
CSEM splits its systems business in two
Swiss research group CSEM has restructured, splitting its systems unit into separate businesses for medtech and instrumentation.
The move aims to address the increasing demand for precision instruments and the booming digital health market says CSEM.
The Systems unit has grown and expanded significantly over the past 15 years, led by Jens Krauss. He is now VP Business Unit Leader for Medtech at the Insel-Campus in Bern, Switzerland..
The Medtech taps into CSEM’s expertise in medical devices, sensors, digitalization, and regulatory affairs can help the industry innovate and adapt its R&D processes, which are often high-risk and high-cost. It provides a wide range of services and solutions, such as wearable devices, biosensors, data analytics, artificial intelligence, and cloud computing, to help its clients develop innovative products and services that can improve the health and well-being of people.
Examples of products already supported by CSEM’s technologies include the Tissot T-Touch Connect Sport, a wellness product for fitness enthusiasts, Actigraph Leap, a monitoring device for medical settings, and the Aktiia bracelet, a medical device to measure blood pressure continuously and without cuff.
“This change enables us to adapt our resources and strategies to each sector more effectively. As such, our partners will benefit from our improved operations, which are more streamlined, productive, and flexible,” he said. “Additionally, they will benefit from more value-added services and solutions, plus better and more focused communication with CSEM’s experts.”
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The other new business covers instrumentation for space exploration and observation as well as terrestrial and industrial applications. CSEM has expertise in precision and watch mechanisms, atomic clocks, lasers, lidars, photonic integrated circuits, control, metrology and system engineering.
Steve Lecomte, the new VP Business Unit Leader for Instrumentation, has been at CSEM for over 15 years, and has contributed to many groundbreaking projects, involving both remote‑ and direct-sensing instruments.
“Scientific instruments are not just tools, they are windows to the wonders of the Universe and our life. They reveal the secrets of planetary geology, atmosphere, and environmental conditions. They also serve the needs of humanity on Earth, for various applications, such as mapping, weather forecasting, localization, and environmental monitoring,” he said.
Most recently, CSEM developed a state-of-the-art laser frequency comb that is calibrating the NIRPS spectrograph at the European Southern Observatory’s La Silla observatory in Chile. The NIPRS spectrograph searches for Earth-like planets around nearby stars to help us ultimately understand if life is present elsewhere in the Universe.
