Bern (ots) - BKW Inc. today signed an agreement to acquire a wind farm in Castellaneta (Apulia, Italy) with a total capacity of 56 MW. The acquisition will expand BKW's position as a leading Swiss operator of wind farms in Switzerland and abroad. To date, BKW has invested close to CHF 1 billion in wind power: with an installed capacity of close to 400 MW, BKW generates ...
issuer: Von Roll Holding AG Steinacherstrasse 101 CH-8804 Au / Wädenswil phone: +41 (0)44 204 30 34 FAX: +41 (0)44 204 30 39 mail: press@vonroll.com WWW: http://www.vonroll.ch sector: Misc. Industrials ISIN: CH0003245351 indexes: SPI, Midcap Market Index stockmarkets: Main Standard: SIX Swiss Exchange language: English ...
Bern (ots) - As the holding company, BKW Inc. constitutes the BKW Group's window to access the capital markets and, in this capacity, takes over this function from BKW FMB Energy Ltd. In this context the BKW Board of Directors of BKW has decided to transfer the BKW FMB Energy Ltd. bonds to BKW Inc. Going forward the BKW Group will henceforth be primarily financed via BKW Inc. Effective 30 April 2012, BKW Inc. will take ...
issuer: Von Roll Holding AG Steinacherstrasse 101 CH-8804 Au / Wädenswil phone: +41 (0)44 204 30 34 FAX: +41 (0)44 204 30 39 mail: press@vonroll.com WWW: http://www.vonroll.ch sector: Misc. Industrials ISIN: CH0003245351 indexes: SPI, Midcap Market Index stockmarkets: Main Standard: SIX Swiss Exchange language: ...
issuer: shaPE Capital AG Wolleraustrasse 41a CH-8807 Freienbach phone: +41/58/596 12 96 FAX: +41/58/596 12 97 mail: info@shape-capital.com WWW: http://www.shape-capital.com sector: Financial & Business Services ISIN: CH0012885841 indexes: stockmarkets: official dealing: SIX Swiss Exchange language: English ...
Bern (ots) - In December 2011 the public exchange offer of BKW Inc. for registered shares in BKW FMB Energy Ltd. in free float was successfully completed with 99.31% of the shares having been tendered. Following the exchange offer, BKW Inc. launched the squeeze-out for the 365,189 untendered shares in BKW FMB Energy Ltd. In its decision dated 21 March 2012, the Canton ...
issuer: Von Roll Holding AG Steinacherstrasse 101 CH-8804 Au / Wädenswil phone: +41 (0)44 204 30 34 FAX: +41 (0)44 204 30 39 mail: press@vonroll.com WWW: http://www.vonroll.ch sector: Misc. Industrials ISIN: CH0003245351 indexes: SPI, Midcap Market Index stockmarkets: Main Standard: SIX Swiss Exchange language: ...
Bern (ots) - The BKW Group is planning for the future. The Board of Directors has approved the BKW 2030 corporate strategy, the key planks of which are energy efficiency and renewable energy. By investing in smart grids, BKW intends to exploit the ...
Bern (ots) - In the challenging economic and regulatory environment of fiscal 2011, the BKW Group generated lower operating profit. At CHF 2,632.8 million, consolidated operating revenue was 5.6% below the prior-year figure. Low market prices coupled ...
Bern (ots) - The Federal Administrative Court (FAC) requires BKW to draw up a maintenance concept for Mühleberg nuclear power plant (KKM). BKW has already started work on such a concept. However, the FAC ruling also raises fundamental questions which ...
Bern (ots) - The Federal Administrative Court has lifted the existing time limit on the operating permit for Mühleberg nuclear power plant (KKM) and simultaneously ruled on a new time limit up to 28 June 2013. The Federal Administrative Court has also decreed that a comprehensive maintenance concept for the long-term operation of the KKM be submitted to the Federal ...
Lausanne (ots) - Growing consumer demand in 2011 fuelled the momentum for Nespresso as the engine of the dynamic portioned coffee segment. Nestlé Nespresso SA achieved sales above CHF 3.5 billion and organic growth of around 20%. "Last year, consumers seeking moments of pleasure continued to choose Nespresso ...
Bern (ots) - In a challenging economic and regulatory environment, the BKW Group recorded total consolidated operating revenue of CHF 2,633 million for the 2011 financial year: 5.6% lower than in 2010. Electricity sales dropped by 7.9% to 20,721 ...
Bern (ots) - With the consultation procedure with social partners now concluded, the BKW Group has finalised decisions on the personnel and organisational measures to be implemented as part of the cost reduction programme announced in December 2011. The workforce will reduced in phases by around 255 jobs and across all divisions and subsidiaries, wherever possible ...
Bern (ots) - The Elektra Baselland Cooperative (EBL), EKZ Renewables AG - a subsidiary of the electrical utilities of the canton of Zurich (EKZ) - and SN Erneuerbare Energie AG (SNEE) have become partners in the HelveticWind joint venture. The partnership was founded in March 2010 by Energie Wasser Bern and BKW Inc. with the aim of building up a wind power portfolio with a capacity of 170 Megawatts (MW) over the next few ...
Bern (ots) - With the aim of introducing a holding structure, BKW Inc. submitted a public exchange offer on 3 October 2011 for 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. were offered one new share in BKW Inc. with the same par value. Since 12 December 2011 BKW ...
Bern (ots) - Based on an assessment of the future market trend, the BKW Group will charge impairments and make provisions for onerous energy contracts to the 2011 financial statements. As a result of this measure, the Group expects to post a net loss of around CHF 150 million for the 2011 financial year, contrary to earlier expectations. The impairment charges concern ...
Bern (ots) - BKW FMB Energy Ltd. (BKW) is acquiring five small run-of-river power plants from Italian energy utility Sorgenia. Located in the Aosta valley, the run-of-river power plants have a collective installed capacity of close to 8 Megawatts (MW). The acquisition expands BKW's presence in Northern Italy. Since ...
issuer: Oxygen Biotherapeutics Inc. One Copley Parkway, Suite 490 US-27560 Morrisville, NC phone: +1 (919) 855 21 12 FAX: +1 (919) 806 44 17 mail: e.corliss@oxybiomed.com WWW: www.oxybiomed.com sector: Biotechnology ISIN: US69207P2092 indexes: SSIRT stockmarkets: Nasdaq: New York, Main Standard: SIX Swiss Exchange ...
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Athens, Greece (ots/PRNewswire) - The first stage of the Tender for the concession of a licence to operate and manage the State Lotteries, was successfully completed today. The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund, the newly established entity with responsibility for managing Greece's privatisation programme ...
issuer: Oxygen Biotherapeutics Inc. One Copley Parkway, Suite 490 US-27560 Morrisville, NC phone: +1 (919) 855 21 12 FAX: +1 (919) 806 44 17 mail: e.corliss@oxybiomed.com WWW: www.oxybiomed.com sector: Biotechnology ISIN: US69207P2092 indexes: SSIRT stockmarkets: Nasdaq: New York, Main Standard: SIX Swiss Exchange ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Paris, November 29 (ots/PRNewswire) - On Wednesday 30 November, public sector workers will protest austerity measures in more than 25 European countries, following a call for action by the European Federation of Public Service Unions. Actions will include strikes, demonstrations and public marches. In Britain, unions are planning the largest strike since 1926 - to ...
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 ...
Hellerup, Denmark, November 16 (ots/PRNewswire) - Saxo Bank, the trading and investment specialist, will take over the full title sponsorship of Riis Cycling in 2012. In 2011 the sponsorship was held jointly with SunGard, one of the world's leading software and technology services companies, but Saxo Bank has now decided to exercise an option to step up and become the sole title sponsor. All three parties have agreed that ...