Zurich (ots) - On April 1, 2009, Gerhard Mahrle (51), who holds a degree in economics from the University of St Gallen, will take up the position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and join the Management Board at Kardex Group. Gerhard Mahrle has been CFO at sia Abrasives Holding AG in Frauenfeld since 2000. He will take over from Reto Welte, who is leaving Kardex Group at the end of March 2009. Agenda March 10, ...
Zug, Switzerland (ots) - Swiss AmVac AG establishes comprehensive collaboration with the National Health Research Institutes in Taiwan to combat H5N1. H5N1/Influenza A is a flu virus known colloquially as "avian flu". "Avian flu" first occurred in Asia, and was transmitted to humans in a number of cases. ...
Zurich, Switzerland/Tokyo, Japan/London, UK (ots) - MATCH Hospitality AG, the worldwide exclusive rights holder for the FIFA Hospitality Programme until 2014, appointed Dentsu Sports Europe as its exclusive sales agent for the Middle East and Asia excluding China, Korea and Japan for the Official Hospitality ...
Zurich (ots) - Kardex AG has signed an asset purchase agreement to acquire the assets of US competitor Kardex Systems Inc., which had previously filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with a US court. Kardex Systems Inc. posted sales of approximately USD 21 million in the 2007 financial year, and has a staff headcount of around 100. Under the transaction, Kardex AG is ...
Lugano, Switzerland (ots) - Helsinn is delighted to announce that its drug product manufacturing facility in Dublin, Ireland, Helsinn Birex Pharmaceuticals, has recently obtained an authorisation for Manufacture of Investigational Medicinal Products (IMP) for products for human use from the Irish Medicines Board ...
Zurich (ots) - Solianis has just finalized a test series in which patients with diabetes have worn the first configuration of the multisensor system for non-invasive Continuous Glucose Monitoring at home and at work. Results show that the system tracks glucose in these settings and that it is sensitive to hyper- ...
Lugano, Switzerland (ots) - Helsinn Healthcare's Top management today announced that it has signed a partnering agreement with Zealand Pharma, for the development and worldwide commercialization of ZP1846, a GLP-2 (glucagon-like peptide-2) receptor agonist which provides a novel way to treat chemotherapy-induced diarrhea (CID), a debilitating condition affecting ...
Manas Petroleum Corp. (MNAP.OB) Baar, Switzerland (ots) - Manas Petroleum Corporation announces that the Board of Directors has unanimously appointed Dr. Richard Schenz as an Independent Director. "We are pleased to welcome Dr. Richard Schenz as a member of Manas' board," stated Heinz J. Scholz, Manas's Chairman of the Board. "With his experience and expertise ...
Manas Petroleum Corp. (MNAP.OB) Baar, Switzerland (ots) - Manas Petroleum Corporation announces both the results of report on the Economic Evaluation and a report on the revised volumetrics for Manas Petroleum's Albanian blocks A, B and D,E. Both reports provide independent evaluations prepared by Gustavson ...
Manas Petroleum Corp. (MNAP.OB) (Manas) Baar, Switzerland (ots) - Manas Petroleum Corp., a Baar, Switzerland based company, today announces its wholly owned subsidiary, DWM Petroleum AG, has signed a Production Sharing Contract (PSC) for Blocks 2 and 3 in Albania. The blocks cover approximately 3,400 km2 (approximately 850,000 acres). The Albanian government was ...
Lausanne (ots) - - Gene Signal International, a biotech company registered in Switzerland, will move its headquarter to the EPFL, in Lausanne, - Gene Signal is addressing various issues related to neovascularisation, - Gene Signal is working on a portfolio of ophthalmologic indications, with one now in Phase III trials - Gene Signal ...
Fribourg (ots) - The Wifag-Polytype Group now enters the digital printing market. As part of this strategy, the group has bought up the Digital Printing Department of the company Spühl/Leggett & Platt. The change of ownership will take effect from 1st November 2008, and includes the department's 30 staff in Switzerland and USA. This new department will be ...
Zug/Amsterdam (ots) - - Unger newly appointed CEO of leading Swiss media group Ringier - group's online growth perspective remains positive - MIH Group - Hein Pretorius takes up CEO position from Christian Unger Hein Pretorius, former COO and Business Development Director of MIH Group takes up the CEO position of MIH Internet BV from ...
London (ots) - EQUITY Capital increase of approximately 6.315.850 GBP, to finance further growth in TURKEY From 16st October until 4th November, at the earliest, MARMARA MING PLC will present the company to investors during an international roadshow and encourage the public to purchase shares in MARMARA MINING PLC. The subscription period, during which investors can submit applications for shares, is expected to commence on 12th September 2008, by which time the price ...
Zurich (ots) - The Chief Financial Officer of Kardex AG, Reto Welte, will be leaving the Group at the end of March 2009 to take on a new challenge. The Board of Directors and Management Board regret his decision and would like to thank him for his services and wish him all the best for the future. Calendar of events 10 March 2009Annual Media Conference ...
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Langnau. Switzerland (ots) - The World Champion cheese makers from Switzerland, Christian Wüthrich from Rüderswil, Anton Wyss from Mutten and Walo von Mühlenen have decided along with the dairies, Leimiswil, Schärlig, Stettenbach Wohlen and Schüpbach, to create a new organisation for Emmental produced in the traditional way, with only one production per day, and produced with the milk from the same village. The ...
New data on the mechanism of action of the second generation 5-HT3 antagonist palonosetron presented today at the 33rd ESMO Congress in Stockholm, Sweden Stockholm, Sweden (ots) - New data presented today at the 33rd ESMO (European Society of Medical Oncology) Congress in Stockholm may contribute to explain the reason why palonosetron, a second generation 5-HT3 ...
Zurich (ots) - MATCH Hospitality AG, the worldwide exclusive rights holder of the FIFA Hospitality Programme until 2014, appointed Top Service as its exclusive agent for Brazil for the sales of the Official Hospitality Programme of the FIFA Confederations Cup 2009 and the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa. ...
Geneva (ots) - During the official opening of its new headquarters, Mirabaud commented on the subject of business development. Despite the difficult market conditions and a strong Swiss franc, for 31.12.08 the Bank is aiming to maintain its assets under management at the end-2007 level of CHF 25bn (EUR 15,6 bn), and expects its workforce to exceed 500 employees. ...
Regensdorf ZH (ots) - Currency specialist Capricorn Asset Management successfully launched a new fund this year that is quickly gaining investor interest. April 2008 was the launch-date of Capricorn's latest product offering, an Offshore FX Fund trading G10 currencies. The strategy is categorized as being Long Term, Fundamental that seeks alpha opportunities by exploiting currency arbitrage and exchange ...
Petit-Lancy (ots) - - July retails sales up 28 percent - 220,500 units January-July highest volume in company history - 17 countries up in July, 15 countries with double-digit growth ots Originaltext: Mazda (Suisse) SA Internet: www.presseportal.ch/fr Contact: Mazda (Suisse) SA Giuseppe Loffredo PR Director Tel.: +41/22/719'33'60 E-Mail: gloffredo@mazda.ch Internet: ...
Rolle, Switzerland (ots) - Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM) announced today that it has signed an agreement to acquire the assets of Campa Sued GmbH & Co KG, subject to clearance by relevant antitrust authorities. Campa Sued GmbH & Co KG, based in Straubing, Southern Germany, operates a rapeseed crushing plant that produces oil and meal for the food, feed and energy markets. "As ADM expands its ...
Zurich/London (ots) - MATCH Hospitality AG, the worldwide exclusive rights holder of the FIFA Hospitality Programme until 2014, appointed SPORTSWORLD as its exclusive sales agent for the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland for the Official Hospitality Programme of the FIFA Confederations Cup 2009 and the ...
Zurich (ots) - In the first half of fiscal 2008, the Kardex Group, with its two divisions KRM (55% share) and Stow (45% share), lifted consolidated net revenues by 13.1% to EUR 222.0 million (prior year: EUR 196.2 million). Adjusted for exchange rate effects, the increase was 14.5%. The operating result (EBIT) rose by 19% to EUR 20.7 million (EUR 17.4 million). ...
Toronto, Canada/Geneva (ots) - WISeKey and MyScreen today announced their partnership on integrating WISeKey electronic identity technologies with MyScreen's unique patent-pending mobile advertising technology platform, defining a new standard in the delivery of high-quality, personalized and secure advertisements, offers and transaction capability to mobile ...
Geneva (ots) - In 2007, WISeKey presented a project for the creation of a Euro-African Hub within the framework of Malaga Valley's activities (http://www1.wisekey.com/news/071022MalagaHub.aspx). This has now taken on a new dimension, focusing on the objectives laid out by President Zapatero at the Union for the Mediterranean (UPM) recently organised by President ...
Zurich (ots) - Solianis' new patents cover the basic technology to monitor changes in the hydration of skin at different depths and to evaluate the impact of cosmetic products: "Device and method for determining at least one characterizing parameter of multilayer body tissue" and "Method and device for ...
Dublin, Ireland (ots) - Helsinn is pleased to announce that Helsinn Birex Pharmaceuticals, its drug facility in Dublin Ireland, has undergone a successful inspection by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) without any Form 483 observations. The FDA visit, which lasted 5 days, was a pre-approval inspection ...
BSI AG (Generali) obtains CBB licence and opens its representative office in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Manama, Bahrain (ots) - The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) has granted a license to BSI AG (Generali), a major Swiss Private Banking group, with assets under management totaling CHF 94 billion and shareholders equity of around CHF 2.3 billion, to establish an office in Bahrain. BSI AG (Generali), headquartered in Lugano, Switzerland, is incorporated under the laws of ...