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Announcement from Climeon AB’s (publ) Extraordinary General Meeting

The shareholders of Climeon AB (publ) held an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) in Stockholm on Tuesday the 17th of December 2019. The EGM decided to elect Jan Svensson as a new member of the company's Board of Directors. Below is a summary of the most important decisions made at the meeting.Election of new member of the Board of DirectorsThe EGM decided to elect Jan Svensson as a new member of the Board of Directors of Climeon. Furthermore, Jan Svensson was elected vice chairman of the Board of Directors. The EGM resolved that Jan Svensson should be awarded a Board fee

Some thoughts for the twenties

What’s the next decade going to be like? Last time around, we had the “Roaring Twenties”. They have a glamorous reputation, but it’s worth remembering that they were when fascism arrived, and they ended in a global economic depression that partly caused and was only ended by the greatest conflict in history. Parallels with our current situation? During the 1920s the economic system became ever more fragile. There was intense social upheaval after the First World War. A major shift within the media, to a focus on celebrities. And a surge in electronic technology: widespread

MONIA BENBOUZID ELECTED NEW CHARIMAN OF THE BOARD FOR EUROBATTERY MINERALS

Eurobattery Minerals AB (Nordic Growth Market: "BAT"; “the Company”), a growth company in the mining and exploration industry with the vision to help Europe become self-sufficient in ethical battery minerals, today announced that Monia Benbouzid has been elected new board member and chairman of the board to the company at an extra ordinary board meeting that has taken place on the 17[th] of December 2019. As chairman of the board she replaces acting chairman of the board Martin Boldt Christmas who will assume a position as member of the board. – I welcome Monia to our team. She brings

Vitec acquires the software company HK data AS

Vitec Software Group AB (publ) strengthens its Nordic position in Vertical Market Software by acquiring all shares in the Norwegian software company HK data AS on December 17. The products are aimed at the welfare and health sector in Norway. The customers consist of companies, municipalities, counties and voluntary organizations. The company had sales of MNOK 16.0 with an adjusted EBITDA result of MNOK 1.7 for the financial year 2018.Payment is in cash. The acquisition is expected to directly result in an increase in earnings per share for Vitec. Consolidation is from the acquisition date

Clavister downsizes its operations in Umeå

Örnsköldsvik, Sweden, December 17th, 2019. Clavister, a leader in high-performance cybersecurity solutions, today announces that the company is downsizing its operations in Umeå. All 18 employees are affected.Clavister has for a period of time been focusing on driving growth, and has as such been able to demonstrate a strong increase in order intake over the past three years. During the last year, the company has been reviewing its cost base and has taken several measures to significantly improve the company’s efficiency and operational profit. The downsizing represents a step in the

Extended producer responsibility driver for Enviro’s long-term business potential on the Indian market

Scandinavian Enviro System’s sales manager Fredrik Olofsson recently got home from a ten-day trip to India, meeting Indian pyrolysis companies, vehicle manufacturers, oil companies, rubber producers and tyre manufactures. “Enviro’s patented technology follows European legislation regarding waste combustion and is very competitive in India. One of the driving forces for our technology in India is connected to producer responsibility, something that was confirmed during meetings with tyre manufactures, among others. We have already had a meeting with an Indian tyre manufacturer back home,”

Valmet receives a repeat order for an Advantage ThruAir tissue production line from Irving Consumer Products in the United States

Valmet Oyj’s press release on December 17, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. EET   Valmet has received an order for an Advantage ThruAir machine from Irving Consumer Products. This is a repeat order of the Advantage ThruAir machine that was started up recently in 2019. The new machine is planned to start-up in 2022 and will continue to support Irving’s commitment to provide ultra-premium products to the North American market. The order is included in Valmet’s orders received of the fourth quarter 2019. The value of the order is not disclosed. Valmet and Irving share a long history of partnership

Recipharm partners with Aptahem for formulation of Apta-1 drug candidate

Recipharm, the contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) has partnered with biotechnology company Aptahem, for the formulation of Apta-1 drug candidate. The aptamer-based drug candidate is intended to treat life-threatening condition sepsis, a potentially fatal condition which involves a general inflammatory response, known as systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), caused by an infection. Recipharm, which has extensive experience in pharmaceutical formulation, will develop an injectable formulation for the upcoming Phase 1 study.  Anders Högdin, Ph.D.,

Avensia and Mirakl join forces

The partnership means that Avensia’s customers will be able to use Mirakl’s leading technology to create their own online marketplace and become the center of an entire ecosystem within their industry. Avensia and French company Mirakl  have signed a partnership agreement. Avensia can now add implementation of Mirakl’s marketplace technology to their offer. It will soon be a very natural step for companies to establish a marketplace of their own as a complement to their existing e-commerce, if they want to keep owning their customer relationships and not

Miss Group makes double acquisition in North America and Canada

Fast-growing web hosting company - Miss Group - has acquired Hostek, a US based web hosting company with revenues of US$7.5m. Founded in 1998, Hostek is a leading provider of managed server solutions for businesses in the US with a customer base of 15,000 accounts in both shared and VPS hosting.Alongside the acquisition of Hostek, Miss Group has also acquired a Canadian shared web hosting company with revenues of US$2.5m and an established French language customer base. This acquisition adds 16,000 customers and 28,000 new accounts to the Group These two acquisitions add greater scale to

Realheart on display at the Technical Museum

In March 2020, the Technical Museum in Stockholm will launch its new exhibition called Hyper Human where Realheart will participate.Realheart has been given the opportunity to be part of the Technical Museum's new exhibition Hyper Human to showcase Swedish medical technology innovation power, displayed in the same area as previous Swedish innovations such as the heart and lung machine, the pacemaker and the heart valve. The company's product Realheart TAH will be displayed as part of the permanent exhibition for a period of five years. “I'm very happy about this. This is the first

Jays Headphones strikes another big order in Russia

Regulatory Press Release Northbaze Group (publ) strikes another major deal in Russia. Northbaze Group’s subsidiary and headphone manufacturer Jays Headphones will provide products to a national campaign during Q4 2019 and Q1 2020. The initial order value is of 5.6 MSEK. JAYS, owned by Northbaze Group, announces a new major business in Russia. During end of Q4 2019 and beginning of Q1 2020 Jays will supply products to a national campaign with a Russian retailer. The initial order value is of 5.6 MSEK in today’s exchange rate. The model sold is x-Five Wireless. “Next to the size of the

Raisio plc: Announcement of conveyance of own shares

Raisio plc      Stock Exchange Release, 17 December 2019 ANNOUNCEMENT OF CONVEYANCE OF OWN SHARES In March 2019, Raisio plc’s Annual General Meeting decided that of the monthly reward of the Chairman and members of the Board, approximately 20% shall be paid by distributing shares held by the company and approximately 80% in cash. Rewards shall be paid in two equal lots during the term in June and in December. Raisio plc has assigned a total of 6,138 free shares (RAIVV) on December 17, 2019 (other conveyance) as a reward to the Chairman and members of the Board for their managing

Good aerobic fitness doesn’t protect children against type 2 diabetes, staying active does

Good aerobic fitness does not protect children against obesity-induced insulin resistance, which is a key risk factor of type 2 diabetes, a new study from Finland shows. However, more physical activity and less sedentary time were associated with reduced insulin resistance also in obese children.  Published in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, the findings are based on the Physical Activity and Nutrition in Children (PANIC) Study carried out in the University of Eastern Finland. The study involved researchers from the University of Eastern Finland, the University Jyväskylä, the

SPIE France chooses IFS Applications

Comprehensive ERP solution to empower nearly 19,000 SPIE France employees at 400 sites with robust capabilities and intuitive user experience London, December 17, 2019 – IFS , the global enterprise applications company, announces that SPIE France —a subsidiary of the SPIE Group—a leading technology solutions provider in the energy and communications sector, has chosen to implement IFS Applications™  across all subsidiaries to consolidate business processes and increase

Dr. Bassem Saleh new Chief Executive Officer of TFS

The Board of Directors of TFS, a leading mid-size CRO providing clinical development solutions to biopharmaceutical companies, appointed Dr. Bassem Saleh as Chief Executive Officer, effective 17 December 2019. He will succeed Dr. János Filakovský who has led TFS for the last two years positioning the company for a long term growth. Dr. Bassem Saleh has been with TFS since 2017, as the Chief Medical Officer and EVP of Clinical Development Services. Before joining TFS, Dr. Saleh held senior leadership positions and played an integral part in the growth and success of large and mid-size

Refugees fleeing Turkey’s north east Syria operation say they can’t go back – NRC survey

The majority of refugees fleeing from Turkey’s military operation in north east Syria say they won’t return to their country, and plan on settling in Iraq. A survey conducted by the Norwegian Refugee Council in Bardarash Camp in northern Iraq, where the majority of refugees are hosted, found that 95 per cent of them say they don’t think they will return and plan to remain in Iraq. They cite ongoing fighting and uncertainty as the main reason not to return, at 69 per cent, while 17 per cent of them say they have no home to return to after it was destroyed or occupied. Another 10 per

Wärtsilä Vessel Traffic Service to increase efficiency of Europe’s 2nd largest RoRo port

Wärtsilä Corporation, Press release, 17 December 2019 at 10 am EETThe technology group Wärtsilä will supply its Vessel Traffic Service (VTS)  solution to two of France’s leading ports, Calais and Boulogne. Calais is the leading port in France for passenger traffic and the second largest port in Europe for RoRo vessel traffic, while Boulogne-sur-Mer is the leading fishing vessel port in France. The Wärtsilä VTS will effectively manage vessel traffic in these busy harbours to deliver greater operational efficiency and safety. The

AddSecure enters the telecare market with Finnish acquisition

By acquiring the Stella Safety Phone business unit, AddSecure enters into the growing telecare market and supports its ambitious growth strategy. AddSecure , a leading European provider of premium solutions for secure critical communications and data, announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the Safety Phone business unit from Stella Kotipalvelut Oy. Closing of the transaction is expected by end of January 2020. By acquiring the Stella Safety Phone business, the market leader in telecare services in Finland, AddSecure enters the

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Lufthansa Cargo to establish Swedish headquarters in Office One at Stockholm Arlanda

The air cargo company Lufthansa Cargo is moving its Swedish headquarters to Swedavia’s newly-built Office One complex at Stockholm Arlanda Airport. The building was constructed to high environmental standards and was recently honoured when Swedavia was named Property Owner of the Year by the Sweden Green Building Council. Swedavia and Lufthansa Cargo have signed a four-year lease for some 260 square metres of office space in Office One. Lufthansa Cargo currently has its Swedish headquarters in Upplands Väsby outside Stockholm. The move is planned for the spring of 2020. “It is

Self-service post lockers bring things to everyone’s reach – Haltian announces co-operation with Finnish postal service Posti to deliver the IoT technology for their self-service post system

The growing number of parcels being sent by post has also increased the need for Posti, Finland’s main postal service, to grow the number of self-service post lockers in Finland and abroad in the coming years. To work properly, this kind of an extensive, automated system requires a light, reliable and easily scalable wireless data transmission solution. Since an off-the-shelf solution did not yet exist, Posti and Finnish IoT company Haltian started a co-operation to develop a new solution. The new self-service lockers are already in use in many places in Finland, and the same system is being

Follicum annnouces positive human ex vivo data from preclinical diabetes studies of new class of FOL peptides

Follicum AB ("Follicum" or "the Company") today announces that data from studies on human Langerhans islets have shown positive effects on insulin release in line with the previously reported results on beta cells isolated from animals. The studies were performed through two different collaborations, one with Lund University and one with InSphero, Switzerland and showed similar results.The Company's development of a peptide-based treatment of diabetes and its complications is proceeding according to plan. Follicum has studied the ability of peptides to induce insulin secretion in Langerhans

Nel ASA: Receives purchase order for multiple H2Station® units in the Netherlands

(Oslo, 17 December 2019) Nel Hydrogen A/S, a subsidiary of Nel ASA (Nel, OSE:NEL), has received a purchase order from OrangeGas for the delivery of multiple H2Station® units for fueling of predominately light duty fuel cell electric vehicles in the Netherlands.   “We are delighted to be chosen as supplier for OrangeGas for their first fueling stations (H2Station®) which will predominately serve light-duty vehicles in The Netherlands. We look forward to assist OrangeGas with the deployment of the hydrogen fueling coverage, helping the transition towards zero emission transport in the

SenzaGen signs distribution agreement with GenEvolutioN in France

SenzaGen has signed a three-year distribution agreement with the French contract research laboratory GenEvolutioN. With this agreement SenzaGen further broadens its licensing and distribution network in Europe with another strategically important partner for toxicological in vitro studies.GenEvolutioN is an innovative and privately owned GLP-certified contract research organization (CRO) with many years of in vitro toxicology expertise and specialist knowledge in cell-based methods. In a short time, the company has established itself as a supplier of high-tech and advanced testing services

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