Knowledge Cluster Fusion – Your Partner
The Swiss Fusion Energy Association brings together the fragmented Swiss Industry, of small to large size, highly specialised companies.
We provide custom components and turnkey solutions for the global Fusion Energy research Industry.
SFIA — Swiss Fusion Industry Association
Most often, Swiss companies offer world unique services or products, but they won't have the strength and size to apply for international tender or supply turnkey solutions.
This is where the SFIA comes in, providing a one face to the customer approach, coordinating the smaller companies to fulfil even bigger projects.
Your benefit as a customer
- Get immediate access to very specialised knowhow
- Have a direct partner to the industry, knowing people and culture, speaking the language
- Talk to someone knowing the requirements of the Fusion Industry
- Have Swiss Science included in the form of direct access to various Universities and research institutes
Your benefit as a Swiss Industry member
- Become access to international tenders through a joint application
- Reach out internationally to a specific industry
- Have partners that support with information and knowhow on the Fusion Industry
- Be represented at international fairs and conferences
What SFIA Members Work With
Most common hydrogen isotope, a reference quantity in the fuel cycle
Seeding gas for radiative divertor cooling
The second fusion fuel
Controlling and shaping plasma heated to over 100 million degrees using magnetic fields and heating systems.
Detecting and controlling instabilities (disruptions) early; real-time control on millisecond timescales.
The actual fusion fuel
Ultra-high vacuum systems for the torus vessel and the cryostat environment of a fusion reactor.
Extremely low leak rates sustained over decades; material compatibility with tritium and neutron radiation.
Rare isotope, candidate for aneutronic fusion
Cooling superconducting magnets and components to a few degrees above absolute zero.
High cooling capacity combined with high reliability; thermal isolation against neutron heating.
The feedstock for tritium breeding
Remote-handling systems for maintenance, inspection and component replacement in radioactive environments.
Precise remote operation without direct human access; radiation resistance of the robotics themselves.
Carrier medium for FLiBe coolant loops
High-precision measurement and inspection technology for micrometer-level manufacturing tolerances on fusion components.
Measurement accuracy under vacuum and cryogenic conditions; traceability across the entire supply chain.
Neutron multiplier in the blanket
Blanket shell material
SFIA — Uniquely Specialized Knowledge, By Cluster
Each of the six SFIA clusters contributes its own highly specialized expertise.
In-depth, hands-on experience from the 'TCV' tokamak plasma experiment at EPFL. The foundation for customer-specific solutions.
Customer-specific solutions for heating fusion plasmas, delivered by specialized companies with many years of experience in this niche.
Connects Swiss research institutions with specialized industry know-how across the entire fuel-cycle value chain — from tritium handling to materials processing.
The 'SULTAN' magnet test facility enables testing and characterization of superconducting fusion magnets. Industry designs and builds customer-specific high-performance magnets — to order or through collaborative development.
Shut-off valves for the fusion industry — solutions with high conductance or fast closing speed. Cryo compressors and systems built to order. Benefit from uniquely Swiss know-how, found nowhere else in the world.
Materials science covering coatings and alloys, testing and analysis methods, forging technology for special alloys, and robotics for the most demanding requirements in reactor environments.
In the thick of it, or just watching?
Is your company one of the ones advancing Switzerland in the field of nuclear fusion? Do you have specialized expertise, or would you like to position your company in this new and emerging market? Become a member of Cluster 3 and help build the future with us.
Get in touch nowSources: “Fusion Fuel Cluster 3 Präsentation” (smolsys AG / MC&P, 2026); “Fuel Cycle Technology Mapping 2025” (Fusion for Energy / EUROfusion, v2.1, July 2025).