sierre, site of economic establishment

SIERRE,
SITE OF ECONOMIC
ESTABLISHMENT
INFORMATION FOR THE ATTENTION OF
COMPANIES
AND INVESTORS
CITY OF SIERRE
JANUARY 2010
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SIERRE SITE OF ECONOMIC ESTABLISHMENT
IN A NUTSHELL
Exceptional quality of life, climate and environment in the heart of the
Alps
High-performance rail, road and air services
Excellent poles: ICT (information & communication technology),
applied research and innovation, aluminium, training, tourism, vines
and wines
Growing city – Important public and private investments
Favourable conditions for executives:
• Attractive production costs (tax system, rents, wages)
• Well-located industrial and commercial sites, with development potential
Simplified processes and researches thanks to one unique office of
economic promotion
City at the border between the German-speaking and Frenchspeaking Valais
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AT THE HEART OF EUROPE
Strategic situation, on an important North-South axis of the linguistic
border
Optimal links:
• By road: A9 motorway
• By rail: the new Lötschberg base tunnel brings Sierre closer to Berne,
Bâle-Zürich and Northern Europe
• By air: international airports of Geneva, Zürich and Milan, regional airport
of Sion only 15 minutes away
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From Sierre to
Distance
Duration of the journey
Lausanne
Berne
Geneva
Zürich
111 km
92 km
175 km
190 km
1h14
1h19
1h58
2h23
Milan
228 km
2h30
© Photo CFF
Moving time by train from Sierre
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TO LIVE IN THE CITY OF THE SUN
Unique climate and sunshine
Exceptional natural heritage:
• The Alps with their ski-runs, hiking paths, etc.
• Pfyn-Finges natural park
The city in the countryside: small, convivial and relaxed academic city
in the middle of the vineyard – abundant cultural life
Housing facilities
Number of rainy days per year
87
Sierre
103
Lugano
114
Geneva
123
Lausanne
126
Berne
134
Zürich
60
70
Source: météosuisse (2005 data)
80
90
100
110
120
130
140
150
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HIGH-QUALITY SCHOOL AND
EXTRACURRICULAR STRUCTURES
Bilingual school offer including a graduate school of trade and general knowledge (commercial maturity, trade degree, social/health
general knowledge subject)
Teaching quality attested by the latest international studies PISA 2006
(2008 Edition)
Avant-garde day nursery-canteen
Teaching fit to the needs of your colleagues’ children from 3 months
(day-care nursery of Europe) until the bachelor/master level at HESSO in French and German
See also page 15 “Graduate schools / Research”
“PISA 2006 study” results
Intercantonal comparison of performances in sciences of 9th grade pupils
Points
530.0
Results superior to the Swiss average
Results on the Swiss average
Results inferior to the Swiss average
520.4
521.7
518.7
510.8
515.1
513.3
508.5
501.2
501.3
500.0
497.8
496.3
491.6
489.8
482.0
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(f) Schools in which the teaching is done in French
(d) Schools in which the teaching is done in German
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Source: Office fédéral de la statistique
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TECHNOARK,
EXCELLENT ITC POLE
French-speaking Switzerland leader in information and communication technologies (ITC)
Support to innovation and transfer of technologies to companies
Complementary forces under a same roof:
Academic institute Icare (RFID centre – the Internet of Things)
Incubator of new companies
Computing institute of management, institute of economy & tourism
of the HES-SO Valais
“Business experience” program of the HES-SO allowing the transfer
of skills and the integration of students into the economy
TechnoArk is integrated in the Valaisan network The Ark (Valaisan
foundation for innovation), also including BlueArk (energy), PhytoArk
and BioArk (sciences of life), TéléArk and Ideark (ITC)
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COMPANIES PRESENT AT THE TECHNOARK
R&D AND TRAINING
INSTITUT
ICT
START-UP
MEDIA
TECHNOLOGIES
SERVICES
Link to the companies of the TechnoArk
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TECHNOARK,
KEY FIGURES
50 companies
350 jobs
3 research institutes
10’000 m2 of flexible premises dedicated to active companies in the
field of ICT
2’500 m2 still available at the price of approximately Fr. 200/m2/year
www.technoark.ch
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TECHNOARK, INFRASTRUCTURES
AT THE DISPOSAL OF COMPANIES
9 conference rooms + 1 videoconference room
Datacenter
Business corner
Technological showcase
Restaurant
Fitness
Entertainment spaces
Underground parking lot
TechnoArk
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EXCELLENT ALUMINIUM POLE
Aluminium: A hundred-year old savoir faire
An innovative dynamic
Important investments:
• Novelis: 50 millions of francs in 2007 for an avant-garde foundry and a
R&D centre
• Alcan: 13 millions of francs for a vanguard of technology kiln (aeronautic,
transportation and industry division)
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EXCELLENT TOURISM POLE
Sierre, a city heart with a strong touristic tradition
Renowned alpine destinations:
Crans-Montana, Loèche-les-Bains, Val d’Anniviers
70000 touristic beds
© Sierre-Anniviers
DAMIAN CROMWELL, PHOTOGRAPHER
© Sierre-Anniviers
Authentic alpine heritage – large range of entertainments: golf courses, hot springs, wellness, ski, hiking, entertainment parks, natural
parks, etc.
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EXCELLENT VINE AND WINE POLE
Sierre, Swiss capital of wine
• Headquarters of the Global Federation of Major Wine and Spirit Contests
(VINOFED)
• Mondial du Pinot Noir
• VINEA, the most important annual tasting meeting in Switzerland (1,200
wines presented)
Globally renowned wines and cellars
A terrace vineyard, producing about sixty local and international wines
www.vinea.ch
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GRADUATE TRAINING –
A BREEDING GROUND FOR YOUNG
TALENTS
1,200 students in training in Sierre, site of the HES-SO Valais. Training
estates HES in our hall of residence (bachelor, master, continuing
training) www.hevs.ch
• Corporate economy
• Management computing
• Tourism (École Suisse de Tourisme)
• Social work
Training estates HES in Sion (16 km away from Sierre)
• Industrial systems
• Living technology
• Medical care
Courses in French or German
Haute École d’Art du Valais (ECAV) www.ecav.ch
French-speaking centre of remote academic training www.fernuni.ch
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SUSTAINED INVESTMENTS
More than 100 millions of francs invested in the economy and
services in 2007-2008 (TechnoArk, Alcan, Novelis, new hotels, redevelopment of the town centre, etc.)
Redevelopment of the town centre, many
opportunities in the fields of the hotel industry,
trade and real estate
Rossfeld: commercial area
being developed
New kiln of
Alcan
Daval: new industrial area of more
than 20 hectares
New foundry
and new R&D
centre of
Novelis
TechnoArk :
- Technological park
which has been active
for more than
20 years
- A wide range of skills,
infrastructures and
services at the
disposal of its
residents
- Surfaces available
for tens of new
innovative companies
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AN ATTRACTIVE TAX SYSTEM
The Valais practices the softest tax of French-speaking Switzerland
for companies
Small and medium-sized firms pampered: tax on the cantonal and
communal benefits = 6% up to Fr. 100,000.Possibilities of tax exemption for 10 years
Cantonal allowance amounting to 50% of the tax on dividends (from
10% of the capital possession)
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AN ATTRACTIVE TAX SYSTEM
Total of communal, cantonal and federal taxes on the
capital and benefits
Capital and reserves of Fr. 100’000.Net profits of Fr. 20’000.-
Capital and reserves of Fr. 100’000.Net profits of Fr. 50’000.13000
6000
12000
5000
11000
10000
4000
9000
8000
3000
Geneva
Lausanne
Neuchâtel
Delémont
Zurich
Fribourg
Berne
Schwytz
Sierre
Source : Charge fiscale en Suisse, Chefs-lieux des cantons – Nombres cantonaux 2007
Administration fédérale des contributions (AFC), Berne, 2008, ISBN 978-3-303-18088-4
Geneva
Lausanne
Neuchâtel
Delémont
Fribourg
Zurich
150000
Berne
20000
Sierre
170000
Geneva
25000
Neuchâtel
190000
Lausanne
30000
Delémont
210000
Fribourg
35000
Zurich
230000
Berne
40000
Schwytz
250000
Sierre
45000
Zoug
Zoug
Capital and reserves of Fr. 2’000’000.Net profits of Fr. 1’000’000.-
Schwytz
Capital and reserves of Fr. 2’000’000.Net profits of Fr. 160’000.-
6000
Zoug
Geneva
Lausanne
Delémont
Zurich
Neuchâtel
Fribourg
Berne
Schwytz
Sierre
2000
Zoug
7000
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AN ATTRACTIVE TAX SYSTEM
Taxes on the capital of Holding companies
Total of communal, cantonal and federal taxes
Assumption: Holding limited company having only participations in other companies
Tax object:
Capital
Apparent reserves
Latent taxed reserves
Fr. 1'000'000.Fr.
500'000.Fr.
500'000.-
3600
2920
2240
1560
Lausanne
Neuchâtel
Geneva
Fribourg
Berne
Zurich
Delémont
Schwytz
Sierre
200
Zoug
880
50% allowance on the income of participations for moral persons and
40% allowance for physical persons
Source: Tax office in Switzerland, Chefs-lieux of cantons – 2007 cantonal numbers
Federal administration of contributions (AFC), Berne, 2008, ISBN 978-3-303-18088-4
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A VISION OF FUTURE
SIERRE, CITY HEART
The City of Sierre / Crans-Montana:
• 35,000 inhabitants (43,000 in 2030)
• 130,000 persons during the highly-touristic season
• 18,000 jobs
The priorities of the City of Sierre / Crans-Montana:
+ a balanced development (industrial, touristic and agricultural competitiveness) for 2030
+ industrial ecology
+ strengthening of public transportation systems, especially between the
plain and the mountai
Sierre Crans-Montana funicular, a direct line between the plain and the mountain
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Sierre: heart of the city
Crans-Montana (High Plateau): modern and international station
Anniviers: the authentic mountain
Plain of the Rhône (Chalais, Grône): industrial/commercial potential
Leukerbad (hot springs)
LEUKERBAD
Inden
Albinen
Aminona
Varen
CRANS-MONTANA
Leuk
Mollens
Randogne
Salgesch
Miège
Venthône
Susten
Veyras
SIERRE
Montana-village
Loc
Icogne
Chermignon d’en Haut
Corin
Chermignon d’en Bas
Lens
Chippis
Ollon
Niouc
Flanthey St-Clément
Chalais
Chelin
Réchy
Granges
Vercorin
Grône
Itravers
Pramagnon
Chandolin
ANNIVIERS
Loye
Erdesson
Dailley
St-Luc
Pinsec
Vissoie
Mayoux
St-Jean
Mission
Grimentz
Ayer
Mottec
Zinal
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A VISION OF FUTURE,
INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY
The energetic and environmental efficiency is one of this century’s
major challenges
The industrial ecology project ECHO, developed in collaboration with
the city and the canton of the Valais, will allow:
• Rationalizing energy consumption, transportation, waste management
• Developing industrial synergies allowing the valorisation of residual energy and waste
• Coordinating certain services and/or tools of production (purchases,
transportation, cafeteria, etc.) to rationalize expenses
Results in terms of:
+ productivity
+ innovation thanks to more intensive contacts between the different
+ industries (partnerships, symbioses)
+ visibility by participating to an innovative and responsible project, from
economic and ecologic points of view
- waste and expelled CO2
- production costs and taxes
www.sierre-region.ch
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A VISION OF FUTURE,
INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY
Raw Materials
and Energy
Valorisation of waste
and residual energy
Finished products
Waste
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Le Nouvelliste
Mardi 27 janvier 2009
Déchets pour les uns,
matières pour les autres
DÉVELOPPEMENT DURABLE Sierre Cité de l’énergie veut
promouvoir l’écologie industrielle. Il s’agit de transformer les déchets
des entreprises voisines en productions propres.
PASCAL CLAIVAZ
Daval prototype
A Sierre, on songe immédiatement à la zone industrielle (ZI) des
Iles Falcon. Le président de la ville
dirige également l’Association valaisanne des entrepreneurs. Il voit plus
loin: «Nous pourrions présenter la
nouvelle ZI de Daval comme un prototype d’écologie industrielle. Ce qui
serait un atout.» Prototype, le mot
est lâché. Sierre, Cité de l’énergie, se
devait de marquer le coup en Valais.
La base de l’écologie industrielle
est simple: les déchets des uns peuvent devenir les matières premières
des autres. Les échanges de flux
énergétiques peuvent également se
révéler d’une certaine importance.
C’est le bureau SOFIES de Genève qui prendra la direction des
opérations. Le questionnaire qu’il a
envoyé aux entreprises concerne
notamment les produits fabriqués,
les activités soumises à des dispostions réglementaires particulières,
les systèmes existants de management environnemental, le tri et la
valorisation des déchets, les priorités consommation d’énergie, la mobilité durable, les systèmes de management environnementaux. On
questionne également sur l’approvisionnement en eau et en énergie et
sur la récupération des matières et
de l’eau.
De la sciure au carrelage
Premier inventaire du potentiel
de la ville de Sierre: une tannerie,
une entreprise de traitement des
métaux, Vallait, des menuiseries,
l’UTO, des entreprises de chauffage,
sans oublier les grandes industries
comme Alcan et Novelis.
Comment cela se passera-t-il
concrètement? Un exemple existe,
celui de Genève, également géré par
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Sierre nourrit un projet de synergies
industrielles sur le modèle de Genève (voir l’encadré). La commune
vient d’envoyer un questionnaire à
toutes les entreprises de son territoire. Selon la communication, l’objectif est une «gestion des ressources
et des déchets plus économiques et
plus respectueuse de l’environnement.» Cela s’appelle l’écologie industrielle. «Elle permettra de mieux
nous positionner», confirme le nouveau président François Genoud.
En ligne de mire, il y a notamment le
projet Axpo-Compogaz qui se cherche un site d’implantation. Il s’agit
de produire du carburant biogaz à
partir de déchets forestiers, agricoles et ménagers. Les deux concurrents principaux sont Sierre et Vétroz.
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le bureau SOFIES. Nous en avons reproduit le schéma ci-contre. Le
sous-réseau le plus frappant est celui de la fabrication de céramiques
(le carrelage notamment). Les matières premières peuvent venir aussi
bien des sciures de l’industrie du
bois que des huiles minérales des industries électroniques, de la production de machines ou des garages
automobiles. D’autres matériaux récupérés sont les déchets inertes de
la construction ou les pigments des
imprimeries.
En plus de ces transformations
de déchets en nouvelles matières
premières, les entreprises s’échangent des flux d’énergie et d’eau, augmentées par la mise en réseau.
Matériaux
inertes
Les producteurs
de déchets
sont interconnectés
et échangent aussi
eau et chaleur
Utilisateurs
de déchets
Tout s’échange, sans tabous
SOFIES S.àr.l. est un bureau
spécialisé dans l’écologie industrielle et basé à Genève. Le
schéma que nous produisons cicontre met en perspective huit
années de mises en réseau d’entreprises de type différents sur le
territoire genevois. Il s’agit pour
elles d’éviter le gaspillage autant
au niveau des déchets qu’au niveau de la production énergétique. En 2008, le projet concernait 31 entreprises, 11 secteurs,
800 flux et 17 symbioses potentielles. Les 11 secteurs sont les
services, l’épuration des eaux,
les garages automobiles, la recherche pharmaceutique, la
construction, la fabrication de
biens, l’horlogerie, les machines
et équipements, l’industrie chimique, l’édition et l’agro-alimentaire. Le projet cherche également à créer un réseau entre l’industrie électronique, l’agro-alimentaire, la zone agricole et d’autres partenaires potentiels. Cela
peut concerner des échanges
d’eaux à 40 degrés, à 20 degrés,
des échanges de chaleur, d’électricité, de lactosérum, de déchets
agricoles ou de biogaz. PC
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ECONOMIC PROMOTION
AT YOUR SERVICE
A unique office in town at the disposal of companies to simplify administrative steps
A support for the search of premises and lands
Networks and contacts within the economy and institutions
ECONOMIC PROMOTION
SUPPORTS YOU
From 2008, innovative measures in Sierre to :
• Reduce social charges of companies which create jobs
• Reduce the cost of distinct and permanent area rights (DSDP) (if the
town owns the real estate)
• Support innovation through small and medium-sized companies which set
up at the TechnoArk
• Encourage energy savings (subsidized investments and energetic
assessments)
Request form of search of premises and lands
Support to companies: press release
Support to companies: request form
Energy package: press release
Energy package: request form
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INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL
BUSINESS AREAS
INDUSTRIAL AREA OF DAVAL:
Modern area, wide surfaces available (>20 ha in total)
Very easy access: direct connection at the Western Sierre exit of A9
motorway
Showcase area by the cantonal road, maximal visibility
surplus value created by the industrial ecology
Wide surfaces are owned in majority by the City and citizenship:
• Simplified negotiations
• attractive DSDP
INDUSTRIAL AREA OF THE ÎLE
FALCON AND GRANGES
2 highly-exploited dynamic areas
Various activities led in majority by small and medium-sized
companies
around 5 ha still at disposal
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INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL
BUSINESS AREAS
TOWN CENTRE
The town centre benefits from an in-depth redevelopment:
• New commercial blocks
• Modern and fit equipment
• Integrated pedestrian and car circulation
+ Strengthened attractiveness
+ Investment opportunities
Photographer : Hannes Henz – Architecture Office: Giorla & Trautmann Architectes
+ Improved dynamism
Crèche de l'Europe (which opened in August 2008)
cornerstone of the town centre’s redevelopment focused on modernity, conviviality and services to the population
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INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL
BUSINESS AREAS
ROSSFELD
Commercial area at the West entrance of Sierre
Located 300 m away from the motorway exit
Exceptional situation for the sales of non-food, household electrical
appliances, furniture, etc.
Very frequented area with more than 20,000 vehicles/day.
Source: Le Nouvelliste, 9th of April, 2009
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SIERRE :
CULTURAL AND SPORTS CITY
MUSIC
With globally-renowned
Bluesmen
Main Verte
Classical music
concerts
School of Jazz and Cantonal Conservatory
Contemporary Music
of Music
LITERATURE – THEATRE – GRAPHIC ARTS
Dedicated to the great poet
from Prague, Rainer Maria Rilke
Theatre, song, expos
Festival of comics
and graphic arts
Cultural Centre
Showroom
CINEMA
Writing workshop
Free projections
Short films
SPORT
Golf de la Brèche
HC Sierre
More events
www.sierre-salgesch.ch
Sierre-Basket
The race of five 4000
Sports clubs
www.sierre.ch/sports
The valaisan cyclosportive
Cultural companies
www.sierre.ch/culture
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City of Sierre, 2010
Further information:
Economic promotion office of the city of Sierre
Serge Ballestraz, manager
E-mail: [email protected]
Tel. : +41 (0)27 452 02 40
Fax : +41 (0)27 452 02 50
www.sierre.ch