Maxmakers Ltd (Switzerland) was chosen by the management of the Fund after the consideration of bids that were accepted from candidate companies. Read

Maxmakers' Tariq Hussain provides an outlook on Korea's economy for the coming year, including the importance of attracting foreign direct investment and application of innovative real estate concepts in Korea (Korean language). Read

Maxmakers' Nick Beglinger gives a presentation and participates in a panel on 28 October 2009 at the "Architekturforum / Energiesalon" regarding Masdar City and plans for a cleantech innovation park in Dübendorf. (German language). Read

Maxmakers' Tariq Hussain presenting the findings of a joint simulation study for a sustainable office tower in Korea at a Korea-EU conference. The study underlines that sustainability pays off, even using conservative assumptions. Click for the Presentation

"Switzerland will be among the first tenants to move into Masdar, Abu Dhabi. It is the only country so far to be given its own neighborhood in the eco-city. The Swiss cleantech industry hopes the move will enable it to pick up orders not only in Masdar itself and Abu Dhabi but throughout the Gulf region. Abu Dhabi intends to make Masdar a global center for renewable energy. Credit Suisse is playing an important role in the construction of Masdar and the 'Swiss Village'". Read

The sustainability-focused portal "nachhaltigkeit.org" interviewed Nick Beglinger about Masdar and Swiss Village, including challenges and opportunities for Swiss cleantech businesses in the present environment (German language). Read

An article in "Intelligent Bauen" about Masdar. (German language). Read

An article in Construction Week about the cooperation between Association Swiss Village and Masdar, confirming the design and construction for a dedicated Swiss zone within the Masdar eco city. Read

The leading Swiss daily Tagesanzeiger reports about the MOU signed between the Association Swiss Village Abu Dhabi and Masdar, and the role of OSEC in supporting the Swiss Village project (German language). Read

Nick Beglinger was interviewed by Swiss National Radio DRS4 about Masdar in Abu Dhabi, and the Swiss Village project part of Masdar (German language). Link here

Tariq Hussain participated in a panel discussion as part of the "2009 Investment Forum" in Seoul, jointly organized by three central government Ministries and the EU Chamber of Commerce in Korea. Full program

Nick Beglinger was interviewed by Cash TV, a leading Swiss national business news broadcaster, about Masdar and Swiss Village, being established in Abu Dhabi (German language). Click here for a link to the video (search for video on 14 June 2009, "Schweizer Qualität in der Wüste") Images from the Interview

In this newspaper article, Maxmakers' Tariq Hussain points out some of the challenges encountered on Korea's way towards sustainable real estate projects (Korean language).  Read

Press release by Swiss government on visit by Federal Councilor Pascal Couchepin in the UAE, including high level talks on the Swiss Village project, which is managed by Maxmakers (German language).  Read

Maxmakers is part of a group providing development advisory for the "Xiliangtan Wetland Development" in Kunming, China. This major project is also linked to the Zurich-Kunming city partnership and has been covered extensively in the local media. Pictures of the official initiation event

Maxmakers' Tariq Hussain gave a presentation on Korea's green growth strategy. Under the title "From Green Growth Strategy to Green Buildings/Cities", Mr. Hussain showcased various global case studies and explained the potential opportunity for Korea in focusing on green building/city development as a future growth engine. Click here for the presentation (Korean language) Presentation

Maxmakers presented the Vietnam mountain resort project at the MIPIM speed matching competition. Selection was based on a number of technical, environmental and feasibility criteria. Every year, 15 projects are selected out of a large number of applicants. Maxmakers has overall concept development, planning and financing mandate for the project. About the Competition About the Project

Martin Hahn of Maxmakers presented at the annual meeting of the Alliance for Global Sustainability (AGS) on 29 January at ETH Zurich. The presentation and panel participation was about the Masdar City project in Abu Dhabi, for which Maxmakers has been Strategic & Financial Advisor. Program

Images from World Future Energy Summit 2009 Abu Dhabi in which Maxmakers participated - for itself and on behalf of the Association Swiss Village Abu Dhabi, which is project managed by Maxmakers. See the following attachment for some highlights. Images

Article about the bilateral pact between Switzerland and the UAE, signed between Swiss minister Moritz Leuenberger and the government of Abu Dhabi, and on the Swiss Village project which is managed by Maxmakers. Read