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LISBURN BASED BODYSHOP LINDSAY FORD FIRST BODYSHOP IN NORTHERN IRELAND TO GAIN THE KITEMARK®

Lindsay Ford bodyshop at Lisburn (Knockmore Industrial Estate) has been recently awarded the Kitemark- and it is the first bodyshop in Northern Ireland to gain such a prestigious certification. Not all bodyshops are the same: To earn the Kitemark, vehicle body repair shops must prove that they conform to tough new standards set down in PAS 125. These include strict requirements that focus on skills, repair methods, equipment and materials. In addition, workshops must demonstrate that they have repair process management controls in place to monitor activities. All these elements are then

Path breaking research on airborne laser scanning

The Marcus Wallenberg Foundation proudly announces that the 2011 Marcus Wallenberg Prize is awarded to Professor Erik Næsset, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, for his path breaking research that incorporates the airborne laser scanning method as an integral part of forest inventorySociety increasingly recognizes the vital role of the world’s forests and wise management of this resource. Forests are seen as renewable resources for supplies of wood and fibre products, chemical feedstocks and biofuels, as habitats for maintenance of biodiversity, as important sites for carbon sinks and

LISBURN BASED BODYSHOP LINDSAY FORD FIRST BODYSHOP IN NORTHER IRELAND TO GAIN THE KITEMARK®

Lindsay Ford bodyshop at Lisburn has been recently awarded the Kitemark- and it is the first bodyshop in Northern Ireland to gain such a prestigious certification. The company has been in business since 1963 and was started by two brothers, David and Nick Lindsay, and then brought by Ford Retail in 2008 when the brothers retired. Lindsay Ford is now the largest Ford Dealer in Northern Ireland and one of the largest in the UK. They have eight locations and two bodyshops and they are also in the Top 100 companies in Northern Ireland. Dean McVeigh, Group Bodyshop Manager commented: “The

Renewal of Self Affirmed GRAS

This information is subject of the disclosure requirements acc. to §5-12 vphl (Norwegian Securities Trading Act) NattoPharma ASA has obtained a renewed Self Affirmed GRAS for our product MenaQ7® in the USA with designated specifications and for associated food uses, as long as production occurs in accordance with Good Manufacturing Practices. Accordingly, NattoPharma can sell MenaQ7® to the food industry in the US since our product, MenaQ7® comply with FDA requirements. Our CEO, Mr. Peter Carlsson states that "- this is good news for NattoPharma, hence we can now ramp up the sales

NOTICE TO THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Tecnotree CorporationStock Exchange ReleaseMarch 1, 2011 at 12.00 am Notice is given to the shareholders of Tecnotree Corporation to the Annual General Meeting to be held on Wednesday, 23 March 2011 at 4 p.m. at Palace Gourmet, Conference Room, address Eteläranta 10, 10th floor, Helsinki. The reception of persons who have registered for the meeting will commence at 3 p.m.A. Matters on the agenda of the Annual General Meeting1. Opening of the meeting2. Calling the meeting to order3. Election of persons to scrutinize the minutes and to supervise the counting of votes4.

Sale of Aker Marine Contractors completed

1 March 2011 - Aker Solutions has completed the transfer of ownership of subsidiary Aker Marine Contractors (AMC) to Singapore listed Ezra Holdings Ltd. Aker Solutions confirms the transaction details given in the announcement on 22 October 2010. In the transaction, AMC is valued at USD 250 million. Ezra has settled the transaction by paying Aker Solutions USD 50 million in cash, USD 100 million in shares in Ezra Holdings Ltd, and USD 50 million in a convertible bond with maturity after 36 months. The share instruments have been valued on weighted average price per share over the last

Test area for intelligent transport in Finland to be built in Tampere

Large-scale field testing of intelligent transport systems begins in EuropeVTT and Mercedes-Benz are leading a project to create the transport system of the future, in which cars communicate with each other, receive real-time information about traffic and also gather and forward information themselves. A test area is currently being built in Tampere. It will help establish which services Finnish drivers want, and what sort of effect these services would have on the safety and fluency of traffic as well as environmental effects.The recently launched European DRIVE C2X project is developing

BOOST FOR ENTERPRISE AT SLEAFORD RAILWAY STATION

News release1st March 2011New businesses are lining up to move into one of Lincolnshire’s newest workspaces before it opens next week. An eight-month project to convert part of the Sleaford railway station building into eight new offices for start-up enterprises will be completed on Friday 4th March when builders Taylor Pearson hand over the workspace to North Kesteven District Council Leader Councillor Mrs Marion Brighton, OBE. The council has worked in partnership with Network Rail and East Midlands Trains, taking a 15-year lease on a 2,000 sq ft part of the station. The £125,

Tobii lines up eye tracking innovations at CeBIT

Tobii Technology lays out several eye tracking innovations at CeBIT in Hannover, Germany. Visitors to the booth have the chance to test, among other devices, an eye controlled laptop.Tobii will present a broad selection of eye trackers and demonstrate what its technology can be used for, today and tomorrow.  This year’s innovations include: · A fully functional laptop prototype with integrated eye control · Tobii TX 300, the brand new 300 Hz eye tracker developed for research and analysis · Tobii Glasses, the revolutionary mobile eye tracker · The first-ever comprehensive

Tobii unveils the world’s first eye-controlled laptop

Tobii Technology today unveiled the world’s first laptop with integrated eye control. The prototype laptop has been developed in collaboration with computer manufacturer Lenovo and will be shown publicly for the first time at CeBIT in Hannover, Germany, March 1-5. Lenovo, the world’s fourth largest manufacturer of personal computers, has built the world’s first eye-controlled laptop, using eye tracking technology from Tobii. The laptop is a fully functional conceptual prototype and an important breakthrough for Tobii in its mission to bring its eye tracking technology to serial

Sandvik AB Nomination Committee’s proposal to the 2011 AGM regarding the composition of the Board

The Nomination Committee of Sandvik AB proposes as Board members the election of new Board members Johan Karlström and Olof Faxander and the reelection of Fredrik Lundberg, Hanne de Mora, Egil Myklebust, Anders Nyrén, Lars Westerberg and Simon Thompson. Anders Nyrén is proposed as Chairman of the Board. Johan Karlström, born 1957, MSc.Eng, is President and Chief Executive Officer, as well as Board member, of Skanska AB. He is independent in accordance with the rules of the Swedish Code of Corporate Governance. Olof Faxander is President and Chief Executive Officer of Sandvik AB. Georg

Enea Simplifies Multicore Migration with New Software Platform

Legacy Application Investments no Longer a Barrier to Multicore TransitionSTOCKHOLM, Embedded World, Nürnberg, Germany; March 1, 2011 – Enea today announced that in order to ease the transition to multicore processing for its current and future customers the company will launch the Enea Multicore Migration Platform (MMP).  The MMP will help developers of multicore systems to migrate legacy applications from unicore to multicore preserving investment, while at the same time enabling the use of the latest high-performance multicore devices. The MMP combines proven best practices and powerful

Tobii unveils the world’s first eye-controlled laptop

Stockholm, Sweden, Hannover, Germany—March 1, 2011—Tobii Technology today unveiled the world’s first laptop with integrated eye control. The prototype laptop has been developed in collaboration with computer manufacturer Lenovo and will be shown publicly for the first time at CeBIT in Hannover, March 1-5.Lenovo, the world’s fourth largest manufacturer of personal computers, has built the world’s first eye-controlled laptop, using eye tracking technology from Tobii. The laptop is a fully functional conceptual prototype and an important breakthrough for Tobii in its mission to bring its eye

Enea to Support Multicore Association’s MCAPI™ Standard

Interprocess Process Communications Leader will Integrate Emerging Multicore Communications Standard with its Enea LINX IPCSTOCKHOLM, Embedded World, Nürnberg, Germany; March 1, 2011 – Enea today announced that it is supporting the Multicore Associations emerging Multicore Communications API (MCAPI™) standard by implementing MCAPI over its Enea LINX interprocess communications (IPC) solution to insure interoperability between closely coupled processing and multicore devices.  The technology behind LINX has been deployed in over 1.7 billion devices including telecom equipment, automobiles

Nobia Group management appointed

A revised Group management team has been appointed, which will be effective from 1 March 2011. This is in line with the One Company approach and the flatter organisation that was recently introduced to enable more rapid decision-making.   The team of nine consists of the following persons:   · Morten Falkenberg, President and CEO · Mikael Norman, CFO · Jonas Hård, EVP and Head of Change Programmes & IT · Ingemar Tärnskär, EVP and Head of Production and Logistics · Peter Kane, EVP and Head of UK Retail · Henrik Karup Jörgensen, EVP and Head of Nordic Retail and

Photocure ASA -Shares purchased by employees/Notification of trade

Photocure has an incentive program that includes shares in the company. The board of directors makes annual allocations based on fulfillment of personal and company goals.  As part of the incentive program, 11 employees in Photocure have purchased 150,773 shares in the company today. The purchase price was NOK 32.00 (62,498 shares) and NOK 20.30 (88,275 shares) per share, the same as the market price at the time of allocation. Furthermore, as part of the share buy back program, Photocure has on February 28, 2011 bought 1000 shares in Photocure ASA with an average price of NOK 48.70 per

SIMTRONICS-NEW ORDER IN HAND

Simtronics ASA has today received a second order for the same project notified last week for a substantial number of laser based Hydrogen Sulphide (H2S) gas detectors for a processing plant in the Middle East. The order is in excess of NOK 2,6 million and shall be delivered in Q3 of 2011. This order is by far the largest one received for Simtronics' new laser based toxic gas detector, the GD1. It represents a major break-through not only for the product, but also for the technology used in the product. The successful development of the GD1 places Simtronics in the forefront of world gas

FINANCIAL TARGETS OF BIOHIT OYJ

Biohit has determined its financial targets for both the current year and medium-term as follows: The short-term target is to reach a profitable growth of more than 10 per cent annually, and to raise the total operating result to approximately 5 per cent of total net sales in 2011. The medium-term target is to grow total net sales to EUR 70 million in 2013. The net sales target for the liquid handling business for 2013 is EUR 50 million, representing an annual growth of more than 10 per cent. Our objective is to be the leading electronic pipette manufacturer in all market areas

Mandatory notification of trade - options

On 28 February 2011, in connection with Orkla`s option programme, 300,000 options in Orkla-shares were exercised at a strike price of NOK 46.74 per share, and 100,000 options were exercised at a strike price of NOK 48.40 per share. At the same time, 70,000 options were cancelled due to resignations.   Primary insider Roar Engeland (EVP in Orkla ASA) exercised 150,000 options and at the same time sold 150,000 shares in the market at an average price of NOK 50.97. Following this transaction, Mr Engeland and related parties hold 178,986 shares and 570,000 options in Orkla ASA.

BIOHIT'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS' REPORT FOR 2010 HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED

The financial statements 2010 of Biohit Oyj have been published today. The financial statements, including both the consolidated and the parent company financial statements, as well as the report of the Board of Directors, the Auditor’s report and the Corporate Governance statement, are available on Biohit's website at www.biohit.com/investors, and as PDFattachment to this release. The Annual Report 2020, which also includes the annual summary of stock exchange releases will be published in English during week 10 in electronic format on the company's website.   Further information:

HiQ helped Com Hem upgrade Stockholm network

HiQ project-managed the final part of the extensive work on upgrading Com Hem’s network in the Stockholm region – the largest individual modernisation project ever undertaken by Com Hem.300,000 households in the Stockholm area were affected when Com Hem decided to carry out an extensive upgrade of the old UPC network in three phases. The third and most extensive phase took place last year and involved visits to 15,700 network locations in a total of 14,000 properties in order to replace the unit which provides the property’s network. “HiQ has collaborated with Com Hem for many years. In

AAK appoints new country manager in China and opens sales office in Shanghai

AAK – the world's leading producer of high value-added speciality vegetable oils and fats – expands its operations in China. The Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Rick Luo as Country Manager for China and the establishment of a sales office in Shanghai, China. Mr Rick Luo is appointed as Country Manager for AAK's China operations effective as of 1 March  2011. He has more than 10 years of experience from the baby food industry, including a position as Manager of Operational Business Development for Pfizer Nutrition’s China operations. “I am very pleased that we have

Haldex acquires own shares

The 2010 Annual General Meeting of Haldex AB of shareholders resolved to authorize the company’s Board of Directors to make decisions concerning the buyback of the company’s own shares in order to safeguard the company’s option program. Haldex hereby announces that the company’s Board of Directors has decided to exercise the authorization for this purpose. The shares will be purchased on Nasdaq OMX Stockholm at a price within the registered span of prices at the particular time.Share buybacks will be permissible from March 1, 2011 through May 13, 2011. No shares will be bought back

THE BIOHIT GROUP'S FINANCIAL STATEMENT BULLETIN 1 JANUARY - 31 DECEMBER 2010

SUMMARY January-December 2010 · Net sales EUR 40.0 million (EUR 35.4 million 1-12/2009) · Operating profit EUR 0.5 million (EUR 1.2 million) · Profit before taxes EUR 0.4 million (EUR 0.7 million) · International operations accounted for 95.6 per cent (95.8%) of net sales · Earnings per share EUR 0.00 (EUR 0.03)  October-December 2010 · Net sales EUR 11.1 million (EUR 10.2 million) · Operating profit EUR 0.1 million ( EUR 0.8 million) · Profit before taxes EUR 0.0 million ( EUR 0.7 million) · International operations accounted for 93.9 per cent (95.2%)

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