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What the media say about us

39 pieces since 2021, from Forbes and BILANZ to trade magazines, podcasts and television. Here are the strongest. Every summary is ours; the link goes to the original.

Coverage per year

Number of pieces about Robonnement and Nimrod Malinas in the press coverage list, per calendar year. Click a year to see its pieces.

  1. 2021: 1 piece
  2. 2022: 3 pieces
  3. 2023: 3 pieces
  4. 2024: 10 pieces
  5. 2025: 18 pieces
  6. 2026: 4 pieces (through September 28, 2026)

All 39 pieces in the press coverage list

Press coverage

Every piece by year and type

Headlines in the original, summaries by us. Paid features, press releases and guest posts are labeled as such.

Year

Type

16 items

  1. A wide terminal hall with a reflective floor; a service robot with blue light stands by a pillar.

    LEADER Digital

    Ostschweizer Roboter landen am Flughafen Zürich (opens in a new window)

    After a pilot with five waste robots, Robonnement won Zurich Airport’s public tender for autonomous service robots. The robots act as mobile waste stations in the terminals and support food service.

    Report

  2. A service robot with a large screen stands by a pillar in a bright terminal hall, with more robots in the background.

    east#digital

    Robonnement erhält Grossauftrag vom Flughafen Zürich (opens in a new window)

    After the pilot with five waste robots, Zurich Airport is renting 18 autonomous robots from Robonnement: 15 mobile waste stations for the terminals and 3 service robots for food service. The article describes how the robots detect full containers and take repetitive runs off the staff.

    Report

  3. A service robot with two screens stands beside a bench in front of a concrete wall in the terminal.

    LEADER Digital

    Abfallroboter aus dem Rheintal im Testeinsatz am Flughafen Zürich (opens in a new window)

    Five autonomous waste robots from Robonnement are in a pilot at Zurich Airport, four in the security area and one at check-in. Robonnement runs them as a robotics service including maintenance and further development.

    Report

  4. A service robot with a screen stands in front of a fair-faced concrete wall in an airport terminal.

    watson CH Media

    Wie in «Zurück in die Zukunft»: Flughafen Zürich testet intelligente Abfall-Roboter (opens in a new window)

    Zurich Airport is testing five autonomous waste robots with separate compartments for PET and general waste, supplied in Switzerland by Robonnement. The airport links the trial to the shortage of cleaning staff and stresses that the robots support the team.

    Report

  5. Freshly painted panels on several mobile racks in a hall.

    Salzburger Nachrichten

    Wie gehen Unternehmen mit einer Welt im Wandel um? (opens in a new window)

    Salzburger Nachrichten reports on the St. Gallen Symposium study “Voices of the Leaders of Tomorrow”: young executives expect deeper change than senior ones. Nimrod Malinas is quoted saying that the change under way is systemic, not incremental.

    Report

  6. A painting robot in a blue protective cover stands in a white-tiled paint booth with a grating floor.

    rheintal24

    Altstätter Nimrod Malinas unter Digital-Shaper-Finalisten (opens in a new window)

    Nimrod Malinas is among the ten finalists of east#digital’s “Digital Shaper Eastern Switzerland 2025.” The piece credits him with turning the traditional Altstätten company he took over into a robotics-as-a-service provider for SMEs.

    Report

  7. A painting robot in a white protective suit stands in the paint booth.

    LEADER Digital

    Drei Ostschweizer Unternehmer unter den «Entrepreneur Of The Year 2025»-Kandidaten (opens in a new window)

    Nimrod Malinas is nominated for EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2025 in the “Scale-up Leaders” category. The reason given is the combination of technical innovation and a scalable subscription model for industrial robots.

    Report

  8. A painting robot still wrapped in film stands in a new paint booth, with the control desk and its screen in front.

    east#digital

    Digital Shaper Ostschweiz 2025: Die aktuelle Top 10 (opens in a new window)

    Interim standings of the public vote for Digital Shaper Eastern Switzerland 2025: Nimrod Malinas is among the ten favorites in the first round. Voting ran until the end of June 2025.

    Report

  9. A new fenced robot cell with a turntable on the floor and a large exhaust duct overhead.

    rheintal24

    Robonnement pitcht um den LEADER Digital Award (opens in a new window)

    Robonnement enters the LEADER Digital Award 2025 after winning the Digital Economy Award in 2024. The piece explains the model of renting industrial robots instead of selling them.

    Report

  10. The Robonnement team receives the Digital Economy Award 2024 on stage at the Hallenstadion in Zurich.

    Der Rheintaler

    Rheintaler Robotik-Unternehmen setzt sich gegen die Grossen durch und erhält Wirtschaftspreis (opens in a new window)

    The local paper reports Robonnement’s win at the 2024 Digital Economy Award in the “Digital Excellence Commercial” category; the “business award” in the headline is this award.

    Our summary: Der Rheintaler, November 20, 2024

    ReportPaywall

  11. View into a robot cell during installation: light curtains, turntable and tools on the floor.

    Computerworld

    Spannung, Spektakel und Spitzenleistungen beim Digital Economy Award 2024 (opens in a new window)

    Report from the 2024 Digital Economy Award ceremony at Zurich’s Hallenstadion: Robonnement wins the “Digital Excellence Commercial” category. The jury praises the company for building and training robots and offering them on subscription.

    Report

  12. A painting robot in a fenced cell by a conveyor line, with a control cabinet and boxes beside it.

    LEADER Digital

    Robonnement aus Altstätten feiert Erfolg beim Digital Economy Award (opens in a new window)

    The Eastern Swiss business portal celebrates Robonnement’s category win at the 2024 Digital Economy Award.

    Our summary: LEADER Digital, November 15, 2024

    Report

  13. A painting robot stands on a pallet truck in a bright paint booth lined with film.

    IT Reseller

    Das sind die Finalisten des Digital Economy Award 2024 (opens in a new window)

    IT trade press lists Robonnement as one of three finalists in the “Digital Excellence Commercial” category of the 2024 Digital Economy Award. The ceremony took place on November 14, 2024 at the Hallenstadion.

    Report

  14. Two test plates after the first painting run lean against a mesh fence.

    BESSER LACKIEREN

    Roboter für Kleinserien (opens in a new window)

    The trade magazine shows how painting robots pay off even for small batches when the painter programs them by demonstration. Nimrod Malinas stresses that the painter remains the most important person in the project.

    Report

  15. Close-up of a painting robot arm with two spray guns and their hoses mounted.

    Robotik-Insider

    Robonnement: Selbstlernende Lackierroboter von Lesta im Abo-Modell (opens in a new window)

    The robotics trade site presents the subscription model for self-learning Lesta painting robots that remember the painter’s movements. The terms in the article date from 2022 and no longer apply.

    Report

  16. A painting robot stands next to the fenced entrance of a coating booth.

    BESSER LACKIEREN

    «Automatisieren ist unsere Mission» (opens in a new window)

    In the interview, Nimrod Malinas explains the aim of automating the painting industry in the DACH region with easy-to-use robots.

    Our summary: BESSER LACKIEREN, March 16, 2022

    Report

As of September 28, 2026. Not listed: wealth rankings and pieces whose headline states revenue or contract figures.

News

News and stories from Robonnement

What we report ourselves: awards, events and stories from projects. Older articles that no longer match our current offer are marked “Archive.”

14 articles

2026

2025

2024

2023

2021

  • The arm of a ceiling-mounted painting robot reaches diagonally into a paint booth with a grating floor.

    Stories, Blog

    About robots, vision, and how to scale your business

    A guest post by Nimrod Malinas from December 2021: why he moved from selling painting equipment to painting robots, and what he learned about vision, leadership and mistakes.

For the media

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Robonnement in 30 seconds

Across Europe, there aren’t enough people for the work nobody wants to do anymore: in the paint booth, at the end of the line, on the night cleaning shift. Robonnement brings robots, complete systems and intelligence to exactly those places. We buy, finance, install and operate everything, and our customers pay a fixed monthly fee. More than 200 robots already work this way at more than 150 customers in 5 countries. Now comes the next step: with Robonnement Intelligence, every plant keeps the knowledge of its best people, and people, robots and machines work as one system.

Boilerplate

Robonnement is Robotics as a Service. We buy, finance, install and operate robots, systems and Robonnement Intelligence in factories and buildings. More than 200 robots work for more than 150 customers in 5 countries. Robonnement AG, Altstätten, with roots going back to 1934.

Facts

  • More than 200 robots
  • More than 150 customers
  • 5 countries
  • Roots going back to 1934 (K. Lips AG)
  • Application technology for the paint industry since 2008
  • A team in Switzerland, Germany and Romania
  • Robonnement AG, Altstätten
  • Robonnement GmbH, Hamburg

Awards

  • Digital Economy Award 2024, winner Digital Excellence Commercial
  • swiss DINNO Award 2025, award winner
  • Forbes 30 Under 30 Switzerland 2024 and Europe 2025
  • Digital Shaper Eastern Switzerland 2025, finalist
  • EY Entrepreneur Of The Year, nominated 2025

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