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Engineering a Smarter Supply Chain
SkyCell is transforming global supply chains through a powerful combination of hybrid hardware, cutting-edge software, and expert-led services—delivering unparalleled performance, efficiency, and sustainability.
Our Story
Bringing zero loss to pharma supply chains
SkyCell was founded in 2012 by Richard Ettl and Nico Ros as a Swiss technology company dedicated to ensuring the right pharma product is available at the right time and place, maintaining temperature integrity, and ensuring compliance.

With a background in engineering pharmaceutical production plants, Nico Ros understood the industry's high standards and the need for precision, automation, and reliability. We set out to bring this mindset to supply chain logistics.

To achieve this, we developed loT-enabled hardware to collect real-time data, SkyMind software for monitoring and control, and hybrid containers to provide physical protection.

Today, our technology is widely used in the pharmaceutical industry and has also become one of the leading solutions in the airline industry.

With every innovation, every shipment protected, and every ton of CO2 saved, we move closer to our vision: zero product loss and net zero emissions in the supply chain.
Our Vision
Lead the pharmaceutical supply chain by assisting pharma companies to achieve zero medicine loss and net zero CO₂ emissions


OUR Mission
Drive safe, secure and sustainable pharmaceutical supply chains for temperature-sensitive, life-saving medicines
Core values
What drives us
Innovation
We are driven by a passion for problem-solving. Innovation means constantly improving processes, reducing risks, and finding smarter, more efficient ways to serve our clients and partners.
Reliability
Supply chains depend on precision. Our technology is built with a zero-defect mindset, ensuring that life-saving medicines and goods arrive safely, every time.
Sustainability
Sustainability is at the core of everything we do. We design durable, reusable products, minimize CO2 emissions, and develop long-term solutions that reduce waste and optimize efficiency.
Core BEHAVIOuRS
How We Act
Values alone are not enough; they must be reflected in our actions. That’s why we developed the SOLID framework—a set of key behaviours that bring our values to life:

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Solve Problems. We develop practical, effective solutions that drive meaningful results for our clients.
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Ownership. We minimize unnecessary bureaucracy, encouraging entrepreneurial thinking to advance our goals.
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Learn Fast. We test ideas quickly using data-driven tools and agile strategies to ensure continuous improvement.
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Innovation. We find smarter, more efficient ways to achieve our goals by eliminating redundancies, simplifying processes, and automating tasks.
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Dependability. We support one another, holding ourselves accountable, and ensuring that our colleagues and clients can always count on us to deliver.
Our Stakeholders
What Guides Us
Delivering life-saving medicine and air cargo requires precision, reliability, and collaboration. That’s why we work closely with pharmaceutical companies, airlines, logistics providers, and technology partners to create a fully integrated, sustainable supply chain ecosystem.
Society
Our most important stakeholder is society. We aim to make fully functioning medicine accessible to all.
Pharma
Our collaboration with pharma improves the reliability of medical supply chains, enabling us to reach new markets and improve sustainability for both businesses and the planet.
Partners
We work with partners to deliver reliable, easy-to-use technology that eliminates failures in pharmaceutical packaging.
Employees
Our work would be impossible without our dedicated team. Governed by clear objectives, we support each other to become the best in our field, together.
Suppliers
Through open communication and integration of processes, we strive to form long-term partnerships with our suppliers to achieve our mission.
Airlines
We collaborate with airlines to ensure the safe, efficient, and timely transport of temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals and air cargo.
Logistics Providers
Our logistics partners are crucial in ensuring the uninterrupted flow of goods throughout the supply chain.
Milestones
2025
Introduction of new business line
Pharma Monitoring: SkyCell offers a combination of loT X and loT X Connect devices and its software platforms to deliver an Al powered pharma monitoring solution addressing the more than USD 35bn product loss in global pharma supply chain. SkyCell's offering connects the dots in the background, predicts and prevents temperature excursions or other risk events in road distribution, air and ocean and works with all kinds of packaging. Through collaboration with Microsoft, SkyCell's intelligent assistant K.Al ("KAI") leverages Microsoft Teams and SkyCell's more than a decade of monitoring its own fleet of containers and delivering billions of pharma products per month.

One step closer to Net Zero
Net ZERO Reverse Option is launched reducing 90% of CO2 returning empty containers via ocean freight and removing the remaining CO2 through high performance removal methods.

SkyCell signs ACL Airshop to monitor their ULD fleet. Tracking more than 80,000 ULDs.

SkyCell reaches goal of more than 250 airports outfitted with its LoRa loT tracking solution.
2024
Industry-leading reliability and sustainability
Industry-leading reliability and sustainability.
The 1500X achieves an excursion rate of less than 0.05%
Platinum EcoVadis rating.
Top 1% of global companies for sustainability.
SkyCell launches its ULD tracking solution combining its loT network, loT sensor expertise and software know-how to reduce cost and CO2 for airline ULD operations.
2023
SECURE becomes SkyMind
SkyCell partners with Air France KLM to track their entire ULD fleet.
2023
Expansion of asset tracking to airlines
Recognizing the potential for the airline industry, we developed a visibility solution for airlines to track their assets.
2022
Next generation of hybrids
Introduction of 1500X. Now with 270 hours independent run time.
2021
More than visibility
SECURE. A SkyCell SaaS platform is launched.
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2020
SkyCell rises to meet the needs of the Covid-19 pandemic
As the demand for temperature-sensitive vaccines skyrockets, SkyCell expands, supporting global supply chains
Technology continues to empower us
Reached one billion real-life shipment data points
Introduction of 1500DF
2019
Our growth is realized in numbers
Reached 20,000 pallets capacity
Launched Peace of Mind Insurance
2018
We grow to meet demand
Expansion of service center network
Start of annual audit process with result of <0.1% temperature excursions
2017
Further product announced
Our container range expands with a two-pallet container
2016
Constant development leads to innovation
Shock and vibration-absorbent technology
2015
New product released
Continuing to innovate, SkyCell launches a new hybrid container
2014
Word gets out
Introduction of SkyCell Temperature Monitoring System
IQPC Cool Chain Award for the “Safest System on the Market”
Swiss Economic Forum and UBS “High-potential SME” quality label
2013
SkyCell launches its first container
Introduction of the world's first hybrid container
GS1 Swiss Logistics Award
2012
SkyCell arrives on the market
Introduction of SkyCell.
SkyCell develops SECURE, its IoT enabled tracking software.
Management
Arndt von Bieren
Deputy VP of IoT
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Christian Wegmann
VP of IT and Software
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Mark Lehmann
VP of Improvement and Quality
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Maximilian Kossakowski
VP of HR People and Culture
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Nico Ros
Co-Founder & CTO
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Radek Samsonowicz
VP Sales, Business Development Container
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Richard Ettl
Co-Founder & CEO
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Remo Gerber
CFO, Finance
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Simon Giger
VP of Operations, Container Operations
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Board of Directors
Hugo Harrod
Member of the Board
Life Sciences Investor, Partner MVM Partners
Bosun Hau
Member of the Board
Head of Global Private Equity Investing and Healthcare Sector, Tybourne Capital Management
Praveg Patil
Member of the board
Head of Asia Pacific – Impact & Private Equity, M&G
Sigi Föhn
Member of the Board
Swiss Tech Investor, Previously CEO Rieter China, MD Hilti USA
Richard Ettl
Member of the Board
Co-Founder SkyCell
Serial Entrepreneur in Switzerland
Nico Ros
Chairman of the Board
Co-Founder SkyCell
Serial Entrepreneur in Switzerland
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