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Aker Solutions and AF Gruppen Join Forces to Create a Leading Global Offshore Decommissioning and Recycling Company

July 1, 2021 - Today, Aker Solutions and AF Gruppen have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to merge the two companies’ existing offshore decommissioning operations into a 50/50 owned company with the goal of creating a leading global player for environmentally friendly recycling of offshore assets. By establishing a pure, focused player dedicated to unleashing global decom potential, the parties will make a significant contribution towards a sustainable, green transition of the offshore sector."By combining Aker Solutions’ offshore, engineering and project execution capabilities with AF

H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB Six -month report

First half-year (1 December 2020 – 31 May 2021) · The H&M group’s net sales in local currencies increased by 12 percent in the first half of 2021 compared with the corresponding period last year. Converted into SEK the group’s net sales amounted to SEK 86,569 m (83,612). The pandemic led to reduced footfall as a result of continued restrictions and store closures. At the most, around 1,800 stores were temporarily closed, i.e. around 36 percent of the group’s total number of stores. · Profit after financial items increased to SEK 2,204 m (-3,978). The group’s profit after tax

Hansa Biopharma to host conference call to provide interim results for first half 2021 and Business Update

Lund, Sweden July 1, 2021 Hansa Biopharma AB (Nasdaq Stockholm: HNSA) will publish its interim report for January-June 2021 at 8:00 CET on July 15, 2021. All interested parties are invited to participate in a telephone conference, which will include a presentation of the interim results and a business update, on the same date at 14:00 CET/8:00am EST. The event will be hosted by Hansa Biopharma’s CEO, Søren Tulstrup, and CFO, Donato Spota, and the presentation will be held in English. Slides used in the presentation will be live on the company website during the call under “Events &

Metso Outotec celebrates first anniversary with notable achievements and by building future sustainable business

Metso Outotec Corporation’s press release on July 1, 2021, at 09:00 a.m. EESTExactly a year ago, Metso and Outotec merged and created a new leader in the mining, aggregates and metals refining industries, making the most of the expertise that covers the full spectrum of products, services and solutions from ore bodies to metals. With over 15,000 employees, presence in over 50 countries and sales close to 4 billion euros in 2020, it is one of the largest in its field. All-embracing sustainability Metso Outotec’s strategy is characterized by a strong focus on sustainability and

OssDsign’s Management and Board of Directors increase their long-term commitment through acquisiton of warrants for a total amount of approximately SEK 1.3 million

Uppsala, Sweden, 08.00 CET, 1 July 2021 – OssDsign, a global provider of regenerative orthopedic solutions for treatment of patients who have suffered from cranial or spinal bone defects, today announces that its Management and Board of Directors have acquired 3.8m warrants under the 2021/2024 long-term incentive programme for a total amount of approximately SEK 1.3 million.The largest individual participants in the incentive programme are the company’s CEO, CFO and Chairman: · Morten Henneveld (CEO) has aquired 1,712,235 warrants at an approximate cost of SEK 600 000 · Anders

SOS Children’s Villages and Heimstaden Bostad Launch Unique Partnership

Today, SOS Children's Villages and Heimstaden Bostad launch a unique partnership that will create safe homes and a solid platform for children and families all over the world.The partnership, named A Home for a Home will, in its first year, support more than 30 different initiatives in 19 countries, including programmes for family strengthening, foster care, and youth employment. For each home they own, Heimstaden donates EUR 100 annually to SOS Children’s Villages. Today, Heimstaden Bostad owns more than 110,000 homes across Europe, and as the company grows, so will the size of the

Jonas Gustafsson appointed CEO of Allente

Jonas Gustafsson has been appointed CEO of Allente, the pay-TV distribution joint venture owned by Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) and Telenor Group, effective 1 July. Jonas was previously CFO and Head of Operations at Allente, and prior to that CEO of Viasat Consumer and Acting CEO for NENT Group Sweden. Bjørn Ivar Moen, the previous CEO of Allente and formerly CEO of Canal Digital, has been appointed CEO at Telenor Sweden, effective 1 October. Allente was formed in May 2020 through the merger of NENT Group’s Viasat Consumer and Telenor Group’s Canal Digital businesses. The

Ratos company KVD acquires Forsbergs Fritidscenter

Ratos acquires, through the wholly owned KVD Group (KVD), 100% of Forsbergs Fritidscenter (Forsbergs), which is the largest mobile home retailer in the Nordics. With the acquisition, KVD expands its range and strengthens its offering to the end consumer. The transaction has a strong commercial rationale based on the growing importance of online sales, opportunities for knowledge sharing and significant synergy potential. The purchase price is SEK 275m, corresponding to a 5.6 multiple of EV/EBITA, with financing taking place through a long-term loan agreement from Ratos to KVD.Forsbergs is

OX2 hands over the Ljungbyholm wind farm in Sweden to Octopus Renewables

On June 30, OX2 commissioned and handed over the 48 MW Ljungbyholm wind farm in the municipality of Kalmar, Sweden, to Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust plc (ORIT).On March 11, 2020, OX2 communicated that an agreement was signed with ORIT, to build a wind farm with a total of 12 turbines in the municipality of Kalmar, Sweden. OX2 has developed and constructed the wind farm based on a tailored EPC agreement towards ORIT. The wind farm is now commissioned and is expected to produce 150 GWh per year, which corresponds to the electricity consumption for 30,000 households. OX2 has the

Phuket is now officially open for vaccinated tourists - All you need to know

Phuket is now officially open for fully vaccinated tourists without quarantine from 1st July. Oversea travellers from certain countries — including the Nordic and Baltic countries — who have been vaccinated against Covid-19 can travel to Phuket without the need to quarantine. The Phuket Sandbox model is the first step of the Thailand reopening roadmap and the plan to fully open the country within 120 days.   To ensure the safety of international fully vaccinated tourists, the Thai government requires a negative RT-PCR test of visitors including fully vaccinated tourists and

Orexo announces first patient enrolled in pivotal study evaluating the efficacy of modia™ in combination with sublingual buprenorphine/ naloxone for the treatment of OUD

· The digital therapeutic can be a valuable addition to clinician supervised medication-assisted treatment programs for individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD) · The study is designed to enroll an estimated 400 participants at 35 sites across the US · Orexo brings deep category expertise to the research effort, having served the US OUD market extensively over the last eight years Uppsala, Sweden – July 1, 2021 – Orexo AB (publ.), (STO:ORX) (OTCQX:ORXOY), today announces the enrollment of the first participant in the pivotal study of digital therapeutic modia™, in combination

Supply chain quality issues will impact 2021 production volumes

Nilar International expects to report lower than planned production volumes in 2021, primarily caused by quality problems in the supply of raw materials and certain components and by Covid-19 related production restrictions. Variances in raw materials and components have led to significant temporary adjustments in the battery production process causing bottlenecks. In addition, Covid-19 related production restrictions lowers production volumes. As a result, the planned 2021 production volume previously communicated of 40 MWh, is not expected to be achieved.Nilar is rapidly expanding its

Sandvik to acquire leading CAM software company Cambrio

Sandvik has signed an agreement with Battery Ventures to acquire US-based Cambrio, a leading company with an end-to-end portfolio in CAD/CAM software for manufacturing industries like automotive, transportation, energy, medical and aerospace. Cambrio will be reported in the Design & Planning Automation division within Sandvik Manufacturing and Machining Solutions.“This is in line with our strategic focus to grow organically and through acquisitions in the advanced manufacturing space, with special focus on industrial software close to component manufacturing, industrial metrology- and

New test centre for Covid-19 PCR and Antigen tests at Malmö Airport

As the world now slowly opens up, we see that more and more people want to travel again, and there is strong demand from passengers and airlines for the chance to take PCR and Antigen tests and to have travel certificates issued at the airport. Swedavia has signed an agreement under the Swedish Public Procurement Act with Scantest to set up a test centre at Malmö Airport. Scantest carries out PCR and Antigen tests at the airport, and if the test result is negative a travel certificate signed by a specialist doctor is issued. The response time is 2-4 hours for PCR tests and 30-60

Sweco technical adviser for establishment of North Sea energy island

Sweco has been chosen by the Danish Energy Agency as technical adviser to establish the world’s first energy island. The contract will run for four years and has a value of approximately EUR 6.7 million.It is one year since a broad majority in the Danish Parliament signed a climate agreement for energy and industry, which means, among other things, that Denmark will establish an energy island. On 4 February this year, it was decided that the energy island should be established as a contained island in the North Sea.  “In constructing the energy island, the Danish Energy Agency is facing

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Nordic Nanovector Appoints Malene Brondberg as Interim Chief Executive Officer

Oslo, Norway, 1 July 2021 Nordic Nanovector ASA (OSE: NANOV) announces that Ms. Malene Brondberg has been appointed interim Chief Executive Officer with immediate effect. Ms. Brondberg, who is currently the Company's Chief Financial Officer, replaces Peter Braun who has decided to leave his position with Nordic Nanovector for personal reasons. Ms. Brondberg will continue in her role as CFO. The Board has initiated a search for a new CEO. Ms. Brondberg joined Nordic Nanovector as Vice President Investor Relations in February 2018 and was appointed CFO in May 2020. She brings over 20

Cloudberry Clean Energy ASA | Takeover of two hydropower plants

Oslo, Norway, 1 July 2021: The two hydropower plants Nessakraft in Balestrand, Norway and Bjørgelva Kraft in Sørreisa, Norway have been transferred to Cloudberry Clean Energy ASA ("Cloudberry" or the "Company") on 30 June 2021, after completion of the commissioning period.Nessakraft has an expected annual production of 34 GWh and Bjørgelva Kraft has an expected annual production of 7 GWh. Both hydropower plants are acquired from Tinfos AS.  “We are pleased that Nessakraft and Bjørgelva Kraft now formally are handed over to Cloudberry, as a part of the execution of our growth strategy”,

Skanska builds office building i Stavanger, Norway, for NOK 480M, about SEK 480M

Skanska has signed a contract with Base Property to build an office building in the centre of Stavanger, Norway. The contract is worth NOK 480M, about SEK 480M, which will be included in the Nordic order bookings for the third quarter 2021.The project called K8 will be one of the tallest buildings in downtown Stavanger. The building will have 16 floors above the ground and 3 floors underground. The total building area is 15,000 square meters and the building will accommodate approximately 600 office spaces, conference facilities, diners and restaurants. K8 will be situated close to the

Techstep signs Managed Mobility Services (MMS) agreement with Norwegian healthcare service provider Innlandet Hospital Trust

Techstep Norway has signed a Managed Mobility Services (MMS) agreement with Innlandet Hospital Trust (Sykehuset Innlandet HF), a public specialist healthcare service provider for the population of the east of Norway.  Under the agreement, Techstep will provide Innlandet Hospital Trust with its ‘Flow’ product, a complete MMS-solution for device lifecycle management, which will increase work efficiency and quality for doctors, nurses and other health professionals who use mobile phones and tablets in their everyday work life.  Innlandet Hospital Trust is investing in Techstep’s MMS

Eurowings to expand further in Sweden and set up operations in north Sweden – new direct routes to Stuttgart from Kiruna and Luleå

The German low-cost carrier Eurowings sees even more opportunities in the Swedish market and for the first time is expanding its range of destinations to include northern Sweden, with a new route to Stuttgart from both Kiruna and Luleå. Eurowings, part of the Lufthansa Group, currently serves Stockholm Arlanda, Göteborg Landvetter and Malmö Airports and is now also launching operations in northern Sweden with a new direct route to the German city of Stuttgart from both Luleå and Kiruna Airports this winter. “We welcome Eurowings to Luleå and Kiruna and are naturally really pleased

Improved credit market sentiment and historically high premiums

In the July issue of CREDI, the Main index increases from 53.5 to 57.9 as optimism rises following improved credit availability and reduced credit margins.“The market for real estate financing has clearly improved during the second quarter and CREDI's Main index is now at the highest level since February 2015. It is especially the banks' view of the credit market that has strengthened; however, the real estate companies remain positive”, says Jacob Bruzelius, Head of Debt Advisory at Catella. “It is mainly due to increased credit availability and reduced credit margins that the market

Invitation to presentation of Orkla’s second quarter 2021 results, Thursday 15 July

Orkla will report its second quarter 2021 results on Thursday, 15 July 2021 at 7.00 a.m. CET.The quarterly report and the presentation material will be available at this time at: https://investors.orkla.com. The results will be presented in a webcast with President & CEO Jaan Ivar Semlitsch and CFO Harald Ullevoldsæter at 8.00 a.m. CET. As a consequence of the Corona situation, there will not be a physical presentation of the results. The presentation and subsequent Q&A session will be held in English and may be viewed live at https://investors.orkla.com (direct link: https://events.

Selvaag Bolig ASA: Q2 2021: Sold 454 homes for NOK 2.36 billion in first half

Selvaag Bolig sold 180 homes worth NOK 927 million in the second quarter of 2021. Sales for the first half totalled 454 homes worth NOK 2 358 million – up by 21 per cent from the same period of 2020. “Sales were good throughout the first half, but the second quarter was a bit slower than the first,” says Selvaag Bolig CEO Sverre Molvik. “We nevertheless sold well in all our projects, particularly in Greater Oslo, and also expect a good and stable market in the time to come. We have unique housing concepts and good products in the right places.” Net sales, adjusted for Selvaag Bolig’

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