AIL–XFi Client Event: Export Financing as a Sales Promotion Instrument

On 29 October 2025, we held our annual client event “Export Financing as a Sales Promotion Instrument” together with our partner company XportFinance AG (XFi) at the Zunfthaus zur Zimmerleuten in Zurich.
We were delighted to welcome numerous clients, business partners, and network contacts of AIL and XFi to this occasion.

Manuel Enriquez, Head of Sales at Zünd Systemtechnik AG in Altstätten, provided fascinating insights into the company’s sales strategy and demonstrated how the targeted use of SERV-backed export financings – structured and implemented by XFi – has significantly contributed to the global sales success of Zünd’s cutting systems.

Following that, Mathias Meier, Managing Director of Bartholet Maschinenbau AG in Flums – a globally leading company in ropeway systems, mechanical engineering, and lighting technology – shared first-hand experience from the SERV-backed project financing of the first urban transportation ropeway project in the holy Indian city of Varanasi.

The presentation by Heribert Knittlmayer of the Swiss Export Risk Insurance (SERV), who discussed current developments and challenges at SERV, as well as a subsequent panel discussion with the speakers, Daniel Diegelmann, Managing Director of XportFinance AG, and Andres Heusser, Managing Director of AIL, rounded off the professional part of the evening

The event concluded with a joint dinner, offering ample opportunity for engaging discussions particularly about the current situation and future of the Swiss export industry in a pleasant and collegial atmosphere.