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Winterhalter adds super energy saving model to PT Series warewashersWinterhalter’s PT Series is causing a sensation in the dishwashing world, in terms of economy of energy use and brilliance of wash. Its energy-saving heat exchange technology, fitted as standard, extracts energy from the waste water, using it to heat up the incoming cold water supply, reducing energy costs by up to 10%. Not content to stop there, Winterhalter has introduced the PT Energy Plus, which further reduces operating costs by up to 20% per wash cycle. The EnergyPlus is equipped with a large waste water and

Teachers Assurance pledges £50,000 to Let Teachers SHINE competition

Teachers Assurance, provider of savings, investments and insurance in the UK, has pledged £50,000 to the Let Teachers SHINE initiative with the support of Teachers Group Educational Trust (TGET).Let Teachers SHINE is an annual competition run by the SHINE Trust which endeavours to find some of the country’s most innovative teachers. 2014 will mark the third year of the initiative, which searches for inspiring and original ideas that aim to raise attainment amongst disadvantaged students. Abby Bowman, Head of Brand and Marketing at Teachers Assurance said of the project: “We’re excited to

Saab Training Systems sells Combat Training Centers to Finnish Army

Saab, Training & Simulation has received an order from the Finnish Defence Force on Combat Training Systems that will supply regiments. The order also includes support for seven years starting 2014. The value of the order amounts to approximately MSEK 360 million.“The Finnish Defence Force has once again chosen Saab as its partner. The Finnish Army uses Saabs systems since more than ten years and has always been a competent user. This order strengthens our position as one of the world’s leading suppliers of combat training centers,” says Henrik Höjer, Vice President Training & Simulation,

Free School Meals: food transport special

FEM offers advice and puts together food transport and serving ‘package’ for primary schoolsMany primary schools without kitchen facilities bring in food, from larger schools or a central production unit. Pressure will be increased enormously in September with the advent of increased free school meals provision. FEM (Foodservice Equipment Marketing) supplies the Cambro range of school meals delivery boxes and ancillary systems. The company can provide a variety of options, with a wide choice of insulated transport boxes complemented by a range of polycarbonate and polypropylene

New study looks at spicing up sporting performance

Sports Scientists at Southampton Solent University are seeking volunteers who regularly play football to take part in a study to test whether spicy foods containing chilli such as curry eaten prior to an exercise session can enhance sporting performance.The hypothesis they will be testing is that capsaicin (a derivative of chilli peppers) could improve running performance through a potential stimulant effect. In the pilot study, participants will be pre-screened for PARQ, resting BP and 12 lead ECG as well as resting metabolic rate and they will then undertake four 5K trials in total. Two

Catella advisor in sale of Globen City

Catella has acted has as advisor to The Carlyle Group in the sale of Globen City and Startboxen. The buyer was property company Klövern, and the purchase price amounted to SEK 3.8 billion. The sale is the largest transaction completed in Sweden thus far in 2014.Klövern has today signed an agreement with The Carlyle Group to acquire Globen City, including the Arenan 2, 3, 6 and 8 properties, as well as the Startboxen 3 property in Solna. “The sale of Globen City is the largest transaction so far this year, so it is clearly prestigious for us to have completed the sale with a good outcome,”

Share Buyback Program

On 25 February 2014 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 74.6m) in the period from 25 February to 22 August 2014. Since the last announcement the following transactions have been executed under the program:  Date                  Number Average purchase Amount (DKK)  of price (DKK per

Lower IQ and poorer cardiovascular fitness in teen years increase risk of early-onset dementia

Men who at the age of 18 years have poorer cardiovascular fitness and/or a lower IQ more often suffer from dementia before the age of 60. This is shown in a recent study encompassing more than one million Swedish men.In several extensive studies, researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy of Gothenburg University have previously analyzed Swedish men's conscription results and were able to show a correlation between cardiovascular fitness as a teenager and health problems in later life. In their latest study, based on data from 1.1 million young Swedish men, the Gothenburg researcher team

Coor expands in Norway

Coor Service Management has signed a new agreement with Norwegian company Aibel to manage and develop a range of services. The agreement runs for four years with an extension option of a maximum of six years.The new agreement means Coor delivering and developing a large portfolio of services including restaurants, cleaning, reception, security and property maintenance at and around Aibel’s offices and plants nationwide in Norway, at Stavanger, Haugesund, Asker, Bergen and elsewhere. These services were previously delivered by a number of smaller subcontractors. "We’re delighted about

ReadSoft signs invoice automation agreement worth over 385,000 USD with global life sciences company

A global life sciences organization in the healthcare sector has selected ReadSoft’s SAP®-certified invoice automation solution to streamline its accounts payable operations and enable greater processing efficiencies across the enterprise. The agreement is worth 385,000 USD and was signed in the first quarter of 2014.The organization will leverage ReadSoft’s invoice automation technology to centralize its global Accounts Payable (AP) operations into regional AP shared service centers.  This movement toward more standardized AP processes will support the enterprise’s consolidation of

TULIKIVI’S FINNISH SOAPSTONE IS A HIGH-QUALITY SURFACE MATERIAL FOR THE HOME

Tulikivi’s genuine soapstone is durable and of high quality and an excellent surface material for the home. Natural stone is the perfect flooring material for wet spaces: soapstone absorbs noise and is not slippery to walk on, even when wet. Because of its heat-retaining capacity, soapstone is an excellent choice for spaces with floor heating. Natural stone is a stylish material and can thus also be used as a surface material in living rooms or to create interesting fittings such as shelves and countertops. Tulikivi has the largest selection of Finnish-made interior stone products on the

Bowie: after 40 years have we moved on from Ziggy?

On the year of his 65th birthday, Celebrity Studies  takes a look at Bowie’s relationship with the media, his alter- egos, public perceptions and who he is now. But Bowie has entered media silence about his many selves – to what end? When Bowie created Ziggy Stardust he turned the usual media/celebrity relationship upside down. Instead of using media to showcase his real self, he deployed an alter-ego: Ziggy, the glam-rock star. Then came Aladdin Sane, when Ziggy ‘went’ to America. But in subsequent musical

The Stena HSS springs into action for seasonal service

STENA Line has announced that the Stena HSS Fastcraft will return for its seasonal service on its Dun Laoghaire to Holyhead route from Wednesday April 9 until Tuesday September 9. With great value fares starting from only €129 single for car and driver, the service will operate one round trip per day with a 10.30am sailing from Holyhead and a 13.30pm sailing from Dun Laoghaire giving passengers the chance to speed across the Irish Sea and arrive in Britain in only 2 hours 20 minutes. Stena Line’s Head of Travel, Orla Noonan said: “The brighter part of the year is set to get even

Oil & Gas drilling contractor Songa Offshore selects IFS

IFS, the global enterprise applications company, announces that Songa Offshore, an International midwater drilling contractor active in the North Atlantic basin, has chosen to deploy IFS Applications™ for Offshore Service to support its onshore and offshore operations. The contract includes licenses and services worth approximately Nkr 40 million.Songa Offshore operates five semi-submersible drilling units with an additional four rigs being delivered in 2014 and 2015. The company chose IFS Applications to support onshore and offshore operations within maintenance, supply chain, project

Information about court case concerning Kcell in Kazakhstan

TeliaSonera’s subsidiary in Kazakhstan, Kcell Joint Stock Company, today released the following announcement: Court of the first instance ruled in favor of the Agency for Competition Protection of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the court case against the Company. For further information . TeliaSonera holds 61.9 percent of Kcell which is listed on the stock exchanges in London and Almaty. TeliaSonera AB discloses the information provided herein pursuant to the Swedish Securities Markets Act and/or the Swedish Financial

Notice of the Annual General Meeting of Björn Borg AB (publ)

This is a non-official translation of the Swedish original version. In case of differences between the English translation and the Swedish original, the Swedish text shall prevail. The shareholders of Björn Borg AB (publ) are hereby invited to attend the annual general meeting, to be held on Thursday, 10 April 2014 at 5 p.m., at the company's premises, at Tulegatan 11, Stockholm, Sweden. Registration starts at 4.15 p.m. Notification of attendance Shareholders who wish to attend the meeting must, firstly, be listed in the shareholders' register maintained by Euroclear Sweden AB on

New cellular mechanism represses immune reaction in type I-diabetes

Direct contact between different types of immune cells protects tissues from being attacked by the immune defence, according to a new study by researchers from Karolinska Institutet and University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. The findings, published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, increase the knowledge of type I diabetes and other disorders caused by harmful immune reactions and may ultimately lead to therapies that regenerate the damaged tissue.Even though our immune system has evolved to fight invading bacteria and viruses, sometimes the immune tolerance is broken and

The Nomination Committee's proposal regarding the Board of Directors of Björn Borg AB (publ)

The Nomination Committee of Björn Borg proposes the election of Martin Bjäringer, Nathalie Schuterman and Anders Slettengren as new members of the Board of Directors. Martin Bjäringer, who was previously a director of Björn Borg’s Board in 1999 and 2004, is an entrepreneur with many years of financial experience from the investment company Monterro and from his time in investment banking with Alfred Berg, among other firms. Natalie Schuterman has many years of experience in fashion and design and has started, manages and owns fashion stores, including under her own name, in Stockholm.

Now guests can pay with SEQR directly in McDonald's Sweden app

McDonald's Sweden decided some time ago to offer their customers the possibility of paying with their mobile. Today the mobile payment solution SEQR is available at restaurants across Sweden and guests make purchases by scanning the unique QR-code displayed at checkout and enter their personal PIN-code. Now SEQR's payment solution is being integrated with the existing McDonald's app, which is one of Sweden's most downloaded, with approximately half a million active users a month.SEQR's self-developed technology bypasses the card companies and is independent from phone operators. This means

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING IN SEAMLESS DISTRIBUTION AB (publ)

Stockholm, 2014-03-10 07:50 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --   The shareholders of Seamless Distribution AB (publ) ("Seamless" or the "Company")  are hereby summoned to the annual general meeting (the "Meeting") to be held on Tuesday 8 April 2014 at 10.00 CET in the conference hall "Galleriet" at Hotell Norrtull, address S:t Eriksgatan 121, Stockholm. Enter either at S:t Eriksgatan 119 or S:t Eriksgatan 121.Right to participate at the Meeting To be entitled to participate at the Meeting, shareholders shall - be recorded in the register of shareholders maintained by Euroclear Sweden AB (

Change in the holding of YIT's own shares

STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE MARCH 10, 2014 AT 10:00 AMCHANGE IN THE HOLDING OF YIT'S OWN SHARES   YIT Corporation has received a return of 2,208 shares free of consideration according to the terms and conditions of YIT's share-based incentive scheme. Originally the shares were conveyed to YIT's key persons in connection with the reward payment from the 2011 and 2012 earning periods under the share-based incentive scheme for 2010-2016.   After the return of the shares YIT held a total of 1,635,494 of its own shares as of March 7, 2014.   For additional information, please

Castellum invests SEKm 645 in Halmstad campus area

Castellum AB (publ) has through the wholly owned subsidiary Harry Sjögren AB acquired nine properties in the campus area in Halmstad. The acquisition includes the landmark ”Trade Center”, the highest building in Halmstad and the highest building between Malmö and Gothenburg. The investment, which totally includes nine properties in the established campus area approx. two kilometers south east of the city center, amounted to SEKm 645. The change of possession has taken place. The largest tenant is Halmstad University, which was established 1983 and today has an operation involving 10,

Swedish ICA stores – February sales figures

Sales in the Swedish ICA stores rose by 1.7% in February 2014 compared with the corresponding month last year. In like-for-like stores the sales increase was 1.1% during the month.February Year to dateStore sales SEKm Change Change SEKm Change Changeexcl. VAT all like all stores like-for-like stores -for -likeMaxi ICA 2,190 3.2% 2.2% 4,558 3.7% 2.7%StormarknadICA Kvantum 1,826 2.8% 1.6% 3,804 3.7% 2.5%ICA 2,360 0.7% 0.0% 4,

NeuroVive starts collaboration to evaluate IPO of subsidiary in Taiwan

NeuroVive Pharmaceutical AB (publ), a leading mitochondrial medicine company, is reporting that the company’s subsidiary NeuroVive Pharmaceutical Asia Ltd., whose registered office is in Hong Kong, has signed a financial advisory agreement with Yuanta Securities Co., Ltd., Taiwan’s leader in IPOs. This agreement is the first phase of a process with the objective of an IPO of NeuroVive’s subsidiary on the Taiwanese stock exchange within two to three years.The motivation for initiating a process with the objective of an IPO in Taiwan is to increase the development rate of NeuroVive’s drug

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