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Martifer Solar launches Energy Portal for O&M Service

· The Energy Portal enables Martifer Solar’s O&M customers real-time access to all their PV plants · It is a new platform developed to integrate PV assets’ monitoring systems without additional investment for the customersMartifer Solar, a subsidiary of Martifer SGPS, has launched the Energy Portal, a new O&M  platform developed to integrate all the monitoring systems of its customers’ PV plants. The company managed to combine all the assets and different technologies in a single supervision platform without any additional investment for its

GO A ROUND WITH “THE PAPER LADS: THE COMPLETE SERIES” (Cert TBC)

The Complete Series of the fondly remembered family drama THE PAPER LADS (Cert TBC) will be released on double-disc DVD on 29 July 2013 by Network Distributing, RRP £19.99. The popular Tyne Tees series follows the adventures of J.G., Ian, Gog, Baz and Sam – teenagers on a paper round for their local newsagent, Jack Crawford.Retired policeman Jack always tells the lads (and lass) to keep their eyes open as they go about their rounds – leading them to discover the news just as much as deliver it! Filmed among the terraced streets of Gateshead, featuring exciting and funny scripts – several

Shingles underlies many infections in the brain

Shingles, which is caused by the chickenpox virus, can be an underestimated cause of infection in the brain. Long after the infection, patients may also develop problems with memory and other cognitive problems. These are two of the findings in a dissertation from the Sahlgrenska Academy, Sweden.In Sweden alone, varicella virus may underlie between 150 and 200 cases of infection of the brain each year. This is the finding of a dissertation that studied the incidence of brain infections in a Western region of Sweden. “There has been an assumption among physicians that the chickenpox virus

North Yorkshire Moors Railway boogies through 40 years of heritage

Saturday 29 June and Sunday 30 JuneIt’s time to don your flares and boogie back to the ’70s as the North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) relives the disco decade with a fab line-up of live music, treasure trails, classic cars and a real ale bar at its stations on Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 June. The Super 70s Boogie Wonderland weekend forms part of the NYMR’s 40thanniversary celebrations and with fantastic feel-good songs performed live by ABBA tribute band Abalicious and glam-rockers, The Glamned, at Levisham station each day from 12 to 4pm, dancing on the platforms and enjoying a drink

ASSA ABLOY signs a EUR 900 M syndicated revolving credit facility

ASSA ABLOY has together with 14 banks entered into a syndicated Multi-Currency Revolving Credit Facility amounting to EUR 900 M. The facility has a tenor of at least five years and its main purpose is to refinance an existing facility amounting to EUR 1,100 M maturing in 2014. The credit is to primarily serve as a strategic back up facility and can be utilized in optional currencies such as EUR, GBP, SEK and USD. The new facility is currently unutilized. For more information, please contact:Johan Molin, President and CEO, tel no: +46 8 506 485 42Carolina Dybeck Happe, CFO and

IDMC welcomes the arrival of Alfredo Zamudio as new Director

On the 19th of June, the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) will welcome the arrival of its new director, Alfredo Zamudio.  With a long history of humanitarian experience, a strong human rights background and as an outspoken and charismatic advocate, Zamudio is in a strong position to take IDMC, the global leader on internal displacement issues, into the future.GENEVA, 14 JUNE 2013: “Over the last 15 years, IDMC's analysis of internal displacement has grown in influence and expertise,” says Rolf A. Vestvik, Director of Advocacy and Information, the Norwegian Refugee Council (

CILT’S NEW PRESIDENT PUTS DECONGESTION AT THE TOP OF THE LOGISTICS AGENDA

The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport’s new president Jim Steer FCILT has announced that decongesting city centres is key to economic growth and that the sector must collaborate more and look into new techniques in order to reduce traffic numbers.The Director and Founder of Steer Davies Gleave was speaking to ITN Productions’ Transport News Channel ahead of the Institute’s Annual Conference and Dinner, where the logistics revolution is high on the agenda. “Congestion is the enemy of us all,” he said, “we need to work together as transport professionals to show what transport

Cybercom secures Swedes’ digital identity

Cybercom Group has won a contract for “Federation services for Swedish e-identification” for the EIdentification Board. The contract runs for three years, with an option for a further two years.“We are very proud to be given the opportunity to build the security foundation that is essential for the entire e-society. This contract further strengthens our leading position in the field of federations – a cornerstone of identity solutions for a connected world, where security should not lock things away but instead create opportunities for collaboration,” says Björn Lindeberg, Business Manager,

Elixia, SATS, and Fresh Fitness to be combined into the largest Nordic health and fitness group

TryghedsGruppen and Altor have joined forces by bringing together the strongest and most respected brands in Nordic fitness. The merger of SATS, Elixia and Fresh Fitness will strengthen the companies’ offering and geographical coverage. Altor Fund III and the Elixia shareholders will own 51% of shares in the combined entity, and TryghedsGruppen will own 49%.The new group will have more than 2,000 employees, combined revenues of approx. 2.5 billion NOK, 181 fitness centers and nearly 500,000 members, and will continue operating under the brands of SATS, Elixia, Fresh Fitness, SAFE and

CREATIVE COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY redheadPR WINS BID TO PROMOTE UTC SWINDON

An innovative strategy to ‘engage and empower the engineers and entrepreneurs of the future’Leading PR and communications specialist redheadPR has been chosen to spread the word  and recruit the first applicants for Swindon’s pioneering new University Technical College which will open its doors in September 2014. Sara Tye, managing director, said: “We’re thrilled to be part of the team launching this exciting new educational setting for Swindon and beyond. UTC Swindon will develop and provide high quality engineers to support local and national industry. “Its vision is to offer

Peab builds rental apartments in Helsingborg

Peab has been contracted to build 191 rental apartments on Ringstorpshöjden in northern Helsingborg. The customer is AB Helsingborgshem and the contract amounts to SEK 322 million. The projectt is a turnkey contract where work has begun and the apartments will be ready for occupancy in the second quarter of 2015. For further information, please contact: Bratislav Marjanovic, region manager Peab +46 733 374302 Gösta Sjöström, C I O Peab +46 733 371010

Biotage AB (publ) – disclosure notice of substantial holding of shares

Biotage AB (publ) has as of 13 June 2013 bought back an aggregate of 3,574,007 shares under the re-purchase program resolved at the Annual General Meeting with the shareholders on 25 April 2013. The Company`s aggregated holding of own shares corresponds to 5.11 per cent of the total amount of shares and votes in the Company. The total amount of shares outstanding, including shares held in treasury, amounts to 69,861,330. The Board of Directors intends to propose the forthcoming Annual General Meeting to resolve that the re-purchased shares shall be cancelled. Biotage discloses the

Outokumpu renews leadership team to accelerate strategy execution

OUTOKUMPU OYJSTOCK EXCHANGE RELEASEJune 14, 2013 at 10.00 am EET  Outokumpu announced today changes in its Leadership Team in order to further accelerate the production optimization and capacity reductions. Jarmo Tonteri will lead the Stainless Coil EMEA as well as the High Performance Stainless and Alloys business areas. This will enable the company to tap into additional synergy opportunities between these business areas. Company has agreed with Ulrich Albrecht-Früh, the current head of business area Stainless Coil EMEA, that he will leave Outokumpu to pursue other career

Tore Hallersbo leaves Peab

Deputy CEO Tore Hallersbo has decided to leave his employment in Peab. Tore has been with the Group since May 2005, when he was appointed director of the Construction Division West. Since 2009, Tore was part of the Group Management and since 2011 has held various senior positions in business area Construction, most recently as head of divisions Construction Norway, Construction Finland, and Special Projects. Tore ends his appointment on 30 June 2013. - We thank Tore for the actions he performed in Peab during the eight years he's been with us, says Peab's CEO Jesper Göransson in a

Proact awarded Cisco Specialist of the Year

A major skills initiative has led to Proact being named Cisco Specialist of the Year.Proact is a skills organisation for the sale, design and rollout of Cisco Unified Computing solutions. Proact has earned accreditations in both network and server technology, and has invested considerable resources over the past years – not least in 2012 – in training consultants in its specialist fields. Clear evidence of its initiatives and results was seen when Proact was recently named Cisco Specialist Partner of the Year in Norway. Proact has run a strategic race, making it one of the market’s most

Rejlers is the main sponsor of Swedish endurance race

In September, it's time for the endurance race ÖTILLÖ which is ranked as one of the toughest in the world. Rejlers is the main sponsor of the event for the second year in a row. Employees at Rejlers will compete in the contest taking place across and between the 24 islands in the Stockholm archipelago."ÖTILLÖ is about willingness, persistence, goal focus, cooperation, and especially passion. Qualities which also run our employees and our company forward. There is a clear connection between this event and our core values, health and successful", says Eva Nygren, President and CEO of

Outotec Larox® FFP 3512 - An efficient filtration solution for tailings treatment

After successfully introducing the Outotec Larox® FFP 2512 pressure filter series for bulk mining applications, Outotec is now responding to the mining industry's increasing demand by upscaling the proven FFP 2512 series to the new FFP 3512 for even higher capacity production requirements. Outotec Larox filter presses are widely used in mining and metallurgical operations, where the trend towards finer grinding in concentrators and stricter requirements towards tailings disposal have resulted in more difficult dewatering, requiring an increased use of filtration. Simplicity,

Saab appoints Executive Vice Presidents

Defence and security company Saab’s board of directors have appointed Lennart Sindahl as Senior Executive Vice President and Magnus Örnberg as Executive Vice President of the company.Lennart Sindahl is Head of business area Aeronautics and Magnus Örnberg is Chief Financial Officer. The appointments do not affect their existing assignments. Saab serves the global market with world-leading products, services and solutions ranging from military defence to civil security. Saab has operations and employees on all continents and constantly develops, adopts and improves new technology to meet

Medivir recruits a new head of Commercial Operations

Stockholm — Medivir AB (OMX: MVIR) strengthens the executive management team by recruiting Henrik Krook as Executive VP Commercial. Henrik will be operationally and strategically responsible for the company's commercial activities, where a priority is to build a Nordic organisation for the expected launch of simeprevir. Henrik Krook comes from Novartis Norway, where he during the last two years has worked as Country Manager/Commercial Director and also Scandinavian Head of a team working with marketing and sales of a broad product portfolio. He has more than 10 years of experience from

Ratos's new issue of preference shares fully subscribed

This information is published in accordance with the Swedish Securities Act, the Financial Instruments Trading Act or demands made in the exchange rules.Not for release, publication or distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States, Canada, Japan, Australia or any other jurisdiction where such action would be prohibited. The application period for Ratos's preference share issue has expired and theissue of SEK 1,452.5m has been fully subscribed. Ratos's CEO Susanna Campbell: "There has been considerable interest in thepreference shares

HANZA opens thick metal factory in Finland

HANZA moves against the stream and expand its manufacturing in Finland, while broadening its offering in the thick metal area in close cooperation with its customers. On Thursday the tape was cut at a very well attended opening ceremony.HANZA continues to grow during the crisis. Just in the last two years, four factories has been opened in Sweden, Estonia and Poland. Following the acquisition of the cable manufacturer Alfaram in February this year, HANZA is now opening doors to modern spaces in Kokkola with big plans for new investments to broaden the range of their services. All together

Hexagon Composites ASA : Successful placement of unsecured bond issue

Hexagon Composites ASA has successfully completed the issuance of a NOK 300 million five-year senior unsecured bond issue with maturity in July 2018. The settlement date for the bond issue is expected to be 2 July 2013. An application will be made for the listing of the bond on Oslo Stock Exchange. Net proceeds from the bond issue will be used for general corporate purposes as well as financing of planned capacity increases and further growth. DNB Markets and Swedbank First Securities acted as joint managers for the bond issue. Further information from:Tore J. Fjell, acting

Stora Enso aims to convert Varkaus Mill fine paper machine to containerboard

Stora Enso has decided to commence a feasibility study with the aim of converting the Varkaus Mill fine paper machine in Finland to produce virgin-fibre-based containerboard. The findings of a recently completed pre-feasibility study supported continuation of the process. The feasibility study, which is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2014, will evaluate the profitability of the project to manufacture containerboard at Varkaus Mill.“This is an opportunity to take advantage of two market forces, where one can see a decreasing global market for paper but an increasing global

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