The Paul Scherrer Institute PSI is the largest research institute for natural and engineering sciences in Switzerland, conducting cutting-edge research in four main fields: future technologies, energy and climate, health innovation and fundamentals of nature. PSI develops, builds and operates complex large research facilities. Every year, more than 2500 scientists from Switzerland and around the world come to PSI to use our unique facilities to carry out experiments that are not possible anywhere else. PSI is committed to the training of future generations. Therefore about one quarter of our staff are apprentices, post-graduates or post-docs. For pupils it offers the school laboratory iLab.

3F Filippi S.p.A. 3F Filippi S.p.A. has been working in the lighting industry since 1952, with extensive experience in designing and manufacturing technical and efficient lighting systems. Its products are fully designed and manufactured exclusively in its plants in Pian di Macina, in the Bologna district, and proudly carry “Made in Italy” to more than fifty countries, through its sales network. 3F Filippi is ISO 9001-certified also for lighting design and works alongside the best lighting designers to provide its customers with a quality of light in line with the latest regulations, assuring performance results especially in the industrial, commercial and service sectors, providing customized solutions. TARGETTI SANKEY S.p.A. Targetti has been designing and producing indoor and outdoor architectural light fixtures since 1928. For ninety years our products have been the epitome of innovation, research and attention to detail; they light the most prestigious artistic and architectural works of art, create atmospheres and arouse emotions. What we are today is the result of the experience and know-how we have acquired over time that we share with our partners and the environment we live in though our passion for light. 3F Filippi and Targetti, two companies that have shaped the history of lighting in Italy, are now embarking on a new venture with an ambitious common goal: to be the sole partner for lighting professionals and designers looking for quality solutions for all their project requirements. By combining their respective expertise in technical and architectural lighting the two brands together provide a complete portfolio of products that proudly take Made in Italy technology to more than 50 countries worldwide. Today the 3F Filippi-Targetti Group can meet and satisfy any kind of design and project requirements. Our partners can choose from a huge selection of products and solutions; from high-tech and functional products from the 3F Filippi catalogue to indoor and outdoor architectural lighting fixtures designed by Targetti, right up to a wide range of LED lamps and fixtures form the Duralamp brand.

Being an international player in paints and polymers with high added value, the Mäder group offers its customers global and innovative solutions in demanding markets such as Aeronautics, Railways, Automotive and Building. Anxious to be able to meet the needs of these markets, Mäder puts innovation at the heart of its strategy and thus devotes 10% of its turnover to R&D. Its research, in partnership with universities, is particularly focused on bio-sourced raw materials, green chemistry and reducing the impact of its activity on the environment. Backed by the expertise of its 850 employees, Mäder is now present in Europe as well as in China and India in order to support its customers in their international development. The group specializes in the following processing sectors: Paints, coatings and varnishes • Coil coating technology • UV and EB technology • Railway • ACE • General Industry (machines, devices, special surfaces and applications) • Wind energy • Aerospace • Telecommunications • Plastics Gelcoats and Resins We develop and produce unsaturated polyester resins, gel and top coats, adhesive resins, filled fire protection resins and special resins including the necessary surface finishing products and technologies. Paint raw materials This business line produces standard resins and additives based on polycondensation chemistry. The product range includes modified and unmodified alkyd and polyester resins for various applications in the paint and coatings industry. Toll manufacturing We develop and produce tailor-made products on behalf of our customers: • radiation curing resins • paint raw materials • prepolymers