ti&m has chosen Basel as the location for its new branch. According to a press release, the company hopes to “even more closely serve” its existing clients located in north-western Switzerland with banks, insurance, health insurance funds, and retail as well as asset management companies, hospitals, and energy companies. Furthermore, ti&m plans to gain additional new customers from the life science and medtech industries from its new location. Settlement has been supported by Basel Area Business & Innovation.

Head Basel at ti&m Gabriel Salm commented: “Basel is a strong financial and economic location of national importance with many innovative companies from various industries, organizations, and public institutes.” He adds that “a new, interesting job market is emerging: at the center of the north-west of Switzerland, Basel has a large catchment area and is also attractive to workers from Alsace and southern Germany.”

50 to 70 employees in three years

The company relies on young, highly qualified IT specialists from the University of Basel and the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland as well as the Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University in Lörrach and the École nationale supérieure d’ingénieurs Sud-Alsace in Mülhausen. “Our aim is to reach 50 to 70 employees in three years’ time.”