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Oriflame Cosmetics’ Sustainability Report 2014

The sustainability report for 2014 is now available at Oriflame’s website, www.oriflame.com and as an attached document. Founded in 1967, Oriflame is a beauty company selling direct in more than 60 countries. Its wide portfolio of Swedish, nature-inspired, innovative beauty products is marketed through approximately 3 million independent Oriflame Consultants, generating annual sales of around €1.3 billion. Respect for people and nature underlies Oriflame’s operating principles and is reflected in its social and environmental policies. Oriflame supports numerous charities worldwide and is

Endangered white-backed woodpecker can thrive in commercial forests

(UPM, Helsinki, 15 June 2015, at 14:00 EET) - UPM, WWF Finland, Finnish Environment Institute and Metsähallitus Parks & Wildlife Finland have carried through a joint project to promote the living conditions of the endangered white-backed woodpecker in commercial forests. During the last 20 years, the population of the white-backed woodpecker has multiplied thanks to the conservation and management activities of its natural habitat. Today there are more than 200 pairs of white-backed woodpeckers nesting in our forests. "This project has offered us plenty of new information regarding the

Peab renovates school in Vaasa

Peab has been contracted to renovate a school building on Brandö Kampus area in Vaasa. The client is Vasa city real estate company KOy Palosaaren Kampus and the contract amounts to about SEK 100 million.Work has begun and is scheduled for completion in December 2016.The project will be reported in the second quarter of 2015 For further information contact: Esko Korpi, region manager Peab +358 40 5702290 Gösta Sjöström, media Peab +46 733 371010

University mentoring project celebration honours students

The annual Southampton Solent University Mentoring Celebration was an inspiring afternoon for students and graduates.Taking place at Southampton Solent University Conference Centre, and hosted by the Employability and Enterprise Team, the event aimed to thank and recognise the contribution of businesses, students and recent graduates to the success of this year’s programme. Over the course of six months local employer mentors provide student mentees with work related personal advice, practical employability skills and industry-specific information. Every year a range of individuals and

Kongsberg Renewables Technology launches Kongsberg EmPower

Kongsberg Renewables Technology has developed a new wind farm management system and is now ready to launch it under the name "Kongsberg EmPower". The system is based on Kongsberg Gruppen's broad experience with automation and decision support systems.Kongsberg EmPower is a turbine independent decision support system. It has a functionality that surpasses all other systems for wind farm management and data collection on the market. The system is based on Kongsberg Gruppen's existing technology and products deployed in the defence and maritime sectors as well as offshore oil and gas. "The

Arctic Wind chooses Kongsberg EmPower

Arctic Wind chooses Kongsberg Renewables Technology's newly developed wind farm management system, "Kongsberg EmPower", for monitoring and decision support on the company's wind farm at Havøygavlen. In addition, Kongsberg Renewables Technology will contribute to the development of new operational and maintenance routines at the wind farm.Kongsberg EmPower is a newly developed turbine independent decision support system based on KONGSBERG's broad experience with automation and decision support systems for the defence and maritime sectors as well as offshore oil and gas. It has a

Distribution agreement in Turkey

RaySearch Laboratories AB (publ.) has entered into a long-term distribution agreement with Oncotech Medical Systems in Ankara, Turkey.  According to the agreement, Oncotech assumes full responsibility for the marketing, sales and service of RaySearch’s treatment planning system RayStation® on the Turkish market. Oncotech was founded in 2014, by Mr. Ilker Çatan, who has extensive experience of the radiation therapy industry including treatment planning systems and specifically the Turkish market.    "I am very pleased that RaySearch has appointed Oncotech to distribute RayStation® in

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Semcon appoints Johan Darsbo as the new President of business area Engineering Services International

Johan Darsbo has been appointed President of business area Engineering Services International. He will take up his position on 1 July 2015 and will be part of the group management team.Johan has worked at Semcon since 2012 and most recently served as vice president of the business area. Before that he was responsible for Semcon's engineering business in the UK. He has previously held various positions in product development at Saab Automobile/General Motors and has extensive experience in the international automotive industry. “Johan's experience will further strengthen Semcon in our

The Fight Against Black-Grass – BREAKFAST SEMINAR at the Great Yorkshire Show

Driving forward improvements in agriculture and the battle to combat black-grass is the subject of a highly relevant seminar which will be held at next month’s Great Yorkshire Show. NB: Image available to download at the bottom of releaseCombatting this resilient and invasive weed is an issue on many farmers’ agendas so the chance to hear the latest research and tactics will come under the spotlight at the breakfast seminar on Thursday 16 July. The event is being organised by the Farmer-Scientist Network which is run by the Yorkshire Agricultural Society. The Society is best known as

OVER 1,000 PEOPLE COMPLETE THE SUMMER BREEZE RUNNING FESTIVAL IN WIMBLEDON

On Saturday 13th June 2015, over 1,000 people completed the Summer Breeze Running Festival  consisting of a half marathon or 10km distance on Wimbledon Common.The Summer Breeze running festival was an afternoon event with races beginning at 4pm and allowing participants to relax after their run, grab food from the barbeque and listen to live bands. Participants of both the half marathon and 10km were taken on a challenging, trail course through the woodland of Wimbledon Common incorporating rarely used paths as well as the hill of doom.  Richard Xerri,

Dynasafe launch Off Gas Treatment systems to the commercial chemical industry

Achema, Frankfurt am Main, Germany - June 15 2015.Dynasafe, a global market leader in the disposal of unexploded ordnance and other hazardous materials announced today, at Achema, the world forum for chemical industry, the launch of systems for the treatment of hazardous gases.During the last 15 years Dynasafe has delivered more than 25 Off Gas Treatment systems  (OGT), for demilitarisation projects; treating waste gases created during the destruction process of explosives and highly toxic chemical

Basware expands invoice automation and e-invoicing cooperation with public service center in Finland

Basware Corporation, stock exchange release, June 15, 2015 at 12:00 Basware expands invoice automation and e-invoicing cooperation with public service center in Finland Basware has expanded its cooperation with a public service center in Finland. The agreement covers migrating legacy invoice automation and e-invoicing systems to SaaS services and upgrading them to Alusta, Basware's unified cloud-based platform for purchase-to-pay. Basware is also providing the customer with Basware Analytics for gaining immediate insight into financial performance. The value of the agreement exceeds

Vanderbilt bygger videre på suksessen til Omnis med en rekke nye funksjoner

Vanderbilt bygger videre på suksessen til Omnis med en rekke nye funksjoner I nesten 20 år har Omnis hatt en enerådende posisjon som et ledende og moderne adgangskontrollsystem i Sverige og Norge, med over 135 000 dører fordelt på 5 000 steder. Vanderbilt (tidligere kalt Security Products fra Siemens) annonserer lanseringen av Omnis 6.1, som kombinerer en rekke moderne funksjoner med økt funksjonalitet og brukervennlighet.  Omnis har opparbeidet seg sitt gode rykte ved å formidle det mest robuste, pålitelige, stabile, kostnadsbesparende og godkjente integrerte adgangskontrollsystemet

Vanderbilt bygger vidare på succén Omnis med nya funktioner

Omnis har i nästan 20 år haft en oöverträffad position som det ledande passersystemet i Sverige och Norge och systemet finns installerat för 135 000 dörrar på mer än 5 000 anläggningar. Som en del av ett kontinuerligt FoU-program (Forskning och utveckling) har Vanderbilt (tidigare Security Products från Siemens) meddelat att man lanserar Omnis 6.1 med omfattande toppmoderna och lättanvända funktioner.  Omnis är känt som det mest kraftfulla, tillförlitliga, stabila och kostnadseffektiva godkända integrerade passersystemet på marknaden. Det bygger på en flexibel systemarkitektur som även

OrganoClick receives funding from Vinnova of SEK 815 000

OrganoClick AB (publ) has received funding of SEK 815,000 from Swedish governmental innovation agency Vinnova for a development project around bioplastic polymers. The project will be performed in collaboration with the Institute of surface chemistry (YKI) which is part of SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden.  The funding comes from Vinnova's program "Innovation projects in companies". The project will be performed during a period of 2 years and aims at developing new products for textiles ans paper in which bioplastic polymers will be an integral part. For more information

Posti strategy aims at renewal

Posti Group has specified its strategic goals and focus areas for 2015 – 2017. Posti aims to be the number one choice for its customers as the provider of postal and logistics services in 2018. The most important financial target for Posti is to maintain good profitability. The change taking place in the postal sector will become more rapid in the next few years when letter and publication distribution volumes fall as a result of electronic communications. Digitalization will change Posti’s current business models and create new services and growth opportunities. At the same time,

YIT starts the renovation of an office building in Helsinki city centre

INVESTOR NEWS      JUNE 15, 2015 AT 10:00 A.M.YIT starts the renovation of an office building in Helsinki city centre   YIT will start the renovation of the office building it bought in 2014 in the city centre of Helsinki, Finland. The office building located in Lönnrotinkatu 11 will include approximately 4,000 square metres of office space in five floors and approximately 400 square metres of commercial space in the street level. The renovation will be completed in autumn 2016. Tenants’ interest towards the project has been on a good level and part of the premises have already been

Fastlane International asks ‘Is it really Father’s Day this weekend?’

Global courier warns ex-pats that Father’s Day may not be when they think.The third Sunday in June (June 21) is the day many people will be treating their dads; and global courier Fastlane International  says there is still time for ex-pats in the UK to send a gift to parents in countries such as the USA, France, India, the Czech Republic and Canada. However Fastlane spokesman David Jinks warns that it’s not Father’s Day in every country, and that for some nations ex-pat kids may be too late.  He says: ‘It may be Father’s

UK's 'oldest' chough on record thrives on military firing range

A Ministry of Defence (MOD) training range in South West Wales is home to what is thought to be the oldest chough in the UK. As members of the crow family, chough typically live for no more than ten years. However one elderly bird at Castlemartin Training Area in Pembrokeshire has now reached a remarkable 21 years old. RSPB records  indicate that the previous oldest-known chough lived to be 20. The male bird’s age is known thanks to a metal ring placed on his leg by the Countryside

Nordea to divest its merchant acquiring business to Nets

Nordea has signed an agreement to divest its merchant acquiring business (“NMA”) to Nets Holding A/S (“Nets”). Merchant acquiring is a service provided to corporate customers, enabling them to accept card payments at point-of-sale and online. - The sale of the NMA business and the establishment of a partnership with Nets will secure a long-term Merchant Acquiring offering to our corporate customers on competitive terms. A changing regulatory environment and fast-paced technological development in the sector require both larger scale and substantial investments from providers of

Management's shareholding after completion of the rights issue

Lund, Sweden – 15 June, 2015 – BioInvent International AB (publ) (OMXS:BINV) has previously announced that members of BioInvent’s management and key personnel have, in addition to existing holdings, purchased subscription rights and subscribed for new shares corresponding to a total of 2.8 per cent of the shares offered in the rights issue completed in May 2015. Following the completion of the rights issue Management’s changes in shareholdings are presented. +----------------------------+----------+--------+----------------------+|Management's shareholding |Before the| Changes|After

Taurus XyloFerm® Yeasts Clear EPA Review for Commercial Use

Taurus Energy AB received the welcome notification from EPA that their 90 Day MCAN review (Microbal Commercial Activity Notice) of Taurus XyloFerm® yeasts has been completed without any objections, meaning that Taurus now is allowed to commence commercial production and sales of this product on the US market, beginning June 15, 2015.The MCAN Review is a requirement for commercial use of a GMO (Gene Modified Organism) classified yeast and regulated by United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Even if the stipulated review time only is 90 days, many months of detailed work and

First patient in IdeS phase II study transplanted

Hansa Medical AB (publ) today announced that the first patient after treatment with IdeS in a recently initiated Phase II study has been transplanted from a deceased donor.The phase II study that can include up to 10 patients is performed at Uppsala University Hospital and Karolinska University Hospital. The study will evaluate the safety, tolerability and efficacy of IdeS in kidney transplantation of sensitized patients. The patient was treated and transplanted in Uppsala. The study is also aimed at identifying the appropriate dose that in the majority of patients will result in anti-

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