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Alfa Laval revolutionizes pharmaceutical and speciality chemical production

Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has developed a new technology for production of pharmaceuticals and speciality chemicals resulting in increased efficiency and reduced energy consumption. Alfa Laval’s plate reactor implies a revolutionary technology shift in the heart of the production process. Alfa Laval launches the first product – Alfa Laval ART® PR49, for industrial scale production.Competitive pressure and environmental legislation are forcing the pharmaceutical and chemical industries to find new production techniques for safer,

TELESTE CORPORATION DISPOSES OF ITS SHARES

TELESTE CORPORATION STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 10.6.2009 AT 15.30 TELESTE CORPORATION DISPOSES OF ITS SHARES Teleste Corporation has disposed some of its own shares as consideration in atransaction in which Teleste Corporation purchased the entire share stock ofDINH Telecom S.A on 4 April 2007. The disposal of the company's shares is basedon the authorisation given by the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on 7thApril 2009. The value of the shares disposed is based on the average trading rate on theNASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd. between 2nd March and 27th March 2009, i.e. EUR 3.34

Aker Solutions signs subsea EPC contract for Oselvar

10 June 2009 - Aker Solutions has been awarded an EPC contract by DONG E&P Norge, as operator of the Oselvar field, to deliver a complete subsea production system to the North Sea field development. Contract value is approximately NOK 350 million. Scope of work includes engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of a four-slot template with manifold, three subsea trees, control systems, subsea wellheads and 28 kilometres of steel tube umbilicals. A similar EPC contract, for the Trym field, was signed between Aker Solutions and DONG E&P Norge in March his year. The Oselvar job is

Ericsson confirms its carrier IP edge and metro service equipment deliver lowest energy consumption

Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) today confirmed its network IP edge and metro platforms deliver the industry's lowest energy consumption based on new metrics that measure how efficiently they can provide subscriber services, such as residential Triple Play. The new metrics, which go beyond how much power a platform or port consumes, are more in line with how service providers monetize their business and plan infrastructure investments. With energy usage accounting for up to 50 percent of an operator's operating expenses, energy costs continuing to rise, and IP technology delivering new bandwidth-

New production well at the Didon field in Tunisia

PA Resources has completed the drilling of a new production well at the Didon field offshore Tunisia.   The oil and gas group PA Resources has completed the drilling of a horizontal production well, Didon-10, at the Didon field in Tunisia. The well was drilled by the jack-up rig Ensco 85 into the El Gueria reservoir. This was done in a cost-effective way through partly using an earlier drilled well. The well penetrated a 350 meter long horizontal section of premium reservoir.   - We are very pleased with the successful drilling and the fact that we now will be able to increase

Global engineering group, Cavotec MSL, establishes evolving blog presence

Leading global engineering group, Cavotec MSL, is proud to announce the launch of its blog portal at http://blog.cavotec.com/. Providing news on current industry developments and materials on Cavotec projects, the Group sees the blog as an integral element in its evolving communications strategy.“The blog gives us opportunities to communicate with a wider audience about a broader range of subjects than has previously been the case,” says Michael Scheepers, Cavotec MSL Corporate Communications Manager. Cavotec’s new media resource is directed at anyone with an interest in innovation and

Veidekke builds for Svenska Bostäder

Veidekke Entreprenad AB Region Bygg Stockholm has been awarded a contract by Svenska Bostäder to build 127 rental flats and premises for daycare centres, offices and retail businesses in Annedal, North-West of Stockholm. Six of the flats will be built for assisted living. The project is a contract valued at SEK 230 million under which Veidekke together with Svenska Bostäder AB have prepared the system documentation. Construction will commence immediately and the first tenants are scheduled to move in fourth quarter 2010. "We are very pleased with the partnership we have had during the

Aker Solutions bond issue

10 June 2009 - Aker Solutions ASA has decided to seek financing in the Norwegian bond market by offering a 5-year fixed and/or floating rate bond.   In addition, Aker Solutions offers buy-back of AKVER01 bonds maturing 1 December 2009 at price of 100.00 subject to each bondholder investing in the new issue with the corresponding amount or more. The financing is for general corporate purposes. Arctic Securities, Nordea Markets and SEB Merchant Banking have been selected as arrangers for the issue. Please contact Per-Håvard Martinsen in Arctic Securities (+47 21 01 32 65), Eivind

Egidaco Investments PLC, the Parent Company of TCS Bank, announces the results of the vote on the Proposal to Bondholders

Egidaco Investments PLC (“Tinkoff”), the parent company of ‘Tinkoff Credit Systems’ Bank (TCS Bank), announced today that it has received the final results of the vote on the Bondholder proposal as per the Notice issued on 19 May 2009.The results were obtained from the Agent, E. Öhman J:or Fondkommission AB. The quorum requirement was fulfilled, making the vote valid. The required qualified majority voted unanimously in favour of the proposal. The results of the voting were as follows: Total issued (EUR) – 70,000,000 Total votes (EUR) – 37,010,000 Eligible votes (EUR) – 28,910,000 Votes (%)

MANUFACTURING SECTOR SHOWING SIGNS OF RALLYING, SAYS BDO

- optimism levels at seven month high -The UK manufacturing sector is starting to show the first signs of rallying with both optimism and output levels at a seven month high, according to the latest edition of BDO Stoy Hayward’s Manufacturing Optimism Index. The optimism index, which is a measure of business confidence and is a strong predictor of economic growth two quarters ahead, rose to 87.4 in May, up from 86.4 in April. This is extremely positive given that the index reached a 12 year low (79.4) in March. Further bolstering this news was the fact that output levels, which calculates

PGA TOUR Productions Selects Viz Ardome Media Asset Management Solution

Bergen, Norway, Northbrook, IL, June 10, 2009 Vizrt Ltd. (Oslo Main List: VIZ)Vizrt, a leading provider of content production tools for the digital media industry, announced today that PGA TOUR Productions is purchasing the Viz Ardome media asset management (MAM) software to manage its HD and SD content."We have selected Viz Ardome after an extensive period of investigating and testing the media asset management systems available for the complex workflow at PGA TOUR Productions," said David Dukes, director, technical operations for PGA TOUR Productions.Viz Ardome is the core software

Sailors’ Society returns from fact finding and fundraising trip with target of US$1.35m

International Seafarers’ charity looks to extend work in IndiaInternational seafarers’ charity the Sailors’ Society is to launch a campaign to raise US$1.35million to improve facilities for seafarers visiting ports in India. Sailors’ Society representatives Jan Webber and Helen Alexander recently returned from a fact-finding and fundraising visit to Mumbai, where they met with leading shipping personnel, trustees of charitable organisations and captains of industry, including representatives from GAC, Inchcape Shipping and Tata, owners of well-known companies Tetley and Land Rover. The

Riksbank borrows euro from the ECB

The Executive Board of the Riksbank has decided to borrow EUR 3 billion from the European Central Bank, ECB. This is being done to ensure that the Riksbank is well-prepared to continue safeguarding financial stability.To restore the foreign currency reserve, the Riksbank has earlier requested to borrow the equivalent of SEK 100 billion in foreign currency from the Swedish National Debt Office. SEK 65 billion of this will be borrowed prior to the summer. The Riksbank is now borrowing three billion euro from the ECB to ensure that the Riksbank will have a sufficiently large foreign currency

MAGNOX NORTH LOOKS TO LOCAL FORKLIFT COMPANY FOR SAFETY CRITICAL HANDLING OF NUCLEAR WASTE

Warwickshire-based Cooper Specialised Handling will be contributing to the safe decommissioning of a well-known nuclear power station by supplying a custom-built reachstacker. The Konecranes reachstacker supplied by Cooper SH will handle 45 tonne concrete overpacks containing Intermediate Level Nuclear Waste (ILW) for Magnox North at its Trawsfynydd Site. The truck will move the ILW into a purpose-built store which will contain the waste until a national repository has become available. Cooper SH designed a unique attachment to handle the specially built 2.5 metre square concrete overpacks

Intrum Justitia proposes to adjust operational capacity in UK CMS business

Intrum Justitia has, as previously announced, carried out an extensive review of its operations in the UK, resulting in the conclusion that the Credit Management Services ("CMS") business would require substantial improvements and investments in order to stop the continuing losses.Based on these findings a review of all CMS contracts has been ongoing since the end of April 2009 with the aim of improving profitability in the CMS business. Having carefully analysed the outcome of these efforts, Intrum Justitia proposes to adjust the operational capacity of its CMS business in order to re-

LinkMed’s new share issue heavily oversubscribed

Calculation of the outcome of the new share issue implemented by LinkMed shows that the issue was oversubscribed by 41 percent, which means that the guarantee commitments entered into need not be utilized. As a result of the new share issue, LinkMed will receive approximately SEK 91.3 million, before issue expenses.Of the new share issue, 98.5 percent, corresponding to 7,192,444 shares, were subscribed for on the basis of subscription rights. Applications to subscribe for shares without the support of subscription rights were made for approximately 42.7 percent of the issue, equivalent to 3,

HNA/HNB - Group management changes at Hafslund ASA

Hege Yli Melhus, Group Executive VP Markets, has decided to resign from her position at Hafslund ASA. As well as heading the Markets business unit, Hege Yli Melhus has been a member of Hafslund's Group management.   "Hege Yli Melhus has been the driving force behind the positive developments at Hafslund Markets during recent years. She was responsible for restructuring the business unit, both significantly improving profitability and ensuring the area's preparedness for further growth. I would like take this opportunity to express my gratitude for her contribution to Hafslund," said

NPRO: Successful completion of Private Placement - disclosure of Subscription price

Reference is made to the press release dated 9 June 2009 regarding the contemplated private placement in Norwegian Property ASA ("Norwegian Property" or the "Company"). The Board of directors of Norwegian Property has today resolved to propose to the Company's general meeting to be held on or about 24 June 2009 to issue a total of 201,635,416 New Shares to a price of NOK 6.00 per share, giving gross proceeds of NOK 1,2 billion (the "Private Placement"). The subscription price was determined through a bookbuilding process conducted by Arctic Securities ASA, Pareto Securities AS and Pareto

MAGNOX NORTH LOOKS TO COOPER SH FOR SAFETY CRITICAL HANDLING OF NUCLEAR WASTE

Cooper Specialised Handling, the UK’s sole national distributor of Konecranes lift trucks and reachstackers, will be contributing to the safe decommissioning of a well-known nuclear power station by supplying a custom-built reachstacker. The Konecranes reachstacker supplied by Cooper SH will handle 45 tonne concrete overpacks containing Intermediate Level Nuclear Waste (ILW) for Magnox North at its Trawsfynydd Site. The truck will move the ILW into a purpose-built store which will contain the waste until a national repository has become available. Cooper SH designed a unique attachment to

Year-end report May – April 2008/09

• Order bookings rose 18* percent. Order backlog at an all time high level of SEK 7,267 M. • Net sales amounted to SEK 6,689 M, an increase by 18* percent. • Operating profit rose 28 percent to SEK 830 M (650). • Net profit amounted to SEK 546 M (406). • Earnings per share increased by 35 percent to SEK 6.00 (4.44). • Cash flow from operating activities improved to SEK 740 M (319). Cash flow after investments was positive SEK 580 M (neg. 280). • The Board proposes an increase of the dividend to SEK 2.00 (1.75) per share, corresponding to around SEK 184 M and 33 percent of net profit. • In

Acquisition of own shares

10 June 2009 - Aker Solutions ASA has on 9 June 2009, in connection with the company's share purchase programme for employees, purchased 92 700 own shares on the Oslo Børs at an average price of NOK 55.4557 per share. Following the transaction, Aker Solutions ASA holds a total of 4 966 669 own shares representing 1.81% of total shares outstanding. ENDS For further information, please contact: Investor relations: Ingrid Aarsnes, VP Investor Relations, Aker Solutions. Tel: +47 22 94 63 37, Mob: +47 950 38 364 Media: Jannik Lindbæk jr., SVP Corporate Communications, Aker

Veidekke in Bergen to build Horsøy Industrihavn AS

Veidekke Entreprenør AS has signed a contract with Framo Engineering AS for the construction of five production halls and a deep water quay, with the option to build a further two halls. The total value of the contract, including options, is NOK 239 million excluding VAT. The production halls have a base of a total of 20,500 square metres. This area is distributed between two halls 30 x 72 metres in size with a cornice height of 33 metres, and five halls 30 x 72 metres in size with a cornice height of 18 metres. All buildings will be connected by glass courtyards. The work will be

Outokumpu invests in projects to combat climate change

PRESS RELEASEJune 10, 2009 at 9.15 a.m. Outokumpu launched last year a competition to combat climate change as part of its corporate responsibility theme year 2008. Stainless steel production requires a large quantity of energy. At Outokumpu the main energy source is electricity where the share of renewable sources is some 50 percent. The winning proposal aims to further increase the amount of electricity from renewable sources by investing in power generation by wind turbines to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, and suggests that Outokumpu would provide stainless steel for the turbines.

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