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Wettingen/Neuenhof/Gossau - Blumer Lehmann has agreed a deal to acquire the timber construction division of the Hächler Group. Business activities pertaining to Hächler will be operated under a new name, although the workshops and the timber construction team will remain at the site in Neuenhof. The acquisition is intended to strengthen the timber construction competencies of both companies.

St.Gallen - The Hälg Group is set to take over Löwen Bau- und Betriebs AG from Lucerne. Through this acquisition, the company from the canton of St.Gallen aims to strengthen its market position in Central Switzerland. From the middle of this year, the Lucerne company will operate under the name Hälg.

St.Gallen - The Swiss population is eating less meat, with the trend pointing towards flexitarian diets. However, fewer households are opting for purely plant-based diets. The consumption of products developed on the basis of cow’s milk remains popular, while sustainability is playing a more significant role in dietary choices. These are the findings obtained by researchers from the University of St.Gallen.

Appenzell/Winterthur - Enespa from Appenzell in Switzerland is evaluating the economic viability of projects run by companies to recover oil from plastic waste. The basis of the investigations is a new Innosuisse study, for which Professor Joachim Vogt from Zurich University of Applied Sciences and his team developed 10 quantifiable metrics.