Partners

Who are our partners:

 

The duties of the Swiss Federal Office of Energy encompass energy matters on the domestic and international levels: preparation of legislation and implementation of energy policy, particularly in the fields of efficient energy use, renewable energy, energy technologies and systems, nuclear installations and materials, radiation protection (licensing procedures, supervision), pipelines (operating licences, planning permission), electricity, energy statistics and perspectives, the SwissEnergy action programme, and international agreements and co-operation.
SwissEnergy is the Swiss federal government programme tailored to the achievement of its energy and climate policy objectives. These involve the transition to sustainable forms of energy use and the efficient use of energy, and include support for the introduction of renewable energy. Collaboration with the cantons, many of the local authorities, the energy industry, and environmental and consumer groups forms an integral part of the programme. SwissEnergy is the follow-up to the Energy 2000 Programme, which likewise had a duration of 10 years, and will last until the end of 2010.

 

Since 1990, ESORO has been a successful development contractor and offers innovations, engineering, prototyping and series-production preparation as an all-in service on a one-stop shopping basis. ESORO operates only in the civilian sector.
ESORO's core competences focus on the sectors of fibre-reinforced plastic, concept vehicles, product development and system integration. Thanks to the broadly diversified experience from a range of technology sectors, ESORO avails of an extensive and well-founded know-how. This makes it possible for us to efficiently familiarise ourselves with and solve interdisciplinary problems in an innovative way.
The ESORO AG company is independent. It is owned by management and staff.

 

The Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) is a multi-disciplinary research centre for natural sciences and technology. PSI collaborates with national and international universities, other research institutions and industry in the areas of solid-state research and materials sciences, particle physics and astrophysics, life sciences, energy research and environmental research.
PSI employs 1200 members of staff, making it the largest of the national research institutions - and the only one of its kind within Switzerland. It develops, builds and operates complex large-scale research facilities that impose particularly high requirements in terms of knowledge, experience and professionalism. PSI is one of the world's leading user laboratories for the national and international scientific community.

 

RUAG Aerospace (RA) headquartered in Emmen, Switzerland, is a leading supplier and integrator of systems and components for aerospace applications. It is active in aircraft component manufacturing and assembly as well as in the maintenance and outfitting of aircrafts and helicopters.
The Center Aerodynamics is an R&D department of the Technology Division of RA. It operates several test facilities and performs research and development work in aerodynamics, flight mechanics, instrumentation and other related fields. Its services and wind tunnel testing capabilities are relied upon by many of the major European aerospace and automotive companies.

 

Tribecraft provides services in the fields of concept development, design and engineering. We work with a wide range of tools in methodology, visualization, high - end modelling, finite elements analysis and prototyping, where we focus on the early stages of product development.

 

• Located in North-Western Europe
• One of the top universities in France for work placement training, vocational training and continuing education
• 13 000 students
• 150 courses: science and technology, management, literature-language-arts-social sciences, law-economics-business, sport, public administration and engineering
• Research centred around ground transport, information technology and industrial engineering
• Research and development offshoot available for business use equipped with high-tech facilities

 

The following companies or institutions have also contributed to the PAC-Car II project:

Atelier Inter-Etablissements de Productique de Valenciennes

SNFA

Maxon Motor