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Falken Tyre is OEM for Volkswagen’s new midsize car

The new Volkswagen Passat line will be fitted with 16” ZIEX ZE914A tyres by the Japanese tyre brand Falken. The automotive manufacturer was won over by two versions of the Falken tyre – the ZIEX ZE914A (standard summer tyres) and the ZIEX ZE914A Ecorun (tyres with optimised rolling resistance)Volkswagen debuted its new Passat at the Autosalon trade fair in Paris at the start of October. The ZIEX ZE914, already proven as a standard tyre, was redeveloped for the Volkswagen Passat by Falken’s engineers in Japan and tailored to the Passat’s specifications. This is the first time that the

2015 Summer Camp Schedule at the Atlanta History Center and Margaret Mitchell House

The Atlanta History Center Presents Enriching Summer Programs for ChildrenThe Atlanta History Center and its Midtown campus located at Margaret Mitchell House announce the 2015 Summer Camp themes.  Atlanta History Center and Margaret Mitchell House campers explore a range of topics, engage in quality activities, and expand creative skills. With new themes each week, every child will likely find several topics to match their particular interests. Camps at both sites run June 1 – July 31, 2015. Camp registration will soon be in progress. Space is limited, so register early. To register a

Improved survival for patients with brain metastases who are ≤50 years old and receive SRS alone, without whole brain RT

Affirms ASTRO’s 2014 Choosing Wisely® recommendation for SRSCancer patients with limited brain metastases (one to four tumors) who are ≤50 years old should receive stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) without whole brain radiation therapy (WBRT), according to a study available online, open-access, and published in the March 15, 2015 issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics (Red Journal), the official scientific journal of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO). For patients ≤50 years old who received SRS alone, survival was improved by 13

An old-looking galaxy in a young universe

Astronomers have made the first detection of dust in one of the most distant galaxies ever observed. The discovery, published in Nature by an international team including Kirsten Knudsen at Chalmers University of Technology, is tantalising evidence that galaxies evolved rapidly after the Big Bang. The scientists used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (Alma) and the X-shooter instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) to pick up the faint glow from cold dust in one of the youngest and most remote galaxies ever found. The astronomers were surprised to discover a far more

Bartec Pixavi and poLight @ MWC-15

poLight first TLens® based Touch & Refocus™ Smartphone to be demonstrated at Mobile World Congress 2015 TLens brings true-focus edit to smartphones Barcelona — March 2nd, 2015 — poLight, the world leader in very high speed and ultra-low power autofocus actuated lens, today announced that it has partnered with Bartec pixavi to integrate its TLens based Touch & Refocus in mobile phones. poLight’s Touch & Refocus application is based on true focus images and is generating full resolution pictures focused at selectable distance and/or depth of field. poLight’s Touch & Refocus software is

Vitec acquires Norwegian Fox Publish AS

Software Companies Fox Publish AS and Adservice Scandinavia AB delivers a publishing system for the Norwegian and Swedish real estate agent markets. The system enables efficient production and publication of all marketing materials as the real estate agent need in their sales process. The business model of Fox gives a very high proportion of recurring revenue. The acquisition strengthens Vitecs position as a long-term and resourceful Nordic provider of industry-specific business. The acquisition adds Vitec Group 11 new employees. - In Vitec we have found a natural, strong and long-term

Capital Reduction and Scheme Effective

NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IN, INTO OR FROM ANY JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OR REGULATIONS OF THAT JURISDICTION For immediate release 2 March 2015 Recommended acquisition of Salamander Energy plc by Ophir Energy plc Court confirmation of Capital Reduction and Scheme Effective On 24 November 2014, the boards of Salamander Energy plc ("Salamander") and Ophir Energy plc ("Ophir") announced the terms of a recommended acquisition by Ophir of the entire issued and to be

Domain name BIM.COM acquired to expand global brand recognition

BIMobject® announces that the company have acquired the top level domain name BIM.COM. Internationally recognized term BIM, stands for Building Information Modeling.  A premium domain like BIM.COM will improve and protect our digital platform as the premier destination. It will improve search engine rankings and generate traffic as well as being a virtual asset. BIM.COM creates a unique value proposition to the Building Product Manufacturers as a part of their digital marketing strategy within BIM. Ownership of BIM.COM domain gives BIMobject an unprecedented advantage over the

SCANIA SELECTS SCHMITZ CARGOBULL FOR DRIVER TRAINING

2 March 2015Schmitz Cargobull has supplied four 13.6m box body trailers to Scania (Great Britain) Limited, for use in its driver training department. The S.KO FP25 trailers are part of a refreshment and expansion programme, bringing the total number of training trailers in Scania’s training fleet to six. The Schmitz Cargobull trailers have been deployed across the UK, with individual assets operating from training sites in Avonmouth, Purfleet, Worksop, Newbridge, Milton Keynes and Glasgow. Scania is using the trailers to train new C+E drivers, which is becoming a growth market as more

Nomination committee’s proposal for board of directors and auditors

Nomination committee A nomination committee with Göran Carlson (representing his own shares), Frank Larsson (appointed by Handelsbanken Fonder), Anders Algotsson (appointed by AFA Försäkring) and Erik Törnberg (appointed by Creades) was formed in October 2014. Göran Carlson was appointed chairman of the nomination committee. Due to changes in owner structure, the members of the nomination committee changed and Nils Bolmstrand (appointed by Nordea Investment Funds) replaced Erik Törnberg from Creades in November 2014. The nomination committee held 5 meetings. No compensation has been

Total Voting Rights

2 March 2015 Genel Energy plc Total Voting Rights Notification of total voting rights in accordance with the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules provision 5.6.1R. Genel Energy plc's share capital consists of 278,241,836 ordinary shares of 0.10p each in issue plus ordinary shares held in treasury of 2,006,362. The number of voting ordinary shares in issue is 248,620,151 and the number of suspended voting ordinary shares in issue is 29,621,685. Therefore total number of voting rights in Genel Energy plc is 248,620,151. The above figure of 248,620,151 may be used by

Sonic® blasts onto the Professional Bull Riders (PBR) scene with first-ever national partnership

SONIC®, America’s Drive-In®has partnered with the Professional Bull Riders (PBR) to become the official and exclusive quick service restaurant (QSR) of the world’s premier bull riding circuit and its elite Built Ford Tough Series (BFTS). The potential multi-year partnership began at the PBR’s recent event in St. Louis with arena banners and PA announcements and will continue across key markets throughout PBR’s 2015 BFTS schedule. Branding opportunities will vary per market and include premium signage placement in the bucking chutes and around the PBR’s 450-square foot video screen for

Great Yorkshire Show - Tickets On Sale

With just over 130 days to go until the first day of the Great Yorkshire Show, the first tickets are flying out of the door for what will be the 157th show. NB: Image available to download at the bottom of the releaseThe first phone call to book tickets came in as the office at the Great Yorkshire Showground opened at 9am, followed by a steady stream of inquiries throughout the day.  Dates are Tuesday 14 – Thursday 16 July when more than 130,000 visitors are expected to attend what is England’s premier agricultural show. This will be the 10th for Bill Cowling as Honorary Show Director,

Artesyn Embedded Technologies and Vantrix Demonstrate New Voice Codec Capability that Enables Up to 3X Speech Transcoding Density

Barcelona, Spain. [2 March, 2015] — At Mobile World Congress today, Artesyn Embedded Technologies and Vantrix are showcasing new voice codec capability on Intel® Architecture processors that delivers up to three times the speech transcoding capability of existing purpose-built media processing platforms. The companies are showing how the combination of high performance Intel® processors with integrated graphics, combined with software-based speech processing, can yield up to 3000 speech encoding sessions per processor. These advancements will bring new efficiencies to voice transcoding

OxySure (OXYS) Invited to Present at the 27th Annual ROTH Conference

Presentation at 12:30pm PST on March 11, 2015Frisco, Texas, March 2, 2015 – OxySure Systems, Inc. (OTCQB: OXYS) (“OxySure,” or the “Company”), the medical device innovator of life-saving easy-to-use emergency oxygen solutions with its “oxygen from powder” technology today announced that the Company has been invited to present at the 27th Annual ROTH Conference. Chairman & CEO, Julian T. Ross, and Vice President of Resuscitation Sales, Clark Hood will present a business overview and update on March 11, 2015 at 12:30pm Pacific Time at The Ritz Carlton Hotel Laguna Niguel, located at 1 Ritz

Ericsson launches '5G for Sweden' with industry and academic partners

· Program aims to strengthen industry competitiveness through research, innovation and industrial pilot projects · Research to be applied across industries and to create new projects at universities as well as several industry pilots of possible 5G solutions · Ericsson gains valuable insights and 5G innovations that will enable industries to become digital Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) today announced the start of the '5G for Sweden' research program. Ericsson will work together with major industrial actors and key universities and research institutes to take the lead in the digital

New members of Medivir’s management group

Stockholm, Sweden — Medivir AB (OMX: MVIR) is, as previously announced, conducting a reorganisation of the company’s management group which will, as of 1 March, comprise six people, including the President & CEO. Medivir has recruited two new people in order to strengthen important functions and generate an increased operational focus. Christine Lind has been employed as the Executive Vice President, Strategic Business Development. She will have operational responsibility for the newly created Strategic Business Development function. Christine’s most recent position was as Vice President,

Two New Artesyn Embedded Technologies Media Processing Platforms Enable Highest Density Multiscreen and Cloud Video Transcoding

Barcelona, Spain. [2 March, 2015] — At Mobile World Congress today, Artesyn Embedded Technologies announced two new media processing acceleration appliances, the SharpStreamer™ 1U Platform  and the SharpStreamer 2U Platform , that enable communications service providers to significantly increase the density of their multiscreen video services by using hardware-accelerated, software-based transcoding in a standard rack server architecture. Carriers can

HARMAN completes acquisition of Redbend

STAMFORD, CT – HARMAN International Industries, Incorporated (NYSE:HAR), the premier audio, visual, infotainment and enterprise automation group, today announced the successful completion of its acquisition of Redbend Ltd. Israeli-based Redbend is a leading provider of software management technology for connected devices and over-the-air (OTA) software and firmware upgrading services. “The addition of Redbend’s talented employee base and technology portfolio further positions HARMAN for leadership and growth in the emerging Internet of Things marketplace,” said Dinesh C. Paliwal,

Appointment in Glaston’s Executive Management Group

GLASTON CORPORATION             STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE         2.3.2015 at 15.00Appointment in Glaston’s Executive Management Group  Pekka Hytti, Senior Vice President, EMEA, has been appointed member of Glaston Corporation’s Executive Management Group as of 2 March 2015.The appointment supports the company in achieving its strategic targets that are profitable growth and the industry’s best customer experience. “Pekka Hytti is responsible for Glaston’s EMEA area sales and service. The area accounted for 46% of our net sales in 2014, representing 13% growth over the previous year.

Scania appoints new Chief Financial Officer

Johan Haeggman has been appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Scania and member of the company’s Executive Board. He takes up his new position on 1 April.Johan Haeggman, born in 1960, is currently Senior Vice President and head of Corporate Control and member of Scania’s management group (Corporate Units). He joined the company in 1989 as trainee and took up his first management position in 1991. Johan Haeggman, who has a Master of Business Administration, has held a number of managerial positions at Scania. Prior to his current position, he was Chief Financial Officer and member of

permanent tsb upgrades its real-time credit scoring with SAS®

Solution delivers time savings, improved credit models and better decision makingpermanent tsb (PTSB), a leading Irish retail bank, will be using SAS® solutions to deliver quicker and more efficient credit decisioning. Analyzing this data in real time will help the bank to make quicker decisions that reflect each customer’s circumstances, thanks to technology provided by SAS, the global leader in business analytics . PTSB chose SAS because of the integration between its various solutions, which significantly reduces the time it

Coor Service Management improves supplier relationship management

With the aim of improving management of the company's major suppliers, Coor is implementing a new online tool, Facilities & Building System (FBS). Coor Service Management is a major purchaser of products and services, which means procurement issues and supplier relationship management are essential for the company. The natural starting-point is that Coor's customers should be able to trust it to take responsibility for its operations, whether they are in-house or through subcontractors. With the aim of simplifying and simultaneously streamlining the supplier relationship management

RORY MCILROY ‘HONOURED’ TO BE NOMINATED FOR LAUREUS SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR AWARD AFTER ‘ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE YEAR’

· ‘To be 25 years of age and have all these accolades and four Major Championships to my name is very special’ – says Rory McIlroy · Novak Djokovic, Lewis Hamilton, Renaud Lavillenie, Marc Márquez and Cristiano Ronaldo also nominated for 2015 Sportsman Award · Laureus World Sports Awards Ceremony in Shanghai on April 15 · Laureus editorial content is available for Media use provided credit is given; for example..... ‘Rory McIlroy speaking to Laureus.com’LONDON, March 2, 2015 – The No.1 golfer in the world, Rory McIlroy, has described his Nomination for the 2015 Laureus World

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