Manufacturing in Zürich / Aargau: OEE benchmarks, plants and incentives (2026)

Regional figures for Zürich / Aargau, the OEE ranges that apply to its dominant sectors, the plants that set the local benchmark, and the Switzerland incentives a monitoring project can use.

Manufacturing employment in Zürich / Aargau

143

thousand persons · employment in the production sector (Sekundärsektor = industry + construction), canton Zürich

2024 · zh.ch

Leading sectors and the OEE ranges that apply

Sector	Typical OEE	World-class target	Dominant loss	A × P × Q
machinery & plant engineering Metal fabrication / machine shop	45–65%	78%	Setup & idling	85% × 88% × 96%
electrical equipment / power tech (ABB) Electronics & semiconductors	75–90%	88%	Reduced speed & defects	93% × 96% × 99%
electronics & optics Electronics & semiconductors	75–90%	88%	Reduced speed & defects	93% × 96% × 99%
textile machinery (Rieter) Textile / apparel	40–60%	73%	Reduced speed & quality	82% × 86% × 95%

Plants that set the local benchmark

Company	Site	Sector	Source
ABB	Zürich (HQ) / Baden – origin site of BBC (motors, generators, turbines, transformers) ABB Switzerland site page not fetchable; Wikipedia fallback	electrical equipment & automation	en.wikipedia.org
Rieter	Winterthur – HQ and R&D (Klosterstrasse 20)	textile machinery	rieter.com

Downtime cost calculator: Switzerland defaults

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Funding and incentives for monitoring projects (status October 2026)

Programmes a production-monitoring or OEE project can use. Status was checked on the operator's page in October 2026; anything we could not confirm is marked unverified.

Programme	Operator	What it funds	Status	Source
Innosuisse – Innovation projects with implementation partner	Innosuisse (Swiss Innovation Agency)	Funds the research-partner share of company/university innovation projects to develop new products, services or processes	open open	innosuisse.admin.ch
Innosuisse – Innovation cheque	Innosuisse	Voucher for SMEs to run a preliminary study with a Swiss research partner	open open (listed)	innosuisse.admin.ch
Innosuisse – Flagship Initiative / Swiss Accelerator / BRIDGE	Innosuisse (BRIDGE jointly with SNSF)	Systemic multi-partner innovation (Flagship); growth projects for established SMEs (Swiss Accelerator, transitional); research-to-market (BRIDGE)	open open (listed; call dates via 'Overview of calls')	innosuisse.admin.ch

Trade shows and events 2026–2027

Event	City	Dates	Source
SINDEX 2027 (Swiss industrial automation fair)	Bern	31 August – 2 September 2027	sindex.ch
EPHJ 2027 (watchmaking, microtechnology, medtech suppliers)	Geneva (Palexpo)	8–11 June 2027	ephj.ch

Industrial hubs · Switzerland

Basel (Basel-Stadt / Basel-Landschaft)pharma & chemicals, life sciences, process instrumentation Arc jurassien (Neuchâtel – Jura – Bern)watchmaking, microtechnology / precision machining, medtech

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Sources and method

Figures are quoted as published, with the year and unit of each source; we do not convert currencies or estimate missing values. OEE ranges follow the oee-benchmark.org editorial process. Published by TEEPTRAK SAS, which sells production-monitoring and OEE software.

Data checked October 2026