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In course of their business succession and a structured sales process, the families Inäbnit and Haag sell 70% of the Haag-Streit Group (HSH), with its 900 employees and distributors in more than 150 countries, to the Metall Zug Group which is under control of the Buhofer family, thereby not only ensuring the continued existence of the Group's sites in Switzerland  but also of its approx. 300 jobs in the Berne region.

Extension of Swiss Value Added Tax (VAT) liability / Amendment of VAT rates

The Stock Exchange of Stuttgart (Börse Stuttgart) acquires the majority of shares in BX Swiss AG, the Bernese Stock Exchange.

 On occasion of the first Swiss Digital Day, Kellerhals Carrard initiated and organized an InnoChallenge (Foto).

EBM Trirhena AG, a Swiss power supply company, sold 4.7% of the Euronext listed Direct Energie SA via accelerated bookbuilding and received about CHF 90m of proceeds.

On 10 November 2017, Azelis Alpine Holding SA, belonging to the globally active Azelis group, acquired the shares in Georges Walther AG.