JCP Technology to Market · since 1986

Relevant experience

Selected references

Six flagship cases first, then further assignments and earlier experience. Client names are published with the clients' agreement or from our published references of the time.

Map of JCP's mandates from Europe to North Africa, the United Arab Emirates and India.
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Ferdinand Hodler, Lake Geneva with Mont Blanc at dawn, 1918

Lake Geneva with Mont Blanc at dawn: Geneva, where JCP was founded in 1986.

Industry & Project Engineering s.r.o. (IPE) Engineering and design · Michalovce, Slovakia
Since 2006 · ongoing
Business developmentRepresentationCommission

Business development in Western Europe for an engineering company

Since 2006, and under an agency agreement since August 2013, JCP has represented IPE's engineering and design services in Switzerland, France, Italy, Türkiye and other markets. JCP identifies projects, introduces IPE to plant owners and general contractors, supports the offers and follows the negotiations. JCP is paid a monthly prospection fee and a commission on every contract won.

Clients won for IPE include Kronospan (glue-plant extension in Lampertswalde, Germany; engineering for plants in Bulgaria and filtration engineering), SIAD (detail design of a CO2-capture plant in Slovakia, with TÜV SÜD review), Corden BioChem (Romania), ROTAN (Germany), TechniCAD, GeLiMa and Virte.

Projects brought to IPE also include the engineering of a new pharmaceutical plant (2020–2021) and the revamp and relocation of chemical production units (2008–2013).

Map of the markets prospected and the countries where contracts were won for IPE.
JCP, Schindellegicontracts wonprospected
What this demonstrates: this is the business-development and representation model we offer to foreign companies.
University of Geneva: MaNEP and PHASIS National Centre of Competence in Research and university spin-off
2003–2011
Research communicationSpin-off

From a research centre to a spin-off's first customers

For MaNEP, the Swiss National Science Foundation's research centre on new electronic materials at the University of Geneva, JCP created the visual identity, the website, presentation templates, a newsletter and posters, and maintained the site.

For PHASIS, a University of Geneva spin-off producing thin piezoelectric films, JCP built the commercial presence: website, product data sheets, brochure and labels, then a content-managed site with online quotation and payment.

What this demonstrates: we have followed research from the laboratory's communication to a spin-off's first commercial steps, the path EU exploitation plans describe.
EPFL École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
2016–2018
SoftwareResearchDelivery partner

A software development project for a federal institute of technology

For EPFL, JCP managed a software development project and delivered it with a development partner in Slovakia: specification, coordination of the development team, acceptance and handover.

What this demonstrates: we organise delivery teams across borders and answer for the result to demanding research clients.
Consulting Energy Control SA Energy efficiency · Geneva
2009–2011
Data portalEnergyData quality

An energy-monitoring portal for restaurants and offices

JCP specified the portal and delivered it with a software development partner in Slovakia. It collected consumption data from meters at sites of an international restaurant chain in Switzerland and Spain and of a news agency's Swiss offices, and produced twenty standard reports, including load profiles and energy per guest.

JCP also analysed the quality of the incoming measurements, proposed a second phase with direct Modbus connection to sensors and redundant servers, and operated the portal under a maintenance contract.

What this demonstrates: we understand data-driven energy products from the inside, which is what their buyers expect when we present them.
ARTA Leather goods · Switzerland and India
Since 2018 · ongoing
Market entryBrandE-commerce

Website, sales and marketing in Switzerland for a leather goods brand

JCP created the artaleder.ch website to present ARTA's bags and wallets in Switzerland, defined the market strategy and is responsible for sales and marketing, including the search for distribution partners.

ARTA leather bags and wallets
What this demonstrates: market entry for a manufacturer from India, from positioning to sales channels.
Public institutions in North Africa Technology and training · North Africa
Since 2002
IT systemsInfrastructureIncubatorsTraining

IT systems, infrastructure, business incubators and training with a cluster of European SMEs

Since 2002, JCP has worked with public institutions in a North African country on projects in IT systems, infrastructure, the development of business incubators and professional training. JCP brings together a cluster of small and medium-sized companies based in the European Union, coordinates their offers and follows the projects.

What this demonstrates: experience in bringing European SMEs together for public clients in North Africa, and in building business incubators.

Further assignments

Market entry, intellectual property and public affairs

Cyrenaica Services FZE Engineering services · Ajman, United Arab Emirates
Since 2015 · ongoing
Business developmentMiddle EastIndia

Project follow-up between the Gulf, India and Europe

For Cyrenaica Services FZE, which provides engineering services and follows industrial projects in the Middle East, Africa and India, JCP has handled marketing and sales since 2015: identification of opportunities, follow-up of projects in Africa and the United Arab Emirates, and contacts with Swiss and French companies.

What this demonstrates: practical experience of business between the Gulf region, India and Europe.
Vals Patisserie Agrifood · South India
2016
Market entryFood regulationIndia

French food products for the South Indian market

JCP assisted Vals Patisserie, an agrifood company commercialising French food products in South India, with its market entry, including the Indian rules on food imports and labelling.

What this demonstrates: we know market entry in both directions, from Europe to India and from India to Europe.
International non-profit organisation Headquartered in Switzerland
2013–2025
IP managementTrademarks7 jurisdictions

An international trademark programme, from strategy to renewals

JCP defined the trademark strategy for the organisation's names and logos and coordinated filings, oppositions, proofs of use and renewals with local counsel in Switzerland, the European Union, France, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and Argentina, keeping a status register of every mark for more than ten years.

What this demonstrates: exploitation plans stand or fall on who owns what. We have managed real IP portfolios across jurisdictions, working with patent and trademark attorneys.
ARTA Ortho Remedies Pvt Ltd Medical technology · Chennai, India
2019
Health techDeploymentIndia

A patient-tracking system for Alzheimer's care

JCP supplied and set up an indoor tracking system based on Bluetooth beacons for the care of Alzheimer's patients: beacon hardware, a cloud console and programming interfaces, mobile software kits, floor-plan configuration and remote training, under a software supply and support agreement.

What this demonstrates: we have delivered technology across continents and know how Indian and European partners work together in practice.
economiesuisse Swiss business federation
2004–2005
CampaignSwitzerland–EU

A campaign on Switzerland's bilateral agreements with the EU

For the 2005 vote on extending the free movement of persons to the ten new EU member states, JCP produced campaign material for French-speaking Switzerland: logo and brochure, country fact sheets, a website with online petition, press advertisements in the main daily newspapers, trade-fair stand visuals and a newsletter.

What this demonstrates: explaining Switzerland's place in Europe to a broad public is the reverse side of explaining Europe to our foreign clients.

Earlier experience

Earlier projects, 1986–2018

Documented on JCP's own websites since 1999.

1998–2003 · Events

Forum des investisseurs privés

Co-founded and organised a cycle of investor conferences in Geneva, Montreux, Lugano and Bern, sponsored by more than twenty banks, insurers and asset managers, among them Lombard Odier, Credit Suisse Private Banking and Fidinam, with Le Temps as media partner.

1998–2005 · Banking

Synchrony (BCGE group)

Communication concept, visual identity, advertising campaigns and website for the institutional asset-management brand of the Banque Cantonale de Genève.

1998–2001 · Insurance

Genevoise Assurances

Regional advertising campaigns for the company's agents and a client seminar.

1998–2008 · Public sector

Public institutions

Multimedia and interactive kiosks for the State of Geneva, communication for Genève Aéroport and for the municipalities of Genthod, Versoix and Chavannes-des-Bois.

2000–2008 · Pharmacies

A network of Geneva pharmacies

Brand, health portal and campaigns for a group of independent pharmacies in Geneva and Vaud.

1998–2008 · Media

Accredited advertising agency

Media planning and buying in the Swiss press for clients in finance, health and industry.

2009–2018 · Web platforms

International non-profit organisation

A multilingual web platform for several countries, with hosting, maintenance and a proposal for the United States district site, alongside the trademark programme.

1997–2008 · Publishing

"Demain j'arrête…"

A collection of practical guides on tax, insurance, savings and retirement, co-published with Le Temps: more than 30’000 copies sold.

2001 · Market research

Internet observatory

The first survey of internet use in French-speaking Switzerland, published as a book with banks and a media group as partners.

2000–2018 · E-commerce

Two online bookshops

lectorat.ch for economics and finance and medicinat.ch for health: JCP's own shops, with secure online payment from 2000.

2000–2008 · Health

Clinique Générale-Beaulieu

The clinic's main website and six sites for its specialist centres, plus a joint campaign for the private clinics of Geneva and Vaud.

2003–2008 · Diplomacy

Permanent Mission of Morocco to the UN

Website with content management, hosting and maintenance for the Mission in Geneva.

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