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Wood has increased its popularity in buildings’ architectural elements because of its natural beauty. To offer the highest possible level of fire protection for these interior softwood surfaces, Tikkurila launches a water-borne fire-retardant Fontefire WF Clear lacquer. Not only does Fontefire WF Clear enhance the beauty of the treated surfaces, but it also enables wood to be used in interiors with the most stringent fire-safety requirements, such as hospitals and schools. When subjected to heat, Fontefire WF Clear expands and forms an insulating layer of foam with the highest

Per-Anders Häll-Bedman to step down as Cinnober Deputy CEO

Cinnober, a global independent provider of exchange and clearing technology solutions, today announces the departure of its Deputy CEO, Per-Anders Häll-Bedman. Mr. Häll-Bedman will officially depart on 14 December, after which the position of Deputy CEO will not be filled. Peter K. Lenardos remains Cinnober Group CEO and Fredrik Nihlén remains Cinnober Group CFO. “I would like to thank Per-Anders for his valuable contribution to Cinnober during his 17 years of service,” says Peter K. Lenardos, Group CEO of Cinnober. “Per-Anders and I have been working together since I joined the

Shoppers feel stressed by Christmas music, according to new survey undertaken by Clas Ohlson

Christmas music is a must during Christmas, according to the majority of the Swedish population, but it can also cause people to feel stressed. Hearing Christmas music in stores, public areas and in media causes stress. With only 12 days to go before Christmas Eve, Clas Ohlson has decided to replace some of the traditional Christmas music played in stores with especially composed ‘mindfulness’ versions to reduce stress that many people feel.At the end of November this year, Handelsanställdas förbund (the Commercial Employees' Union) published a warning saying store staff perceive Christmas

HiQ to be digital partner with Norrköping Municipality

HiQ is initiating a partnership with Norrköping Municipality’s digitalisation department. HiQ will support the municipality’s efforts to develop digital solutions, systems and services that improve everyday life for the residents of Norrköping.“This is a very exciting collaboration with a forward-looking municipality, where we can put our expertise in technology, design and communication to work right away to simplify things for people,” says Patrik Holm, managing director at HiQ in Östergötland.Norrköping Municipality is one of Sweden’s most digitalised municipalities according to Cloud

UPM Raflatac announces new senior leaders:Tim Kirchen appointed Senior Vice President, Americas Region and Timo Kekki, Vice President, Global Films SBU

Wed, Dec 12, 2018 08:49 CET

(UPM Raflatac, Helsinki, 12 December 2018 at 10:00 EET) - UPM Raflatac is pleased to announce two key additions to its global management team. Tim Kirchen has been appointed Senior Vice President, Americas Region, and Timo Kekki has been appointed Vice President, Films SBU. Both report to Antti Jääskeläinen, Executive Vice President, UPM Raflatac. Kirchen joins UPM Raflatac from SIG Combibloc where he worked for more than 12 years and since 2013 served as Vice President, Sales & Business Development, North America. He is based at UPM Raflatac's Americas headquarters in Asheville, North

Company update

DESS Aquaculture Shipping AS (DESS Aqua), a part-owned company of Solstad Offshore ASA (Solstad) within the aquaculture segment, is raising new equity to finance fleet growth. In order to fund the remaining part of the existing newbuilding program and two new vessels DESS Aqua has decided to raise NOK 700 mill of equity. The new equity will be raised through a private placement directed towards Hemen Holding Ltd and Marine Harvest, with 50% each. Following such private placement, DESS Aqua will be owned by Solstad (approx. 20%), Marine Harvest (50%) and Hemen Holding Ltd (approx 30%).

CLX Communications AB (publ): CLX Communications appoints new CFO

Wed, Dec 12, 2018 08:48 CET

Stockholm, Sweden - CLX Communications AB (publ) - XSTO: CLX CLX Communications AB, a global leader in cloud communications for customer engagement through mobile technology, today announced the appointment of Roshan Saldanha as its new Chief Financial Officer. Roshan joins CLX from a previous role as CFO of Tele2 Sverige AB, Sweden's second-largest telecom operator, and will assume his role at CLX on March 5, 2019. "I am very glad to welcome Roshan Saldanha to CLX. His experience from a larger, international enterprise will be a valuable addition as we continue to strengthen our

Regulatory Notice- ADDvise Group AB (publ) conducts a Rights Issue of approximately MSEK 24.9 guaranteed by major shareholders and board members.

Wed, Dec 12, 2018 08:45 CET

The Board of Directors in ADDvise Group AB (publ) ("ADDvise") has, based on the authorization granted by the annual general meeting on 26 April 2018, resolved to issue units each, consisting of one share of series B and one warrant, with preferential rights for ADDvise's existing shareholders (the "Rights Issue"). The Rights Issue consist of a maximum of 43,042,288 new units. ADDvise also publishes updated trailing 12 months financials for the period November 2017 to October 2018. Summary of the Rights Issue · The Rights Issue, – if fully subscribed – provides ADDvise with up to

Regulatory information- ADDvise signs Letter of Intent regarding acquisition of a Finnish Med-Tech Company

Wed, Dec 12, 2018 08:45 CET

· ADDvise Group AB (publ) (“ADDvise”) has signed a Letter of Intent with the shareholders of a Helsinki based med-tech company within the Life Science Industry (“the Company”) regarding the acquisition of 100 percent of the shares in the Company (the “Acquisition”). · The Company is a distribution company within the healthcare sector focusing mainly on sales and services of high-quality med-tech equipment. · The Company’s financial forecast for 2018: ca. 67,0 MSEK in revenue with an adjusted EBITDA of ca. 7,2 MSEK. · The purchase price amounts to ca. 33,0 MSEK based on cash and

Flex LNG Ltd: Changes to the Board composition

Wed, Dec 12, 2018 08:45 CET

12.12.2018 08:45 https://newsweb.oslobors.no/message/465551 Flex LNG Ltd: Changes to the Board composition 12 December 2018 – Hamilton, Bermuda Flex LNG Ltd. (OSE: FLNG) or the “Company” announces that Georgina E. Sousa has resigned as board member in the Company. The Company would like to thank Ms Sousa for her considerable contribution to the Company during her directorship. The

Firas Abi-Nassif appointed as Chairman of the Board of directors of Kongsberg Automotive ASA

Wed, Dec 12, 2018 08:33 CET

Tuesday 11.12.2018 At today’s General Meeting, Firas Abi-Nassif was elected with a strong majority (94%) to join the board of Kongsberg Automotive (‘KA’). Subsequently, the KA board of directors unanimously elected Firas Abi-Nassif as its Chairman. Firas Abi-Nassif is a co-founder of Teleios Capital Partners (‘Teleios’). Teleios first started investing in KA in 2015 and has a current shareholding of almost 28%. As a long-term supporter of KA and its largest shareholder, Teleios now believes that it is time to take a more significant role in the company. Teleios is very appreciative of

Unibet selects Evolution Live Casino for first move into US market

Evolution Gaming, leading provider of Live Casino solutions, has announced that it has signed a new agreement with existing client Unibet, this time for the US market.Unibet already works closely with Evolution in Europe, where it operates using Evolution’s generic Live Casino tables, a dedicated environment at Evolution’s Riga studios and a selection of native speaking tables at Evolution’s Malta studios. As part of its first foray into the US market, Unibet will use Evolution’s new US studio, which opened in Atlantic City in mid-August, to deliver Live Casino services to players in New

Changes in Volvo’s management

Roger Alm has been appointed as a new member of Volvo’s Group Executive Board and President Volvo Trucks. He will replace Claes Nilsson, who after a long and successful career will retire from his position from January 1, 2019. In parallel, Diana Niu has been appointed as a member of the Group Executive Board and Executive Vice President Group Human Resources for Volvo Group. Roger Alm, born in 1962, currently holds the position as President for the European Division at Volvo Trucks. His career at Volvo Trucks began in 1989 and he has held many senior positions at the company,

New CEO appointed for Intervacc – a innovative and expanding vaccine company

Intervacc, a Swedish innovative vaccine company listed on Nasdaq First North, has appointed Andreas Andersson as CEO. The Company thus gains a valuable addition to lead the expansion and strategic development on the growth journey for a new generation of animal health vaccines. This appointment follows on the clinical success of Intervacc’s lead vaccine project Strangvac®. This strengthening of Intervacc is part of Intervacc's development and commercialization of animal vaccine based on the company's vaccine platform. Intervacc’s current CEO and co-founder, Professor Flock, will continue to

Panion starts clinical study in dogs

Panion Animal Health AB develops a novel gene therapy treatment for dogs with epilepsy. The first clinical trial will be conducted at Long Island Veterinary Specialists, Ophthalmology, Surgery, Internal Medicine, Emergency, PLLC (“LIVS”) in New York, USA. It is a pilot study to evaluate the efficacy of the treatment in patient dogs with idiopathic epilepsy. It is the first time that the gene therapy treatment is made available for client-owned family dogs. The study activities will start immediately, and the first dog-patient is expected to be enrolled in Q1-19. Depending on the speed of

Brighter recruits Global Product Manager - Diabetes.

Brighter recruits Thor Sundsvik as Global Product Manager – Diabetes effective immediately. In this new role at Brighter, Thor will oversee and drive the commercialization of Brighter’s unique data-driven and mobile diabetes management solutions. Primarily Actiste ® Diabetes Management as a Service. Thor has extensive experience in sales and business development in the medtech and healthcare industry, particularly within digital solutions for treatment of chronic diseases in the home, and anesthesia. He has also been involved in the establishment of specialist

International manufacturing group SACMI signs agreement for global roll‑out of XMReality Remote Guidance

Linköping, Sweden ‑ XMReality AB (publ) (NASDAQ First North: XMR), an international leader in AR‑enabled knowledge sharing, announces that the international manufacturing group SACMI has signed an agreement for a global roll-out. SACMI will use the XMReality Remote guidance solution to enable a global roll-out of an enhanced service offering to its customers. Order value is approx. 0.4 MSEK annual recurring revenue.SACMI has decided to perform a global roll-out of XMReality Remote Guidance to its customers, thus strengthening its service offering and making it possible to generate new

Catella and Söderberg & Partners in strategic partnership

Catella Bank S.A., a subsidiary to Catella AB (publ), has entered an agreement to divest 51% of the Wealth Management operations in Sweden to Söderberg & Partners for approximately SEK 36 Million. Catella’s ownership in the joint venture structure is expected to generate positive cash flow which is an important part of the value of the transaction. The parties will also enter a strategic partnership. Catella will continue to develop alternative investment products to this client segment for the entire wealth advisory industry.As part of the strategic review of Catella’s Banking operation

NetEnt reorganizes to increase profitability and competitiveness

As previously communicated, NetEnt is taking action to optimize its operations. Now, the Company streamlines and restructures the organization, which leads to staff reductions in Stockholm. The reorganization is expected to result in non-recurring costs of approximately SEK 25 million, which will be booked in the fourth quarter of 2018.The restructuring of NetEnt affects 55 full-time positions, most of which are in Stockholm and within corporate support functions. The changes are taking place during December and will lead to a reallocation of resources to increased game production. The

Nepa has carried out a directed share issue of 714,835 shares, raising proceeds of SEK 39.3 million

THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESS RELEASE MAY NOT BE ANNOUNCED, PUBLISHED OR DISTRIBUTED, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, CANADA, NEW ZEALAND, SWITZERLAND, SINGAPORE, SOUTH AFRICA, SOUTH KOREA, OR IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE THE RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION OF THE INFORMATION WOULD NOT COMPLY WITH OR REQUIRE REGISTRATION UNDER APPLICABLE LAWS AND REGULATIONS.Press release Stockholm, 12 December 2018 Nepa has carried out a directed share issue of 714,835 shares, raising proceeds of SEK 39.3 million Nepa AB (publ) (“Nepa” or the “

Inhalation Sciences receives large order from leading company in the inhalation field

Inhalation Sciences (ISAB) has received an order for a PreciseInhale system, and DissolvIt, the system’s unique in vitro module for studying particle dissolution. The order is initially valued at approximately 2.0 MSEK.PreciseInhale and its range of controlled aerosol exposure modules comprise a total solution for companies carrying out pre-clinical inhalation and aerosol research. DissolvIt is an in vitro module developed to characterize the dissolution rate of particles, and how this affects how a drug is absorbed in the body. DissolvIt is a unique tool. It gives companies developing

Skanska sells retirement home in Växjö, Sweden, for about SEK 240 M to Nordiska Vårdhem AB