Ohne Strom läuft nichts

It powers machines, keeps servers running and brings light into the darkness: electricity. At the Industry Night, a number of companies from the electrical engineering and energy supply sectors will be opening their doors to show you exactly where you come into contact with their products and services in your everyday life.

Rauscher & Stoecklin takes us on a tour of its production facility in Sissach. This is where the transformers – each weighing several tonnes – are manufactured, through which electricity flows to every second power socket in Switzerland. These imposing power distributors are central to our electricity supply and are particularly impressive when seen up close.

You can find out how energy is generated in the first place and how it reaches your home at EBL in Liestal. The EBL co-operative supplies the region with electricity and heating and is actively committed to the energy transition. At the Industry Night, you’ll learn more about Switzerland’s energy sources, fly over a solar farm using VR glasses, or try your hand at electricity trading in a simulation game.

At Etavis Kriegel+Co. on Lausenerstrasse, you’ll see how electricity ultimately flows reliably into your home. As always, the programme organised by this electrical and building services engineering firm is fun and interactive: you’ll build your own light switch, experience energy generation on the ‘electric bike’ and learn how you can manage your own energy needs in future.

You can discover just what’s possible with electricity at Lichterloh in Sissach. This young company designs, manufactures and installs lighting systems for all kinds of spaces. At the Industry Night, you can step inside their lighting workshop, create a work of light art and experience how different lights, light colours and anti-glare features transform the atmosphere and feel of a room.

Renata’s microbatteries – known as button cells, which we occasionally come across at supermarket checkouts – are highly efficient energy storage solutions. At its headquarters in Itingen, Renata produces around one million of these tiny energy packs every day – without which our watches and many machines in hospitals would not work. At the Industry Night, you’ll see how they’re made and can ask the experts all your questions. The Eingliederungsstätte Baselland (ESB), a long-standing partner of Renata, will also be presenting itself at the same venue.

At Thingware in Lausen, you’ll discover how everyday objects can be connected to the internet to save resources and use energy intelligently. Through fun, hands-on activities, you’ll learn about the so-called Internet of Things and its potential. Meanwhile, at the Lachmatt site in Pratteln, Colobâle offers exclusive guided tours of its modern data centre, featuring redundant infrastructure and high-availability server rooms. Right next door, the Computer Museum and its accompanying retro games lounge take you on a journey from the modern age back to the past.