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Chinese dredging company sees real value in Wärtsilä service agreement

Wärtsilä Corporation, Trade press release, 19 January 2021 at 11:00 AM EETThe technology group Wärtsilä has signed a 5-year long-term service agreement with Nanjing Changjiang Waterway Engineering, a leading Chinese dredging company. The agreement, signed in December 2020, covers the ‘Chang Jing 9’, a 13,800 cubic metre trailing suction dredger and the latest addition to the company’s fleet. The ‘Chang Jing 9’ is a relatively new vessel having been delivered at the end of 2019. It is powered by two Wärtsilä 46F  engines. The

BioStock: Lipum to carry out an IPO during 2021

During 2020, Covid-19 caused significant difficulties for many life science companies. However, Umeå-based Lipum was quick to change their plans and adapt to the prevailing circumstances early on in the pandemic. This proved to be a clever move and during 2020, important steps were taken towards the first clinical study with the drug candidate SOL-116. BioStock contacted Lipum’s CEO Einar Pontén to find out more about the past year and the plans for 2021.Read the full article at biostock.se: https://www.biostock.se/en/lipum-to-carry-out-an-ipo-during-2020/This is a press release from

Aker BP awarded 10 licenses in APA 2020

Aker BP has been offered interests in 10 new production licenses in Norway, of which 8 as operator, through the Awards in pre-defined areas (APA 2020) licensing round. Of the 10 production licenses awarded to Aker BP, 7 are located in the North Sea (all as operator) and 3 in the Norwegian Sea (1 as operator).  - We are very pleased with these awards. There are several interesting growth and new play opportunities in the licenses awarded to Aker BP today, says Evy Glørstad, Senior Vice President Exploration and Reservoir in Aker BP. - The annual APA awards continue to be very

NOTIFICATION OF MANAGERS’ AND CLOSELY RELATED PARTIES’ TRANSACTIONS WITH DAMPSKIBSSELSKABET NORDEN A/S’ SHARES IN CONNECTION WITH SHARE BUY-BACK PROGRAM

ANNOUNCEMENT NO. 15 - 19 JANUARY 2021 In connection with the announced share buy-back program in Dampskibsselskabet NORDEN A/S, A/S Motortramp continuously sells shares pro rata and the market is to be informed accordingly – see the attached file and announcement no. 90/2020. Kind regards, Dampskibsselskabet NORDEN A/S Martin Badsted CFO For further information: Martin Badsted, CFO, tel.: +45 3315 0451

Aker ASA: Aker Horizons Acquires Mainstream Renewable Power to Create a Renewable Energy Major

Aker ASA (“Aker”) today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Aker Horizons AS (“Aker Horizons”), has agreed to acquire 75 percent of Mainstream Renewable Power (“Mainstream”), a leading independent renewable energy company within onshore and offshore wind and solar (the “Transaction”). The Transaction values the current equity of Mainstream at EUR 900 million on a 100 percent basis and gives Aker Horizons a portfolio of projects in operation and under construction of about 1.4 GW, a project development pipeline of about 10 GW and a further 10 GW of identified project opportunities.“

Arkessa and Ericsson provide global connectivity for Voi e-scooters

· Powered by Ericsson IoT Accelerator, Arkessa provides global connectivity to Voi's e-scooter fleets worldwide, enabling micro-mobility in urban areas · Arkessa delivers cellular IoT connectivity management services and eSIM solutions, enabling easy and secure localization of globally connected mobility applications · Cellular IoT connections are expected to grow nearly 3.5 times from 1.7 billion in 2020 to 5.9 billion in 2026Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) and Arkessa are excited to provide a secure, managed global connectivity solution that supports the rapid and efficient deployment of

Farewell to Trump, Towie and The Kardashians: 2021 reading trends revealed

Last year saw more than 140,000 digital magazine issues distributed and read 99 million times on Readly, the digital subscription app.  Following a year of doom and gloom, Readly  reveals what we want to read about in 2021. With one in four of us (24%) planning to read more this year, food and drink (27%), TV, film and cinema (27%) and music, arts and culture (19%) are the topics we intend to focus more attention on. Whilst Brexit (28%), US politics (28%) and coronavirus (27%) topped the list of topics we hope to read less about in 2021.

Banks and the Swedish Police Authority formalize AML-cooperation

In June last year Swedbank together with the other four largest banks in Sweden, started a collaboration with the Police Authority aiming at improving the ability to identify and combat money laundering and organized crime by an increased information sharing. The pilot phase of the initiative has had promising results and the banks, and the Police have now decided to take the co-operation to the next level by formalizing it to a greater extent.The SAMLIT-initiative pilot (Swedish Anti Money Laundering Intelligence Task Force) was launched in June last year. During the summer and autumn, the

Nokian Tyres will publish its Financial Statement Release 2020 on February 9, 2021

Nokian Tyres plc Press Release January 19, 2021, 10:00 a.m. Nokian Tyres will publish its Financial Statement Release 2020 on February 9, 2021 approximately at 2:00 p.m. Finnish time. After publication, the release and presentation material will be available on the company's website at www.nokiantyres.com/company/investors/ Conference call A conference call for investors, analysts and media will be held on February 9, 2021 at 3:00 p.m. Finnish time. In the call, President and CEO Jukka Moisio and CFO Teemu Kangas-Kärki will present the financial results. To participate, please

PROVENTUS CAPITAL PARTNERS IV ISSUES NEW DEBENTURES

PRESS RELEASE   Proventus Capital Partners IV AB (publ) today announces that on 2 February 2021, the company will increase its contributed capital by EUR 19.3 million through the issuance of 192,800 series A1 participation loan debentures at a price of EUR 100 each and by an equity contribution of EUR 0.07 million. The new debentures will be eligible for coupon payments from the second quarter 2021. Including the newly issued debentures, Proventus Capital Partners IV’s funding amounts to EUR 112.2 million comprised of series A1 participation loan debentures of EUR 111.8 million

PROVENTUS CAPITAL PARTNERS IV B ISSUES NEW DEBENTURES

PRESS RELEASE   Proventus Capital Partners IV B AB (publ) today announces that on 2 February 2021, the company will increase its contributed capital by EUR 49.3 million through the issuance of 216,400 series A1 and 20,000 series A2 participation loan debentures at a price of EUR 100 each and 25,500 series B participation loan debentures at a price of EUR 1,000 each and by an equity contribution of EUR 0.18 million. The new debentures will be eligible for coupon payments from the second quarter 2021. Including the newly issued debentures, Proventus Capital Partners IV B’s funding

The Banks and the Police formalise their co-operation on anti-money laundering

Together with the other four major Banks in Sweden, in June last year Handelsbanken initiated a co-operation with the Swedish Police Authority, with the aim of improving the identification and combating of money laundering and organised crime through increased sharing of information. The pilot phase of the initiative has produced promising results, and the banks and Police have now made the decision to advance their co-operation to the next level by further formalising the relationship.The SAMLIT (Swedish Anti-Money Laundering Intelligence Task Force) initiative was launched as a pilot

Presentation of Gränges’ year-end report 2020

Gränges’ year-end report for the period January–December 2020 will be published at 07.30 CET on Thursday, 28 January 2021. Investors, analysts and media are invited to a webcasted conference call on Thursday, 28 January 2021, at 10.00 CET. CEO Johan Menckel and CFO Oskar Hellström will present the report. The webcast will be available on www.granges.com/investors. To participate in the conference call, please call +46 8 5664 2651 (Sweden), +44 3333 000 804 (United Kingdom) or +1 631 913 1422 (United States). PIN code: 6978 8601#. Please call a few minutes before the conference call

NENT Group makes Group Executive Management team appointments

· Roberta Alenius and My Perrone to join Group Executive Management team · Both appointments effective immediately · NENT Group now has 50/50 gender split in senior leaders reporting to the CEO Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group), the Nordic region’s leading streaming company, has appointed Roberta Alenius, SVP and Head of Corporate Communications, and My Perrone, SVP, Group General Counsel and Company Secretary, to its Group Executive Management (GEM) team. Both appointments are effective immediately and Roberta and My will report to Anders Jensen, NENT Group President and CEO.

SRV implements the extension of the Open Innovation House property in Espoo

SRV GROUP PLC     INVESTOR NEWS     19 JANUARY 2021       10:00 EET SRV implements the extension of the Open Innovation House property in Espoo SRV is starting up the construction of an extension to the Open Innovation House property in Otaniemi, Espoo. SRV’s share of the contract signed with special investment fund eQ Hoivakiinteistö is about EUR 25 million. Special investment fund eQ Hoivakiinteistöt (eQ) owns the Open Innovation House property on Maarintie in Espoo. It is currently being used for purposes such as provisional Espoo school premises and Aalto University teaching

Devyser receives EUR 750,000 Eurostars grant to develop novel DNA test for early detection of transplant rejection

Stockholm, January 19, 2021 – Devyser Diagnostics AB (publ), a Swedish molecular diagnostics company, today announced that it has been awarded funding through the Eurostars-2 program for the further development of its unique Next-Generation Sequencing based test for surveillance of graft status and early diagnosis of rejection in kidney transplant recipients. The grant awarded is EUR 750,000.The ENVISAGE project is a consortium between Devyser and the University Hospital of Zurich (UHZ), aiming to further develop and perfect Devyser’s proprietary Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) based test

UPM Raflatac scales up its linerless business

(UPM Raflatac, Helsinki, 19 January 2021 at 10:00 EET) – UPM Raflatac is strengthening its position in the fast-growing linerless labelstock market by scaling up its production capacity and building a new production line in Nowa Wieś, Poland. Direct Thermal (DT) linerless labeling is a cost-efficient and sustainable alternative to traditional label stock. Driven by sustainability trends and the need for increased efficiency, linerless has quickly gained ground alongside traditional labeling technologies. Boosted by growing demand in end-uses such as grocery labeling, logistics and quick

Håkan Agnevall assumes the position of CEO of Wärtsilä on 1 February 2021

Wärtsilä Corporation, stock exchange release, 19 January 2021 at 9.35 EETHåkan Agnevall assumes the position of CEO of Wärtsilä on 1 February 2021As previously announced, Håkan Agnevall has been appointed President & CEO of Wärtsilä Corporation. He will assume the position on 1 February 2021. He succeeds Jaakko Eskola who will continue as a senior advisor to the Board and executive team until he retires on June 30, 2021.  For further information, please contact: Atte PalomäkiExecutive Vice President, Communications & BrandingWärtsilä CorporationTel. +358 10 709 5599atte.

Institut Bergonié among the first in France to implement full-scale digital pathology—improves care for cancer patients with solution from Sectra

Linköping, Sweden – January 19, 2021 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra  (STO: SECT B) has received an order from Institut Bergonié for its digital pathology solution. It will be one of the first digital pathology installations for full-scale primary diagnostics in France. The solution will enable pathologists to review and collaborate around cases in a manner previously not possible using a microscope. It reduces variation and increases efficiency, thereby improving care for cancer patients.“We have been looking for an intuitive

Citycon appoints a Vice President, Strategy and Investor Relations

CITYCON OYJ Corporate Press Release 19 January 2021 Laura Jauhiainen, CFA, has been appointed as Vice President, Strategy and Investor Relations at Citycon as of 1 January 2021. In this role, she will lead Citycon’s new strategy function and support Citycon’s strategic transformation further towards a mixed-use real estate portfolio combining modern retail with residential, office and municipal service space. As a part of this new role, Laura Jauhiainen will assume responsibility over the development of the Group’s business strategy processes and facilitating strategy work at

Nanologica Engages Scientific Advisors within Inhalation

Nanologica AB has engaged two senior scientific advisors within the field of respiratory drug delivery, for the purpose of advancing the NLAB Spiro™ inhalation platform further.Dr. John Pritchard has more than 40 years of experience from the inhalation industry working in various positions, leading and managing global portfolios of technology projects from discovery to market, at for example GlaxoSmithKline, 3M Health Care Ltd and as Head of Respiratory Project Management at AstraZeneca. His vast experience from the respiratory drug delivery field also includes serving on a Technical

2020 Reading trends: Digital magazines read over 99 million times on Readly

The latest insight of annual reading trends on Readly digital magazine app shows that more than 99 million digital magazine issues were read on the platform, 20% of which were foreign titles, and reading time per user spiked in certain countries during lockdown.  On average Readly’s subscribers enjoy 13 magazines per month and digital reading among children increased by 40 percent in the last year for comic books. The 2020 insights from Readly shows that subscribers mirror the societal trends during the pandemic and lock-down, with an increased focus on stay-at-home activities.

Anna Westerberg new President Volvo Buses and member of Volvo Group Management

Anna Westerberg has been appointed as President Volvo Buses and new member of Volvo Group Management.Anna Westerberg, born 1975, currently holds the position as head of Volvo Group Connected Solutions. Her career at the Volvo Group began in 2009 and she has held many positions at the company such as head of Volvo Group Venture Capital. Anna Westerberg will take on her position as of February 1st, 2021.   January 19th, 2021 Journalists wanting further information, please contact:Claes Eliasson, Volvo Group Media Relations, +46 76 553 72 29   For more information, please

Study: Coronavirus pandemic has increased the use of hand disinfectant in the Nordic countries

In the autumn of 2020, Kiilto carried out a study on the hygiene habits of people in the Nordic countries. According to the study, the coronavirus pandemic has significantly increased the use of hand disinfectant in Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark. However, when choosing a hand disinfectant, it is important to ensure that it actually kills viruses.The coronavirus pandemic has increased the use of disinfectants in the Nordic countries, according to an online study conducted by Kiilto in the autumn of 2020. The purpose of the study was to learn how the coronavirus pandemic has changed

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