Bern (ots) - After nine successful years in charge of Mühleberg nuclear power plant (KKM), Patrick Miazza is to stand down as managing director of the plant on 1 January 2012 for personal reasons. He will be succeeded by his current deputy, Martin Saxer. Walter Lehmann, currently Head of Operations, will take over as deputy managing director. Patrick Miazza joined BKW ...
JTI Japan Tobacco International AG
Geneva, Switzerland/San Francisco, California (ots) - Japan Tobacco International (JTI) and Ploom announced today that they have entered into a strategic agreement. Under the exclusive long-term cooperation agreement, JTI will commercialize Ploom's new generation smoking alternative products outside the United ...
Bern (ots) - BKW FMB Energy Ltd. (BKW) is to acquire two wind farms, Holleben and Bippen, from Germany's leading wind project developer and wind farm operator wpd of Bremen. The two wind farms have a collective installed capacity of 53 Megawatts (MW). The acquisition expands BKW's foreign wind portfolio to 270 MW and strengthens its position in the field of wind power. Holleben wind farm in Saxony-Anhalt has an installed ...
Bern (ots) - In October the BKW Group announced a Groupwide productivity enhancement and cost reduction programme with a view to further developing its market position. It has now launched an additional package of measures which, when implemented, will enable BKW to achieve the targeted reduction in controllable costs and ensure the company's economic stability. A planned reduction of around 200 jobs will affect all ...
Bern (ots) - With the aim of introducing a holding structure, BKW Inc. submitted a public exchange offer on 3 October 2011 for a 1:1 exchange of all BKW FMB Energy Ltd. registered shares in free float. In return for each tendered share in BKW FMB Energy Ltd., shareholders of BKW FMB Energy Ltd. will receive one new ...
Hitachi Medical Systems Europe Holding AG
Zug (ots) - Aloka Co., Ltd., Japan, became a 100% subsidiary of Hitachi Medical Corporation, Japan, on 3 March 2011, followed by a corporate name change to Hitachi Aloka Medical, Ltd., on 1 April 2011. With this step, Hitachi Medical Corporation and Hitachi Aloka Medical, Ltd., announced the integration of their ...
Geneva (ots) - 2011 was the year of black swans - those highly improbable occurrences that turn the world economy on its head. So what black swans could be in store for 2012? Central banks losing control over inflation, as a result of their policy of monetising sovereign debt to excess; or perhaps European growth in excess of 1.2%, a positive scenario that no economist is forecasting on today. The end of a cycle According ...
Geneva (ots) - WISeKey announced it closed the second of its three-tranche $110 million pre-IPO financing round announced last year (googl/qOPsC). The $35 million second-tranche includes $12 million raised over 15 months from new and current qualified investors. The third and final- tranche will start December 2011, ...
Bern (ots) - Every five years the estimate of decommissioning and disposal costs for all Swiss nuclear power plants is comprehensively reviewed and updated. In this context, BKW FMB Energy Ltd. (BKW) has also drawn up a new cost estimate for the post-shutdown phase and dismantling of Mühleberg nuclear power plant. The estimated costs for the phase immediately following the shutdown of the nuclear power plant, as well as ...
Basel (ots) - The Geneva Convention Bureau (GCB) and the conference organiser Congrex Switzerland have signed a three-year partnership agreement. With direct membership, Congrex is continuing to pursue its market development strategy in a targeted manner. Over the past few years, Congrex has organised numerous congresses in Geneva and knows the region's infrastructure ...
Lausanne, Switzerland (ots) - A new study shows self-centered CEOs who "crave acclaim and applause" are more likely to keep their companies at the forefront of technological innovation. Additionally, the desire for attention from self-absorbed CEOs fuels the willingness to make daring decisions that less confident counterparts might shy away from, especially during a period of radical change. Conducted by professors at ...
Geneva, Switzerland (ots) - Since 2008 WISeKey has been working to bring Mobile Banking to millions of people with active projects targeting the BRIC countries. At the 2011 India Economic Summit, WISeKey announces it will be expanding efforts in India with new strategic partnerships in the coming months. WISeKey has ...
Altdorf/Andermatt, Switzerland (ots) - Andermatt Swiss Alps is celebrating a milestone today as the outer shell of The Hotel Chedi Andermatt is completed and the roof is placed in position. Over the last seven months, 250 construction workers have completed the outer shell of the building and were at the heart of the celebrations today. The Chedi Andermatt is a unique ...
Zurich (ots) - Major milestone achieved in the commercial launch of new technology in the treatment of patients with refractory ascites due to liver cirrhosis. Sequana Medical, the Medical University of Vienna and Vienna General Hospital (AKH Wien) reported that the first two commercial implants worldwide of the ...
Geneva (ots) - High-Tech Bridge SA ( https://www.htbridge.ch/ ), a leading Swiss information security company, joins Online Trust Alliance (OTA) as a General Member. OTA's mission is to develop and advocate best practices, training and advance public policy to mitigate emerging privacy, identity and security ...
Bern, Switzerland (ots) - Mobile money services have more chance of being successful when bundled with profiled offers. Sicap innovation, revealed at the Mobile Money Transfer Global Conference in Dubai today, can significantly improve the return on investment of them. Given that many mobile money services are way off-track to reach breakeven timelines, Aleeda Fazal, who leads sicap's mobile money team ...
Yverdon-Les-Bains (ots) - Bacula Systems®, the world's leading worldwide provider of commercial open source backup and restore software, today announced the appointment of Frank Barker as its new CEO. Mr. Barker succeeds Dr. Kern Sibbald, who has served as interim CEO since May 2011. Dr. Sibbald will remain active ...
Plan-les-Ouates, Switzerland (ots) - Viroblock S.A., a company with a highly innovative, broadly applicable anti-viral air filtration technology, initially focused on development and commercialization of anti-viral face-masks, today announced the successful closure of a 3.3 million CHF Series C financing round. Dr Jamie Paterson, CEO of Viroblock, said "these funds allow Viroblock to complete the development of our ...
St. Gallen, Switzerland (ots) - Fora Care Suisse AG located in St. Gallen, Switzerland announced today the launch of its Total and Complete Mobility line of blood glucose monitoring devices and tools. The Total and Complete Mobility line (TCM) which was presented for the first time at the (EASD) in Lisbon, Portugal ...
Bern (ots) - On 26 October 2011, BKW FMB Energy Ltd. (BKW) signed an agreement for a syndicated loan (as yet unused) of CHF 300 million at attractive conditions. With this move, BKW has created a financing framework to strengthen its liquidity reserves. This will allow BKW in future, if the need arises, to raise funds from the banks in order to help finance its net ...
Geneva, Switzerland (ots) - WISeKey, a 2011 World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Growth Company, is pleased to announce an agreement with the Swiss luxury watch brand Hublot to extend their breakthrough anti-counterfeiting partnership. After an astonishingly successful deployment of WISeAuthentic® - WISeKey's brand ...
Bern (ots) - With a view to further developing its market position and as part of the economising programme already announced, BKW FMB Energy Ltd. (BKW) has taken measures to reduce the workforce in the Networks Division. The move was prompted in particular by the changed regulatory environment and increased pressure on costs. In mid-April 2011, the Federal Electricity ...
Yverdon-Les-Bains, Switzerland (ots) - Enterprise-class, Open Source Network Backup and Restore Solution Receives Further Enhancements to Bring High-Value, Low-TCO Opportunity to IT Departments Bacula Systems®, the world's leading provider of commercial open source backup and restore software, announced today the availability of its Linux bare metal restore feature ...
Zejtun, Malta (ots) - "We know Libya is faced with shortages of essential supplies. That's why Actavis donates EUR 2M worth of medicines to Libya now. The goods will leave Malta on Sunday and arrive in Tripoli during next week", said Actavis CEO Claudio Albrecht. "Actavis is one of the world's largest generic pharmaceutical players and takes its social responsibility very seriously." Mr. Albrecht emphasized the role of ...
Ittigen/Bern, Switzerland (ots) - Pevion Biotech AG today announced latest results from the ongoing clinical study of its therapeutic Candida vaccine PEV7, showing high levels of specific antibodies and a 100% mucosal immune response rate. The announcement further included the results of the largest, international ...
Geneva, Switzerland (ots) - Earth Council Geneva (ECG) is proud to announce that Dr. Giovanni Eduardo Picone is joining its ranks as a new Board member, working with other distinguished members such as Musaed Al Saleh, Lucas Assunçao, José-Maria Figueres, Christine Novakovic, Mohammed Sahnoun, Paul Stern and Chairman Reto Braun. Giovanni Picone comes from an ...
Ecublens, Switzerland / Amsterdam, the Netherlands (ots) - Holland Private Equity ("HPE") invested substantial primary capital in Synova S.A. ("Synova") in a capital increase of up to CHF 20 million to become its largest outside shareholder. The expansion capital will allow Synova to further execute its internationalization, sales expansion and fuel further product development of its unique water-jet guided laser cutting ...
Bern, Switzerland (ots) - Long term partners, sicap and telecom services company T-Hrvatski Telekom, have extended the reach of the sicap Device Management Centre (http://www.sicap.com/en/Device_Management_Centre.58.0.html) (DMC) to serve mobile customers of Crnogorski Telekom in Montenegro, the second operator of the group whose customers benefit from the DMC ...
Zurich (ots) - On the occasion of the state visit of Her Excellency Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil to Switzerland, a meeting between representatives of Indian and Swiss business took place today. The purpose of the discussions was the further intensification of economic relations. The event was organised by ...