Startfeld and Switzerland Innovation Park Ost are merging with immediate effect. The respective boards approved the merger on June 15. With the merger, the Innovation Park achieves one of its main goals for 2022: the establishment of functioning structures on the Lerchenfeld campus.
The Board of Directors of Switzerland Innovation Park Ost AG (SIP Ost) appoints Dr. Hans Ebinger as CEO as of April 1, 2022. As CEO of SIP Ost, his task will be to build up the Innovation Park and develop it into a platform that sustainably strengthens innovation activity and power in Eastern Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein.
Representatives of the 21 founding shareholders launched Switzerland Innovation Park Ost AG in St.Gallen on September 2, 2021. This represents a further milestone for the generation project Innovation Park Ost.
The government has nominated Roland Ledergerber as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Innovationspark Ost AG. The public limited company is currently in the process of being founded. According to the shareholders' agreement, the Canton of St.Gallen, as the main shareholder, has the right to nominate the Chairman of the Board of Directors.
Now it is official: The Innovation Park Ost will be the sixth location provider to join the Switzerland Innovation network. At its meeting today, the Federal Council approved the corresponding proposal of the Switzerland Innovation Foundation Board.
More research investments, more jobs, more startups - an innovation park and Switzerland Innovation location carrier is to be created in eastern Switzerland. The Foundation Board of Switzerland Innovation is submitting a corresponding application to the Federal Council. This will open a new chapter in research and innovation for the region, its companies and educational institutions.
The St.Gallen government has discussed the application for the Innovation Park Ost and approved the dossier. The next step is to formally submit the application to the Switzerland Innovation Foundation, which is responsible for assessing the content. This represents another significant milestone for the project. The planned Innovation Park Ost builds on the strengths of Eastern Switzerland's economy and science.