Switzerland Innovation Park Ticino
With the Switzerland Innovation Park Ticino, a strategic innovation and development centre is being created in the canton of Ticino. The park combines university research, technology companies and start-ups, promotes cutting-edge technologies and makes Ticino a key hub on the Zurich-Milan innovation axis.
Ticino has been part of the national Switzerland Innovation initiative since 2021. In November 2024, the park was officially recognised as the Zurich Park location. With the newly founded Switzerland Innovation Park Ticino SA, the canton, business and universities are joining forces to sustainably strengthen the region’s innovative power.
Synergies with Europe and the Greater Zurich Area
The strategic location makes the park a bridge between two European economic centres, Zurich and Milan. As a member of the Greater Zurich Area, Ticino is gaining international visibility and attracting investment and companies from innovative sectors. At the same time, there are close links with the MIND Milano innovation district, which was created on the Expo site in Milan.
Competence centres for future technologies
Three competence centres are currently being created in Park Ticino in areas with high potential: drone technologies, life sciences and applications in the leisure and healthcare sector. These centres promote research, development and knowledge exchange, creating an ecosystem that supports innovation from the idea to market maturity.
Future location New Officine District Bellinzona
The final headquarters of the park will open after 2032 in the New Officine District in Bellinzona. On 25,000 square metres, a platform for research and entrepreneurship will be created, embedded in a new urban quarter of 120,000 square metres with living space, companies, administration, culture and leisure. The site benefits from its location right next to Bellinzona railway station, as the northern gateway to Ticino after the Gotthard Base Tunnel.