Memberships
3SA (the Swiss Self-Storage Association) was set up by specialist self-storage companies in Switzerland in order to represent its members in dealings with consumers, the authorities and all other stakeholders. Membership is subject to strict criteria. Each member is obliged to comply with a quality standard for the provision of services and with a code of ethics for their dealings with customers.
The Swiss Road Transport Association (ASTAG) works on behalf of its members in various areas. It aims to create the best possible environment and economic benefits for its member companies.
The AZU, which represents employers in the Zürcher Unterland region, sets out to safeguard the tangible and intangible interests of its members in the area through its joint efforts.
Good relationships are essential in today’s fast-moving economic world. BNI (Business Network International) is a professional platform for exchanging business recommendations. It helps its members to grow their company through a structured, positively minded and professional referral marketing scheme.
The FCZ-Business Club, which is affiliated with the football club FC Zürich, combines the joyful with the useful. It fosters a spirit of friendship and conviviality among its members, encourages dialogue on business matters and provides financial and non-financial support to FC Zürich.
The Federation of European Movers Associations is the European umbrella organisation for the removals industry and represents the sector’s national associations from EU member states and some other countries.
Flughafenregion Zürich - where the world is at home. The Flughafenregion Zürich association is Switzerland’s biggest business network for decision-makers from the private and public sectors and the world of politics. The association ensures free and easy dialogue on a personal level and, in its role promoting the region as a place to do business, works to keep it Switzerland’s number one over the long term.
If you want to know what a constantly changing region needs, you need a good network. The trade association Gewerbeverein Fällanden helps to bring business owners from the region together and promote a lively exchange that benefits all sides. Its mission – to recognise the spirit of the times but also to actively help shape it – has lost neither its importance nor its relevance since the association was set up in 1944.
The trade association Gewerbeverein Hombrechtikon aims to bring together local tradespeople, retailers and service providers in order to help and support SMEs in commercial, economic and trade policy matters.
The trade association Gewerbeverein Rümlang provides a common platform for local crafts- and tradespeople where they can collectively safeguard and promote the interests of their profession, particularly vocational training and apprenticeships.
The trade association Gewerbeverein Volketswil supports local and regional tradespeople and aims to provide a space for encouraging active dialogue among the town’s tradespeople.
The homeowners’ association Hauseigentümerverband Zürich provides commercial real estate services and is one of the leading real estate service companies in the region. It represents its members’ interests in public and at the legislative level. The association is supportive of all efforts designed to keep private property private and maintain the broad spread of home, land and commonhold ownership.
The craftspeople’s and trade association Handwerker- und Gewerbeverein Wädenswil aims to bring together local tradespeople, so that they can defend and promote their economic and political interests on a collective basis. It also fosters a sense of togetherness and camaraderie among them.
The industrial and commercial association Industrie- und Handelsverein Rümlang (IHVR) is committed to representing the tangible and intangible interests of its members in dealings with institutions and organisations. The IHVR is working on solving industrial, commercial, economic and political challenges, from the traffic strategy for Flughofstrasse to the current situation concerning the airport.
For industry to prosper, it needs a conducive environment in which to do so. The Industrieverein Volketswil industrial association (IVV) brings regional companies together and thereby facilitates dialogue among them. However, the IVV also cultivates excellent links with local politicians and other associations in order to make its concerns known in the appropriate manner.
The cantonal trade association Kantonaler Gewerbeverband is the umbrella organisation for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the canton of Zurich. Acting as a linchpin between the worlds of industry and politics, it advocates positive economic conditions for trade and industry in the canton.
The association KMU-Verband Winterthur und Umgebung represents the interests of SMEs and other member organisations from Winterthur and the surrounding area. It campaigns for optimum framework conditions and helps its members become more competitive through targeted services.
The Swiss removals sector has been restructured. With effect from 1 January 2020, companies that were certified under the VSU and ASTAG Plus schemes have all come under the new Swiss Movers Association (SMA). SMA brings together removal firms committed to upholding the standards set by the association itself.
Schweizerische Verband der Immobilienwirtschaft is a non-profit business association that defends the interests of the property industry in Switzerland and represents professional providers of real estate services.