Neuchâtel: Strategy and AI for Precision Industry
We work in Neuchâtel with watchmaking, microtechnology and precision industry companies. We build their strategy, deploy it, and steer the results alongside them.
The local economy
Neuchâtel sits within the Jura Arc, one of the areas where watchmaking and micromechanical know-how is most concentrated. The canton brings together manufacturers, brands and a dense network of subcontractors: components, bar turning, surface treatment, assembly and measuring instruments. Microtechnology, sensors and medical technology complete the picture, supported by the proximity of applied research and training institutions.
The issues we meet most often are concrete: protecting margins through uneven demand cycles, managing complex supply chains, steering capacity and inventory, passing on rare skills, and handling succession in family-owned businesses. AI has precise uses here, such as planning, quality control, maintenance or the analysis of production data. Everywhere else, common sense and organization make the difference, and we tell clients plainly when that is the case.
The regulatory context
Companies in Neuchâtel operate under the federal revised Data Protection Act, in force since September 2023, and public bodies also fall under cantonal rules. Watchmaking is further shaped by Swiss made requirements, notably the share of manufacturing costs incurred in Switzerland, which affects sourcing and automation choices. For those selling into the European Union, European AI rules may also apply. We build these constraints into the roadmap from the start, so they are not discovered at the point of deployment.
How we work here
We work on site in Neuchâtel and across the Jura Arc at the pace the mission requires, and remotely for the phases that suit it. Missions run in French, and in English or German when the client's teams need it. For each mission we compose a senior team: a dedicated contact, our core team (strategy, finance, operations, data, AI) and sector experts from our network, selected by expertise profile. We begin with a diagnostic and a costed roadmap, then deploy it with your teams and steer the results. We sell no software and work with the tools you already use.