New dream team in Swiss kitchens.
Everyone’s talking about self-driving cars. But hardly anybody’s heard of a self-cooking oven. V-ZUG and Kuhn Rikon intend to change this. The recipe: networking pan and hob. The magic word: GuidedCooking. Continue reading
Shifting the focus from the appliance to the customer
Digital products are adaptable and enhance customer satisfaction. Head of IoT Consumer Solutions Dominik Franke explains what the prerequisites are: innovative ideas, the cloud and integration in existing digital ecosystems. Continue reading
DualDry – a world first designed in Zug
Karin Meister is a Product Manager responsible for Textile Care at V-ZUG, so practically her entire week revolves around washing. She tells us more about the innovative DualDry which makes drying washing brilliantly simple. Continue reading
A revolutionary innovation: DualDry
His job calls for an excellent understanding of thermodynamics, construction and electrical engineering. For the past three years, Matthias Etterlin, a development engineer, has been responsible for base assembly for tumble dryers. However, he and V-ZUG go back much further, because he completed his apprenticeship as a designer in his present team and worked there for a further year after finishing his training. The ambitious designer then studied mechanical engineering at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts. Continue reading
Expert discussion – The challenges of product development
Beat Erni, Head Engineering Product Segment Kitchen, and Rolf Odermatt, Design Group Leader, discuss what challenges they face when developing new products and what this means for the future. Continue reading
“Here in Switzerland, we are in the European Silicon Valley”
V-ZUG is constantly introducing world firsts with the “Made in Switzerland” stamp. Who is behind it, and how do you conceive a path from idea to sophisticated world-first product? We met up with Stephan Keller, Director Development Division, for a chat. Continue reading
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