B2B Marketplace & Value Chains

Finland – Our guest country in 2026

This year marks the 100-year anniversary of the diplomatic relations between Finland and Switzerland. We are pleased to contribute to this partnership with The Circulator Forum, and honored to be an Official Side-Event of the world's leading platform WCEF World Circular Economy Forum, developed by SITRA since 10+ years.

Cross-Border Campus & Skills

LaserLab - Autonomous Repair Technology

What does the future of industrial asset lifecycle management look like? LaserLab specialises in Autonomous Repair Technology (ART) and connects the most advanced technologies to deliver it - the logical consequence of circular business. The know-how is rooted in BR TEC Bühler AG, founded in 1904.

Industrial Regional

Brodbeck - Innovative floor coverings, since 1897

In 1897, a 25-year-old from Basel arrived in Biel - today, the 4th generation already leads the sustainable and circular flooring company, with unique products and reference projects throughout Switzerland. At the Circulator Forum you can experience the products 1:1 - and do you already know what the newly launched Platform C is?

Industrial Regional

Microplastics - Fashion in the loop

We make the topic of microplastics tangibly accessible. With leading companies and organizations, we show how commercial products are realized in the textile sector using existing know-how, processes, materials, and partners. Completely circular, according to Cradle2Cradle principles, supported by state-of-the-art digital tools.

Lifestyle Industrial

Rent.Group - Transition of use as a business model

Rent.Group creates temporary atmospheres at events, trade fairs, and in offices that sustainably inspire. Learn from the #1 in Europe how the circular economy and the sharing economy have been implemented and continuously developed as core principles for 30 years - from logistics and business models to the flower-watering service!

Industrial Lifestyle

Genussbühne - Change at the roots

The Genussbühne makes visible what otherwise disappears behind event catering: origins, relationships, side streams, and the makers of the products. Together with the Kursaal Bern kitchen team and Regio Food Hub, we are creating "Radical Regional", "From Rest to Fest", and the PowerHour - prepare to be surprised!

Regional Lifestyle

Circunis - Keeping food in the loop

Many businesses have food surpluses. Many businesses could use them - but the two don't know each other (yet)! On the Circunis B2B marketplace they come together. At the Circulator Forum we try this out ourselves, as an element of the new "Genussbühne" concept.

Regional Industrial

iceep x Circlin - Take Back meets Storytelling

iceep is developing a digitally supported material take-back solution - the gateway to circular business. What happens when this innovation is connected with Circlin, who offer video instead of photo listings on the secondhand market? Get to know the personal stories behind every product!

Industrial Lifestyle

Loopi - Sharing & Reverse Logistics

How do product design, reverse logistics and the business model change when products remain the property of the company? What convinces customers to rent and share instead of buying? How does shopping work without money changing hands? Learn from the makers behind Loopi's sharing of baby strollers, all the way to Shareitt's community app.

Lifestyle Campus & Skills

Weekender Collection - Design meets film history

Used materials from the Locarno Film Festival are turned into an exclusive, limited merchandise collection - with the motto "Sustainable. Designed with Love. Made in Ticino". Experience for yourself how the vibrant atmosphere of the Piazza Grande becomes a daily inspiration and energy source for the circular economy.

Lifestyle Regional

CIRCL – Investment Readiness Masterclass

Get your circular startup or scale-up investor-ready and accelerate your path to funding with the Circular Investment Readiness Class for Leaders (CIRCL) – the hands-on, high-impact masterclass for ambitious founders and executives in the growth phase.

Finance Campus & Skills

Circular Watch – Conviction on the Wrist

Swiss-made pioneer spirit, careful craftsmanship, unwavering quality, and expertise in solar furnaces and nanostructures come together to create the world's first circular watch – from the heart of Geneva, for Switzerland and global partners who want to strengthen the circular economy together.

Lifestyle Cross-Border

Biogenic CO2 – Reimagined Resource

In beer fermentation, wine fermentation, and biogas plants, biogenic CO2 is released as a by-product. Circea's innovative solution captures, purifies, and feeds it back into valuable industrial applications – closing the carbon cycle.

Industrial Regional

Waste Bin – Procurement Sets Standards

The widely used public waste bin demonstrates how municipal procurement drives circular innovation and saves time, money, and resources – featuring modular attachments, metal parts repairable by local businesses, and design even compatible with UNESCO World Heritage sites.

Regional Industrial

Zirkulit Bank – How Concrete Communicates

The Zirkulit Bank is a modular furnishing system for public spaces – making circular concrete tangibly and fascinatingly experienced as a sustainable building material, individually colored with natural regional materials such as gneiss or marl.

Industrial Regional

Circular Lighting - Indoor & Outdoor

Are you procuring lighting right now or in the near future? Get to know circular lighting solutions: with Zumtobel for architecture, industry and education, with Elektron for public street lighting, with Enga for 3D printing using olive stones, or with ReClaire - the apprentice start-up of IWB in Basel.

Industrial Regional

Choco Packaging – Cradle-to-Cradle for Swiss Chocolate

Vögeli AG and the Serendipity agency have developed a sustainable cradle-to-cradle solution for chocolate packaging. Supported by the SPEI economic promotion, the prototype is already being successfully tested in practice by the Lausanne chocolatier Durig.

Industrial Lifestyle

Re:Collection Sofa – Circular Furniture Design

The "Re:Collection Sofa" combines sustainability and aesthetics in circular Swiss furniture design. Start-up Mymyio manufactures the furniture using up to 94% circular materials, while Christian Fischbacher contributes high-quality, durable upholstery fabrics.

Lifestyle Industrial

Tête de Moine – Tradition meets Upcycling

Fromages Spielhofer (Tête de Moine), Tide Ocean (ocean plastic upcycling), and Cemiplast (plastics processing) show how regional circular economy works. Together, they manufacture sustainable cheese accessories from recycled materials.

Regional Industrial

DPP Circle - Digital Product Passport

With the DPP Circle, CES connects the relevant players around the Digital Product Passport. How do companies benefit from the DPP? Which regulatory trends matter? What advantages does logistics create? Meet the people who make it happen, all in one place - from the standards bodies to the SME from the fashion industry putting it into practice.

Industrial Cross-Border

Berne - Promoting a circular economy

The Bern Economic Development Agency is the central point of contact for businesses and provides access to coaching and financial support. Together with its network partners, it supports businesses in their transition towards circularity and more sustainable systems.

Regional Campus & Skills