week
Gambian international Momodou Ceesay and Slovakian side Zilina hammered Super Liga side Dubnica 5-2 on Saturday to maintain top spot with 19 points on the table
Momodou Ceesay came in as substitute in the 66th minute in place of goal scorer Oravec
Kristian Brix and Dawda Leigh?s Valerenga beat Viking 4-3 to maintain its fine title run in the Norwegian Tippeligaen
They are second with 49 points behind leaders Rosenborg
Pa Saikou Kujabi's FV Frankfurt lost to Greuther Furth on Friday to sink to 9th and 6 points in the German second Bundesliga on Friday.