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Maria Andersson has been appointed new Chief Digital Officer, CDO, for the Ahlsell Group and will be part of Group management.Ahlsell’s digitalization journey continues, and we are further developing our digital business and way of working. We are creating solutions that effectively support and improve operations, but also make everyday life easier for our customers, suppliers and employees. Maria Andersson has several years’ experience of digital customer-centric development and comes from a similar role at SAS. She has also worked with digitalization within Scandic Hotels and eBay. She

Torrent, Fractal Design’s new flagship performance PC case, takes home prestigious industry award.

Fractal Torrent wins Gamers Nexus Case of the Year AwardBuilding on the vision of providing airflow without compromise, the Torrent pairs bold technical solutions with an evolving Fractal aesthetic. Motivating the choice of winner, Gamers Nexus Editor-in-Chief Stephen Burke explains in the video award ceremony: “the case easily takes best overall for its combination of excellent thermal performance, high build quality and high materials quality and a more interesting appearance”. “We were extremely excited to share the Torrent with the world when we released the case in August.

Application period for Metsä Group’s summer jobs starts – 1,000 new employees to build their careers in a growing industry

Metsä Group press release 7 December 2021Metsä Group is hiring nearly 1,000 summer employees for the summer of 2022 for a wide range of positions with responsibility. Summer jobs in units across Finland provide a comprehensive overview of the forest industry, as well as an opportunity to gain an in-depth knowledge of a specific production unit, business operation or Group function. Most of the jobs are at mills in production and maintenance, as well as in wood supply and forest services within supply districts covering the whole country. Dozens of summer workers from a variety of

NinaData raises $2M to help brands reach consumers at the exact moment they are making a buying decision without the use of cookies or IDFA

The NinaData platform is an industry-first solution for advertisers and programmatic advertising players that leverages purpose-built Knowledge Graphs and Deep Learning AI to solve the major issue of the removal of cookies and IDFA which have caused rocketing costs for advertisers.Finnish buying intent platform NinaData has raised $2M USD in funding to help brands connect with audiences in a meaningful privacy-first environment by leveraging its proprietary AI. The round was a hybrid of equity from previous investors, and public and private loans completing the round.

Tobii appoints Anand Srivatsa as new CEO

Today, Tobii's Board of Directors decided to appoint Anand Srivatsa as the new CEO of Tobii, effective as of December 9, 2021. The strategy and future direction Tobii laid out during its capital markets day on November 30, 2021, was in line with Anand's and Tobii´s Board of Directors´ future vision for the company. "As chairman of Tobii's Board of Directors, I would like to begin by thanking Henrik for his role in building not just one but two fantastic companies over the past two decades, Tobii and Tobii Dynavox," said Kent

Finnair adds Seattle to its network and continues direct flights from Stockholm to Los Angeles and New York during the summer season

Tue, Dec 07, 2021 08:55 CET

Finnair expands its network in the United States and opens flights from Helsinki to Seattle starting 1 June 2022. In the summer season 2022, Finnair will operate three weekly flights to Seattle on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Seattle is known for its spectacular natural beauty, coffee culture, music scene and quirky neighbourhoods. Visitors can hike in evergreen forests or visit picturesque vineyards. The Emerald City is also home to some big names in business. Finnair also continues to expand its presence in the US by continuing direct flights to New York John F. Kennedy

Terveystalo has gained title to all shares in Feelgood

Terveystalo Plc Press Release 7 December 2021 at 09:55 EET On 27 July 2021, Terveystalo Plc (“Terveystalo”) announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Terveystalo Healthcare Oy (“Terveystalo Healthcare”) had acquired in aggregate 97.42 percent of the shares and votes in Feelgood Svenska AB (publ) (“Feelgood”) after the completion of the recommended mandatory cash offer to the shareholders of Feelgood to tender all their shares in Feelgood to Terveystalo Healthcare for a consideration of SEK 5.70 (at the time, approximately EUR 0.566) in cash per share (the “Offer”). Terveystalo

BioStock: WntResearch to focus on patient recruitment

Tue, Dec 07, 2021 08:47 CET

The key take-away from the Q3 report of cancer therapy company WntResearch is that, so far, 93 patients have been randomised in the NeoFox study. Due to the pandemic, recruitment has been slower than expected, but the company is still aiming for an interim analysis covering 120 patients in December 2022.Read the full article at biostock.se:https://www.biostock.se/en/2021/12/wntresarch-to-focus-on-patient-recruitment/This is a press release from BioStock - Connecting Innovation & Capital. https://www.biostock.se

Yngve Slyngstad appointed CEO of Aker Asset Management

Tue, Dec 07, 2021 08:45 CET

Aker ASA (“Aker”) has appointed Yngve Slyngstad as CEO and senior partner of Aker Asset Management (“AAM”). Slyngstad will be responsible for building and developing active asset management to become a new business area in Aker, on par with the company's industrial holdings.“Aker and Aker Horizons have worked together to develop opportunities within active asset management and have made great strides in a short period of time. To succeed, a skilled leader is needed. Yngve Slyngstad is a leading expert in active asset management, with an impressive track record. We are pleased that Yngve has

Yngve Slyngstad appointed CEO of Aker Asset Management

Tue, Dec 07, 2021 08:45 CET

Aker ASA (“Aker”) has appointed Yngve Slyngstad as CEO and senior partner of Aker Asset Management (“AAM”). Slyngstad will be responsible for building and developing active asset management to become a new business area in Aker, on par with the company's industrial holdings.“Aker and Aker Horizons have worked together to develop opportunities within active asset management and have made great strides in a short period of time. To succeed, a skilled leader is needed. Yngve Slyngstad is a leading expert in active asset management, with an impressive track record. We are pleased that Yngve has

Alelion supplies batteries to new customer in the strategically important Ground Support Equipment segment.

Tue, Dec 07, 2021 08:40 CET

Alelion Energy Systems has received an initial order for lithium-ion batteries in the Ground Support Equipment (GSE) segment, to be delivered in the first quarter of 2022.The order was placed by a new customer in the strategic Ground Support Equipment segment: Vestergaard Company, a Danish, family-owned company, which manufactures vehicles adapted for the global GSE market. Vestergaard Company is a leading supplier of vehicles for various ground services required at airports. Batteries based on lithium-ion technology are becoming more and more common in airport vehicles, since the

BioStock: Ultimovacs’ UV1 granted orphan drug designation

Tue, Dec 07, 2021 08:32 CET

Ultimovacs has announced being granted Orphan Drug Designation by the FDA for its universal cancer vaccine UV1 in the treatment of malignant melanoma. The news comes barely one month after UV1 was granted Fast Track by the FDA, meaning that Ultimovacs’ candidate continues to solidify its stance as a promising cancer immunotherapy.Read the article at biostock.se : https://www.biostock.se/en/2021/12/ultimovacs-uv1-granted-orphan-drug-designation/ This is a press release from BioStock - Connecting Innovation & Capital. https://www.biostock.se

K-Fastigheter buys concrete floor screeding specialist

K-Fast Holding AB’s (“K-Fastigheter”) subsidiary K-Prefab AB has acquired GH Sydgolv AB, a specialist in leveling of concrete floors. GH Sydgolv’s operations strengthen K-Prefab’s offer to its concrete frames customers. GH Sydgolv has annual sales of approximately SEK 50 million and around 20 employees.We have hired GH Sydgolv in several of our projects and are impressed by their commitment and quality mindset. The acquisition of GH Sydgolv fits well with our strategy to become a more complete partner to customers ordering frames, installation and related services. GH Sydgolv will operate

Mandatory notification of trade

Anooj Unarket, Board member of Otello Corporation ASA, has on behalf of certain related parties, as of 6th December 2021, acquired interests in shares of Otello Corporation ASA. The balance of Anooj Unarket and related parties’ holdings after the transaction totals 26,477,414 shares. Please refer to the attached notification of trading for further details. This information is subject to disclosure requirements in regulation EU 596/2014 article 19 number 3 and the Norwegian Securities Trading Act section 5-12.

Crunchfish presented at Västra Hamnen Corporate Finance’s Investor Day

Crunchfish AB (“Crunchfish”) presented at Västra Hamnen Corporate Finance’s Investor Day on December 2, 2021 with the title - Survival of the fittest.CEO Joachim Samuelsson focused on how Crunchfish is responsive to change in the two fast-moving industries of digital payments and computer vision. In the presentation, Crunchfish CEO Joachim Samuelsson also gives insight into how Digital Cash applies to instant payments and CBDC. Listen to the presentation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_apGgSzppLc Västra Hamnen Corporate Finance has also released an updated analysis of

Electra Gruppen and Elon Group merge

Tue, Dec 07, 2021 08:04 CET

ELECTRA GRUPPEN AB (publ) orgnr. 556065-4054 Press release 2021-12-07Electra Gruppen and Elon Group merge to form the Nordic region's leading voluntary specialist retail chain for home products Electra Gruppen AB (publ) (”Electra”), listed on Nasdaq Stockholm, and Elon Group Holding AB (publ) (”Elon Group Holding”) have today entered into an agreement under which Electra and Elon Group AB (”Elon”) merge. The merger will be completed through an exchange of shares, whereby Elon's parent company, Elon Group Holding exchanges all shares in Elon for shares in Electra through an issue in

LINK Mobility announces mobile communication agreement with Eversource

LINK Mobility (LINK) announces a mobile communication agreement with the U.S. utility Eversource for critical notifications. Eversource provide 4.3 million customers in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Hampshire with electricity, gas, and water services.LINK’s fully consolidated U.S. subsidiary Message Broadcast will supply Eversource with its unique Enterprise Omnichannel Notification System (EONS). EONS is a single engagement CPaaS platform to design, deploy and manage customer interactions for critical events. The system delivers highly reliable communication to utility consumers

AstraZeneca, Ionis to collaborate on eplontersen

7 December 2021 07:00 GMT AstraZeneca and Ionis sign deal to develop and commercialise eplontersen Liver-targeted antisense therapy in Phase III development for the treatment of transthyretin amyloidosis, a systemic, progressive and fatal condition AstraZeneca has entered into a new global development and commercialisation agreement with Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Ionis) for eplontersen, formerly known as IONIS-TTR-L\RX.\ Eplontersen is a ligand-conjugated antisense investigational medicine currently in Phase III clinical trials for amyloid transthyretin cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM)

SBB announces completed acquisitions of approximately 46 percent of the shares and votes in Amasten

The potential Offer is not being made, and this press release may not be distributed, directly or indirectly, in or into, nor will any tender of shares be accepted from or on behalf of holders in, any jurisdiction in which the making of the potential Offer, the distribution of this press release or the acceptance of any tender of shares would contravene applicable laws or regulations or require further offer documents, filings or other measures in addition to those required under Swedish law. On 18, 24 and 25 November 2021, respectively, it was announced that Samhällsbyggnadsbolaget i

Moving to a surrounding municipality considered to an increasing extent by people living in Helsinki, Espoo and Vantaa

YIT Corporation Press release, 7 December 2021 at 09:00 a.m.Sipoo would be the most popular choice for Helsinki residents, whereas Kirkkonummi would be the most popular choice among Espoo residents and Tuusula or Kerava among the residents of Vantaa. The willingness of Helsinki, Espoo and Vantaa residents to move to the surrounding municipalities has increased during 2021. This result is from the Sustainable Urban Environments barometer*, which is a survey among more than 1,000 Finnish city dwellers commissioned by YIT and conducted by Prior Konsultointi in September 2021. The

New elevator data tells the story of the movement of people in cities globally

KONE Corporation, press release December 7, 2021 · In the top 10 European cities, the average number of elevator journeys plummeted 80% between February and April 2020 · The return to office buildings in Paris, Munich, Helsinki, Berlin, Milan and Hamburg has remained at 60% of pre-pandemic levels since the start of this year · Data shows that the return to the office slowed in November with the discovery of a new coronavirus variant in the second half of the month KONE, a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, has analyzed data from its

Scandic strengthens digital self-service offering – new online booking feature for meetings

As Scandic continues to see an increased demand for meetings, the company is today launching a fully digital booking service for meetings and conferences for up to 30 people on Scandic’s website. The feature will be launched on December 7 and by the end of the first quarter 2022, it will include all of Scandic’s 195 hotels that offer meeting and conference facilities in the Nordic region, Germany and Poland.During the past 19 months, the rate of digitalization has accelerated rapidly, placing new demands on how people want to manage their working hours. The need for digital self-service and

Stena Line to open new daily route to Finland