Swiss Food Research is the leading network in Switzerland that connects cutting-edge scientific and innovation projects to the largest agricultural supply chains in the country. An Official Partner of the Federal Government of Switzerland (Swiss Innovation Agency), Swiss Food Research has dedicated Innovation Groups in the areas ready for adoption of Ambrosus technology, such as Seafood, Agricultural Commodities and Perishable Products Packaging. Swiss Food Research collaborates with the largest Swiss food industrial players, such as Buhler Holding AG, Infre SA and Hoegger AG, in addition to the leading Swiss research institutes, such as the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich), whose Head of the Distributed Computing Lab, Prof Roger Wattenhofer, serves as the Solutions Architect for Ambrosus. Swiss Food Research gives access to the largest Swiss agri-food network.

Ambrosus formally became part of the Swiss Food Research by announcing it at the 1st Agro Food Innovation Forum that took place on 6 June at in Luzern, Switzerland, where Ambrosus Project Manager Dr Davide Merulla was a keynote speaker. Dr Peter Braun, the CEO of Swiss Food Research welcomed Ambrosus and noted that he is looking forward to working with Ambrosus. Ambrosus CEO Angel Versetti notes that “Working together with the Swiss Food Research further strengthens the political and business networks of Ambrosus in Switzerland and opens doors to public-private collaboration, which will be essential for validation and adoption of Ambrosus technologies in the food sector of Switzerland”.

Ambrosus Project Manager Dr Davide Merulla with Swiss Food Research CEO Dr Peter Braun (Left Image); Dr Davide Merulla presenting Ambrosus at Luzern Messe (Righ Image)

Ambrosus intends to engage within the innovation groups of Swiss Food Research, including participation in the relevant scientific and industrial projects that involve the public sector of Switzerland. As Ambrosus prepares the summer roll-out of AMB-NET, the first of its kind blockchain that can interface with IoT devices, it also kickstarts collaboration with the Swiss entities that are responsible for certifications and standards of products, in order to make Ambrosus a suitable platform to conform to quality control and compliance within the supply chains. Our upcoming products will include a blockchain integration for GS1 standards, developed by a global organisation, whose bar-codes are scanned over 6 billion times per day.