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Swiss business: Logitech has new head, Swiss profits slip on oil

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:54:35 +0000

GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Logitech Thursday 15 March named Bracken Darrell, 49, as future chief executive officer, to replace Guerrino De Luca in 2013. Darrell, who is currently with Whirlpool, previously headed the Braun line for P&G. He joins Logitech, the world’s largest producer of computer peripherals, in April 2012, where he will initially oversee several [...]

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Strong franc dominates company results: Swatch, Credit Suisse, Logitech

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 08:35:11 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Swiss company news continues to be haunted by the record strong Swiss franc. Swatch says its sales remain strong despite the franc, but the currency impact is clear, with sales up 27.4 percent at constant rates, over 2010 half-year sales, or 13.3 percent at current rates. Credit Suisse confirmed rumours of job [...]

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Logitech goes for tablets

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 17:07:38 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Tablets are “additive”, mouse not about to disappear Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Logitech, based in Romanel-sur-Morges, will have a “tablet focus” to its “product launches in 2012, and 25 percent of its new retail products will be tablet friendly,” reports the Dow Jones Newswire of the company that made its name with computer peripherals, notably [...]

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Logitech’s new solar keyboard: peripherals’ sunny spot

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 15:11:42 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Logitech will have a solar-powered keyboard for Windows systems ready for the Swiss market at CHF99, the US and the rest of Europe in January 2011 with a suggested European retail price of €79.99. The company based near Morges and in California officially announced the product Monday 1 November, with Denis [...]

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Logitech founder creates innovation centre at EPFL

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 11:26:58 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The close relationship looks set to continue between EPFL, the Swiss federal polytechnic institute in Lausanne, and Daniel Borel, a graduate of the school and founder of Logitech. Borel Thursday 30 September helped inaugurate a new Innovation Center on the EPFL campus. The company he founded, Logitech, is the first firm [...]

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Logitech boosted by strong quarter, market less impressed

Laila Rodriguez — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:39:27 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Morges, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Swiss giant Logitech International has raised its sales outlook and profit thanks to cost-cutting measures, new products and increased consumer demand. The net profit for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2010, which ended 31 March, is $24 million, instead of the $19 million originally forecast. Sales were also up 29 [...]

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Lausanne’s Innovation House underway: Logitech firstcomer

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:52:53 +0000

GenevaLunch.com innovation houseLausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - The groundbreaking ceremony was held Thursday 25 June for Innovation House, a group of five new buildings at EPFL, the Lausanne federal polytechnic institute. It is the latest in a series of major building projects at EPFL designed to turn the school into a full university campus, joining the Rolex [...]

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Logitech’s winning streak ends: net loss for quarter

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:21:14 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Romanel-sur-Morges, Switzerland (TSR, Fre) – Computer peripherals manufacturer Logitech, long proud of double-digit quarterly increases in profits, posted one of its worst results in years Thursday 23 April, showing a fourth quarter fiscal year 2009 loss of $35 million. A year earlier the company’s net income was $60.3. The company’s fiscal year ends 31 March. [...]

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Logitech profits take tumble

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 08:42:32 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Romanel-sur-Morges, Vaud, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Logitech shares fell 10% Tuesday morning after announcing a nearly 70% slide in profits. Net income is listed as $40.5 million. The 27-year-old Swiss and US company has long been one of the most resilient around, with double-digit increases in profits every quarter for several years. Weak sales are blamed: [...]

Lake Geneva region news shorts for 6 January

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:30:38 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Our slowdown news week at GL means you get a little list of short-short news items with sources today: Logitech, based in California and Romanel-sur-Morges, Vaud, announced Tuesday that it will be cutting its workforce by 1,500 and it is revising its 2009 projections in the face of a sharp downturn in the retail market: [...]

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