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New Zealand selects KONGSBERGs Penguin anti-ship missile

KONGSBERG has signed a contract with the New Zealand Defence Force for the delivery of Penguin Mk 2 Mod 7 anti-ship missiles and associated equipment. The missiles will be deployed on the Royal New Zealand Navy new Kaman SH-2G Super Seasprite maritime helicopters. ”This contract strongly confirms the Penguin missile’s position as the leading missile within its segment. The contract is for a limited number of missiles, however it is considered an important upgrade of New Zealand’s navy,” says Pål Bratlie, EVP Kongsberg Defence Systems. For further information, please contact:Pål

Fortum inaugurates new waste-to-energy combined heat and power plant in Sweden

PRESS RELEASE 29 November 2013Fortum has taken into use a new unit at the Brista combined heat and power (CHP) plant in Sigtuna, Stockholm. The new power plant unit, Brista 2, produces district heat for local residents and electricity for the Nordic power market from sorted municipal and industrial waste. Brista power plant’s older unit, Brista 1, produces district heat and electricity from biomass. The new power plant unit was inaugurated today, 29 November, by Sweden’s Minister for the Environment Lena Ek. Brista 2 will use 240,000 tonnes of waste per year, which is equivalent to the

Future Valmet to supply a complete Advantage NTT tissue line to Abu Dhabi National Paper Mill

Metso Corporation's press release on November 29, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. local time Metso's Pulp, Paper and Power business, the future Valmet, will supply a complete Advantage NTT tissue line to Abu Dhabi National Paper Mill (ADNPM) in the United Arab Emirates. The Advantage NTT solution represents the latest state-of-the-art tissue making technology in the industry. The future Valmet has previously sold two solutions of this kind. The first Advantage NTT machine started up in Mexico earlier this year. In addition to the tissue machine, the order includes automation solutions for machine,

Presentation of 4th quarter results 2013 - new date

Reference is made to Atea's Financial Calendar announced 30 October 2013, where the date for the Q4 presentation is set to Thursday 6 February 2014 at 08:00. New date is Wednesday 5 February 2014 at 08:00. The presentation will be held at the company's premises in Brynsalleen 2 in Oslo (Norway) and can be followed on webcast at www.atea.com/webcast. For further information, please contact:Rune Falstad, CFO Atea ASA, mobile +47 906 14 482Mona Varildbakken, Communication Coordinator Atea ASA - mobile +47 41 43 76 49Email: investor@atea.com    About AteaAtea is the

MAKE SURE OF YOUR PLACE AT NEXT YEAR’S HEBCELT

News ReleaseHebridean Celtic FestivalYear of Natural Scotland · Advance tickets go on sale for HebCelt · Online booking for next summer’s event · Island festival hoping to build on record yearA limited number of Early Bird tickets go on sale next week for the 2014 Hebridean Celtic Festival which is looking to build on this year’s record-breaking event. The tickets for the award-winning festival will be available to buy online at www.hebceltfest.com from 10am on Friday, 6 December. And the even better news for music fans is that they are being held at 2013 prices of £70 for

The art museum and its public

A symposium to celebrate the past, present and future of Southampton’s City Art Gallery10am-5.15pmThursday 12 December 2013Southampton City Art Gallery, Civic Centre, Commercial Road, Southampton, SO14 7LP Southampton Solent University and Southampton City Art Gallery welcome guests to a bespoke symposium on Thursday 12 December to examine the rich history of the city’s gallery collection and its future in an evolving art world.'The art museum and its public' will be held at Southampton City Art Gallery with key speakers followed by a round table discussion to determine the gallery’

The announcement of change in the total number of votes in AB SKF

Gothenburg 29 November 2013: Due to conversions of shares from series A to series B in accordance with the company’s Articles of Association, AB SKF confirms the following. As per 29 November the company’s share capital amounts to 1 138 377 670 SEK and the total number of shares amounts to 38 758 266 shares of series A and 416 592 802 shares of series B. The number of votes in the company amounts to 80 417 546. AB SKF does not hold any own shares. Aktiebolaget SKF       (publ) AB SKF is required to disclose the information provided herein pursuant to the Securities Markets Act and/

HKScan signs EUR 135 million financing arrangement

HKScan Corporation               Stock exchange release          29 November 2013                 at 12:00 pm   HKScan signs EUR 135 million financing arrangement HKScan has signed an approx. EUR 135 million secured multi-currency credit facility arrangement with a Nordic banking group. The arrangement will refinance the remaining part of the syndicated credit facility established in 2007 which matures in June 2014. The financing arrangement is coordinated by Pohjola Bank plc. In addition to Pohjola Bank, Nordea Bank Finland plc, Danske Bank A/S Helsinki branch, Swedbank AB and

Extraordinary General Meeting in Agasti Holding ASA

Agasti Holding ASA held an extraordinary general meeting on Friday 29 November 2013.The extraordinary general meeting decided the new Board composition to be: 1.         Arne Reinemo, Chairman of the Board (new) 2.         Sissel Knutsen Hegdal, Board Member 3.         Erling Meinich-Bache, Board Member 4.         Beatriz Malo de Molina, Board Member (new) 5.         Merete Haugli, Board Member 6.         Paal E. Johnsen, Board Member See attachment on www.newsweb.no for the complete minutes of the extraordinary general meeting (in Norwegian only).   This information

Foresters set for record fundraising helping disadvantaged children this Christmas

With Christmas fast approaching, Foresters UK – the international financial services organisation – are proud to once again support the Cash For Kids (CFK) Mission Christmas Appeal in a bid to help disadvantaged children from all over the UK have a happier Christmas.This is the fifth year that Foresters have worked with Bauer Radio’s Cash For Kids Mission Christmas initiative and this year, they plan to make it their biggest success yet. Last year: · nearly 1,000 Foresters volunteer members in the UK created 3,949 baby packs; · over 250,000 disadvantaged children received toys: ·

HALFORDS INVENTIVE WAY OF GIFT WRAPPING

Whether you’ve bought your kids a bike, a scooter, or a ride on toy, half the fun of Christmas is keeping it all a surprise. Halfords shows you how to get creative and keep your gift under wraps this Christmas.If you thought it was impossible to disguise the classic shape of a bicycle, think again.  Halfords enlisted the skills of professional origamist Mark Bolitho, to develop creative ways to interestingly wrap and disguise presents. In a series of pictures, Mark shows how to disguise a bike as a reindeer or a bike helmet as a bunny rabbit. Children across the UK will be scratching their

Dark personality traits revealed on Facebook

Analyses of your status updates on Facebook can show if you have psychopathic personality traits. Narcissistic traits can also be discerned from Facebook. These are the results of a new study by Swedish researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy and Lund University.The study, based on personality tests and content analyses in status updates on Facebook for just over 300 Americans, is the first quantitative semantic study of its kind. In the study, the researchers ask whether the status updates can reveal the same dark personality traits as the psychological personality tests. "Facebook has

Stefano Marzano to retire from Electrolux

Stefano Marzano, Chief Design Officer of AB Electrolux and member of Group Management, has decided to retire from his position after year-end 2013. He will remain available to Electrolux in a consulting role.“Stefano has accomplished many of the objectives we defined when he joined Electrolux after a distinguished 40-year career in design. He has created a structured and strategic global design function and developed the contribution of design in product development,” said Keith McLoughlin, President and CEO. “We will now leverage these achievements operationally to execute our innovation

EU funds holistic approach on greener computing

The ICT-sector faces two key challenges for global society and economy to grow in a sustainable manner. It needs to enable increased energy efficiency, while continuing to deliver growing computer performance as well. Both challenges have the same core: the energy efficiency of the ICT systems themselves – a core to be tackled in the new Chalmers lead EU project Excess. Information and communication technology (ICT) gets increasingly integrated and embedded into our everyday life. The point is reached where the technology itself has to address the energy efficiency of ICT systems, to

Halton Opens a New Factory in Malaysia

Asia has a central role in Halton’s strategy, as the company is targeting fast growth in the emerging markets. The Asian expansion is led from Malaysia, where Halton established its first Asian office and manufacturing facility in 1996. As Halton’s business in the region continues to grow rapidly, the company has moved its production to larger premises in Malaysia. The opening ceremony of the new factory took place on the 29th of November 2013.- For the moment Halton has locations in eight countries in Asia and Pacific, including manufacturing facilities in Malaysia and China. We also have

Christian Luiga appointed acting CFO of TeliaSonera

TeliaSonera’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Per-Arne Blomquist will leave his position effective immediately. Christian Luiga, currently Head of CEO Office, will assume the position as acting Chief Financial Officer.   Analyst callA telephone conference for analysts will be hosted by the CEO from 12:00 to 12:30 CET. To ensure that you are connected to the conference call, please dial in a few minutes before the start of the press and analyst conference to register your attendance. Dial-in numbers:+44 (0) 1452 555 566, 0800 694 02 57 Access code:

Senior employees to leave TeliaSonera

On April 18 TeliaSonera’s Board of Directors assigned the international law firm Norton Rose Fulbright LLP with the task to conduct a thorough review of the transactions and agreements made over the past few years by TeliaSonera and partners in Eurasia. The purpose of the review was for the Board and management to get as thorough a view as possible of the Group’s transactions in Eurasia, and to carry out a risk assessment from a business ethics perspective of these transactions.The review is still on-going. On the basis of the information and conclusions to date it is evident to TeliaSonera’

Outotec VSF®X Plant - Modularized revolution for efficient solvent extraction

Outotec has been developing a wide range of solvent extraction technologies for decades and is now launching the new Outotec VSF®X Plant. The standardized and modularized Outotec VSF®X Plant provides a novel way to design, manufacture, transport, install, operate and maintain a solvent extraction plant far better than in the past with highly sustainable and safe methods. The Outotec VSF®X Plant is designed to handle flows from 100 m³/h up to 10 000 m³/h and metal content from 1g/l up to 50g/l. All metals for which an extraction reagent is available can be extracted using Outotec VSF®X

Change in Volvo’s Group Executive Team

Jan Gurander, 52, has been appointed new CFO and member of Volvo’s Group Executive Team. Jan Gurander will join the Volvo Group January 1, 2014. Gurander was most recently CFO at Volvo Cars.“Jan Gurander has long and solid experience as the CFO of several major automotive companies and he is bringing this experience with him to the Volvo Group,” says Volvo CEO Olof Persson.Jan Gurander’s previous positions include that of CFO at Scania, MAN Diesel SE and Volvo Cars. Jan Gurander will join the Volvo Group on January 1 and will work alongside Anders Osberg until he assumes his position on

KONGSBERG and Boeing complete Joint Strike Missile (JSM) Check on F/A-18 Super Hornet

Kongsberg Defence Systems (KONGSBERG) and Boeing recently completed a successful fit-check of the Joint Strike Missile (JSM) on an F/A-18F Super Hornet at the Boeing St. Louis facility to ensure the weapons fit on the aircraft’s external pylons. The test brings the JSM one step closer to Super Hornet compatibility. - The JSM is a 5th generation long-range stealthy precision strike missile for sea- and land targets. Boeings F-18E/F multirole fighter is one of the most capable and successful international fighter platforms. KONGSBERG is proud to work with Boeing to offer JSM capability on

The support programme for young researchers continues – thirty-three new Wallenberg Academy Fellows appointed

Wallenberg Academy Fellows, the career programme for young researchers launched by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation in 2012, provides long-term funding for young, promising Swedish and foreign researchers from all academic fields. Today, thirty-three new researchers are appointed to the programme.Wallenberg Academy Fellows is the single largest support programme for young researchers in Sweden. Besides providing the most prominent, young researchers long-term funding, thus enabling them to concentrate on their research, the programme contributes to a greater internationalisation of

New number of shares in Handelsbanken

Due to an exchange of convertible notes in Svenska Handelsbanken AB, the number of Class A shares has increased by 165 652 shares and the number of votes has increased by 165 652. Following the increase, the total number of shares in Handelsbanken is 635 644 591 of which 623 894 148 are Class A shares and 11 750 443 are Class B shares. The total number of votes in Handelsbanken is 625 069 192. The share capital amounts to SEK 2 955 747 348.15 after the increase. The information is that which must be made public according to the Swedish Financial Instruments Trading Act. The information

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