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Beijer Ref has appointed Maria Rydén as new CFO and member of the excecutive management team. She is currently the CEO of Ikano Vårdboende, and has previously held CFO positions at Ikano Fastigheter, Dole and Switchcore. ”Maria Rydén’s long experience from international growth companies will be an asset for Beijer Ref during our continued expansion. She has a solid financial background combined with entrepreneurship and strong leadership skills. We are very pleased to welcome her to Beijer Ref”, said Beijer Ref CEO Per Bertland. ”The position as the global market leader, in

Saab Launching Hyker Security – new cyber security company for communications security

Defence and security company Saab is launching Hyker Security, a company that will offer security for communicating applications.Over the last few years, the number of intercommunicating applications has increased exponentially, along with the need for secure communications. With today's complex distribution paths, cyber threats and the EU's new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), companies are compelled to handle data correctly from a security perspective. This enables data protection to be built into the system from the very start. "From as early as the development stage, Hyker

Catrin Gustavsson new Head of Innovation and New Business at Södra

Catrin Gustavsson has been appointed Head of Innovation and New Business at Södra. She will succeed Laila Rogestedt and assume her new position on 1 August. Catrin Gustavsson will be a member of Group Senior Management and report to the President and CEO, Lars Idermark.Catrin Gustavsson, aged 46, holds a Master of Science in Chemical Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology, and a PhD degree in pulp technology from the Royal Institute of Technology. She is currently head of the process engineering department at Södra’s pulp mill at Värö, outside Varberg. She has been active in the

Metsä Board's Capital Markets Day 2017 today in Helsinki

Metsä Board is holding a Capital Markets Day for institutional investors and analysts today in Helsinki. The purpose of the Capital Markets Day is to provide information on Metsä Board's strategy and growth, its ongoing and future development projects, and the outlook for the paperboard and pulp market. The day will also include a presentation of Metsä Board's updated financial targets. The near-term outlook and guidance given in the interim report for January–March 2017 remain unchanged.Metsä Board Corporation Investor news 1 June 2017 at 11.00 am EEST Metsä Board is holding a Capital

Valmet to rebuild Alas Dorada's tissue machine in Alas Doradas, El Salvador

Thu, Jun 01, 2017 09:55 CET

Valmet Oyj's trade press release on June 1, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. EET Valmet has been trusted as supplier for the rebuild of Alas Dorada's PM4 in El Salvador. The main target for the rebuild is to raise production capacity by increasing press dryness, and enable improved paper quality as a second stage. This will be achieved by installation of an Advantage ViscoNip press combined with an Advantage ReDry web heater. The start-up of the rebuilt machine is scheduled for end of the year 2017. The order was included in Valmet's second quarter 2017 orders received. The value of the order will

Annual General Meeting of IVU AG in Berlin

Shareholders endorse management’s courseBerlin, 1 June 2017 – This year’s Annual General Meeting of IVU Traffic Technologies AG validated the setting of the course for the 2016 financial year. In light of the good quarterly figures, the Executive Board and Supervisory Board reiterated their optimistic outlook for the current year. The shareholders underscored their confidence in the course of the Berlin IT specialist for public transport and approved the actions of the managers by a large majority.In the first quarter of the year, IVU impressed with much stronger figures compared to the

Stora Enso EcoFishBox won Gold Sustainability Award

Thu, Jun 01, 2017 09:43 CET

The world's best packaging for 2017 has been selected: Stora Enso EcoFishBox, won the World Packaging Organization's WPO Sustainability Award. The package was also awarded the WorldStar Award.“This EcoFishBox case is an excellent and concrete example related to the proactive design work and we are very happy that our eco-packaging for the fish industry is recognized and awarded the Sustainability Award in the WorldStar 2017 competition. It can replace plastics, is recyclable and saves space during transport and warehousing, which makes EcoFishBox a very sustainable packaging alternative”,

Mölnlycke to establish R&D innovation unit in AstraZeneca’s BioVentureHub

Thu, Jun 01, 2017 09:35 CET

Mölnlycke, a world-leading medical products and solutions company, is pleased to announce the establishment of an R&D innovation unit in the BioVentureHub at AstraZeneca Gothenburg. The aim is to find new innovative solutions that will benefit both healthcare professionals and patients.The new unit will build on Mölnlycke’s cell biology and analytical chemistry capabilities, and develop innovative advanced wound care and surgical solutions along the entire continuum of care – from prevention to post-acute settings. “We are very excited to be part of AstraZeneca’s BioVentureHub, as it

AAK delivers its first volumes of senior nutrition product range Akovita®

Thu, Jun 01, 2017 09:15 CET

Following the strategy to broaden its nutritional focus, AAK has recently delivered its first volumes of Akovita®, the company’s new product range for the senior nutrition market. AAK’s tailor-made speciality blend Akovita® will be used in a powder product for the European market. The Akovita® range contains ingredients such as plant sterol esters which are clinically proven to maintain and even reduce the cholesterol level in the blood. This is supported by Article 14(1) health claim in the EU. “To maintain an active lifestyle going into post-retirement, energy-dense and easily

Bricknode helps brokers and asset managers become MiFID II compliant

Thu, Jun 01, 2017 09:00 CET

The implementation of MiFID II is getting closer day by day and financial institutions are scrambling to stay compliant and understand what they need to do. As usual regulatory changes is creating confusion among the involved parties and Bricknode are launching initiatives to help. At Bricknode the goal is to make the transition to MiFID II as easy as possible by automated solutions for customers that use Bricknode Broker . How does the investor protection regulations change? An important change with MiFID II is

RaySearch founder Johan Löf nominated for global entrepreneurship award

Thu, Jun 01, 2017 09:00 CET

The winner of EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year, the premier international award for entrepreneurs, will be announced On 10 June. The finalist representing Sweden is Johan Löf, CEO and founder of RaySearch Laboratories AB, which develops innovative software that improves cancer treatment for millions of patients worldwide. Löf will compete against entrepreneurs from over 60 countries. EY Entrepreneur Of The Year celebrates successful entrepreneurs who stimulate economic growth. An independent national jury selected Löf as Sweden's representative in the international final, highlighting,

NEGOTIATIONS WITH TRAXYS CONTINUES

Thu, Jun 01, 2017 08:45 CET

Traxys has now substantially received all the required reports from its consultants about the Sotkamo Silver’s mine construction (the “Project”), and has reached the final stages of its due diligence. In order to complete its review, it has requested final updates and additional information about: (i) the technology Sotkamo shall employ for the processing of the ore into concentrates as well as (ii) the management team that remains to be assembled and which would be responsible for the construction of the Project and for the day to day operation of the mine.Traxys remains interested in

Atlas Copco completes acquisition of remaining stake in Taiwanese exhaust management business

Stockholm, Sweden, June 1, 2017: Atlas Copco, a leading provider of sustainable productivity solutions, has completed the acquisition of the remaining stake in CSKT Inc., a joint venture in Taiwan that sells and services gas abatement and chemical delivery systems.Atlas Copco acquired a 55% stake in CSKT with the acquisition in 2016 of CSK Inc., the South Korean exhaust management company. Atlas Copco has now acquired the remaining 45%. Atlas Copco announced on April 20, 2017, the agreement to acquire the stake. The purchase price is not material relative to Atlas Copco’s market

Aventus NowCast™ service now deployed across the easyJet fleet

The Board of Directors of AVTECH Sweden AB (publ) ("AVTECH" or "The Company") today communicates the following business update: AVTECH and easyJet, one of Europe’s leading airlines, has agreed to proceed with deployment of AVTECH’s Aventus NowCast™ wind uplink service to the full fleet of easyJet, including both Swiss- and UK-based aircraft. The decision follows the positive outcome of recently performed product evaluations. Aventus NowCast™ has been in use within easyJet’s Swiss-based fleet since 2016 and upon demonstrating the contracted fuel saving targets, a deployment of the end-

Evolution adds Progressive Jackpot to Live Casino Hold’em

Evolution Gaming, leading provider of Live Casino solutions, will introduce the world’s biggest online Live Casino Progressive Jackpot with the Jumbo 7 Jackpot to its Casino Hold’em game, launching in the near term.The Jumbo 7 Jackpot-enabled version of the popular Poker-based game will launch with an initial Jackpot fund of EUR 1 million seeded by Evolution. Todd Haushalter, Chief Product Officer at Evolution, commented: “By Evolution contributing the whole €1,000,000 to start the Jackpot, it is our way of saying ‘thank you’ to operators and players. With the player volumes we see on

Metsä Board to update long-term financial targets and dividend policy

Metsä Board Corporation's Board of Directors has updated the company's long-term financial targets and decided on a new dividend policy. The company aims to continue profitable growth and ensure the efficient use of capital. Metsä Board wants to pay its shareholders a rewarding and steadily increasing dividend.Metsä Board Corporation Stock Exchange Release 1 June 2017 at 9.30 am EEST Metsä Board Corporation's Board of Directors has updated the company's long-term financial targets and decided on a new dividend policy. The company aims to continue profitable growth and ensure the

SolunoBC first with new smart MiTeam

SolunoBC is going to commence an upgrade on 1 June involving several new functions and a better experience in the softphone interface and in the users’ smartphone applications. SolunoBC will thus become first in the Swedish market to offer all customers the MiTeam service in Mitel’s platform.Soluno MiTeam is now launching a simple version based on the complete tool. Selected functions for the initial launch are group chat, document sharing and to do lists. Other services to follow are currently provided with limited capacity and without support. The chat function can be used one-to-one, so-

East Capital Explorer becomes Eastnine

East Capital Explorer changes its name to Eastnine AB (publ), with new Nasdaq Stockholm ticker symbol “EAST”.The name change to Eastnine is a result of the company’s ongoing transformation from an externally managed investment company to a focused real estate company in the Baltics. ”With the new name Eastnine we want to highlight the new phase that our company is entering. The name Eastnine is based on the geographical direction for our investments, as well as on the date 9 November when the Berlin wall came down in 1989, which ultimately unlocked the Baltic countries for foreign

Citycon sells SAMK campus building in Pori

CITYCON OYJ Press release 1 June 2017 at 9:00Citycon has completed the sale of Satakunta University of Applied Sciences’ (SAMK) new campus building to Swedish property investor Hemsö for EUR 57 million. Following the completion of the development project and the handover to SAMK, the sale was now closed on the basis of the contract signed in 2015.An old commercial building was demolished to make way for the now completed new build that houses SAMK’s teaching facilities on a long-term 20-year lease.As the previous Porin Asema-aukio retail building at the centre of Pori was

Changes to Ericsson's nomination committee

The composition of Ericsson's (NASDAQ:ERIC) Nomination Committee was made public in a press release dated May 9, 2017. According to the instruction for the Nomination Committee resolved by the Annual General Meeting of shareholders 2012, Cevian Funds have thereafter informed the Nomination Committee that their shareholding in Ericsson is now of such significance that it gives the right to participate in the Nomination Committee. The Nomination Committee considers that Cevian Funds have adequately verified the shareholding and Cevian Funds are therefore entitled to appoint a member of the

Lehto Group Plc: Significant shareholders have sold shares in Lehto Group Oyj