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Coor SmartUtilization—tools for better and more effective offices

The cost of office space is high, especially in central locations. Premises are often neither used effectively,nor adapted to new mobile working methods. By adapting premises better, our experience is that the cost of premises can be reduced by up to 30%, while employee satisfaction and productivity increases. Coor SmartUtilization is a system for measuring the occupancy of various spaces in real time. By combining the application of objective occupancy metrics to different workspaces, such as office space, conference space and meeting space, with an understanding of operational needs,

GLOBAL TELECOM OPERATOR CHOOSES HiQ AS ITS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PARTNER

HiQ wins the prestigious assignment to partner a global telecom operator in developing its business in the fields of “the internet of things” (IoT) and digital transformation.More and more companies are seeing the possibilities that are inherent in an increasingly networked society. Today HiQ has established a clear market position for itself in IoT and digital transformation. Within the past year alone HiQ has led more than 15 innovative projects for internationally active companies and organisations eager to simplify operations and services. “We enjoy a very good position in the field

Puccini’s ‘exotic inspiration’: the unusual source of Madama Butterfly’s melodies revealed

The unexpected source of two of the most significant musical themes in Puccini’s masterwork Madama Butterfly has been revealed by an American music scholar. Writing in the Journal of the Royal Musical Association , W. Anthony Sheppard of Williams College claims that Puccini drew directly on Westernised versions of two different Chinese folk tunes – as reproduced in music boxes – during the composition of Madama Butterfly, rather than any traditional Japanese melodies. Sheppard also claims to have

Hafslund - Invitation to presentation of 2nd Quarter 2015 Accounts

Hafslund presents the 2nd quarter 2015 accounts on Friday 10 July at 09:00 CET. The 2nd quarter 2015 report to shareholders will be made public on the same day at approx. 8:00 CET. The presentation will be held in Norwegian at Hafslund's headquarter at Drammensveien 144 in Oslo, and can be viewed via web-cast at www.hafslund.no. For registration to the presentation, please send an e-mail to red@hafslund.no. Hafslund ASAOslo, 2 July 2015

Invitation to a telephone conference regarding Trelleborg’s interim report on July 21

Trelleborg’s interim report for the second quarter 2015 will be published on Tuesday July 21 at about 07:45 CET. Analysts, investors and media are invited to attend a telephone conference which will be held at 10:30 CET on the same day. Trelleborg will be represented by President and CEO Peter Nilsson and CFO Ulf Berghult. The telephone conference will begin with a brief presentation of the report, after which participants will be given the opportunity to pose questions. The telephone conference will also be streamed in real-time on the Internet. Visit our website: www.trelleborg.

ANGRY BIRDS AND NASA JOIN FORCES TO PIONEER GAME LEARNING

Angry Birds Space receives 15 new educational levels in ‘Solar System’ updateEspoo, Finland, 2nd July 2015 - Rovio's Angry Birds Space receives a rocket boost of an update titled Solar System that will include exciting learning  content about space across 15 new levels.  Each game level represents a planet, comet or satellite in our Solar System. Creating fun learning  has been a success of the Angry Birds and NASA collaboration. Angry Birds Space is now present in many classrooms around the world. In the latest update, players can explore the planets of the Solar System and get to know

BBC’s THE ONE SHOW TO COME LIVE FROM THE GREAT YORKSHIRE SHOW

Visitors to the Great Yorkshire Show will be able to watch one of the BBC’s most popular TV programmes, The One Show, broadcast live, and see presenters Matt Baker and Alex Jones experience the sights and sounds of England’s premier farming and countryside event.It is the first time the entire programme has been broadcast ‘live’ from an agricultural event. During the hour long programme on Wednesday 15 July,  Matt and Alex  will get an “as it happens” overview of the countryside extravaganza, with a behind the scenes look at what makes it tick, meeting the characters who are passionate

New Study Explores Bystander Intervention in Cyberbullying

Cyberbullying is drawing increasing attention, with online activity soaring and a larger number of bullying cases resulting in tragedy. “Bystander Intervention in Cyberbullying ,” a new study published in the National Communication Association’s Communication Monographs reveals specific online conditions under which witnesses to cyberbullying are likely (or unlikely) to intervene in defense of a victim. The study sheds light on the behavior of “bystanders” who “witness” cyberbullying episodes. Authors Nicholas Brody of

First customers join SSAB’s My Inner Strenx program

SSAB launched Strenx, its new high-strength structural steel product brand, earlier this year. The first customers are now joining SSAB’s “My Inner Strenx” program, which provides members with wide-scale technical support and innovative design methods using Strenx high-strength steel.“We are pleased to welcome our first My Inner Strenx members from Castleton Industries, Canada, but also from KH-Kipper and Feber Grupa Intercars from Poland. The new members are all forerunners in using high-strength steels in their applications,” says SSAB’s Head of Market Development Gregoire Parenty. [

Reliability with no Ifs or Buts: The New Barum Tyres for Steer and Drive Axles

Barum has redesigned its commercial vehicle tyre range and is introducing the new series with the steer axle tyre BF 200 R and the drive axle tyre BD 200 R. These robust, high-performance tyres offer a low-cost alternative for truck and bus operators. The tyres demonstrate excellent service life and offer reliable handling in both regional distribution and long-distance applications. The Barum BF 200 R and BD 200 R are now available in size 315/80 R22.5. Barum's new 200 R series is a range of tyres for trucks and buses that offers high quality at an affordable price. The steer

Green data centres make Stockholm unique in the world

The Internet service provider Bahnhof and the energy company Fortum Värme have signed an agreement for large-scale heat recovery from Bahnhof's planned “Green Hub” data centre in central Stockholm. Fortum Värme will be supplying cooling to Bahnhof, which in turn plans to sell back surplus heat to the district heating system. The ability for data centres to sell excess heat, which previously went to waste, at market prices make Stockholm a unique place to establish your operations.“This is an important step to recovering as much energy as possible from the expanding global IT sector,” says

Going wider – ArcelorMittal launches new generation of extra-wide sheet piles

Luxembourg, 2 July 2015 - Wider, lighter and stronger: ArcelorMittal introduces a new generation of more cost-efficient, extra-wide sheet piles, which contribute to an additional value creation for its customers.Continuous research and development as well as close cooperation with customers for sheet piling solutions enabled ArcelorMittal to become world leader in the production of hot-rolled sheet piles.  ArcelorMittal sheet piles have a long tradition and have been leading the way for many decades. The new range of wider sheet piles will be produced in the ArcelorMittal mill in Luxembourg

Crunchfish completes investment to fuel expansion of social proximity solution

Crunchfish, a world leader in mobile touchless interaction, adds a new business unit focused on social proximity interaction and welcomes Anders Blomkvist, former CEO of Skånska Byggvaror, to its team of investors.Crunchfish has invested into proximity solutions for over a year and has already eight pending patent ideas within this area, adding to an additional eight allowed patents within touchless interaction. This new share issue supports Crunchfish strategic decision to split the company into two technology business units, touchless interaction and the new social proximity unit

Munksjö invests in a new storage centre at its specialty paper mill in Rottersac, France, to further improve customer service

MUNKSJÖ OYJ, PRESS RELEASE, 2 July 2015 10.00 a.m. CESTMunksjö invests in a new storage centre at its specialty paper mill in Rottersac, France, to further improve customer service Munksjö, a world-leading manufacturer of advanced paper products, steps up initiatives to support activities of its Rottersac Mill, France: investment in a totally new storage centre, improvement of production equipment and implementation of a customer service centre for Europe.The company has announced an investment project in the building of a totally new 9,100 m² storage centre. Almost all output is to

Invitation to Fortum's Interim Report January-June 2015 press and telephone conferences on 17 July 2015

FORTUM CORPORATION STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 2 July 2015 at 11.00 EETFortum Corporation will publish its January-June 2015 interim report on Friday, 17 July 2015 at approximately 8.00 CET / 9.00 EET.A news conference at 10.00 CET / 11.00 EETA news conference in Finnish will be held at 10.00 CET / 11.00 EET in the auditorium of Fortum’s head office, Keilaniementie 1, Espoo on the same day. The news conference will be webcasted on Fortum’s Finnish website (www.fortum.com/fi). A buffet lunch will be served after the event. On arrival, members of the media are requested to show their press

SimCorp A/S – Share buyback program

On 17 February 2015 SimCorp A/S announced a share buyback program in compliance with the provisions of Commission Regulation No. 2273/2003 of 22 December 2003, also referred to as the “Safe Harbour”. In connection with the program SimCorp A/S will repurchase shares for an amount of up to EUR 10.0m (approx. DKK 74.4m) in the period from 23 February to 14 August 2015. The following transactions have been executed under the program:  Date                 Number Average purchase Amount (DKK)  of price (DKK per shares

Dignitana Announces Private Placement Offering

Lund, Sweden, JULY 2, 2015—Dignitana AB (ticker: DIGN on Nasdaq OMX First North), a world leader in medical scalp cooling technology, announced today that it plans to complete a non-brokered, “best efforts” private placement Offering of up to 2,500,000 units of Dignitana (the “Company”) at a price of 11.25 SEK per unit for aggregate gross proceeds of up to 28,125,000SEK. The transaction, dated July 1, 2015, was carried out by the Dignitana Board of Directors and authorized by the annual general meeting of shareholders, on April 24, 2015. The total outstanding shares will increase to 16,

Plansee invests in a new cold rolling mill: Thin and medium-thickness sheets are now even cheaper.

Plansee uses modern rolling mills to produce the world's largest molybdenum, tungsten, tantalum and niobium sheets. New investments mean that customers will immediately benefit from cost savings, which Plansee will also be passing on in its webshop Plansee Express. Plansee operates the world's largest hot rolling mill for refractory metals. With a massive rolling force of 50,000 kilonewtons, this produces sheets up to 2000 mm wide and several meters long. In order to produce larger sizes of thin and medium-thickness sheets and to ensure increased capacity, Plansee

Repo rate cut to −0.35 per cent and purchases of government bonds extended by SEK 45 billion

Inflation is rising and economic activity in Sweden is continuing to strengthen. But uncertainty abroad has increased and it is difficult to assess the consequences of the situation in Greece. Since the repo-rate decision in April, the krona has also become stronger than the Riksbank had forecast and the development of the exchange rate remains a risk to the upturn in inflation. In this uncertain environment, monetary policy needs to be even more expansionary to ensure that inflation continues to rise towards the target of 2 per cent. The Executive Board of the Riksbank has therefore decided

Reality Road: Here’s the music video for Mapei’s ‘Million Ways to Live’

In Volvo Trucks’ success series ‘Reality Road’ viewers get to look behind the scenes at the recording of the video for Mapei’s new single ‘Million Ways to Live’. The music video premieres today.For three weeks now, viewers of ‘Reality Road’ have been able to watch how singer Mapei, music video director Liza Minou Morberg, and driver Jens Karlsson have travelled all across Europe recording a music video for Mapei’s new single ‘Million Ways to Live’. “My vision for the video was to emphasise the message of freedom that is embodied in Mapei’s song. It’s about packing your bag and setting

Dentware Scandinavia AB has entered an agreement to acquire Brånemark Integration AB

Dentware Scandinavia AB and the Swedish dental implant company Brånemark Integration AB have agreed an agreement whereby Dentware acquires all shares of Brånemark Integration and its French subsidiary BioSmile Sarl. The transaction is dependent upon the acceptance of the shareholders of Dentware Scandinavia AB and the company raising the necessary financing. The acquisition will be completed in part in cash and in part in new Dentware shares issued to the sellers. Dentware will be calling an extraordinary meeting of its shareholders to decide on the deal and expand the board of directors.

Skanska constructs tunnel in Stockholm Bypass, Sweden, for SEK 1.3 billion

The Swedish Transport Administration has selected Skanska as contractor for constructing the southern connection of Stockholm Bypass tunnel. The contract is worth about SEK 1.3 billion, which will be included in order bookings for Skanska Sweden for the second quarter of 2015.The project covers about 350 meters of tunnel with two lanes in each direction, southbound connections and a new interchange. Construction work will start in the spring of 2016, with expected completion in 2021. About 150 people will work in the project carried out as a turnkey contract. Skanska Sweden is one of

Noreco announces early repayment of NOK 250 million to NOR10 bondholders

Stavanger 2 July 2015: Norwegian Energy Company ASA (“Noreco”) announces an early repayment of NOK 250 million of NOR10 outstanding bonds. Following the announcement of reaching a settlement agreement with our partners in Denmark and the on-going process to monetise remaining assets and maximise value for stakeholders, the Board of Noreco has concluded that an early prorata repayment of NOK 250 million of principal and accrued interests (NOK 600 million of principal currently outstanding) will be made to the NOR10 bondholders as soon as practically possible. This repayment will be made

Cherry acquires leading online casino targeting German-speaking markets

Cherry announces that it has acquired 71 percent of the shares of the Malta based company Almor Holding Limited (Almor), a leading online casino business specialising in German-speaking markets. The effective date of the acquisition is July 1 2015 and Cherry AB will consolidate Almor within its group accounts from July 1 but have the right to the earnings from May and June in the acquired balances. Cherry expects Almor to report positive EBITDA in both May and June as well as the remaining part of 2015, contributing to Cherry’s Online Gaming division, which expects to report a positive EBITDA

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