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New club hammers deliver striking benefits

Olympia Tools, distributor of the Roughneck brand of hand tools and workwear, has made a new addition to its range. The business has extended its striking tool offer with a new, professional club hammer. Like all products within the Roughneck range, the new Roughneck Gorilla Club Hammer has been developed with a firm focus on quality, performance and innovation. Reflecting this, the new Gorilla Club Hammer has an intelligently designed, shaped steel head which is pointed at one end. This creates a domed face capable of creating much higher striking forces than a conventional flat face.

Kährs Group signs agreement with global flooring company

Kährs Group, a world-leading Swedish manufacturer of wood flooring and PVC-free resilient flooring has signed an agreement worth around SEK 160 million.Kährs Group has been entrusted with supplying wood flooring to a global floor covering company that wishes to supplement its overall offering. For the Group, the agreement means total sales of around SEK 160 million over the space of four years. “We’re delighted about this new partnership with a leading company in the flooring industry that shares our view of providing quality from start to finish, with beautiful products, good service

Jani Lösönen appointed new CEO of Ekokem

FORTUM CORPORATION ONLINE NEWS 5 SEPTEMBER 2016On 31 August 2016 Fortum announced that it has completed the acquisition of Ekokem Corporation. From the end of August 2016 onwards, Ekokem will be integrated into Fortum Group as a business area of the City Solutions division.  Following the acquisition, in view of the forthcoming integration and in accordance with the CEO agreement, Karri Kaitue has decided to leave his position as the CEO of Ekokem at the end of September. It has been mutually agreed that Karri Kaitue will be available to support the integration of Ekokem into Fortum

Collector Bank strengthens management with new HR Director

Gothenburg, Sweden – Collector AB (publ.) (NASDAQ Stockholm: COLL). Collector Bank extends management team to include new HR Director Sandra Schedwin. Sandra has several years of experience in HR and joins us from Länsförsäkringar, where she held various positions in HR, business development, sales and customer service.Collector’s organisation is growing and our culture is an important part of our continued success. During the past year alone, more than 100 people have been recruited, mainly in IT. The role involves meeting a variety of needs, including supporting managers and employees,

Change to YIT Corporation's management board - Esa Neuvonen nominated as YIT's CFO

YIT Corporation Stock Exchange Release September 5, 2016 at 12.15 p.m.YIT Corporation's Board of Directors has today nominated M.Sc. Econ. Esa Neuvonen (49), as YIT Corporation's new Chief Financial Officer and member of the management board. He reports to the President and CEO Kari Kauniskangas. Mr. Neuvonen will start in his new position by the end of the year. Esa Neuvonen is currently the CFO at Sato Corporation. Before joining Sato he worked for TeliaSonera in several positions, including Sonera's CFO.   "Esa Neuvonen is an experienced CFO who also has knowledge of the real estate

New survey confirms: Volvo Dynamic Steering reduces the risk of work-related injuries for bus drivers

Spending many hours behind the wheel every day, bus drivers often suffer strain in the shoulders, neck and arms. In order to reduce the risk of work-related injuries, last year Volvo Buses introduced Volvo Dynamic Steering (VDS), which makes manoeuvring a bus considerably easier. Now a scientific study has been published that confirms the system’s positive effects.The study carried out by VTI, the Swedish National Road and Transport Administration, examined muscle strain while driving both with and without VDS, and recorded how much the driver benefits from the system. In the tests,

Fortum to host a hackathon on the customer solar panel purchasing process and customer experience

9/5/2016 12:02 EET Fortum invites start-ups, software developers and service designers to apply to take part in the “Hack the Solar” hackathon on 21–23 October. The event will bring together the brightest minds to improve the solar panel purchasing process, delivery and customer experience for home-owners.  We are inviting teams of 2-3 people to join the challenge and create proof-of-concepts of digital services.“In everything we do at Fortum, the customer is always in the centre, and in the Fortum strategy cooperation with start-ups has an increasingly important role in

HiQ NOMINATED IN SWEDISH DESIGN AWARDS FOR THE CREATION OF CARPAY

The successful service CarPay  is nominated in the Swedish Design Awards (Svenska Designpriset) in the category “Identity – digital”. The innovative service moves the Volvo card into your mobile and is developed by HiQ together with Volvofinans Bank. HiQ is also nominated in the “Editorial – Customer magazine – print” category for the HiQ Magazine .“Together with the positive response we receive from our clients, we see this as proof that we are delivering what we promise – innovation with high quality,

The Macchiarini case: The external inquiry into Karolinska Institutet completed – KI criticised on several counts

The external investigators presented the results of their inquiry into Karolinska Institutet’s handling of visiting professor Paolo Macchiarini on Monday. Their report criticises KI on several counts, including that the recruitment of Macchiarini in 2010 and the extension of his contract in 2013 were pushed through improperly. The report also finds that KI cannot be completely absolved of responsibility for the synthetic trachea transplantations performed at Karolinska University Hospital.The external investigation was conducted by Sten Heckscher, Ingrid Carlberg and Carl Gahmberg, and

EXPANDING POSSIBILITIES WITH e-GRO

Smart app signals new era in Precision Growing for GRODAN customersROERMOND, the Netherlands − GRODAN, a global leader in stone wool substrate solutions introduces e-Gro®: an easy to use, mobile app that gives real-time substrate information. e-Gro is a new service from GRODAN developed to support customers with a GroSens® MultiSensor system. Customers, who need to have real-time reporting on their substrate, now have the opportunity to link their GroSens system to the e-Gro app. This new mobile and desktop application provides growers the possibility to get the maximum out of their

Etteplan delivers Upgrade-Packages for CBRN-exploration vehicles to Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance in Germany

- The Upgrade-Packages will be installed in 300 CBRN-exploration vehicles in Germany to detect e.g. radioactivity and chemical pollutants in the air.Etteplan in Germany has received a significant order from the German Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (Part of the Federal Ministry of Interior) to deliver measurement equipment and upgrade-packages of the measurement system used in CBRN-exploration vehicles to detect hazardous air particles, such as chemical, biological, radioactive and nuclear particles. The deliveries will be due during 2017-2018. The order

AAK completes acquisition of California Oils Corporation

AAK announced on July 15, 2016 its entry into an agreement to acquire California Oils Corporation. The company, also known as CalOils, is based in Richmond, California and is the leading vegetable oils company on the U.S. West Coast. The transaction was completed on August 31, 2016, and CalOils now represents AAK’s fourth production site in the U.S. CalOils will be consolidated into business areas Food Ingredients and Chocolate & Confectionery Fats. The acquired business had last year revenues of approximately SEK 1,350 million and a volume of approximately 110,000 MT, with 65 employees.

Vodafone’s new flagship device with touchless gesture control from Crunchfish

Crunchfish AB proudly announces that Vodafone uses Touchless A3D® for touchless gesture control in the Smart platinum 7, Vodafone’s new flagship smartphone in the premium segment.When designing the Smart platinum 7, Vodafone wanted a smartphone with the latest mobile technology. The focus is on powerful hardware and premium design as well as high quality camera features. For perfect selfies the camera has a gesture-controlled shutter powered by Touchless A3D® from Crunchfish, making photo capturing easy for all selfie enthusiasts.“We are pleased to have Vodafone among the

Valmet supplied tissue machine started up ahead of schedule at Hengan, Wuhu, China

Valmet Oyj's trade press release on September 5 2016 at 11:00 a.m. EET Hengan's 19[th] tissue machine, an Advantage DCT 200HS tissue line supplied by Valmet, successfully started up in August at the company's mill in Wuhu, Anhui province in China. The installation and commissioning were performed in record time and the start-up went very smoothly. The new tissue machine adds another 60,000 annual tons of tissue products to Hengan's current production of more than one million tons per year. PM 19 is Valmet's fifth tissue machine delivery to Hengan. The previous four Valmet Advantage

Veidekke ASA: Expands its corporate management team

Veidekke has appointed Lars Erik Lund (47) as a new member of the company's corporate management team. Lund has been appointed as the Executive Vice President responsible for Communication and Public Affairs, and he will also have overall responsibility for the group's compliance work. Lars Erik Lund has more than 20 years of experience with communication work in various organisations. For the past 15 years, he has worked as an adviser to the management of a number of listed companies. He was involved in the establishment of Crux Kommunikasjon - a leading consulting environment for

Veidekke ASA: PRESENTATION

Veidekke ASA would like to invite you to attend the presentation of its Economic Activity Report on the Scandinavian Building and Construction Markets to be held on Wednesday, 14 September at 12.30 p.m. at Veidekke headquarters in Skabos vei 4, Skøyen, Oslo. Lunch will be served from 12.00 noon. Please register with Anita Pettersen at anita.pettersen@veidekke.no or tel. +47 996 45 414 no later than Friday, 9 September. This information is subject of the disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.

Dome Energy appoints new CFO

Dome Energy AB.  (Ticker: DOME ) (herein after “Dome” and/or “the Company”) today announces that the company has appointed Marianne Brandt as new CFO placed in Stockholm. Marianne will assume the position effective immediately and replace Thure Thorgren, who leaves the company by his own request.Marianne previously held the position as CFO for Pierce – Pioneers in E-commerce. Marianne has a long and solid background from finance and control in qualified positions in both small and large companies with international

IBA and RaySearch announce strategic alliance to offer a unique integrated comprehensive solution for adaptive proton radiation therapy

IBA and RaySearch Laboratories, global leaders in proton therapy solutions and treatment planning software, have entered into a long-term strategic alliance to combine their respective technologies and advance adaptive proton therapy. As part of the collaboration, the RayCare® oncology information system, which is currently in development at RaySearch, will be customized for optimal use together with the IBA delivery solutions. In both RayStation® and RayCare, as well as in the IBA delivery solutions, joint features, dedicated software interfaces and modified graphical user interface

NPRO – BUYS SECTIONS IN FONDBYGGET, AKER BRYGGE

Norwegian Property has entered into an agreement to buy sections in Fondbygget from Watrium AS. The sections have a central location on Aker Brygge and comprise approximately 3,200 square meters, mainly retail space on the ground floor and some storage sections in the basement. The expected annual gross rental income in 2017 is close to NOK 9 million. The closing of the transaction will take place in September 2016, and the agreed purchase price is NOK 204 million net of compensation for the tax position. Aker Brygge is among the most attractive office, shopping and residential areas in

Minesto to attend Taiwan-Sweden Joint Business Council Meeting

Dr Martin Edlund, CEO of leading tidal energy developer Minesto, has joined the Swedish Business Delegation that will attend the 32nd Taiwan-Sweden Joint Business Council Meeting in Taipei on 26 September 2016. The delegation will be led by the State Secretary to the Swedish Minister for EU Affairs and Trade.The Taiwan-Sweden Joint Business Council meeting is an important platform for business contacts and intergovernmental relations, to explore business opportunities between Taiwan and Sweden. This year’s meeting will address the theme on Smart Cities & Living and one of the focus areas is

Immunovia holdig detailed talks about participation in a large consortium that will address the largest risk group for pancreatic cancer

The best chance to influence the survival of non-hereditary pancreatic cancer patients is to focus on early detection of cases in people aged over 50 who receive their first diagnosis of diabetes. There is now clear unanimity on this, and both public authorities and health institutes focused on the link between diabetes and pancreatic cancer are initiating research programmes on a large scale across several countries in order to identify and assess the best ways to reduce fatality through early detection of pancreatic cancer among the diabetes risk group.To achieve clear results that

Information from Haldex in relation to the public offer by Knorr-Bremse to the shareholders in Haldex

Knorr-Bremse AG (“Knorr-Bremse”) has today announced a public takeover offer for all shares in Haldex (the “Offer”). Knorr-Bremse is offering SEK 110.00 per Haldex share, which is 10.0 per cent higher than ZF Friedrichshafen AG’s offer of SEK 100.00 per Haldex share.Knorr-Bremse is one of the world’s leading braking technology companies and globally acknowledged as a competent system supplier in the commercial vehicle and rail industry. This is the third public offer for Haldex that has been announced since 14 July 2016, which the Haldex Board considers clear evidence of the company’s

WntResearch use a share trading service to support a more stable trade of the company’s stock.

WntResearch today announced that the company has entered into an agreement with Recall Capital regarding the share trade service Q2Trade™. This is done to reduce market risks and stimulate to a more stable trade of the company’s stock.Q2Trade™ is a strictly mathematical model based on historical stock trade information and is used to achieve a more stable trade on the stock market. For further information contact:Henrik Lawaetz, CEOE-mail: hl@wntresearch.comTelephone: +46 72 702 4694 About WntResearchWntResearch is developing a new type of cancer treatment based on pioneering

Strategic collaboration with multinational component company and AGM Batteries

An American power component company is investing about $50 000 in collaboration with Insplorion and the British battery cell manufacturer AGM Batteries. The aim is to develop a battery cell with commercial manufacturing potential where Insplorion’s battery sensor is integrated. This is the first time Insplorion’s sensor will be integrated into a commercial manufacturing process. The cell and the results of the development project will be used in the continued contact with major battery manufacturers.The multinational power component company which is listed at NASDAQ has manufacturing

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