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Interim Report January-June 2017

January-June 2017 compared with January-June 2016: · The Group’s operating profit increased to SEK 1,497 M (1,115), including a positive non-recurring item of SEK 260 M in the first quarter. The return on equity amounted to 12% (10). · Operating profit for the non-life insurance operations increased to SEK 624 M (318), of which SEK 260 M comprised remuneration for the transferred accident and health insurance business to the regional insurance companies. Premiums earned after ceded reinsurance rose to SEK 2,787 M (2,630). The combined ratio amounted to 93% (92). · Operating

Glaston Half Year Financial Report 1 January – 30 June 2017: Operating result took clear turn for the better

GLASTON CORPORATION           HALF YEAR FINANCIAL REPORT   10 AUGUST 2017 AT 13.00Glaston Half Year Financial Report 1 January – 30 June 2017:  Operating result took clear turn for the better  This release is a summary of Glaston Corporation's half year financial report January-June 2017. The complete report is attached to this release as a pdf-file. The stock exchange release is also available on the company's website at the address www.glaston.net.  APRIL–JUNE 2017 · Orders received totalled EUR 26.6 (28.6) million. · Net sales grew by 32% to EUR 29.1 (22.1) million. ·

Noreco sues the insurance companies

Commencement of legal action for substantial monetary damagesNorwegian Energy Company ASA, Noreco Oil Denmark A/S and Noreco Petroleum Denmark A/S ("Noreco") have initiated a legal action for damages at the Court in Hillerød, Denmark, against the 20 insurance companies ("Insurers") who were ordered by the Danish Maritime and Commercial Court in December 2016 to pay a total insurance sum of USD 344.332.445 plus legal interest of approximately USD 125 million as well as legal costs of DKK 18.592.510 to Noreco. Noreco's claim is that the Insurers must indemnify the losses suffered by Noreco

Readly doubles its digital magazine sales in 2017

As the magazine industry pores over the latest set of ABC figures, with the usual picture of very mixed results, Readly, the digital magazine newsstand, has delivered a dramatic 102% year-on-year rate of growth for the first half of 2017, clearing over 5.8m issues read in the six-month period. Between January and June 2017, Readly subscribers opened 5,842,589 issues of UK magazine brands. This is more than double the 2.9 million figure seen in the January to June 2016 period. Ranj Begley, Readly UK’s Managing Director, said: “Our rate of growth accelerated dramatically from the second

HiQ AWARDED TWO RED DOT DESIGN AWARDS

The HiQ design team from Great Apes in Helsinki, Finland, continues to win yet more well-earned awards. The latest are two awards in the prestigious Red Dot Awards: Communication Design 2017.“We are immensely proud to receive not only one, but two awards in such a world-renowned competition as this,” says Niko Sipilä, Creative Director at Great Apes.The two awards in the Red Dot Awards: Communication Design 2017 are in recognition of the user interface for Quantum Break and for Elisa’s “Feel the Game” campaign. Great Apes overcame competition from a total of some 8,000 other submissions

Basware and Nordea partner to provide dynamic discounting in Nordics

Espoo, Finland, 10 August 2017 – Basware , the leading provider of e-invoicing and purchase-to-pay solutions, and Nordea Bank AB, the largest corporate bank in the Nordics, today announce that they are entering into a strategic partnership to deliver a dynamic discounting solution in Nordic countries. As part of the agreement, Nordea and Basware will jointly offer a dynamic discounting solution to Nordea’s corporate customers, while Basware will deliver the solution integrated into the customers’ Purchase-to-Pay (P2P) or customer’s Enterprise Resource Planning (

GomSpace closes order for a nano-satellite platform for German Aerospace Center’s demonstration of the OSIRIS optical demonstration payload

August 10, 2017 – GomSpace ApS (”GomSpace”) a subsidiary of GomSpace Group AB (publ) (the ”Company”) has closed an order for delivery of a nano-satellite platform for the German Aerospace Center’s (“DLR”) demonstration of the OSIRIS optical demonstration payload. In the framework of the OSIRIS program, DLR develops highly compact optical communication payloads for small LEO spacecrafts together with their cooperation partner Tesat-Spacecom GmbH & Co KG. The total order value amounts to approximately 500,000 EUR. Delivery will take place in 2018.  For more information, please contact:

New museum "Vulkaneum" and AC Hotel opening!

Don`t miss the news and highlights from the Frankfurt Rhine-Main Region: a new AC Hotel opening in Mainz, the new museum in Vogelsberg, the "Vulkaneum", the arts market "Fine Arts" in the Eberbach Abbey and last but not least - the Frankfurt Shop Finder, making sure you have a great shopping experience in Frankfurt! Fine Arts market at Eberbach Abbey A little gem called Eberbach Abbey  is situated close to the town of Eltville in the famous Rheingau, home to some of the finest Rieslings Germany has to offer. Sean Connery had set foot in

Edvince AB was granted FDA Orphan-Drug Designation for EDV2209 in treatment of subarachnoid hemorrhage

Edvince AB, a biotech company that is developing a new treatment concept to minimize brain damage subsequent to cerebral ischemia, received a positive response from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on august 3rd, granting the EDV2209 drug orphan-drug designation for treatment of subarachnoid hemorrhage.Orphan-drug designation can in the USA be granted for treatments targeting diseases with less than 200,000 patients yearly. Orphan-drug designation status for a drug is valuable, and comes with many developmental and market benefits. For example, development cost tax incentives and

Sigma 3 implements IFS Applications 9 to support strong business growth

Wales-based kitchen manufacturer and retailer, Sigma 3, chooses IFS Applications 9 after outgrowing its old application suite. IFS , the global enterprise applications company, announces that Sigma 3 , the kitchen manufacturer and retailer, will implement IFS Applications™ 9 to improve planning and support business growth. The implementation will be carried out by systems integration specialist Cooper Software , one of IFS’s authorized channel and services partners in the UK.Operating from Llantrisant

Conference call regarding Elekta’s Interim Report for May-July 2017/18

STOCKHOLM, August 10, 2017 – Elekta (EKTA-B.ST) will publish its Interim Report for May-July 2017/18 on August 23, as per:· The report will be published at 07:30 CET. · Elekta will host a telephone conference starting at 12:00 CET with Richard Hausmann, President and CEO, and Gustaf Salford, CFO. To take part in the conference call, please dial in about five minutes in advance. · UK dial-in number: +44 (0) 203 008 98 01 · US dial-in number: +1 855 753 22 36 · Swedish dial-in number: +46 (0)8 566 42 690  The telephone conference will also be broadcasted live online,

Valmet completed the annual shutdown of Klabin paper mill successfully

Valmet Oyj's trade press release on August 10, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. EET Valmet has completed the annual shutdown of Klabin S.A. Monte Alegre paper mill in Brazil successfully. The agreement covered the entire shutdown project from planning and execution to a safe start-up. The shutdown took place between April 24 - May 5, 2017, and included close to 500 employees from Valmet and its sub-contractors. Valmet and Klabin have an existing agreement for full annual shutdown services. This year's project was the second of the three-year agreement.   "We have co-operated with Valmet since

Nordic Nanovector to Present at Wedbush PacGrow Healthcare Conference

Oslo, Norway, 10 August 2017 Nordic Nanovector ASA (OSE: NANO) announces that the company will be presenting at the Wedbush PacGrow Healthcare Conference on 15-16 August in New York. The slides presented will be available on Nordic Nanovector’s website (www.nordicnanovector.com) in the Investor Relations section. For further information, please contact: IR enquiries:Tone Kvåle, Chief Financial OfficerCell: +47 91 51 95 76Email: ir@nordicnanovector.com Media enquiries:Mark Swallow/David Dible/Marine Perrier (Citigate Dewe Rogerson)Tel: +44 207 638 9571Email:

SEK 1.6 billion remaining – the banks will accept invalid coins for 3 more weeks

There are still coins to a value of SEK 1.6 billion in circulation that became invalid earlier this year. For a further three weeks, until Thursday 31 August, you can still deposit these coins in a bank account.The banks accept the older 1, 2 and 5-krona coins until 31 August 2017 The 1, 2 and 5-krona coins that became invalid earlier this year can be deposited into your bank account up to and including 31 August 2017. There are 1 018 million coins to a value of SEK 1.6 billion, consisting of the older 1, 2 and 5-krona coins. +------------+--------+-----------+

Borealis joins Waves4Power official partner team

Borealis, a leading provider of innovative solutions in the fields of polyolefins, base chemicals and fertilizers, announces that it will become an official partner of Waves4Power (W4P). Waves4Power is a Sweden-based company that develops and sells wave energy systems. The heart of these systems is the WaveEL buoy – a point absorber – that converts the energy of waves into electrical power. A large number of WaveEL buoys are linked together in an optimized power generation pattern to create a wave power park.W4P has strategic partnerships with a number of World leading companies in

Humana and Odalen build new elderly housing in Kungsängen

Humana is investing in a fifth elderly housing unit under own management, this time in Kungsängen just outside Stockholm. Construction is being carried out together with partner Odalen Fastigheter. The unit will contain 72 flats spread over four floors with a fifth floor roof terrace. The building will be built at an angle that creates a sheltered courtyard to the west with lots of sun. Occupation is planned for spring/summer 2019.Humana uses technological solutions in its new housing facilities to create added value for residents: IT to communicate with loved ones, technological innovation

Minimising production stoppages in the paper industry

The paper industry provides a complex environment for process development as factories produce many kinds of paper products with differing compositions.This means there are constantly new kinds of requirements for the agents used to remove coating paste that gets stuck in the pipes, for example. When a new recipe enters production, the old cleaning agent might no longer work as desired. When cleaning the pipes of the production machinery, the cleaning agent must be able to clean every bend and crevice – even the sieves the filler substances are run through to ensure the consistency of

FlexQube in successful relationship with Proterra, the maker of zero emission buses!

FlexQube and Proterra has together during 2017 designed and implemented more than 25 different designs of material handling carts for Proterra’s electric bus plants in Greenville, SC and Los Angeles, CA. The total value of the delivered solutions exceeds $150 000.The two companies have during the spring/summer worked together in a project with the following objectives: · create a more efficient material flow including tugger carts, kit-carts and racks · come up with new innovative ideas for parts presentation · achieve best possible ergonomics for operators · standardize

Hanesbrands chooses Polygiene for Champion athletic wear collection

Hanesbrands Japan Inc. is now working with Polygiene to offer consumers in Japan odor-free apparel in its iconic Champion 2017/18 Fall-Winter athletic wear collection – in total 70 different products for basketball, golf, training - as well as practice wear and socks.To strengthen the brand’s appeal to the consumers who wants more comfortable and functional wears, Hanesbrands in Japan is introducing Polygiene Permanent Odor Control Technology to its 2017/18 Champion athletic wear collection. Champion apparel treated with Polygiene stays fresh and odor free. Sweat itself is odorless, but

INTERIM REPORT, SECOND QUARTER OF 2017

April – June 2017 · Net sales for the period SEK 58.5 million (71.1) · Operating loss for the period SEK -33.6 million (-17.2) · Loss after tax for the period SEK -38.1 million (-17.3) · Earnings per share SEK -0.65 (-0.36) · Cash flow before changes in working capital for the period -29.7 (-14.1)  +--------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+---------+|Overview |Apr-Jun|Apr-Jun|Jan-Jun|Jan-Jun|Full-Year|+--------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+---------+|SEK thousand

Mikkeli offers long-lasting solutions for everyday living

The Mikkeli Housing Fair will last until 13.8.2017. After that, the houses located in the picturesque fair area will turn into real homes, and the owners will finally be able to bring in their own wares and furniture. From that moment on, all the new materials and design ideas will be put into a real test.As in earlier years, Kiilto products are widely used in many of the houses in the fair area this year. One of them is the house no. 5 called Wave, whose bathroom is waterproofed with Kiilto Kerafiber system. The bathroom as well as the entire house is built with high quality and lasting

Stockmann Group’s restated comparison data for 2016 and 2017

STOCKMANN plc, Inside Information 10.8.2017 at 9:35 EET Stockmann signed in June an agreement on the sale of the Stockmann Delicatessen operations in Finland to S Group’s regional cooperatives. If approval from the Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority is granted during 2017, the transaction can be completed on 31 December 2017. As a consequence, the Stockmann Delicatessen food operations in Finland have been classified as assets held for sale and reported as discontinued operations. The Delicatessen in the Baltic countries will remain with Stockmann and is reported as a part of

TF Bank’s subsidiary, BB Finans, receives banking license

TF Bank's Norwegian subsidiary, BB Finans, received a decision from the Norwegian Supervisory Authority in December 2016 that the company fulfilled the requirements for a banking license. The company has today received approval to conduct banking operations in Norway.Espen Johannesen, CEO of BB Finans, comments: "It's a momentous day for BB Finans. We are extremely proud and happy to become a bank because it is proof of the high quality that we have in our business. The support we have received from TF Bank has given BB Finans a huge boost over the last two years and it has enabled us to

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