Company Directory By Business Classification
Swiss Companies
The following company list represents businesses that are publicly-traded on the Swiss Exchange.
- Aare-Tessin Ltd. for Electricity
- Aare-Tessin Ltd. for Electricity goes by its short name of Atel, but it's still one of the largest suppliers of electricity in Switzerland. Its Energy segment generates electricity by means of... more
- Actelion Ltd.
- Drugmaker Actelion is anything but neutral in its fight against life-threatening diseases. The Swiss drugmaker develops and markets small molecule drugs in a number of therapeutic areas, including... more
- Adecco S.A.
- Any way you stack it, Adecco is the world's largest employment agency, serving some 150,000 clients from more than 7,000 offices worldwide. The company provides temporary staffing, permanent employee... more
- Altin AG
- Altin is a closed-end investment firm that manages hedge funds. It concentrates on holding a stable portfolio that will reward investors with long-term capital appreciation. The funds it holds are... more
- ARYZTA AG
- Baked goods are the specialty of this company. ARYZTA is a leading global supplier of specialty baked products to customers in the foodservice industry, as well as consumers through retail... more
- austriamicrosystems AG
- austriamicrosystems brings its microchips from Austria to the world. The company offers various kinds of devices, including application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) for power management,... more
- Bâloise-Holding
- Founded in 1863 as a fire insurance company, Bâloise-Holding today is a general insurer that sells such standardized products as group and individual life policies and accident, property, and auto... more
- Bank Sarasin & Co. Ltd
- Bank Sarasin & Co., one of Switzerland's largest and most reputable private banks, specializes in asset management, investment funds, securities trading, and investment counseling, catering to... more
- Banque Cantonale de Genève SA
- Banque Cantonale de Genève (BCGE) offers a range of consumer and business banking services through approximately 25 branches in the Swiss canton of Geneva. It operates in France and other parts of... more
- Banque Cantonale Vaudoise
- Despite its name, Banque Cantonale Vaudoise (BCV) is more than a regional bank, serving customers throughout the Swiss canton of Vaud and beyond as one of the nation's largest... more
- Barry Callebaut AG
- As long as Barry Callebaut keeps up production, all will be well in the chocolate universe. The company is a top world supplier of industrial chocolate to the confectionery and foodservice... more
- BB BIOTECH AG
- BB BIOTECH is banking on genetics. The investment firm funds biotechnology companies across the globe. BB BIOTECH's portfolio includes large stakes in half a dozen companies such... more
- BB MEDTECH AG
- BB MEDTECH is counting on consumers needing more than "an apple a day" to stay healthy. The Swiss investment company invests in both public and private companies involved in the global medical... more
- BEKB | BCBE (Cantonal Bank of Berne)
- The people of the canton of Berne can't imagine life without BEKB | BCBE. The regional bank -- formally BEKB | BCBE (Cantonal Bank of Berne) -- operates nearly 80 offices in and... more
- BKW FMB Energy Ltd
- BKW FMB Energy has been lighting up the lives of the Swiss for more than a century. BKW produces, transmits, and distributes energy to1 million homes and more than 323,000... more
- Bobst Group SA
- While companies all over the world are trying to think outside the box, Bobst Group is thinking about making the box. The company is a global supplier of packaging equipment and services... more
- Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG
- There are Swiss companies that make fine Swiss watches and there are Swiss companies that make fine Swiss knives; Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli (Lindt) makes fine Swiss chocolates.... more
- Ciba Specialty Chemicals Holding Inc.
- Ciba Specialty Chemicals aims to make things stronger, brighter, less clingy, and cleaner. (Note to Parents: it can't achieve this with kids.) Ciba produces specialty chemicals through three business... more
- Clariant Ltd
- Clariant is among the world's largest specialty chemicals companies. Its largest business units make functional chemicals such as biocides, industrial ingredients, and detergents as well as chemicals... more
- Credit Suisse Group
- Credit Suisse Group is the #2 financial services firm in Switzerland, though far behind behemoth UBS. Credit Suisse is divided into three segments: investment... more