Zurich (ots) - Globalization is making itself felt not only worldwide but also at the regional level. The growing diversity of modern society is radically altering conditions on consumer markets. This issue was addressed at the first New Diversity Forum, which was held at the Zurich airport from March 13-14. The event, which was jointly sponsored by Lowe Switzerland ...
Indication: Further information (graphic) can be downloaded as pdf under: http://www.presseportal.ch/de/story.htx?firmaid=100003587 Lausanne (ots) - As of March 14, 2005, Orange will integrate the SMS option with the Optima automatic ...
WISeKey to Create 500 New Jobs in Upstate New York to Make DestiNY USA the Most Secured and Visited Destination on Earth New York, US & Geneva, Switzerland (ots) - March 4, 2005, WISeKey was selected by DestiNY USA to implement its Digital Identification Backbone. In turn, WISeKey will open its first office in the U.S. and bring 500 new jobs to Upstate New York ...
LUGANO, SWITZERLAND, and Athens, GREECE (ots) - HELSINN HEALTHCARE SA, a Swiss pharmaceutical group, and GALENICA, a Pharmaceutical company based in Greece, announce the signing of an agreement granting GALENICA the exclusive License and Distribution rights for ALOXI® (Palonosetron hydrochloride) in GREECE. ALOXI® is the second generation of serotonine (5-HT3) ...
Lugano (ots) - The Banca del Gottardo Group posted a net profit of 71 million Swiss francs in 2004 (down 17% from a year earlier) and recurrent income (before extraordinary items and taxes) of 78 million Swiss francs (+2%). Assets under management rose 7% to 41.1 billion francs. The group continued its strategy of expanding in onshore markets. Following its complete acquisition by the bank, French asset management ...
Option and Swisscom Mobile to market seamless handover technology internationally Cannes/Berne (ots) - Mobile Unlimited from Swisscom Mobile has won the GSMA Award for Best Enterprise Application. The Mobile Unlimited service enables fast, uninterrupted mobile Internet access at all times. Other mobile providers will be offered licences for the Mobile Unlimited technology under the name Unlimited Connection by ...
Berne (ots) - The Board of Directors of the RUAG technology group has appointed Dr Myriam Meyer Stutz as CEO of RUAG Aerospace and elected her to the Executive Board. She will take up her new position and assume responsibility for the operational management of the company on 1 August 2005. 43-year-old Myriam Meyer comes from Turtmann (Canton of Valais). She is ...
Luterbach (ots) - - Dividend payment of CHF 2.00 per registered share - Leo Steiner Chairman of the Board of Directors - new head of the Test Systems business presented Resumption of dividend payments The 9th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of Schaffner Holding AG, which was held on January 12, 2005, approved a gross dividend of CHF 2.00 per ...
Luterbach (ots) - In the first quarter of fiscal 2004/2005, the Schaffner Group posted net sales of CHF 36.4 million (Q1 2003/2004: CHF 36.6 million). Adjusted for currency effects, consolidated net sales were up 2.6% year-on-year. Overall, the consolidated order intake for the first three months of the current ...
Lugano (ots) - After 15 years spent at the helm of Banca del Gottardo as Chairman of the Board, Claudio Generali will not stand for reelection for another term. At the next general meeting of shareholders on 29 April 2005, Felix R. Ehrat will be ...
Dividend proposal CHF 2 per share ( three-year framework agreement worth CHF 14 million for Components Luterbach (ots) - The Schaffner Group recorded net sales of CHF 175.4 million (fiscal 2002/2003: CHF 163.4 million) in fiscal 2003/2004, up 7.4% (5.9% after adjustment for currency effects) on the year-back figure. EBIT grew by 24% to CHF 5.9 million (CHF 4.8 million), with the net result rising to CHF 2.3 million, ...
Zurich (ots) - Swiss Post has acquired Document Services from Telekurs Group. Following the signing of the agreement between Swiss Post and Telekurs in November the assets have been transferred per 1st December 2004. The new company, to be known as DocumentServices AG, which will be wholly owned by Swiss Post, has a workforce of around 120 and aims to position itself successfully in the document management field. ...
Lausanne (ots) - IMD, a world leader in executive education, announced on December 1st 2004 that Dr. Matti Alahuhta has been elected Chairman of the IMD Foundation Board, replacing Heini Lippuner, who has served as Chairman elect of IMD's Foundation Board since 1999, Vice Chairman elect since 1996, and member since 1989. Mr. Lippuner, who has served as Director ...
Fürth/Thun (ots) - In a public invitation to tender, RUAG Ammotec, a subsidiary of the RUAG technology group, has won a major order for its 9 mm "Action" ammunition from the Royal Netherlands Constabulary. The order is worth 17 million euros. RUAG's newly developed product, which is based on Sintox technology, saw off competition from six other European bidders. RUAG Ammotec is Europe's leading supplier of small ...
Thalwil (ots) - u-blox AG today announced the delivery of its millionth GPS receiver to Socket Communications, Inc., for Socket's new wireless GPS Nav Kit. The millionth GPS module, a TIM-LA, was presented personally by Nikolaos Papadopoulos, President of u-blox America, to Kevin Mills, President and CEO of Socket Communications in a commemorative celebration at Socket headquarters in Newark, California. "u-blox ...
Zurich (ots) - Swiss Post intends to acquire Document Services from Telekurs Group. An agreement has been signed by both partners. Document Services has a workforce of around 100 in Wallisellen and is the leader in Switzerland for pre-printing, printing & dispatch, scanning/document processing, electronic document management and archiving. Swiss Post offers a similar service with HybridPost and wants to improve its ...
During the first quarter, Unilabs laboratories achieved: - revenues of CHF 54.8 million (+4.7%) - EBITDA margin of CHF 6.2 million (+18.6%) - EBIT margin of CHF 4.1 million (+29.3%) Geneva (ots) - During the first quarter of the 2004/2005 fiscal year, which ended on 31 August 2004, Unilabs laboratories achieved consolidated revenues of CHF 54.8 million, up 4.7% as compared to the same prior year period, or 5.1% at ...
Strong growth for Components makes up for the downturn in sales in Test Systems - solid start in the first four weeks of the new fiscal year Luterbach (ots) - The Schaffner Group's net sales in fiscal 2003/2004 were at the upper end of expectations (CHF 173 million to CHF 176 million). At CHF 175.4 million, net sales exceeded the year-back figure by 7.4% (fiscal 2002/2003: CHF 163.4 million). Some 70% or CHF 122.9 ...
The Monaco World Summit selects WISeKey to provide e-security awareness on the occasion of the 6th International Summit on Transnational Crime, including how to address the issues relating to security, legislation, counterfeiting, information and communications technology Geneva, Monte Carlo (ots) - WISeKey is ...
Geneva/Vienna (ots) - REDEVCO Offices Switzerland has signed the first lease agreement for its brand new office development "LUMION". GESREP SA, one of the leading companies providing insurance and financial services in Geneva, is the first tenant who took the opportunity to open high tech offices just two minutes walking distance from Geneva Airport. Last month GESREP signed a long term lease contract ...
Lausanne (ots) - IMD has been ranked as one of the world's Top 5 business schools by two of the most prestigious MBA ranking bodies: BusinessWeek and The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). As previously announced the 2004 Wall Street Journal survey of corporate recruiters ranked IMD as the No. 1 international ...
Lausanne (ots) - IMD, one of the world's top business schools, announces that its Zurich Alumni Club and Accenture Zürich, a leading worldwide strategy consultancy, have successfully completed a pro bono consulting project with UNICEF Switzerland (Baumackerstrasse 24, 8050 Zürich), world-renowned supporter of children's causes in the United Nations member ...
Zurich (ots) - The Swiss-based company Prionics AG has won the most highly acclaimed European Biotech Award, the European Biotechnica Award for Excellence in Biotech Business. The award was handed over yesterday at the Biotechnica Business Forum in Berlin by the German Federal Minister of Economic Affairs, Wolfgang Clement. The international jury awarded the Biotech prize for Prionics' excellent track record both ...
Info: Facts and figures you will find as PDF: http://www.newsaktuell.ch/d/story.htx?nr=100479694 Berne (ots) - The BKW Group consistently strengthened its market position in the first half of 2004, increasing revenue to CHF ...
Geneva (ots) - WISeKey, the world's most trusted e-security infrastructure and the leading global provider of PKI and security identity management trust services, was selected by Bisange SA, a leading Swiss financial services company active in capital risk investment to secure their e-infrastructure using ...
Lucerne (ots) - - Increase in sales despite restructuring in the international cheese business - Successful integration and acquisition projects in Switzerland and abroad - Chilled products: increase in export sales over 50% - Successful product launch for Caffè Latte - the Benecol and Aloe Vera success story continues Outlook for 2004 - Further growth in sales and profits ...
Global anchoring in the automotive industry - influence on sales from third quarter of 2004/2005 onwards Luterbach (ots) - The Schaffner Group is to supply components for systems used to monitor the tire pressure of various models produced by a US car manufacturer. The order will influence the Schaffner Group's sales figures from the third quarter of the ...
Shanghai, China (ots) - The Canton of Geneva's Economic Promotion trip led by Minister Carlo Lamprecht and organized by the Swiss Centre Shanghai and the Geneva Chamber of Commerce has helped Geneva headquartered company WISeKey establish business relations and contracts with China. WISeKey SA provides solutions ...
Geneva (ots) - SPAP - Swiss International Air Lines, www.swiss.com, launches this week European price promotion in Switzerland, Austria, Germany and Netherlands with top e-marketing agency Agence Virtuelle SA, based in Geneva. Agence Virtuelle, www.agencevirtuelle.com, will take care about this online marketing campaign beginning this week on major search engines, such as Google, via dedicated cost per click ...