{"id":42441,"date":"2026-03-31T17:53:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T17:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/42441\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T17:53:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T17:53:17","slug":"norstat-agrees-deal-for-swiss-research-services-firm-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/42441\/","title":{"rendered":"Norstat agrees deal for Swiss research services firm | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NORWAY \u2013 Data collection provider Norstat has acquired Swiss research services business DemoSCOPE to help strengthen the company\u2019s presence in Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p>The deal will add to Norstat\u2019s Swiss operations, following the acquisition of Zurich-based TestingTime in 2021 and the recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.research-live.com\/article\/news\/norstat-switzerland-names-business-development-director\/id\/5142443\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.research-live.com\/article\/news\/norstat-switzerland-names-business-development-director\/id\/5142443\" data-mce- rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">appointment of Ra\u00fal Fuertes as business development director <\/a>for the region.<\/p>\n<p>DemoSCOPE was founded in 1961 and operates from offices in Lucerne and Fribourg, focused on data collection and research services across quantitative and qualitative research, as well as running a panel of more than 60,000 respondents in Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Michael Buess\u00a0(pictured right) will continue as managing director at DemoSCOPE, working with the Norstat team.<\/p>\n<p>Erling Eriksen (pictured left), chief executive at Norstat, said: \u201cAs a trusted and well-established data collection provider in Switzerland, DemoSCOPE is a strong strategic fit for us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSwitzerland is an important market, and with its experienced team, deep expertise in both social and consumer research, high-quality panel and long-standing client relationships, DemoSCOPE further strengthens our position.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Buess added: \u201cWe are incredibly proud of what DemoSCOPE has achieved over many decades in the Swiss market through high-quality work and trusted client relationships.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecoming part of Norstat marks an exciting new chapter for us and is a natural fit with the values that define DemoSCOPE. It allows us to combine our deep local expertise with Norstat\u2019s global operational excellence, creating a more comprehensive offering for our existing clients while also enabling us to expand into new client segments.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NORWAY \u2013 Data collection provider Norstat has acquired Swiss research services business DemoSCOPE to help strengthen the company\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":42442,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[167,70,11760,24588,1245,24587,24589,14182,3008,41,17,789],"class_list":["post-42441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-switzerland","tag-finance","tag-government","tag-headlines","tag-industry-insight","tag-legal","tag-market-research-news","tag-new-business","tag-online","tag-people","tag-swiss","tag-switzerland","tag-technology"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116325070281009024","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}