A strong network to build the future

Our network

Reducing CO2 emissions is the greatest challenge of our time. We pursue a collaborative approach with leading global industrial partners and top-tier research labs to implement our technology on a global scale. End customers show great commitment for our products.

Industrial partners

2021

In 2021, we partnered up with SMS group, a global leading partner for the metals industry and expert in the design, construction, and operation of industrial plants.

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2021

To further accelerate the path to market maturity, we partnered up with Wood, a global leader in consulting and engineering across energy and the built environment.

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2020

In 2020, we partnered up with Cemex, one of the largest building materials companies in the world, to reduce CO2 emissions in the cement manufacturing process.

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2018

Since 2018, we collaborate with Helbling, a leader in technology innovation and business consulting.

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2017

In 2017, we signed a cooperation agreement with the energy company Eni S.p.A. to industrialize our fuel technology.

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End customers

Pilatus Aircraft

To accelerate the scaling of solar fuels, Swiss aircraft manufacturer Pilatus and Synhelion have become strategic partners in 2024. Pilatus is also a shareholder in Synhelion, and has signed a five-year offtake agreement, committing to purchase 200 tons of solar fuel per year from 2027.

Lufthansa Group

Lufthansa Group and its subsidiary SWISS have been partners of Synhelion since 2020, and shareholders of Synhelion since 2022. Our collaboration is based on our joint vision to defossilize aviation thanks to solar fuels. SWISS will be Synhelion’s first airline SAF customer.

Lake Lucerne Navigation Company

Lake Lucerne Navigation Company (SGV) AG, a leading Swiss transportation company, has signed a five-year fuel offtake agreement with Synhelion. SGV will purchase nearly 100 tons of solar fuel annually to power its historic steamboats.

Zurich Airport

In April 2020, we signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Zurich Airport. Zurich Airport intends to buy at cost price the solar fuel produced in our first demo plant. The fuels will be used in their own vehicles and machines to decarbonize the airport infrastructure operations.

AMAG Group

Switzerland’s largest automobile importer AMAG Group is a partner and investor of Synhelion. With its commitment, AMAG recognizes that solar fuels will play an important part in decarbonizing transportation, especially for existing vehicles and in the long-distance segment.

Labels

The prestigious ETH spin-off label acknowledges our roots at ETH Zurich, where members of our team conducted extensive research and patented the solar fuel technology. Synhelion holds exclusive licenses from ETH Zurich to bring this technology to market.

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Our solar fuel technology has been awarded the Solar Impulse Efficient Solution Label by Bertrand Piccard. The Label is attributed following a strict selection process performed by external independent experts ensuring high standards of sustainability and profitability.

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Synhelion has been selected as Top Innovator by UpLink, the open innovation platform of the World Economic Forum (WEF). WEF’s UpLink launched the Sustainable Aviation Challenge to identify the most promising companies that support the decarbonization of the aviation sector.

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Academic partners

Further partners