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Lidloc from Metsä Board breaking new ground in paperboard cup design

Metsä Board Corporation press release 7 March 2017Metsä Board, part of Metsä Group, presented a revolutionary new paperboard cup design concept called ‘Lidloc’ for the first time at the Packaging Innovations Exhibition held in Birmingham, United Kingdom, on 1–2 March. The Lidloc patented design is based upon an extension to a standard cup structure that folds and locks into an integrated lid. This innovative design completely removes the need for a separate plastic lid and will re-invent how paperboard cups are produced, consumed and recycled. Cyril Drouet, Metsä Board’s Design &

Swedes can pay contactless with their smartphone all over the world using Seqr™

First to the Swedish market to launch contactless payments technology – Seqr™ is enabling consumer payments at over 30 million retailers globally.Seqr is continuing in its quest to own its position as the standard for mobile payments with the most versatile technology and the largest network of retailers accepting the solution of any of its competitors in the global mobile payments market. Seqr was the first one to offer contactless payments in Sweden. Easy to use and a secure alternative to carrying cash or cards, Seqr is designed for everyday payments using just an android smartphone –

Balder issues its first bond in Euro

Fastighets AB Balder (publ) has today issued EUR 1 billion in the European bond market. EUR 500 million were issued with a maturity of 5 years at a fixed interest rate of 1.24%, and 500 million were issued with a maturity of 8 years with a fixed interest rate of 2.00%. Balder issues bonds in euros to create a natural hedge of its currency risk that Balder has by owning assets in Denmark and Finland. The proceeds will primarily be used to repay secured debt with shorter maturities. For further information, please contact:CEO Erik Selin, tel. +46 706 074 790 orHead of Finance

Husqvarna Group to acquire HTC, strengthening its position in surface preparation

Husqvarna Group’s Construction Division has signed an agreement to acquire the Floor Grinding Solutions Division of HTC Group AB, the market leader in floor grinding solutions. “We have previously communicated the ambition to grow our Construction Division. The acquisition of HTC is an important step on that journey and, together with the recent acquisitions of Pullman Ermator and Diamond Tool Supply, is seen as an expression of that goal. Combined, these acquisitions give us a strong position in the fast growing and attractive surface preparation market”, says Kai Wärn, President and

Final data from major Swedish study confirms that IMMray™ biomarker microarray differentiates SLE from other autoimmune diseases with 96% accuracy

LUND, Sweden: Immunovia today announced that the large retrospective autoimmune disease study, performed in collaboration with Lund University’s IDEA Centre has been finalized. The study, first reported in January 2017, included 315 blood samples and was specifically designed to assess the effectiveness of IMMray™ blood-based biomarker signatures in differentiating SLE from three other main autoimmune diseases: rheumatoid arthritis, Sjögren disease and vasculitis. There is a clear clinical need for such a test since more than 50% of SLE patients are being initially misdiagnosed, mainly due to

Saab to Supply Wide Area Multilateration Systems to NATS in the UK

Defence and security company Saab has been selected to supply NATS, the United Kingdom’s leading provider of air traffic control services, with Wide Area Multilateration (WAM) equipment at two key sites in the UK.Saab will be providing two WAM systems, the first will provide coverage of the East Shetland Basin oil fields and the main helicopter routes between Sumburgh Airport and the oil fields, and the second system will cover an area east of the windfarm being built offshore of Aberdeen. Saab multilateration uses multiple low-maintenance, non-rotating sensors to identify aircraft

Selvaag Bolig ASA: Purchase of treasury shares

Selvaag Bolig ASA purchased 84 296 treasury shares on 6 March 2017. The shares were purchased at an average price of NOK 39.57. The shares were purchased for the company's share programmes for employees. After the transaction, Selvaag Bolig owns 657 014 treasury shares. Further information fromSverre Molvik, CFO, Selvaag Bolig ASATelephone: +47 401 00 585, e-mail: smo@selvaagbolig.no Selvaag Bolig ASA is a residential property developer controlling the entire value chain from acquisition of land to sale of homes. The company has several thousand homes under development at any

SEB's annual reporting published

SEB's annual report, sustainability report, and report on capital adequacy and risk management are now available on the bank's website. In many ways, 2016 will be remembered as the year of unexpected events. The unconventional monetary policy with negative interest rates became even more negative, and already massive quantitative easing was increased. At the global level, there were many signs of increased protectionism in the wake of growing social imbalances. Geopolitical tensions rose and the major political events had unexpected outcomes. Volatile markets affected customer behaviour.

Istanbul New Airport gets Integrated Tower System

Defence and security company Saab has signed a contract with Cengiz Construction to supply a complete integrated air traffic control tower system for Istanbul New Airport, which is currently under construction in Turkey. Cengiz Construction is the leader partner of the IGA consortium, which will continue to improve and operate Istanbul New Airport over the next 25 years.As part of its Integrated Tower solution, Saab will deliver a complete Advanced – Surface Movement Guidance & Control System (A-SGMCS) which includes aircraft routing and guidance, airfield ground lighting control and

Belgocontrol Selects Saab to Deliver Surface Safety System at Airports in Belgium

Defence and security company Saab has been selected by Belgocontrol to deploy its Advanced – Surface Movement Guidance & Control Systems (A-SMGCS) at Liège Airport and Brussels South Charleroi Airport.Saab’s A-SMGCS provides air traffic controllers with precise situational awareness and advanced safety net capabilities that improve safety and efficiency. Saab will deliver the latest generation multilateration sensors, SR-3 Surface-Movement Radars, Veelo vehicle tracking devices and A3000 fusion processors to both the Liège and Brussels South Charleroi Airports. The systems will integrate

Farstad Shipping ASA – Restructuring update, mandatory notifications of trades and disclosures of shareholdings

Reference is made to the stock exchange notice from Farstad Shipping ASA ("Farstad" or the "Company") on 3 March 2017 regarding the completion of the Company's extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (the "Extraordinary General Meeting"). Following the approval by the Extraordinary General Meeting of the NOK 450 million equity issue under item 9 on the agenda, the Company has today received the following subscriptions at a subscription price of NOK 0.35 per share on the terms set forth therein: a)           From Aker Capital AS ("Aker") for 571,428,571 shares for an amount of

Phase Holographic Imaging’s closest competitor acquired for $320 million

Recently it was announced that Sartorius acquires Essen BioScience for $320 million in cash. Like Phase Holographic Imaging’s main product HoloMonitor®, Essen BioScience main product IncuCyte is a cell analyzer designed to be placed in a cell incubator to study the behavior of living cells over long time periods. Contrary to HoloMonitor, IncuCyte is based on conventional microscopy which in most cases requires that the cells are genetically modified or stained with toxic stains. For more information about the acquisition see Sartorius to Acquire Real-Time Live-Cell Analysis Pioneer and

Orkla ASA: Mandatory notification of trade - options

On 6 March, in connection with Orkla's former management option programme, 50,000 options in Orkla-shares were exercised at a strike price of NOK 40.03 per share. The transactions comprise primary insider Stig Ebert Nilssen, Executive Vice President and CEO Orkla Care. Nilssen exercised 50,000 options at a strike price of NOK 40.03 per share, and sold them at a price of NOK 75.3708 per share. After this transaction, Nilssen and close associates own 49,046 shares and no options in Orkla.After this transaction, the total number of options issued in Orkla shares under the management

Finnair Traffic Performance in February 2017

Finnair Plc     Investor News                   7 March 2017 at 09:00 am EET Number of passengers grew 2.4% year-on-year despite calendar effects Finnair’s February traffic statistics were affected by last year’s leap day, which had a negative impact of some 3.8 per cent on capacity. As a result, Finnair's overall capacity measured in Available Seat Kilometres (ASK) decreased in February 2017 by 2.2 per cent year‐on‐year, while excluding the leap day, it increased by 1.6 per cent. The number of passengers increased by 2.4 per cent to 834,000 (2016: 814,800), i.e. on average 29,800 per

LINK Mobility Group ASA signs contract with Avida Finans AB

LINK Mobility Group (LINK), one of Europe's leading providers of mobile messaging and mobile services, is to develop and integrate mobile solutions for Avida Finans (Avida), a credit company that provides financial solutions and services for companies and individuals in Sweden, Norway and Finland. Avida’s mission is to provide financial services for businesses and consumers through efficient and targeted services. Avida wants to ensure customers’ satisfaction through innovative mobile solutions. To achieve these ambitions, Avida has decided to use LINK’s mobile messaging services and

Rejlers announces terms for the rights issue

Rejlers AB (publ) (the ”Company” or ”Rejlers”) announced on February 9, 2017, that the Board of Directors had resolved to, subject to the approval by the Extraordinary General Meeting on March 13, 2017, launch a rights issue of approximately SEK 200 million to accelerate the Company’s ongoing transformation process and thereby strengthen its financial position as well as its operational flexibility. Today, Rejlers' Board of Directors announces the final terms and conditions for the rights issue.NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA,

Introducing the new generation Hardox® wear plate

Hardox 500 Tuf delivers exceptional strength, hardnessand toughness in one and the same wear plate.Hardox 500 Tuf combines the best properties from Hardox 450 and Hardox 500. The result is a wear plate that has no real competition on the market. It is tough enough to perform as a structural material in heavy-duty dump bodies, containers and buckets. Superior wear and dent resistance gives increased service life and the ability to withstand heavy impact.  Twice the service life possible WearCalc and TippCalc calculations based on sliding wear with granite indicate that Hardox 500

Sectra’s nine-month interim report 2016/2017: Top ranking in customer satisfaction and performance shows that quality is profitable

Linköping, Sweden, March 7, 2017 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra  (STO: SECT B) reported positive trends for the Group’s sales, operating profit and cash flow for the third quarter of 2016/2017. While the Group’s future focus on the growth of new product areas and additional geographic markets will hamper its earnings trend in the short term, these activities have the potential to contribute to the Group’s long-term expansion. The company’s financial focus is to increase its operating profit per share while maintaining its operating

Enersize starts second project with Chinese flat screen manufacturer BOE Group

Enersize Oyj has agreed on a new separate project covering the installation of their system for measurements and efficiency analysis of energy usage in compressed air systems in one of BOE Display Technology Co. Ltd´s production plants in Beijing. This is Enersize second project with BOE Group together with local Chinese partner Jointeam international. The potential savings in the plant has been estimated to be over 3 MEUR annually which is more than three times that of the already ongoing BOE project from which Enersize received its first profit sharing payments in 2016.BOE Group has

Outokumpu – Transfer of the company’s own shares

Outokumpu OyjStock exchange release March 7, 2017 at 9.00 am EET Based on the decision of the Board of Directors of Outokumpu Oyj, a total of 304,318 Outokumpu’s shares have been delivered to the personnel participating in the plan 2014-2016 of Performance Share Plan 2012 and Restricted Share Pool programs. Outokumpu has originally informed about the share rewards in the stock exchange release on February 2, 2017.  Trading code: OUT1VNumber of shares: 304,318Price/share: Gratuitous Outokumpu used its treasury shares for the reward payment, which means that the total number

The production for February 2017 totaled in 35 GWh

The production from the Company’s wind farms for February 2017 totaled 35 GWh. Due to weak winds during the month the production outcome was about thirty percent under expectation, which is representative for all parts of Sweden. The adverse weather conditions during the month contributed to an availability in the Company’s wind farms of 95 percent.Rabbalshede Kraft offer operating services and operates wind farms around Sweden, in-house or for external partners. Rabbalshede Kraft operates 141 turbines (341 MW), of which 71 turbines (190 MW) are proprietarily managed and 70 turbines (151 MW)

NEWEST EPISODE OF ABC’s HIT ROMANCE REALITY SERIES THE BACHELOR FILMED IN LAPLAND

Ari Vuorentausta, Managing Director of Lapland Hotels, believes that the visibility brought by the popular reality TV show is a jackpot to tourism in Lapland.Millions of Americans witnessed the final twists and turns of the newest Bachelor, Nick Viall’s arctic wooing tour, when the second of three exciting episodes of The Bachelor series’ was broadcast in the United States on Monday, 6 March. The episodes filmed in the middle of Lapland’s wintery scenery became a unique, four-hour long travelling advertisement. In addition to the United States, the series will be shown in dozens of other

Cleantech Invest portfolio company Enersize starts second project with Chinese flat screen manufacturer BOE

Enersize has agreed on a new separate project covering the installation of their system for measurements and efficiency analysis of energy usage in compressed air systems in one of BOE Display Technology Co. Ltd´s production plants in Beijing. This is Enersize second project with BOE Group together with local Chinese partner Jointeam international. The potential savings in the plant has been estimated to be over 3 MEUR annually which is more than three times that of the already ongoing BOE project from which Enersize received its first profit sharing payments in 2016. BOE Group has

Bravida acquires the Danish district heating contractor JFE A/S

Bravida has entered upon an agreement to acquire all the shares of the Danish companies JFE A/S, JPE Materialudlejning ApS and JL A/S, with a total turnover corresponding to about SEK 130 million.In 2015, JFE and the two associated companies had a total turnover corresponding to around SEK 130 million, and showed good profitability. The three companies have about 100 employees and headquarters in Køge, Sjælland. JFE primarily operates as a contractor within district heating projects – ground work and culvert pipe laying assignments, for example to and from district heating power plants

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