"swiss made software" sponsors bike team

Great news! The Swiss software label "swiss made software" will be the head sponsor of Swissteam RAAM (Race across America) 2008. We will be present with the Swissteam and Athlosoft at the IT exhibition Orbit-iEx (location 6 / D29) between May 20 and May 23 in Zurich. At the Race across America the athletes and the team will wear the logo with the "+" for added value of swiss software on helmets and caps. "It's a perfect match. After all, software begins in the head", says Luc Haldimann, the initiator of the "swiss made software" label. The RAAM athletes represent the values and the excellent accomplishments of Switzerland. And Switzerland offers a high quality of life which as such is evident in the work-life balance of the Swissteam. "The members of the Swissteam are hobby sportsmen: They have a career and do sports on a very professional level", so Haldimann.

Swissteam embodies traditional Swiss values such as courage, innovation and also quality, reliability and precision. The same values, for which Swiss software products are globally renowned. According to Luc Haldimann, more and more international software companies like Google, IBM or Microsoft benefit from the advantages of the location and establish development centers in Switzerland. Furthermore, numerous Swiss software developers label their products with "swiss made software". The conditions are, that the Swiss portion of the production cost must be at least 50% and that the most important part of the manufacturing process must have taken place in Switzerland.

Swissteam sees the new partner as support and as compliment. "Our image was always based upon 'Swissness' and we are pleased that we are successful with it", says the Swissteam founder Johannes Kornacher.