Meet Jörg Wagner – Founder Interview Series 3/6
“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”. The moon landing inspired generations including one 10-year-old boy, our focus of today, Jörg Wagner. Now a Professor at the University of Stuttgart, he is a co-founder of Swiss Ocean Tech and a renowned specialist for inertial navigation. He referred to the astronauts at […]
What To Do When Your Founder Knocks on Death’s Door
Short answer: You pull together as a team and keep the ship moving forward. The long answer is considerably more complicated but none-the-less powerful as an invaluable lesson. It is a lesson which is now an integral part of our story, and a part of the Swiss Ocean Tech DNA. For this reason, we have […]
Celebrating our Second Birthday as a Stock Company
First and foremost, today we turn officially two. I say officially because Swiss Ocean Tech has been in the hearts and minds of our team for many years and has been privately owned since 2013. Our co-founders volunteered their time and ideas long before we put our names on the dotted line to make it […]
Swiss Ocean Tech and EPS team up to bring safety to anchoring
Zürich, 15 February 2022 – Swiss start-up Swiss Ocean Tech has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Singapore based Eastern Pacific Shipping Pte. Ltd. (EPS) in a bid to further develop, promote and commercialize its AnchorGuardian patented technology. AnchorGuardian offers a new dimension of safety at sea by minimizing the risk of anchor dragging, providing […]
Meet Stephan Nigg – Founder Interview Series 2/6
“Creative order”, that is where he feels most at home. Stephan Nigg, our Senior Hardware Engineer and Co-Founder, thrives in an environment that for others would seem disorganized but for him, everything has its place. “I can see in my mind’s eye how all the various flying pieces must come together to make things work. […]
Meet Thomas Frizlen – Founder Interview Series 1/6
Thomas, you are the founder of Swiss Ocean Tech. Did you always want to have your own company? Big business has always fascinated me. When I finished my master’s degree from Sweden back in 1993, I started working for ABB in Switzerland. It was global, it was complex, it was quick-paced and I loved it. […]
Pantaenius Insurance Highlights AnchorGuardian in their Annual Customer Newsletter
This week Pantaenius Insurance, one of the leading yacht insurance providers in the world, will begin distributing their annual publication “Yachting News 2021/22“, including an in-depth article on AnchorGuardian (see pages 14-17). It is exciting when 12 months before the go-to-market date, your innovation is already highlighted on the front page of a newsletter […]
Celebrating Our First Anniversary
Our One Wish – Making Anchoring Safe Anchoring dates back millennia. Over thousands of years, sailors from all walks of life have been crisscrossing the oceans waters in search of their own holy grail. And although sailing has evolved monumentally over this period of time, the art of anchoring – and the dangers surrounding it […]
Swiss Ocean Tech Announces Appointment of First Board Advisor
Vicky Farrow to serve as board advisor as of January 2021, bringing expertise from the marine industry in marketing & sales, concept and development and communications activities. «Vicky comes with an enormous amount of know-how and experience from the marine industry. She is a business developer and a networker and will be a valuable voice moving […]
Swiss Ocean Tech Wins Silver Medal in Switzerland’s Leading Start-Up Competition
Young business leaders were recognised yesterday evening in the first virtual finals celebration ever done since the creation of the >>venture>> competition in 1997. Swiss Ocean Tech was proud to be one of the selected ventures. As a finalist in the Industrial & Engineering vertical, Swiss Ocean Tech Ltd. was placed second overall putting it […]