Bern (ots) - BKW is reviewing a sale of its shareholding in swissgrid Ltd., in which it holds a 12.6% stake. The review aims to further increase BKW's financial flexibility. It is being carried out in view of BKW's strategic realignment from energy supplier to integrated energy service provider. Contact: Antonio Sommavilla media@bkw.ch ...
Bern (ots) - In 2013, BKW's sustainability management focused on intensifying dialogue with stakeholder groups. Sustainability is a crucial success factor for BKW in its journey from electricity producer to comprehensive energy service provider. Sustainability is not only about environmental aspects, it also has an economic and social dimension. In times of declining ...
Bern (ots) - The BKW Board of Directors has appointed Ronald Trächsel the new Chief Financial Officer CFO and member of the Group Executive with effect from 1 August 2014. As Head of Finance and Services, he will take over from Beat Grossenbacher, who is moving to SRG SSR. Until the end of February 2014, Ronald Trächsel was CFO of the globally active Sika Group, a specialty chemicals company operating in 84 countries ...
Bern (ots) - In what proved to be an exceptionally challenging economic and regulatory environment, the BKW Group achieved a very good operating profit for the 2013 financial year. Contributory factors included in particular higher production volumes, the growing service business, a stable networks business and consistent implementation of the cost reduction programme. ...
Bern (ots) - In view of her future mandate with the Cantonal Bank of Bern (BEKB), Antoinette Hunziker-Ebneter has decided to stand down from the Board of Directors at the BKW Annual General Meeting on 9 May 2014. Antoinette Hunziker-Ebneter joined the BKW Board of Directors in the spring of 2006 and has served as its Vice Chairman since May 2007. Since 2006 she has ...
Lausanne, Switzerland (ots/PRNewswire) - - Galderma portfolio expands to offer a fast onset and long-acting alpha-2 adrenergic receptor agonist - Galderma, a leading global pharmaceutical company exclusively focused on dermatology, today announced that the European Commission has granted Marketing Authorisation in ...
Bern (ots) - In an exceptionally challenging economic and regulatory environment, the BKW Group posted very good operating income of around CHF 500 million for the 2013 financial year. However, for the purpose of the year-end financial statements, distortions on the electricity market necessitated the recognition of ...
Bern (ots) - BKW is selling 100% of the shares in Swiss Solar Invest AG - a company founded with a view to implementing photovoltaic plants - to UBS Clean Energy Infrastructure Switzerland, a limited partnership for collective investments. For its part, Swiss Solar Invest AG is acquiring from BKW a portfolio of photovoltaic plants with a collective installed capacity of up to 4.67 MW. At the same time, BKW will enter into ...
Davos, Geneva (ots) - WISeKey, the Swiss cyber security expert and World Economic Forum Global Growth Company Partner, will be spearheading multiple thought leadership events within the cyber security and digital neutrality space at this year's World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, taking place in Davos, Switzerland ...
Darmstadt, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) - - New agreement aims to translate CNIO research into new potential treatment options for cancer patients - License agreement encompasses two series of ATR inhibitors and a screening platform Merck Serono, the biopharmaceutical division of Merck, today announced that a license ...
Bern (ots) - Beat Grossenbacher, CFO and member of the Group Executive Board of BKW Inc., has decided to move to SRG SSR. As Head of Finance and Controlling, Beat Grossenbacher will also be a member of the SRG Executive Board. As agreed with SRG, he will move to his new position with SRG by 1 July 2014. Beat Grossenbacher (53) joined the Executive Board of BKW on 1 January 2009, and from then on headed the company's ...
Bern (ots) - BKW and its Italian partner Hera S. p. A. are to take over the shares held by Zecca S.r.l. in Tamarete Energia S.r.l. power plant company in Ortona. The company operates the gas-fired power plant in Tamarete. With a capacity of 104 MW, the plant is designed to deliver supplies at peak-load times. At the end of 2008, BKW acquired a 48% stake in the Tamarete ...
Frankfurt (ots) - - KfW predicts GDP growth of 0.6% this year and 2.0% in 2014 - Corporate investment set to rise in 2014 for the first time in three years - Economic risks lie primarily in Europe The German economy is in recovery mode. After a meagre 0.6% (price and calendar-adjusted) growth in GDP this year, it looks set in 2014 to rise by more than the long-term average for the first time in three years. "Germany is ...
Montreal (ots/PRNewswire) - KLOX Technologies Inc. ("KLOX") is pleased to announce an exclusive supply, distribution and licensing agreement with Sandoz Canada for KLOX's innovative and proprietary LumiCleanse(TM) System (also known as Lumigel Cleanse) for the treatment of acne vulgaris, and for its skin ...
Darmstadt, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) - - New agreement marks the second collaboration between Merck and BeiGene Merck Serono, the biopharmaceutical division of Merck, today announced that a global licensing, co-development, and commercialization agreement for BeiGene-290 has been signed with BeiGene Co., Ltd., a ...
Bern (ots) - Over the past few months BKW Inc. has been examining various scenarios concerning the future of Mühleberg nuclear power plant (KKM) and its continued operation. It has now decided to continue operating the KKM until 2019, in compliance with all safety requirements, following which the plant will be taken off the grid. This decision was made with due consideration to all the known technical, economic, ...
Lausanne, Switzerland, Mechelen, Belgium And Barcelona, Spain (ots/PRNewswire) - Today Biocartis and Hospital del Mar announced their licence agreement on the EGFR biomarker for colon cancer. This agreement enables Biocartis to develop a new colon cancer test, whereby a specific EGFR mutation can be rapidly and ...
Philip Morris International Inc.
Lausanne (ots) - Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI) today announced it has opened an employee consultation on the company's intention to restructure its global and regional functions based in Switzerland. The intended restructuring aims to reduce ...
Bern (ots) - Following the successful placement last year, BKW Inc. has issued another registered note for a nominal amount of EUR 150 million and a term of 20 years. The issue was placed primarily with investors in Germany. The placement secures for BKW currency-matched funding of its foreign investments and simultaneously enlarges the investor base. The registered note was issued under the lead of Deutsche Bank AG. ...
Bern (ots) - The BKW Group recorded further solid growth in its operations during the first half of 2013 despite a difficult economic environment. Consolidated total operating revenue and operating profit increased, but were affected by low energy prices and two one-off effects. At CHF 103.6 million, net profit was just maintained at the prior-year level. The aims ...
Lund, Sweden (ots/PRNewswire) - Camurus announced today that Novartis has exercised its option to acquire an exclusive license for the further development and worldwide commercialization of CAM2029 for treatment of patients with acromegaly and neuroendocrine tumors (NETs). The license also covers additional future products based on the Camurus' FluidCrystal(R) ...
Barcelona, Spain (ots/PRNewswire) - Award-Winning Carrier And World's Best Football Club Partnership Brings To Light Shared Values Of Excellence, Passion, Pride And Culture "A Team That Unites The World" Will Guide The Spirit Of The Partnership Qatar Airways officially launched the start of its three year partnership with FC Barcelona at an event held at Camp Nou. ...
Bern (ots) - The Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (DETEC) / the Federal Council is proposing to amend the parameters for calculation of contributions to the Decommissioning and Waste Disposal funds in relation to revision of the Stilllegungs- und Entsorgungsfondsverordnung (SEFV; Ordinance on the Decommissioning and Waste Disposal Fund). If the changes come into force, this will ...
Singapore/Zug,Switzerland (ots) - The group takes its comprehensive sales, marketing and client services to the region, whilst also offering a gateway to its broad sports portfolio Infront Sports & Media, the leading international sports marketing company, has opened a new office in Singapore. The wholly-owned subsidiary under the name Infront Pan-Asia became fully ...
Bern (ots) - The BKW Group (BKW) drove forward its commitment to sustainability in the 2012 financial year. The company consistently honours its responsibility in the three areas of ecology, economy and society. Further developments in the interests of sustainability generate business opportunities. The 2012 Sustainability Report documents the following three areas ...
Bern (ots) - BKW AG is acquiring five small hydro power plants from A2A, Italy's second largest energy supplier with headquarters in Milan. Located at various sites in Brescia province (Lombardy), the facilities have a total capacity of just under 10 MW and produce some 40 GWh of power. This acquisition represents a further strengthening of BKW's hydro power commitment ...
Bern (ots) - As of January 1, 2014, BKW AG will be introducing an overall realignment of its electricity prices. The main reasons for these changes are: rising grid usage and system service charges imposed by Swissgrid, the increase in compensatory feed-in remuneration and, to a lesser extent, the increase in production costs in the energy sector. The actual price increase will vary from customer to customer, depending on ...
Frankfurt (ots) - The economic slowdown and weakness in business investment continue to leave their imprint on the german credit market. KfW expects new lending to enterprises and self-employed professionals to drop by a further 3.5% in the second quarter of 2013 (against the previous year). That is the third ...
Shire Pharmaceuticals Group Plc
Philadelphia (ots/PRNewswire) - Shire LLC has settled its litigation against Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. ("Teva") in connection with Teva's Abbreviated New Drug Application ("ANDA") for a generic version of Shire's INTUNIV (guanfacince) Extended Release Tablets for the treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. The settlement provides Teva with a license ...