Swiss Manufacturing Survey and Award

The Swiss Manufacturing Survey 2026 starts on April, 8th! 

We are pleased to announce that the 10th Swiss Manufacturing Survey will launch on 8 April 2026 in collaboration with our research partner ETH Zurich.

Our annual Swiss Manufacturing Survey (SMS) aims at identifying the current situation of the Swiss manufacturing industry and at ascertaining long-term structural changes. We have been conducting the survey independently and objectively since 2017. Researching on the manufacturing industry in this way provides information not yet gathered by other studies, for example, on the competitive standing and innovativeness of the Swiss manufacturing industry.

This new transparency should support companies, organizations, research institutes and politics to identify as well as to analyze trends and to react appropriately.

All participants receive a customized final report comparing their performance with others and are automatically considered for the Swiss Manufacturing Award.

The reports of the previous years are available for download here.

Swiss Manufacturing Award

In 2019, we complemented the Swiss Manufacturing Survey with the Swiss Manufacturing Award. The award honors one company each year that has made an outstanding contribution to manufacturing in Switzerland during the previous year. The winner is announced and celebrated at the annual St.Gallen Production Management Conference.

The Swiss Manufacturing Survey forms the basis for selecting the award winner through a two‑step process.

• First, a quantitative pre‑selection takes place: we calculate each company’s contribution to Swiss manufacturing based on its self‑assessment in the survey. Financial, manufacturing, and market performance indicators, as well as responses regarding investments in manufacturing capacity and technology in Switzerland, form the core of this evaluation.
• Second, a qualitative final selection follows: based on interviews and case studies with the five top‑performing companies from the quantitative phase, an independent jury selects the winner of the Swiss Manufacturing Award. This step validates the survey self‑assessment and provides a deeper understanding of each company’s contribution to Swiss manufacturing.

The Swiss Manufacturing Award 2025 and 2026 is presented by Noventa Consulting.

Winner of the Swiss Manufacturing Award 2025: Burckhardt Compression AG