Swiss Lions rankings | 2026 edition
Beyond Gravity
Beyond Gravity is No. 18 in the Machinery & Engineering ranking, with a score of 29.4 out of 100. It is not among the Swiss Lions 100 for 2026. Headquarters: Zurich, canton of Zurich.
- Swiss Lions score
- 29.4
- Swiss Lions 100
- Not in the 100 for 2026
- Machinery & Engineering
- 18of 20
About
Bern-based, state-owned space supplier making launcher structures, satellite structures, mechanisms, computers and antennas, the space business of RUAG International, with sites in six countries.
Beyond Gravity is the space business of RUAG International, which is wholly owned by the Swiss Confederation. Its Launchers division makes payload fairings, adapters, separation systems and dispensers and thermal protection structures for launch vehicles, including Relativity Space's Terran R, and dispensers for Amazon's Leo constellation. Its Satellites division supplies structures and mechanisms, onboard computers, navigation receivers, antennas and thermal products to satellite makers and constellations, including Telesat Lightspeed and ESA's Celeste. Headquartered in Bern, it has Swiss sites in Emmen, Zurich-Seebach and Nyon, and operations in Sweden, Austria, Portugal, Finland and the United States. In March 2025 the Swiss Parliament decided that it should remain under federal ownership.
- Payload fairings
- Adapters, separation systems and dispensers
- Satellite structures and mechanisms
- Onboard computers
- Navigation receivers and antennas
- Thermal management products
How the score is made
Global scale
CHF 412m revenue.
Swiss value
Partly Swiss made.
Global visibility
Online attention across languages, and worldwide search interest.
Impact
No current SBTi target. Not a certified B Corp.
Philanthropy
No charitable foundation found.
Impact and philanthropy together make up the impact measure. How the ranking works.
Key figures
- Revenue used in the ranking
- CHF 412m2025, company
- Employees in Switzerland
- 607Full-time equivalents, 31 December 2025. Source
Shares and listing
- Parent company
- RUAG InternationalNot listed.
The parent group reports its results as a whole, so profit, dividends and employee numbers are not published for this brand alone.
Dividends paid to Swiss shareholders are not published, so they are not shown.
Profile
- Headquarters
- ZurichCanton of Zurich
- Language region
- German-speaking
- Category
- Machinery & Engineering
- Ownership
- Owned by the Swiss ConfederationThrough RUAG International
- Chief executive
- Barbara Frei-Spreiter (succeeded André Wall)Since 2026. Source
- Chair
- Daniel Frutig-Meier (designated chair from the 2026 AGM, succeeding Rainer G. Schulz)Source
- Global reach
- Locations in six countriesSource
- Founded
- 2022
In Switzerland
- Bern BEHeadquarters
- Emmen LUPayload fairings
- Zurich-Seebach ZHSatellite structures, mechanisms and clean room
- Nyon VDSlip rings
607 employees in Switzerland (31 December 2025).
Over time
| Year | Net sales | Employees worldwide |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | CHF 412m | 1,926 FTE |
| 2024 | CHF 495m | 1,813 FTE |
| 2023 | CHF 620m | 1,989 FTE |
| 2022 | CHF 945m | - |
As reported by the company, in its reporting currency. Group figures where the brand is part of a group only if stated.
Milestones
- 2022RUAG International merged into BGRB Holding, renamed RUAG International; space business branded Beyond Gravity.
- 2025Parliament decides Beyond Gravity remains wholly owned by the Swiss Confederation.
- 2025Dispensers deploy 180 Amazon Leo satellites in seven flights by year-end.
- 2026Barbara Frei-Spreiter becomes CEO on 7 April.
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Sources
- Revenue used in the ranking: annualreport.ruag.com (2025).
- Company profile, sites, history and milestones: annualreport.ruag.com, ruag.com.
- Climate target: Science Based Targets initiative dashboard, October 2026. Foundations: Swiss commercial register. B Corp: B Lab directory.
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