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Fiskars plans restructuring of Sorsakoski cookware factory

Fiskars Corp.       Press Release           June 10, 2013 Fiskars strives towards an efficient and competitive supply chain. As a part of developing the Group’s manufacturing operations, Fiskars has renewed processes and production at the Sorsakoski cookware factory to meet efficiency and quality demands. The plan is to continue improving competitiveness actively, and to renew operating models at the factory. Due to increased efficiency of the manufacturing operations and the uncertain market environment, Fiskars has reviewed the cost structure of the Sorsakoski cookware factory and

Give it some welly at Warwick Racecourse

Book a conference at Warwick Racecourse and you’ll receive a pair of Joules ‘Posh Wellies’ – this summer’s must have fashion accessory given the UK’s unpredictable weather! Nicola Hunt, business development executive at Warwick Racecourse, said: “For every new conference booked and taking place until the end of August at Warwick Racecourse with a minimum of 40 delegates per booking, we will give the event organiser a pair of Joules ‘Posh Wellies’.” The facilities at the historic site include an extensive range of meeting, conference and exhibition rooms, plus a variety of breakout

PORTFOLIO EVALUTION TOOL HELPS VETERANS GET THEIR DEGREES

Military Experience May Be Worth College Credit at www.LearningCounts.orgVeterans interested in completing their degree will be interested to know about a new program that translates work experience, including their military service, into college credit and should visit www.learningcounts.org, Pamela Tate, CEO and president of the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL) announced today. The program assists adults with their educational endeavors, finding practical ways to transfer prior professional experience and skills learned outside the classroom to college course credit to

Marl LEDs look the part for a handheld industrial instrument design

Ulverston, UK, 10 June 2013. A quest for a very professional appearance allied with compact size led Instrument Installations Ltd to specify Marl 512 Series LEDs in its handheld actuator demonstration product range for use during client visit and training room demonstrations of Rotork actuators. Appearance is increasingly as important in industrial instrumentation as it is in consumer electronics – especially during the critical sales phase, according to Chris Hill, Managing Director of Instrument Installations. He said, “The unit is intended to professionally demonstrate the key

CDON Group’s rights issue oversubscribed

This press release may not be announced, published or distributed, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, in the United States, Canada, Japan, Hong Kong or Australia or any other country where such publication or distribution would violate applicable laws or rules or would require additional documents to be prepared or registered or require any other actions to be taken, in addition to the requirements under Swedish law. For further information, please refer to “Important notice” in this press release. This press release has been published in Swedish and English. In the event of any

Media Release: Sam Brabham Sweeps To First Outright Podium & Double Class Wins

Oulton Park, Cheshire – Monday 10 June 2013; Sam Brabham delivered the best performance of his debut Dunlop MSA Formula Ford season at Oulton Park this weekend, with four trips to the rostrum, including his first outright second place podium, double Scholarship class wins and a further third place class finish at the picturesque Cheshire track.Despite clocking in barely 30 minutes of running time in Friday testing, Brabham quickly got to grips with the 2.2-mile Island circuit to put in his career best qualifying effort and rank third, fourth and fourth fastest. An awesome start for the

Show Director’s Firm Stance Against “Tampering”

Organisers of one of the UK’s leading agricultural shows have called on exhibitors and Breed Societies to help stamp out tampering with animals for the judging rings, and outlaw the cheats.Bill Cowling, Honorary Show Director of the Great Yorkshire Show has described practices such as tampering to enhance cow udders as “heinous” and “despicable”. He said: “For a number of years here at the Great Yorkshire we have carried out random scanning, we’ve never had cause to suspect anyone but no one is any doubt as to how serious we regard this. Should we ever find an animal had been tampered

Northland Announces First Drawdown of USD 100 Million from the USD 335 Million Bond

Luxemburg, June 10, 2013 – Northland Resources S.A. (OSE: NAUR, Frankfurt: NPK, First North/Nasdaq: NAURo – together with its subsidiaries, “Northland”, “NRSA” or “the Company”) announces that the Company has completed all pre-disbursement conditions in connection with the USD 335 million bond (“New Bond”) and received the approval of the Company’s board to draw USD 100 million from an escrow account. The Company announced earlier in a press release dated May 30, 2013, that the New Bond was successfully subscribed. Today, Northland announces that the first drawdown of USD 100 million

DISCOVER SCOTLAND FOR LESS!

The Camping and Caravanning Club is giving campers to the opportunity to explore Scotland for less by extending its Age Concession Rate on all 17 of its Scottish Club Sites.The 30 per cent discount is available to Club members aged over 55 and will run from Monday, August 12 to Sunday, September 1, 2013.The participating Club Sites include: Culzean Castle, Dingwall, Dunbar, Glencoe, Inverewe Gardens, Jedburgh, Lauder, Luss, Milarrochy Bay, Moffat, Nairn, Oban, Rosemarkie, Scone, Skye, Speyside and Tarland.Scotland is a land steeped in history and boasts diverse landscapes; the rolling

LIVE WORLD TITLE IBO FIGHTS TO BE STREAMED EXCLUSIVELY AT FILMON.COM

FilmOn Secures Rights To Live IBO World Title Boxing Fights Streaming Exclusively To Fans Online At FilmOn.com  This Saturday June 15th 2013 at 12:30pm EST, viewers all over the World can log on for free to FilmOn.TV  by PC, smartphone or connected TVs to see South African Hekkie Budler defend his IBO World Championship Belt against fellow straw weight Nkosinathi Joyi over 12 rounds in what is being billed as the biggest rumble in the jungle  for many years. Founder and CEO of FilmOn

NanoLumens Selects BrightSign to Power Displays in Company’s Sales Showroom

BrightSign Digital Signage Players Bring Reliability, Versatility to Showroom at Company’s Atlanta Headquarters LOS GATOS, CA, 10 June 2013 – BrightSign, LLC®, the market leader in digital signage players, today announced that NanoLumens®, the award-winning any size, shape, or curvature, large-format LED display manufacturer has chosen to install BrightSign’s players in the sales showroom at the company’s Atlanta, GA headquarters. This engagement is the latest milestone in the companies’ long-standing collaboration. BrightSign and NanoLumens work closely on a number of fronts, with

Fully-automatic transmissions make asphalt spreaders more attractive to truck buyers

When SpriderMaskiner AB specifies its asphalt spreading trucks, it prefers to play it safe by equipping the vehicles with Allison fully-automatic transmissions.GÖTEBORG, Sweden –  SpriderMaskiner AB, a company which develops special asphalt spreaders for smaller surface areas, specifies Allison transmissions, not only for their performance and durability, but also to ensure vehicle appeal. The most recent delivery by the Swedish family-owned company was a Volvo FE 340 6x2 equipped with the Allison 3000 Series fully-automatic transmission. The unique design of the flexible, truck-mounted

Teemu Suila to steer Rovio´s Strategic and Corporate Development as new Chief Operating Officer

Espoo, Finland – June 10th 2013 — Rovio Entertainment Ltd. announced today that Teemu Suila has been appointed Chief Operating Officer to support Rovio´s strategic objectives and growth in becoming a global entertainment media powerhouse. Mr. Suila has been a senior-level executive at several business units at Nokia and Nokia Siemens Networks since joining Nokia Group in 1995. He brings to Rovio a wealth of experience in corporate strategic and operational development, portfolio and capability management and leading global businesses. Before joining Rovio, Teemu Suila played a major role

Dampskibsselskabet NORDEN A/S – Weekly report on share buy-back

Attached please find below text as PDF file. Dampskibsselskabet NORDEN A/S ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement no. 19 10 June 2013   Dampskibsselskabet NORDEN A/S – Weekly report on share buy-back On 15 May 2013, NORDEN initiated the second phase of a share buy-back programme in accordance with EU Commission Regulation no. 2273/2003 (the Safe Harbor method), which ensures that the Company is protected against violation of insider legislation during the share buy-back. Under the share buy-back programme, NORDEN

Vizrt  Capital Markets Day 2013 in Bergen

Bergen, Norway, June 10, 2013. Vizrt Ltd. (Oslo Main List: VIZ) Vizrt will hold this year’s Capital Markets Day at its HQ in Bergen, Norway, on Thursday, September 26, 2013. It is our aim to provide investors with a deeper understanding of the Company, its technology and strategy. Management will hold several presentations, providing insights into market conditions and trends, the Company’s positioning and how Vizrt is performing in today’s media tech landscape.Further information on the schedule will be announced soon.We look forward to meeting you in Bergen.With kind regards,

Offally good ready meal scoops gold for Harper Adams students

NINE students from Harper Adams University in Shropshire have scooped gold in the UK finals of a Dragons’ Den-style competition to find the best eco-innovative food product. The More Than Meat Pies team from the university near Newport won the British heat of the Ecotrophelia: European Food Innovation Student Awards with its ready meal offal pie, aptly named A Hearty Meal. Along with a £2,000 cash prize, the team will also receive one-year Institute of Food Science & Technology (IFST) membership and a number of Elsevier food science publications. The team will now go forward as the

WWF:  IEA stop-gap measures not enough to tackle climate change

Commenting on the International Energy Agency (IEA) report Redrawing the energy-climate map released today (10 June),  WWF said that although the short-term measures proposed by the IEA were welcome, countries need to move further and faster to keep climate change within ‘safe’ levels. Samantha Smith, Leader of the WWF Global Climate & Energy Initiative, said: “This is a welcome intervention by the IEA, particularly the focus on energy efficiency standards for lighting, cars and appliances as well as cutting methane losses in oil and gas production. “Unfortunately, the other policies

British Motor Heritage Limited becomes the latest distributor of Zircotec® products

Oxfordshire-based British classic car specialist provides technical support and sales for Zircotec thermal management products.OXFORD – British Motor Heritage Limited (BMH), a renowned specialist in the production and sales of parts for classic British cars, is the latest firm to become an authorised distributor of Zircotec’s thermal barrier coatings and heat shields. Unique to the classic car sector, BMH owns the tooling to create period correct bodyshells for heritage brands such as MG and Triumph, and is now able to arrange Zircotec coatings for exhaust systems and provide ZircoFlex®

SPITTING IMAGE: THE COMPLETE NINTH SERIES (12)

A milestone in television comedy, SPITTING IMAGE lifted satire to a new level for over a decade through the 1980s and ’90s. SPITTING IMAGE: THE COMPLETE NINTH SERIES (12) will be available on DVD from Network Distributing on 8 July 2013, RRP £12.99.No target was safe from the SPITTING IMAGE spotlight: politicians of all persuasions, Thatcher, Nelson Mandela and even the Royal Family could find themselves up for a ribbing on any given week. In this series Kinnock goes missing in a bid to win over the voters, the Queen goes ‘street’ and Bros wonder why they’re not famous anymore. The set

Tourist Office of Spain presents at AIBTM 2013

New Virtual Event Center to be launched at conferenceThe Tourist Office of Spain in Chicago (TOS) will represent Spain at AIBTM 2013 www.aibtm.com, a major global exhibition for the meetings and and events industry, taking place June 11-13th  at McCormick Place in Chicago. They will showcase the country as a convention destination through a pavilion with representatives from various parts of Spain and a number of presentations, including the official launch of a new service, the Spain Virtual Event Center. Director Jorge Rubio Navarro,  recentl y named to the Advisory Board of AIBTM,

Social phobia more common among elderly Swedes

Fear of social situations is considerably more common among the elderly than previously thought. A thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy shows that four percent of over 65s suffer from social phobia.Although social phobia has previously been thought to be rare among the elderly, a new thesis shows that as many as 60,000 Swedes over the age of 65 may experience fear before going out and eating at restaurants, meeting other people or speaking to a group. “This is a forgotten disorder among the elderly,” says Björn Karlsson, a doctoral student at the University of Gothenburg’s Sahlgrenska

Dr Leonhard Birnbaum, World Energy Council’s Vice Chair Europe, discusses global and European perspectives in Tallin, Estonia

LONDON / TALLINN, 10 June 2013 – Dr Leonhard Birnbaum, the World Energy Council’s Vice Chair for Europe, has discussed global and European energy trends at a conference in Tallin, Estonia today. In a keynote speech at the International Oil Shale Symposium, Dr Birnbaum said: “Oil shale can help to diversify supply of fuels, to enhance security of supply and to reduce the effects of crude oil price fluctuations. In order to have greater social acceptance, strategies to increase the public’s awareness about oil shale have to be developed and implemented. A sound life-cycle analysis is an

New KONE UltraRope(TM) elevator hoisting technology enables the next big leap in high-rise building design

KONE Corporation, press release, June 10, 2013 KONE, an innovative leader in the elevator and escalator industry, today announced a new high-rise elevator technology that is set to break industry limits and enable future elevator travel heights of 1 kilometer - twice the distance currently feasible. The KONE UltraRope(TM) is a completely new hoisting technology that eliminates the disadvantages of conventional steel rope and opens up a world of possibilities in high-rise building design - an important consideration as urbanization brings increasing numbers of people to cities.

Sherborne Sensors appoints Ian Gardner as Production Manager

Company looks to drive further production excellence to support continued growth and commitment to delivery of unrivalled high-precision sensors and customer serviceLondon, UK, 10 June 2013 – Sherborne Sensors, a global leader in the design, development and manufacture of sensors for military, aerospace and industrial applications, is delighted to announce the appointment of Ian Gardner as Production Manager. Ian brings a vast and varied wealth of experience in the field of production management to the company, and will be responsible for driving further production improvements in support

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