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Heavy-duty oil rig robot wins the 2016 gold vector award

At the Hannover Messe Robotic Drilling Systems were honoured with an award for the most novel energy chain applicationEvery two years, igus GmbH presents the vector award for novel applications with energy chain systems covering fast travels, adverse environmental conditions and dizzying rotations  This year, the gold vector award went to the Norwegian company Robotic Drilling Systems, who use several energy chain systems from the motion plastics specialist igus in extremely limited spaces within their robots. The "Drill-floor Robot DFR-1500" from the Robotic Drilling Systems is the

Nomination Committee ahead of Qliro Group’s 2017 Annual General Meeting

In accordance with the resolution of the 2016 Annual General Meeting, the Chairman of the Qliro Group Board of Directors has convened a Nomination Committee to prepare proposals to the 2017 Annual General Meeting.The Nomination Committee comprises Lars-Johan Jarnheimer as Chairman of the Board of Qliro Group, Cristina Stenbeck representing Kinnevik AB, Christoffer Häggblom representing Rite Ventures, and Tomas Meerits representing Lancelot Asset Management.The shareholder representatives on the Nomination Committee have been appointed by shareholders jointly representing approximately 34

KONE acquires a majority stake in Spanish elevator company Citylift

KONE Corporation, press release, September 29, 2016 KONE, a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, has acquired a majority stake in Citylift, S.A., a Spanish elevator company providing installation, maintenance and modernization services. The acquisition will strengthen KONE's position in the Spanish elevator market. "With Citylift's strong customer relationships and high quality services, KONE will gain a stronger position in the challenging residential market in Spain. We welcome Citylift to our company, and we are looking forward to working together, to offer the

ICA receives UN award for Climate right project

The UN today announced that ICA has received an award for its Climate right project. The award will be presented in the middle of November at the UN Climate Change Conference in Marrakech, Morocco. Klimaträtt has helped and inspired the residents of an apartment building in Uppsala to reduce their climate impact in a simple manner.Climate right was cited as one of the most innovative and scalable global examples of what companies can do to address and create solutions for reduced environmental impact. ICA and Klimaträtt were one of the winners in the Information and Communication Technology

Innovative PEMA panel line provides efficiency, quality and high production capacity

With higher capacity and impeccable quality in mind, Babcock & Wilcox modernized its membrane wall panel welding machinery in its Monterrey, Mexico manufacturing facility with Pemamek. Growth in demand Babcock & Wilcox (B&W), founded in 1867, is a leading global provider of energy products and services, with approximately 5,700 employees worldwide. The company has operations around the world, including offices in the United States, Canada, China, Denmark, India and Mexico. As B&W noticed a clear growth in demand for the products it produces in Monterrey, the company decided

EDT Automotive demonstrates product confidence through Trust Pilot reviews

Green Apple award-winner, EDT Automotive, is now one of the first companies of its kind to demonstrate absolute product confidence by offering garage partners and customers alike the opportunity to leave unbiased and impartial reviews of its service through Trust Pilot. Through this bold move, EDT aims to collate the feedback generated and utilise the information as a sales tool, helping to appoint more garages to its network as well as encouraging hesitant customers to try the service and see the impact on their vehicle for themselves. Coinciding with the launch of the company’s

Celebration of World Maritime Day and launch of Stena – The Movie

Today World Maritime Day is celebrated all over the world. For 2016 the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has chosen the theme “Shipping: indispensable to the world“. We could not agree more. Stena´s fleet alone travels 270 times around the world…every year! Stena Line with its extensive route network in Northern Europe carries around 30 000 kilometers of trucks every year, equal to more than 3 times the distance between London and Shanghai, supplying grocery stores and supermarkets with fresh food and flowers, manufacturing companies with processing materials and construction

Data presented at ASTRO underscore the promise of Elekta’s high-field MR-adaptive linear accelerator as a transformative advance in radiation therapy

Multiple presentations highlight clinical potential of MR-linac in a variety of cancers and demonstrate the need to address intra-session motionBOSTON, September 29, 2016 – Elekta (EKTA-B.ST) today announced that its high-field MR-linac was the focus of multiple presentations at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) 2016 Annual Meeting, held September 25 – 28 in Boston. Additional abstracts presented by members of Elekta’s MR-linac Consortium also highlight the need for adaptation of radiation therapy to address moving tumors and nearby organs during treatment sessions.

Valmet to supply paper machine modifications and a new winder to Laakirchen Papier in Austria

Valmet Oyj's press release on September 29, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. EET Valmet will supply paper machine modifications and a new winder to Laakirchen Papier AG in Austria. Laakirchen Papier will convert its paper machine 10 (PM 10) to produce lightweight containerboard. Currently PM 10 is producing publication paper. The start-up of the paper machine and the winder is scheduled for the autumn of 2017. The order is included in Valmet's third quarter 2016 orders received. The value of the order will not be disclosed. The value of an order of this type is typically EUR 5-10 million. "With

Europe and Middle East show leadership in JLL’s 2016 Environmental Sustainability Real Estate Transparency Index

· France comes out on top for the first time · Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Romania, Slovakia and Switzerland make strong progress · Finland enters Index in ‘transparent’ categoryLondon, 28 September 2016 – France has topped JLL’s Real Estate Environmental Sustainability Index for the first time, ranking in the “highly transparent” category alongside Australia, the UK and Japan, thanks to the consistent roll-out of legislated mandates to transition to a low carbon economy.  Dubai has moved into the semi-transparent group for the first time, owing to the introduction of mandatory green

Glaston’s employer-employee consultation ends

Glaston Corporation                    Press release                           29 September 2016 at 10.55Glaston’s employer-employee consultation endsGlaston’s employer-employee (YT) consultation on possible lay-offs and personnel reductions, which was launched in Finland on 9 August 2016, has ended. Following the consultation, operations in Finland will be reorganised, resulting in a maximum of four redundancies. The personnel reductions will mostly be implemented immediately. The company is also prepared for temporary lay-offs in spring 2017.Glaston employs a total of 170 people in

FXI raise capital and starts the new fund

FX International AB (publ) and Valor o.c.p., A.S. (Valor) agreed on June 28, 2016 to start a currency trading fund directed to institutional and qualified investors. Valor is an asset management company   in Bratislava, Slovakia, and their activity is regulated by the National Bank of Slovakia Since the agreement the trading system has been tested and the parties have now agreed that it meets the requirements set up by the parties. The activities to get the fund structure in place will be completed in December 2016. The launch of the fund is planned to take place January 2, 2017. The

Xeneta CEO Patrik Berglund wins Next Generation Shipping Award

Press Release - 29 September 2016, New York and Oslo: Xeneta CEO Patrik Berglund has been revealed as the winner of this year’s Lloyd’s List Next Generation Shipping Award. Berglund, who co-founded the benchmarking and market intelligence platform for containerized ocean freight in 2012, was awarded the title at a gala dinner yesterday evening at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, London. The accolade recognises the year’s most noteworthy “young, up–and–coming shipping industry leader, one who has made an outstanding contribution to the industry.” Berglund was quick to

Oil & gas services provider Leopad selects IFS

IFS Applications to improve operational efficiencies and project control for onshore and offshore services provider IFS , the global enterprise applications company, announces that Leopad has chosen to deploy IFS Applications™ 9  to consolidate operations and provide onshore and offshore project efficiencies.Leopad Group, headquartered in Malaysia, provides a range of corrosion protection services and onshore and offshore specialist services to the oil and gas sector. The company chose IFS Applications to

Approval up to and including AUT GEHEIM/SECRET for Advenica’s SecuriVPN ISA and SecuriVPN Arana

Advenica’s SecuriVPN network encryptor product family receives approval for the ISA and Arana products from the Austrian Ministry of Defence (MoD) National Communication Security Authority (NCSA) for protecting information at the highest security level.In today’s world, many government and defense organisations have explicit requirements and needs to ensure information confidentiality, integrity and authenticity of data sent on communication networks. The SecuriVPN network encryptor products provide functionality for establishing secure communication of classified information over open

Information Builders Publishes New Book on How Companies Can Raise Organizational Intelligence to Become More Competitive and Profitable

Features BI and Analytics Case Studies from Some of World’s Most Recognized Brands and Other Industry InnovatorsNew York, NY – September 29, 2016 – Information Builders, a leader in business intelligence  (BI) and analytics, data integrity, and integration solutions, today announced that its new book, Organizational Intelligence: How Smart Companies Use Information to Become More Competitive and Profitable is now available in print and digital download through Amazon. Featuring the best practices from some of the world’s most

Setra increasing focus on technical development

Andreas Hörnfeldt has been appointed as Technical Director at Setra. The new Technology staff function will be responsible among other things for technical development, digitalisation, investment projects, purchasing and IT.“In order to gain impetus for technical development and to carry out the changes and investments that are essential for strengthening Setra’s competitiveness, we are now reinforcing our organisation with a new Technology function,” says Hannele Arvonen, President and CEO of Setra.   “With Andreas Hörnfeldt and his long and extensive experience of development and

Approval up to and including AUT EINGESCHRÄNKT/RESTRICTED for Advenica’s SecuriConnect 120 and SecuriConnect 140

Advenica’s SecuriVPN network encryptor family member, SecuriConnect, receives approval from the Austrian MoD NCSA for protecting information at the AUT EINGESCHRÄNKT/RESTRICTED security level.Designed to fulfill the most demanding security requirements of government and defence organisations, SecuriConnect is still a cost-effective network encryptor providing state-of-the art protection against interception and manipulation of classified information in IP based communication networks. Long-term information privacy is ensured by Advenica’s unique technologies; quantum secure algorithms and

Ratos AB: Magnus Agervald assumes his position as CEO November 14

In accordance with previous announced decision, the Board of Directors has decided to appoint Magnus Agervald as the new CEO of Ratos. Magnus assumes his new position at November 14, 2016. Magnus assumes his new position as CEO of Ratos at November 14, 2016. Magnus Agervald has been President & CEO of the publicly listed Byggmax Group since 2008, prior to which he was a consultant at McKinsey & Company, an Investment Manager at the Nordic private equity firm IDI, and the founder of Icomera, a mobile internet company. In conjunction with Magnus Agervald assuming his position in

Mattias Ankarberg appointed new CEO of Byggmax Group

Byggmax recruits its new CEO from the apparel retail industry. Mattias Ankarberg has a professional background from fashion retailer H&M and as an advisor to a number of consumer companies. “As Byggmax is taking its next major step forward, Mattias Ankarberg is an obvious choice as CEO with his solid experience from consumers and retail. We are also convinced he is a good fit with the Byggmax culture, he is a true Byggmax person” says Anders Moberg, Chairman of the Board of Byggmax. Mattias Ankarberg will take over as CEO on November 14, 2016.The board of directors of Byggmax Group AB has

All European Seqr users can now use Seqr to pay all over the world – Contactless payment technology allows payments in 30 mln point-of-sales globally

As of today all Seqr users in Europe can pay with Seqr all over the world using NFC (contactless) technology. The Seqr user simply holds the phone near the contactless card terminal to pay in shops everywhere where contactless card terminals are installed.The new Seqr contactless technology increases the freedom and independence for our users from old and inefficient technologies and financial services. Contactless technology makes Seqr into a truly global service and also increases the safety for users as a lost or stolen wallet doesn’t have to ruin a vacation or a business trip anymore.

Allgon AB acquires the IoT-company Wireless System Integration Sweden AB

Allgon AB has signed an agreement to acquire Wireless System Integration Sweden AB, a fast-growing company within IoT (Internet of Things). In connection with this, the Allgon group also creates a new business area for industrial IoT where additional potential acquirements can be added in the future.Wireless System Integration Sweden AB (WSI) is a design house developing wireless products and systems. The company has in recent years experienced a strong growth and influx of new customers. Before the summer, WSI was chosen as partner for development and manufacturing of products to American

Saab Dynamics extends collaboration with NOTE

Following an extensive evaluation process, NOTE has been selected as strategic supplier for one of Saab’s business areas. A new agreement has been signed relating to prototype and serial production of PCBAs.“It’s important to us to have a flexible supplier that can maintain high quality and handle product changes at short notice and with short delivery times. I look forward to a continued long-term collaboration with NOTE,” commented Jenni Klasson, Strategic Sourcing Manager for Saab’s Dynamics business area.“We’re extremely proud to be extending our collaboration with Saab further after

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