The SIGA Innovation Center Schachen is registered for the Solar Prize 2019. Also, our innovation center is a small power plant. The building (with nearly 6'000 m2 of solar panels) produces almost 20% more energy than it needs. And with the photovoltaic cells in the staircase windows, our commitment is both visible and beautiful to look at. Click here for more pictures.

Today was the day! 40 employees from Product Development, Engineering, Laboratory and Maintenance have moved into the new Open Space offices in Schachen. We thank all our supporters and wish all employees a good start & settle into their new workspace.

Discover the modern offices for inspiration, creativity and SIGA innovations now.

We are delighted! The new production hall has been opened and released for production with one first pallet - provided with a little surprise.

The final important planning decisions were also made.The technical installations in the new office building are running at top speed.

Roofs. PV plant. Wooden frontage. Everything is setup. Now, only the PV frontage elements have to be assembled. Work on surroundings should be finished before the onset of winter as well.

The shell of the new innovation centre is now complete, and on September 6 we celebrated that together with an apéro and a midday meal. SIGA CTO Daniel Schmid welcomed the guests, with heartfelt thanks all round to all those who contributed to the work for their great efforts and good cooperation.

Due to the favorable weather conditions the new production hall could be

built up within a short time. This was possible, particularly because of the

close collaboration between timber builders, roofers and window fitters etc.

Thank you very much!

SIGA invites to a joint breakfast. On this occasion Patrick Haacke, CSO, introduces SIGA briefly to the guests. Rafael Hunziker, head of the project site development, thanks the craftsmen for the big effort and for the good cooperation. As a surprise every participant gets a SIGA bag with a tape measure, a cutter, a pen and a role SIGA Rissan. And of course a Ricola can not be missing!

These photographs by drone show impressively how tall the construction is growing.

The first and second floor and the loading docks for the lorries are concreted.The base plate for the new production is growing as well.

First walls are up. The innovation centre is growing taller. The planning of the inner

design is in progress as well.

The small building of the new transformer station for the current supply is built with bricks.

The first construction phase was realized according to schedule.

The groundbreaking ceremony for project worth 30 million Swiss francs took place on Wednesday 27 September.

Rafael Hunziker has been working as an engineering project manager at SIGA since 2014. He has been responsible for the Schachen site development project since spring 2016. The project enters an important phase with the submission of the planning application at the start of June.

Planning application submitted. The scaffolding is up.

The new development of SIGA's innovation centre enters an important phase. The planning application was submitted to the municipality at the start of June and we expect building approval around mid September.