Swiss Engineering Stv Uts Ats

What Swiss Engineering Stv Uts Ats does

Swiss Engineering STV (also operating under the name Swiss Engineering UTS ATS) is a Swiss professional association (Verein) founded in 1881 and headquartered in Zürich at Weinbergstrasse 41, with a secondary Secrétariat romand office in Lausanne. The association serves approximately 11,000 engineers and architects across Switzerland through 25+ regional sections and discipline-specific Fachgruppen, providing professional networking, career services, continuing education, mentoring, salary benchmarking, industry advocacy, and publications. Its core offerings include a member directory and member portal (my.swissengineering.ch), an online Stellenportal (job portal) distributed via targeted mailings, an interactive salary survey tool, the Schweizerische Technische Zeitschrift (STZ) technical journal published through its subsidiary Swiss Engineering Media AG, mentoring programs, continuing education courses (including leadership, entrepreneurship, and systems engineering), career counseling and CV-checking, and member benefits such as holiday apartments, legal and economic advisory, and a pension fund offering. The organization also hosts major annual event series including Engineers' Day, Tage der Technik, and the Swiss Bau trade fair.

The business model combines three revenue streams: annual recurring membership fees from individual engineers and architects; transactional fees from employers posting job advertisements on the Stellenportal and in print/online STZ packages, with pricing tiers of CHF 100 (members) to CHF 950 (non-members) for print-and-online bundles; and subscription and advertising revenue from publications via Swiss Engineering Media AG. The go-to-market is community-led, combining event-driven engagement, regional sections across all Swiss language regions, multi-channel digital presence (website, email newsletters, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram), and partnerships with academic and industry bodies including SATW (Swiss Academy of Technical Sciences) and Empa. As a non-profit Verein, surplus is reinvested into member services rather than distributed, and the association is governed by a delegate assembly and a Central Board (Zentralvorstand).

Name

Swiss Engineering Stv Uts Ats

Legal name

Swiss Engineering STV

Website

https://swissengineering.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

1881

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Swiss Engineering STV is a 144-year-old Swiss professional association serving approximately 11,000 engineers and architects through 25+ regional sections. It offers membership-based networking, a job portal, salary benchmarking, continuing education, mentoring, the STZ technical journal, and annual industry events.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Engineering Association Services

NAICS

Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413), Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services (5416)

SIC

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700), Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Systems Engineering & Technical Program Management (BPAHAIAI)

Keywords

• Professional engineering association
• Engineer membership network
• Engineering career services
• Technical journal publishing
• Continuing engineering education

Headquarters

HQ city

Zürich

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: Annual membership fees from engineers and architects across Switzerland. Members receive benefits including career services, salary tools, networking, and member discounts.
2. Job Posting Fees: Revenue from posting job advertisements. Online listings include one month on website plus twice in newsletter. Print & Online packages include STZ/RTS magazine publication.
3. Publications and Media: Revenue from the Swiss Engineering Media AG subsidiary, including the Schweizerische Technische Zeitschrift STZ polytechnic journal and other technical publications.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Swiss Engineering STV is a professional association (Verein) for engineers and architects in Switzerland, offering membership-based services including a member directory/network, online job portal, salary benchmarking tool, the Schweizerische Technische Zeitschrift (STZ) technical journal, mentoring programs, continuing education courses, career services, holiday apartment benefits, and legal/economic advisory services. The organization also hosts industry events and operates regional sections throughout Switzerland.

Product overview

Swiss Engineering STV is a professional association for engineers and architects in Switzerland, offering a portfolio of member services rather than a unified software product. The core offerings include a member directory/network, job portal, salary survey tool, professional publications (STZ journal), mentoring and continuing education programs, career services, and member benefits such as holiday apartments and legal advisory services. The organization also hosts professional events and publishes annual reports. This is not a technology product company but a membership-based professional society.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Schweizerische Technische Zeitschrift (STZ): The official technical journal/publication of Swiss Engineering STV covering engineering topics, research, and industry news.
• Goldene Turbine

Products and services

• Mitgliederverzeichnis (Member Directory)

Quantifiable outcome

• 11,000+ members served through targeted communications

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• SATW (Swiss Academy of Technical Sciences)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partner in technical sciences. Roland Büchi is noted as SATW member in 2026 news.
• Angestellte SchweizminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization representing employees in Switzerland.
• AI LightsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization focused on artificial intelligence lighting solutions.
• Die PlattformminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPlatform partner organization in Switzerland.
• Empa (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner providing research collaboration and professional development opportunities.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• FEANI (European Federation of National Engineering Associations): European umbrella federation of national engineering associations, of which Swiss Engineering STV is a member. Comparable as a higher-order aggregator of European engineering credentialing (EUR ING) and policy advocacy among member countries.
• Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET): UK-based multidisciplinary engineering institution offering membership, qualifications (IEng, CEng), publications, and events. Closely mirrors Swiss Engineering's cross-disciplinary professional association model with EUR ING-equivalent credentialing.
• IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers): Global professional association for engineering and technology with publications, conferences, standards, and member services. Much larger and broader than Swiss Engineering STV but operates on the same professional-association model with membership fees, publications, and credentialing.
• Engineers Australia: Australia's national engineering body providing membership, Chartered status credentialing, publications, and policy advocacy. Comparable professional-association operating model serving engineers across all disciplines within a single national market.
• ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers): US professional association for mechanical engineers with membership, publications, conferences, and standards development. Although specialized to mechanical engineering, the operational model of membership-driven publications, events, and credentialing is highly analogous.

Regional players

• Ordre des Ingénieurs et des Scientifiques du Québec (OIQ-adjacent national orders): National/provincial orders of engineers in French-speaking jurisdictions (e.g., OIQ, Ordre des Ingénieurs in France) that grant chartered engineer status. Functionally analogous credentialing and regulatory bodies serving individual engineers within a specific regional regulatory perimeter.

Others

• Swissmem (Swiss Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Industries Association): Swiss industry association representing mechanical and electrical engineering employers rather than individual engineers. Thematically related as a Swiss engineering ecosystem partner but serves corporate members unlike Swiss Engineering's individual-membership model.

Direct peers

• VDI (Verein Deutscher Ingenieure): Germany's leading professional association for engineers and technical professionals with a similar membership, networking, publication (VDI nachrichten), and continuing education model. Directly comparable as a national professional engineering association in a DACH country.
• Schweizerischer Ingenieur- und Architektenverein (SIA): Switzerland's primary professional association for architects and engineers focused on norms, standards, and continuing education. Overlaps directly with Swiss Engineering STV on Swiss engineering/architecture membership and serves a closely related member base in the same geography.

Emerging players

• SATW (Swiss Academy of Technical Sciences): Swiss Academy of Technical Sciences is a strategic partner of Swiss Engineering STV and focuses on technical sciences, policy, and connecting engineers and scientists in Switzerland. Partial overlap in serving the Swiss technical community with complementary rather than competing offerings.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/swissengineering

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

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Investors

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Investments

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