For many years, Horus Networks Sàrl has been conscientiously working towards sustainable development and has developed the most ecological hosting and e-mail solutions possible. Thanks to a photovoltaic system that was installed in June 2004, Horus Networks Sàrl offers Eco-hosting, Eco-Mails as well as Eco-SMSs. Horus Networks Sàrl also offers many more products whose direct and indirect energy is compensated by renewable energies.

We are very proud to be associated with Horus Networks Sàrl who is setting up the necessary framework for the creation, maintenance and the hosting of the PlanetSolar website: www.planetsolar.org . Horus Networks is closely working with the PlanetSolar team challenge and is participating in its website conception, as well as taking care of the on-site server hosting.

So, even the PlanetSolar website is hosted in a sustainable manner, thanks to the energy generated by our sun; the same sun that will soon power the PlanetSolar boat on the world's seven seas!

> moser is an agency specialised in brand development and communication that has, for 35 years, been helping companies with all the operations relating to the creation, consolidation and dissemination of their institutional or commercial identity.

> moser has developed a rigorous and coherent set of methods and offers a vast range of brand analysis and visual creation as well as total communication, environmental packaging, preparation and labelling services.

> moser, with offices in Lausanne and soon in Geneva, is able fully to cater to companies and institutions on the French-speaking and general Swiss market as well as conducting international activities.

MGI GROUP Fiduciaire has put its competences at the service of the companies for more than 35 years as regards taxation, revision, wages and accountancy. We advise you in particular as regards creation of company, management of a momentary crisis and planning of a succession. MGI GROUP is there for you in Lausanne, Geneva, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Fribourg and in the Nord of Canton Vaud.

Autodesk has come a long way since our founding 25 years ago as a pioneer in the world of computer-aided design (CAD). Our flagship product, AutoCAD software, has become synonymous with CAD and is a fixture in design shops worldwide. We have industry-leading 3D solutions for industrial design and manufacturing; architecture, engineering and construction; as well as media and entertainment. Today we stand as a world leader in 2D and 3D design, engineering, and entertainment software.

The human communities have always united against the dangers and ravages of fire and those caused by natural elements. In the Canton of Vaud, just like in 18 other cantons, the State has put in place a public security organization in charge of:

• Warning for disasters
• Organizing the defense fire and rescue service
• Compensating for property and other assets after disasters

Responsible for these 3 missions, indissolubly linked, the ECA invests in all areas liable for increasing the security of people, buildings, and assets; and optimizes the fight against fire by organizing, training, and financing the essential defense fire and rescue service for the entire canton. These activities are based on the principle of reciprocity. The ECA is thereby the instrumental tool for a real and strong solidarity at the canton level.

Knierim Yachtbau GmbH — situated by the Kiel Canal since 2002 — is a highly modern boat yard specializing in individual high-tech-yachts. The company made a name for itself beyond the German borders as a specialist for the build of innovative boats in composite construction with both carbon and GRP materials. Lead by Admiral's Cup-winners and passionate sailors Gunnar Knierim and Steffen Müller, during the last years Knierim Yachtbau GmbH delivered elegant cruisers and very successful regatta yachts: among them the 86' open sea racer UCA and the first German America's Cupper as well as the "Container", a STP 65 Ocean Racer. To build its hull moulds, the shipyard operates a 30 m 5-axis high performance milling cutter. Knierim Yachtbau GmbH is characterized by experience in innovative projects and perfection of boatbuilding craftsmanship.

As we know, Switzerland does not have a maritime outlet, and yet it is this very country that comes up with the extraordinary idea of a round-the-world sea voyage powered only by solar energy.

Furthermore, La Semeuse — a coffee roasting company — is linked to its main suppliers, coffee producing countries, by the oceans. It is moreover by this route that the precious green coffee beans reach us.

Together, these two circumstances make way for the partnership between La Semeuse and PlanetSolar. It is also based on the strong desire of an independent SME to be affiliated with Helvetic solar projects which will, without any doubt, shape the future and change our habits.

To succeed, our scientists-adventurers need enthousiasm, creativity, perseverance, and we are convinced that the "cognitive fuel" that is coffee will at anytime comfort them, stimulate them or simply give them an enjoyable and savoury beak between many challenges.

About Alcan Composites Core Materials — Alcan Composites Core Materials is a global organization with over 1,500 employees in production locations in Europe, North America, Ecuador and China. It is embedded in Alcan Composites, a division of Rio Tinto Alcan Engineered Products. The branded products AIREX®, BALTEK® and KITKORE® have pioneered the sandwich technology for almost 80 years. These core materials are used by fabricators to make innovative lightweight sandwich structures for the wind energy, marine and transportation markets. Thanks to their light weight the final products will allow better energy efficiency over their whole life cycle.

About Rio Tinto — Rio Tinto is a leading international mining group headquartered in the UK, combining Rio Tinto plc, a London and NYSE listed company, and Rio Tinto Limited, which is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange.

Rio Tinto's business is finding, mining, and processing mineral resources. Major products are aluminium, copper, diamonds, energy (coal and uranium), gold, industrial minerals (borax, titanium dioxide, salt, talc) and iron ore. Activities span the world but are strongly represented in Australia and North America with significant businesses in South America, Asia, Europe and southern Africa.

Polaroid Eyewear is a world leader in optics and lens technology. Polaroid was the inventor of polarizing lens technology and Polaroid Eyewear remains a market leader in manufacturing high quality polarizing lenses and distributing fashionable polarized sunglasses around the world. Demand for polarizing eyewear is rising steadily as more and more consumers come to realize the benefits of glare-free vision. Polaroid Eyewear has offices in the Switzerland, UK, USA, Italy, Sweden and Netherlands, as well as a comprehensive network of distribution partners around the globe.

Polaroid Eyewear is part of the global StyleMark group which, additionally to the brand Polaroid, also markets brands such as Disney, Nine West, Jones of New York, Hello Kitty, Panama Jack and Revlon.

For more information: www.polaroideyewear.com

Gerflor is a worldwide group regarded as one of the leaders in resilient floors. Gerflor creates, manufactures and markets innovative, design led and eco-responsible solutions for professional (specific product ranges for contract, sport and transport) and residential applications (with a comprehensive range of trendy floors for domestic use).

Demanding applications in transportation, energy and industry require precisely coordinated electrical control systems. These are exactly the kinds of solutions we deliver to our clients.

drivetek is a leading engineering service provider for application specific motion and electrical control technology. Our most outstanding expertise is in complete-system design: we develop hardware, software and electrical machines in-house. That's how we can guarantee optimized systems with flawless operation.

Our engineers accompany you throughout the entire development process; from the idea generation all the way through to production implementation.

The Swiss Wine Exporters Association (SWEA) gathers the main producers and winegrowers from the whole of Switzerland. Why does the SWEA support the PlanetSolar project? The convergences for that are numerous. First of all, the grapevine draws its energy from the sun and restores it in the form of wines which, from immemorial times, delight the heart of man. Then, for several years now, the Swiss winegrowing production has made great efforts to work in the respect of nature and every enterprise willing to preserve the environment joins in this fundamental value of the winegrower's profession. Finally, while preserving secular traditions, the Swiss wine production and oenology have integrated new and high-technology methods, in order to get always closer to perfection in the elaboration of high-quality wines. All these elements meet up in the PlanetSolar project and the SWEA is pleased and proud to be associated to this project and its members are already looking forward to be able to make their vintages known all along the different steps of this first tour around the world with solar energy.

Since 1947, CIEL company and their 190 employees have been acting in the electrical and telecommunications industries in the western part of Switzerland. Customers' needs, innovations and activities diversification have always been CIEL concerns.

CIEL achievements mainly consist in finding solutions for tricky and large structures, should it be for industrial sites, shopping centres, hospitals or schools.

CIEL contributes a lot in the value creation for customers by optimizing and integrating quality, safety, costs & planning reduction and respect for environment.

IBR Systems is a software house specialized in simulation and virtual reality systems. Over the years it has designed and realized numerous professional training naval simulators for prestigious institutions, often also used for fairs and exhibitions in museums.

In order to further involve visitors in the technological and ecological features of PlanetSolar, IBR Systems has developed a custom-made simulator that allows users to live the exciting experience of conducting such an innovative and special boat, both in harbours and in open sea.

The simulator can also be used for professional trainings as it reproduces the vessel's real behavior in various environmental conditions.

GAIA Akkumulatorenwerke GmbH, a subsidiary of US-traded Lithium Technology Corporation (LTHU.PK), has been developing, manufacturing and marketing large-format Li-ion cells and batteries across the world for more than a decade. Cells with capacities ranging from 7.5 Ah to around 500 Ah are manufactured in volume at the company's manufacturing facilities in Nordhausen, Thuringia, home to the IFA Industrial Estate and GAIA. Great though the effort may be in producing a solar-boat cell with more than one megawatt-hour energy capacity — the world's largest Li-ion round cell — the pay-off is especially apparent when you consider that seven hundred of these cells can replace what would otherwise take a combination of hundred and thirty thousand consumer-market cells of the type you would find in a laptop. A battery management system co-developed by GAIA monitors each individual cell, keeping the whole battery safe and making the most of its useful lifespan.

Apart from applications in boats, GAIA develops cells and batteries for hybrid and electric vehicles, aerospace and wind turbines.

WAGO has remained family-owned throughout three generations with head office in Minden/Westphalia/Germany and is operating independently in the marketplace as a trend-setting, international supplier for spring connection technologies and automation.

WAGO is world leader in the field of spring connection technologies. Also many other innovations developed by WAGO are considered today as industrial standard. We continuously look for new challenges and set new standards. That's why WAGO stands for quality, security and innovation.

"Successful innovations need inspiration, commitment and persistence"

PlanetSolar — First around the world with solar energy!

PlanetSolar: "It is thus a message directed to society so that it should not squander the resources that we have at our disposal."

PlanetSolar forges our future. Its goal is not only to follow values consequently but also to realize them, a target that we share - that is why we support this project.

SIG (Services industriels de Genève) is an autonomous public company duly incorporated under the public laws of the canton of Geneva, Switzerland. SIG is responsible, in the canton of Geneva, for the distribution of public utilities, in particular drinking water, natural gas, electricity and thermic energy as well as for the treatment of waste and waste water. SIG is also active in telecommunication's field (fiber optical network).

As a provider of public utilities, SIG has acquired thorough knowledge and full control of all subsoil and aerial networks enabling it to provide energy and fluids throughout the canton of Geneva to the end-user.

Maritime rationality meets passion for technology

Our focus is providing integrated solutions — our competence is to ensure the perfect alliance between proven products, technical know-how and customer-orientated service. Our knowledge is to understand vessels as a whole operational system.

We are the best choice for the reliable operation of your vessels — wherever they are. Nowadays ship owners want integral system solutions rather than having to consider many individual suppliers.

Our mission is to ensure that different electric and electronic systems are being integrated into a total system, the result of which is a system whose sum is greater than the parts. Imtech Marine Germany is striving to provide solutions for the demands of today's ship owners to have reliable, advanced, safe and economical systems on board of their vessels.

We ensure the safety of crews and maintain the value of the investment.

Oceoprotec constitutes a veritable technological breakthrough, and changes careening practices that were previously based on consumerist principles

It does not erode, maintaining its antifouling properties for several years. Oceoprotec can be considered a permanent antifouling coating.

The advantage for boat owners is that they save money by avoiding annual hull maintenance. More than 30 % can be saved over 5 years.

Moreover, Oceoprotec is environmentally-friendly respects the marine environment, Oceoprotec does'not contain any chemicals biocide and helps to reduce pollution in marinas and on coastlines.

Oceoprotec gives a very smooth finish, thus increasing speed and saving fuel on the water (up to 15 %)

Oceoprotec is distributed through a network of approved appliers.

DuPont is a science-based products and services company. Founded in 1802, DuPont puts science to work by creating sustainable solutions essential to a better, safer, healthier life for people everywhere. Operating in more than 70 countries, DuPont offers a wide range of innovative products and services for markets including agriculture and food; building and construction; communications; and transportation.

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