MYIA SA is a start-up company founded in 2018 that breeds and processes the Black Soldier Fly insect in order to bio-convert organic waste and obtain products such as protein meal, oil, frass and chitin. All products have high biological and economic value and can be placed in the feed, agriculture and pharmaceutical sectors. Finally, the use of waste raw material and the bioconversion activity carried out by the Black Soldier Fly is strategic for the transition from a linear to a circular economy and, also thanks to this element, the entrepreneurial project was evaluated positively by the Boldbrain jury in 2018, which awarded the idea third place.
Thereafter, the start-up company availed itself of the collaboration of the USI start-up centre, coaching from Innosuisse and initiated important research projects with Eawag – part of ETH, with the University of Eastern Piedmont and the company Tecnofilati as part of the European project Eurostars and with SUPSI.
At the end of 2021, the company was on the way to an expansion phase thanks to the automation of the production line in the Biasca plant (3,500 square metres) and an expansion plan to open bioconversion facilities throughout Switzerland in the coming years.

Helsinn Advanced Synthesis, with its multi-purpose production plants first established in 1983 in Biasca, develops and manufactures compounds for clinical and commercial use in several containment classes: Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs), Advanced Intermediates, High Potency Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (HPAPIs) and Anticancer compounds. These compounds are manufactured for third parties on an exclusive basis, with a high level of service and with an innovative touch. The Company is constantly making large investments to increase production capacity and more importantly add new technologies to increase production flexibility. Beyond successful technology transfer and production, Helsinn Advanced Synthesis has expertise and know-how to support its partners in product registrations due to experience with hundreds of projects over the past 30 years.

Polyeflon is a company active in the plastic and rubber product manufacturing industry. The products made with fluorinated high-performance polymers are mixed with suitably treated fillers, additives or pigments and are transformed into technical items for the food, aerospace, automotive, chemical, biological and pharmaceutical, electromechanical, building and construction sectors.

Mediluc is a company specializing in the manufacturing and finishing of orthopedic prostheses and surgical instruments such as hip, knee, shoulder, spine and extremity prostheses. Since its creation in 2001, the company has been exclusively focused and specialized in the manufacturing and finishing of orthopedic implants, serving the Swiss and European market with top quality products, thanks to state-of-the-art technology, experience and a high level of commitment.