B2B Marketplace & Value Chains

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?

• Brodbeck

Science Circle - CES connects researchers

Do you want to meet circular economy researchers from all over Switzerland in one place? You've come to the right place: at the interface with practice, the CES Science Circle connects researchers with politics and business. With your inputs, relevant research questions and topics are further developed together.

• Circulus
• Circular Economy Switzerland

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.

• OceanSafe
• EPEA Switzerland
• Next Generations

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!

• Rent.Group

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!

• Regio Food Hub
• Kursaal Bern
• Foodways
• Swiss Food Research

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.

• Circunis
• Seedling Foundation

iceep - Turning take back into profit

Digitally supported material take-back is the gateway to the circular economy. Using textiles as an example, we show how the success factors of customer loyalty, closed material loops, and an economically stable long-term business model come together - and how new cooperatives emerge from this.

• iceep
• Revario

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.

• Pack Easy
• Björn Ischi
• Locarno Shop

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.

• Helvora
• Villars Institute
• Chi Impact Capital

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.

• ID Genève
• PANATERE
• Morphotonix

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.

• Circea
• La Nébuleuse
• Schenk

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.

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.

Home Of Beach – Sports and Circularity

The Home Of Beach (HOB) is the new national high-performance center for beach volleyball – featuring integrated use for business, health, gastronomy, and events. Both the construction method and the operating concept are consistently sustainable and circular.

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.

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.

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.