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About us

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

SkyCell solutions meet all relevant industry standards by design, ensuring full regulatory compliance across global requirements. Where certification is required, we deliver—enabling trusted, seamless integration with major airlines and authorities worldwide.

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:

Solve Problems

We develop practical, effective solutions that drive meaningful results for our clients.

Ownership

We minimize unnecessary bureaucracy, encouraging entrepreneurial thinking to advance our goals.

Learn Fast

We test ideas quickly using data-driven tools and agile strategies to ensure continuous improvement.

Innovation

We find smarter, more efficient ways to achieve our goals by eliminating redundancies, simplifying processes, and automating tasks.

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

  • SkyCell introduces pharma monitoring

    SkyCell combines loT, software, and expert services to address the $35+ billion product loss in global pharma supply chains.

    Through collaboration with Microsoft, SkyCell's intelligent assistant K.Al leverages Microsoft Teams and SkyCell's 13+ years of experience monitoring 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.

  • 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.

  • SECURE becomes SkyMind

    SkyCell partners with Air France KLM to track their entire ULD fleet.

  • Expansion of asset tracking to airlines

    Recognizing the potential for the airline industry, we developed a visibility solution for airlines to track their assets.

  • Next generation of hybrids

    Introduction of 1500X. Now with 270 hours independent run time.

  • More than visibility

    SECURE. A SkyCell SaaS platform is launched.

Management

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 Managemen

  • 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