Our support for the Swiss economy

For over 150 years we have been committed to supporting the sustainable development of the Swiss economy and its participants. Here are a few of the success stories we have enjoyed in partnership with the country’s companies and entrepreneurs.

The express route to a high school certificate

Academic Gateway is a new private school where everything is a bit quicker – both the corporate growth and the route to a high school certificate. That calls for a bank able to think as quickly as the company’s founders.

A successful corporate sale

The care staff of Spitex Perspecta are always there when you need them in the Basel region. Now investors from Italy are building on its leading market position – with help from Bank CIC.

Cheese, technology and team spirit as growth drivers

Gruyère, Beaufort, Cheddar: many a cheese is cultivated and cured by machines from Romont. Since summer 2018, these are no longer supplied by two SMEs, but only by one. Sugnaux Electromécanique SA and JNJ automation SA have joined forces – thanks to the efforts of Bank CIC.

When the fruit has grown over two generations.

Banking has something in common with the wine business: it is a matter of trust.

You will be on target with your financial advisor as co-pilot.

Anyone who has travelled by plane has touched their labels – but not many people know the manufacturer PrintAvia Aviation AG.

A sustainable succession solution

Entrepreneurs invest a lot of passion in their companies. Letting go can be difficult. Guillermo Baeza decided to do things differently.

Watches for those who like a challenge

Swiss company Norqain has conquered the international watch market by creating a new story. CEO Ben Küffer tells us more during a visit to the company’s headquarters in Nidau. He also talks about mammoth tasks, his dream as a father and Norqain’s partnership with Bank CIC.

Behind the scenes at Meubles Pesse

Some names have a resonance in the world of business owners in French-speaking Switzerland – these include the Pesse family, whose company of the same name has been helping every generation to select their interior décor since 1941. Francis Pesse, CEO of Meubles Pesse, talks about how the furniture company evolved from its foundation until its recent sale.