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Odfjell Drilling selects IFS Applications

IFS, the global enterprise applications company, announces that the international drilling, engineering & well service company Odfjell Drilling has selected IFS Applications™ for Offshore Service. The contract includes licenses and the first phase of the implementation project.Odfjell Drilling Group is an international drilling contractor providing mobile offshore drilling units for harsh environment and ultra deepwater drilling operations, platform drilling, engineering and well services. The company currently operates five modern drilling units in Norway, Tanzania, Angola and Brazil and

YIT and HGR Property Partners sold a premium property in Helsinki, Finland to Cordea Savills

YIT and HGR Property Partners Oy have on 20 December 2012 signed a contract of sale with a fund managed by Cordea Savills regarding the historic premium property at Ruoholahdenkatu 23, Helsinki, Finland. The property has a total floor area of about 7,000 square metres, and the contract price is approximately EUR 27 million. Leimdörfer Finland Oy acted as an advisor to the sellers. Ruoholahdenkatu 23 was built in 1913. Its premises have undergone a total overhaul, and they will be converted into modern office and business premises by February 2013. Following the overhaul, the premises

Vicore Pharma receives funding for development of angiotensin AT2-receptor agonists for potential treatment of multiple sclerosis

Gothenburg, Sweden, December 20, 2012: Vicore Pharma today announced funding support from Fast Forward, LLC, a not-for-profit organization established by the U.S. National Multiple Sclerosis Society and EMD Serono,Inc., a subsidiary of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. The funding award will help support the research of angiotensin AT2-receptor agonists for the potential treatment of multiple sclerosis under a three-party collaboration with Vicore Pharma, The Department for Medicinal Chemistry at Uppsala University, Sweden and Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany. “We are delighted

IK2000 Fund to sell Suomen Lähikauppa Oy to Triton III

The IK2000 Fund managed by IK Investment Partners (“IK”), Wihuri Oy and Osuuskunta Tradeka-yhtymä have signed an agreement to sell Suomen Lähikauppa, Finland’s leading neighbourhood store chain and the third largest daily goods retailer in the country, to Triton III. Financial terms of the transaction are not disclosed.Suomen Lähikauppa Oy operates Siwa and Valintatalo branded neighbourhood store chains. In 2011, the net sales of Suomen Lähikauppa were EUR 1 billion and it had a 7.8 % share of the of the Finnish grocery retail market. The current shareholder structure was established in

HD Connectivity Launches HDanywhere™ 4x2 Hybrid Matrix Switcher feat. HDMI® and HDBaseT™ output options.

20th December 2012 - Malvern, Worcestershire - HD Connectivity Ltd  (HDC) is pleased to announce the launch of the HDanywhere™ 4x2 (four sources, two TV locations) Hybrid matrix switcher, featuring HDMI®, HDBaseT™ long-distance signal transmission technology and PoE (Power over Ethernet).  The HDanywhere™ 2x4 Hybrid Matrix switcher is available now with an SRP of £499.99Hybrid is the combination of a standard HDMI Matrix Switcher with a MULTIROOM+PoE module in a small form factor package. Ideal for creating a SMART HDTV signal distribution system, Hybrid gives

Aker Solutions signs contract with McDermott subsidiary

20 December 2012 - The international oil services provider Aker Solutions has signed a contract with a subsidiary of McDermott for the delivery of subsea tie-in connectors to the Ichthys LNG Project. The contract is valued at NOK 500 million. [Aker Solutions has signed a contract with a subsidiary of McDermott for the delivery of subsea tie-in connectors to the Ichthys LNG Project. The contract is valued at NOK 500 million.]The scope of work includes the delivery of 6"-18" horizontal and vertical diverless tie-in connectors to be included in the McDermott umbilicals, risers and

Tropical pulp still a long way from fiction in German children's books

Gland, Switzerland – German book publishers have only marginally improved performance in excluding paper pulp sourced through destruction of tropical forests that are home to critically endangered elephants, tigers and orang-utans. A WWF-Germany survey of children's books found about 30 per cent of books contained significant amounts of mixed tropical hardwood fibres characteristic of natural forest destruction. A 2009 children's book survey found mixed tropical hardwood fibres in 40% of German children's books from one third of the publishing houses sampled. Children’s books linked

Global Health Partner sells clinic in Bergen

Global Health Partner (GHP) is selling all of its holding in the clinic in Bergen, Norway, to Capio. The business comprises spine and obesity surgery and is run at Ulriksdal Sykehus. “The sale is in line with GHP’s strategy of increasing the focus on the Group’s core holdings and we are convinced that Capio will be a good owner for the clinic in Bergen,” says Marianne Dicander Alexandersson, CEO of Global Health Partner.The clinic in Bergen conducts spine surgery and obesity surgery and was formed in 2004. GHP has been a partner in the clinic since 2006. It is centrally located in Bergen

Tele2 first in Europe with voice over 4G

Stockholm - Tele2 AB (Tele2), (NASDAQ OMX Stockholm Exchange: TEL2 A and TEL2 B) today announced that Tele2 is the first operator in Europe to have tested voice over LTE (VoLTE) in the live Swedish Tele2 LTE network. The tests proved much better voice experience in the IP based LTE network compared to 2G and 3G networks. The tests have been conducted in a fully end-to-end standards compliant manner using technology from Mavenir Systems and Nokia Siemens Networks implemented in the live LTE network in Sweden. VoLTE technology improves voice quality significantly and enables much faster

Walsall teen with very rare illness is granted winter wonderland wish

News release and photo for immediate useThursday 20 December 201213 year old Callum Oakley had a special Christmas wish granted on 13 December 2012, when he was whisked off to Lapland by Make-A-Wish Foundation® UK, the charity that grants magical wishes to children and young people fighting life-threatening conditions, to meet Father Christmas. Callum, from Walsall, has a form of Ataxia (a neurological disorder), but his condition is so rare that doctors are unable to diagnose him with a specific type. The condition, which he was diagnosed with at 15 months old, affects his co-

FormPipe Software receives order from a Swedish authority worth SEK 2 million

FormPipe Software receives a supplementary order on the ECM product FormPipe Platina from a Swedish authority within the Swedish Armed Forces. The total order value amounts to SEK 2 million. “More and more of our existing customers are increasing their investments in our ECM products. It is one of the best evidences to get that our solutions satisfy the needs of the market”, says Christian Sundin, CEO of FormPipe Software. Of the total order value, license revenues of SEK 1.4 million are recorded in fourth quarter of 2012, while associated revenue will be allocated throughout the

GLASTON CORPORATION IS PLANNING TO STRENGTHEN THE COMPANY’S FINANCIAL POSITION

GLASTON CORPORATION STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE  20 December 2012 at 12.25 (EET)GLASTON CORPORATION IS PLANNING TO STRENGTHEN THE COMPANY’S FINANCIAL POSITIONThe Board of Directors of Glaston Corporation has decided to start measures to strengthen the Company’s financial position. The Company is negotiating with the holders of the convertible bond issued in 2009 and debenture bond issued in 2011 on conversion of such loans into Glaston shares. The current total principal of the bonds is EUR 12.75 million. Furthermore, the Company is planning a share issue where the shareholders would, in case

LightLab Sweden AB receives grant from the Swedish energy agency

The research and development company LightLab Sweden AB, which develops a new energy- and cost efficient lighting technology without mercury and other hazardous materials, has received a positive response from the Swedish Energy Agency on an application for funding of verification and industrialization in preparation of a market introduction of a bulb lamp based on the fully integrated prototype the company is developing. The grant has a value of SEK 1.9 million during 2012 and 2013.

Pupils Draw on Milk for Inspiration

News Release 20th December 2012Two youngsters aged nine and ten have won a national competition to design a Christmas card organised by leading school milk supplier Cool Milk . To enter the competition children at schools and nurseries across the UK were invited to draw a Christmas scene incorporating milk which Cool Milk could use on the front of its corporate cards. Over 2,500 children aged between two and 11 entered the competition which was jointly won by Holly Mayfield, aged nine, from Frisby Church of England Primary School in Melton Mowbray and

GOOD NEWS COMES IN THREES FOR CELTIC FESTIVAL

News ReleaseHebridean Celtic Festival · First bands announced for HebCelt’s 18th birthday · Island event to feature on festive TV schedule · International interest in advance tickets for summer spectacularTwo of Scotland’s top live acts and a livewire American band who have become one of the most popular on the UK roots circuit have signed up to appear at the award-winning Hebridean Celtic Festival next summer. The Battlefield Band, The Red Hot Chilli Pipers and The Hot Seats are the first acts to be revealed for the island festival which will be held from 17-20 July, 2013

Sweden's largest investors appoint Swedbank Large Corporates & Institutions as the leading credit institution

Sweden's largest investors (tier 1) ranked Swedbank's Large & Institutions (LC&I) as the country's best in credit products and credit research, in Prospera's annual survey.The credit product survey is based on interviews with sixty portfolio managers, covering criteria such as personal approach and contact, research, ethics, pricing and product range. Swedbank stands out as a particularly clear leader in credit research in terms of individual issuance as well as strategy, areas that the portfolio managers consider increasingly important. "I am very pleased and proud of this ranking that

Women underestimate their weight by five pounds on average, new survey shows

· Nearly half of parents of obese children thought their child was “about the right weight”Women in England think they weigh about five pounds less than they actually do, new figures from the Health and Social Care Centre show today. On average, women think they weigh 10st 11lbs (68.7 kilos) when their actual weight is 11st 3lbs (71 kilos). The gap between perception and reality was widest among women aged 35 to 39 - who underestimated their weight by nearly 8lb (3.6kg) on average. The figures are from the Health Survey for England 2011, which this year for the first time saw the

Biohit announces results from acetaldehyde measurements

Biohit has carried out measurements of carcinogenic acetaldehyde concentrations in foodstuff. Acetaldehyde is a widely used and naturally occurring group-1 carcinogen with apple scent. Industry produces hundreds of thousands of tons it annually. Acetaldehyde is especially rich in food prepared with a fermentation process such as alcohol beverages, vinegar and dairy products. This study measured acetaldehyde concentrations in industry prepared drinks, some of which included alcohol and some were non-alcoholic. The sample included 119 different commercial products that are available in

MICHELIN TRAINING INSTRUCTOR TACKLES TYRE SAFETY IN TANZANIA

Stoke-on-Trent – December 18, 2012Michelin Training Instructor Carl Williams swapped the Michelin Training Centre in Stoke-on-Trent for the sweltering humidity of Dar es Salaam earlier this month, as part of a two week secondment in Tanzania, with road transport charity Transaid. Carl flew 4,700 miles to deliver two week-long courses to highlight how better tyres mean safer roads, and safer roads mean fewer casualties. Road deaths are the third biggest premature killer in sub-Saharan Africa, and Tanzania alone suffers around 4,000 fatalities each year due to road crashes. Carl’s

Thomas really ‘digs’ his special JCB wish

News release and photo for immediate useThursday 20 December 2012Eight year old Thomas Saunders is fascinated with tractors and machinery so when Make-A-Wish Foundation® UK, the charity that grants magical wishes to children and young people fighting life-threatening conditions, asked Thomas what his one wish was…he chose to ride in a JCB digger! Thomas, who was diagnosed with Medulloblastoma (a brain tumour) in November 2010, lives on a farm in Crediton with his family, which is where his love of diggers has come from. On the day of his wish he travelled to the JCB World Headquarters

Atria to centralise production of cured sausages

Atria Plc, Company Announcement, 20 December 2012 at 11:00 amAtria to centralise production of cured sausagesAtria is centralising its production of cured sausages at Atria Scandinavia’s production plant in Denmark. The aim is to improve productivity and ensure the continuity of the company’s production of cured sausages. Atria is the leading manufacturer of cured sausages in Denmark. Production of cured sausages at the Kuopio factory will be discontinued in the autumn of 2013.Atria is committed to using Finnish meat raw material in Atria branded products, and it will continue to do so

Opcon: Saxlund awarded 25 m SEK order for biomass handling system in conversion of power plant to co-firing

Saxlund International GmbH, a fully-owned subsidiary of Opcon AB, the energy and environmental technology Group, has been given the responsibility for delivery of a state-of-the-art biomass handling system for yet another conversion of a coal-fired power plant for biomass co-firing in Berlin, Germany. The order follows on a similar order for another power plant, also in Berlin earlier this year. The scope of the order is external and internal biomass handling systems, including wood reception areas as well as storage and conveyor systems. All designed for efficiency, minimum maintenance

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