Lucerne, Switzerland/Los Angeles (ots) - The Rose d'Or Festival will take place on the shores of Lake Lucerne, Switzerland from May 2-6, 2008 At a cocktail reception to be held this evening in Los Angeles at the residence of the Consul General of Switzerland, Mr. Urban Frye, Festival Director of the 48th ...
Zurich (ots) - Thanks to its attractive range of products and services as well as a sound economic environment, Kardex Group, one of the world's leading providers of dynamic storage and retrieval systems (SWX Swiss Exchange: KAR), increased the consolidated revenues of its continued operations in fiscal 2007 by ...
Zurich (ots) - Founder Spring and Boxalino AG, respectively a Chinese Software Development & System Integrator company belonging to Founder Group and a Swiss high-technology company, announced today the signature of an important agreement to deliver Boxalino`s innovative intelligent search technology to the customers of Founder Spring in China. Boxalino's ...
Zurich (ots) - Financial institutions from 31 European nations, among them Switzerland, have already successfully processed the first customer payments in euro according to the new rules, which now apply throughout Europe. In the so-called Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA), bank customers can transfer cashless ...
- Note: The entire press release with graphics can be downloaded free of charge in pdf format at http://www.presseportal.ch/de/pm/100009835?langid=2 - Geneva and Zurich among the world's ten most expensive retail locations Zurich (ots) - Not only are high-class watch and fashion manufacturers using the high demand for luxury products as ...
Geneva (ots) - - New funds focus on Asia and thematic investment - Asian hedge funds manage approximately USD150bn in AUM - Importance of strategy selection has markedly increased 3A SA (Alternative Asset Advisors), the hedge-fund management division of Swiss banking group SYZ & CO, announces today the launch of six new sub funds of the Alternative Capital Enhancement SICAV, 3A's Luxembourg-based USD ...
Zurich (ots) - Dentsu Inc. has decided to acquire a stake in MATCH Hospitaliy AG, the exclusive worldwide rights holder for the FIFA Hospitality Programme through 2014, from its parent company Byrom Holdings plc. Thus Dentsu Inc. will join Infront Sports & Media AG who is already a shareholder of MATCH Hospitality AG. Dentsu Inc. is one of the leading advertising and communications groups in the world and the market ...
Luterbach (ots) - Nominal value repayment of CHF 3 per share, representing 25% of the net result of continuing operations - Markus Zenhaeusern to replace Robert Scherer on the Board of Directors. The 12th Annual General Meeting of Schaffner Holding AG on January 16, 2008 approved all of the proposals of the ...
- Note: The entire press release with graphics (in German) can be downloaded free of charge in pdf format at http://www.presseportal.ch/de/pm/100009835 - Zurich, the city with the highest rents among German-speaking countries and the highest turnovers worldwide Zurich, Switzerland( ots) - Along ...
LUGANO, Switzerland and MINNEAPOLIS, MN (ots) - Helsinn Healthcare S.A., Switzerland, a privately owned pharmaceutical group and its partner, MGI Pharma (Nasdaq: MOGN), a biopharmaceutical company focused in oncology and acute care, today announced that a supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for Aloxi® (palonosetron hydrochloride) Capsules for oral ...
Zug (ots) - AmVac AG has a new executive officer on board - Dr. Wolfgang Schmidt agreed to join the company in early December to lead its operational business. Dr. Wolfgang Schmidt is a graduated chemist who began his career with Hoechst AG in Frankfurt/Main, Germany. After a variety of stints in pharmaceutical research, he directed the site-management Frankfurt department in the lead generation research segment. ...
Geneva (ots) - WISeKey and Publicis Live are inviting their partners and customers to join "Hightrusted.com ", a highly trusted social network platform. This platform provides a high-level digital identity solution, which verifies and authenticates the user's identity, thus enabling a safer virtual world and ...
Geneva, Switzerland and San Jose, California (ots) - WISeKey, a global provider of digital identity authentication and access management solutions, and SPYRUS, Inc., an innovator in highly-advanced security products and digital rights management technologies, today announced a partnership to supply best of breed security solutions to the global Electronic Commerce ...
Luterbach (ots) - The Board of Directors of Schaffner Holding AG proposes to the Annual General Meeting, which is being held on January 16, 2008, that Markus Zenhaeusern (45) be elected as a new member of the Board. He will succeed Robert Scherer, a longstanding Board member and current Chairman of the Audit Committee, who will be stepping down from the Board at the ...
Zurich (ots) - The Board of Managers and the Shareholders of Gate Gourmet Group Holding LLC have elected Andreas Schmid (50) as a new member of the company's Board of Managers. The Board has also elected Mr. Schmid as the Vice Chairman of the Board and the Lead Independent Manager. David Siegel, Chairman of ...
JTI Japan Tobacco International AG
Geneva, Switzerland (ots) - Japan Tobacco International (JTI) today announced the signing of a 15-year agreement with the European Commission and 26 Member States of the EU defining their cooperation to combat the illegal trade of cigarettes in the European territory. "The fight against cigarette smuggling ...
Baar (ots) - "The Albanian Council of Ministers has approved Decision No. 796 regarding the approval of production sharing for exploration, development and production of hydrocarbons on onshore Albania, in Blocks A-B and D-E, between the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Energy, represented by the National Agency of ...
Manas Petroleum Corp. (MNAP.OB) (Manas) Baar, Switzerland (ots) - DWM Petroleum AG (100% subsidiary of Manas) (DWM) & Santos International Ventures Pty Ltd. (Santos) have entered into an Option Agreement under which Santos has a unilateral option to elect for the those parties to execute at a later stage, a Farm ...
Dietlikon (ots) - It has been decided by mutual consent that Pierre Muckly, President and CEO, will leave Canon (Switzerland) Ltd to pursue other interests. With immediate effect Markus Naegeli will take over as President and CEO of Canon (Switzerland) Ltd. Markus Naegeli is a Swiss citizen who's previous role was European Services and Support Director for Canon's European Headquarter in London. Prior to his ...
Luterbach (ots) - The Schaffner Group increased net sales for its continuing operations by 23.6% to CHF 170.3 million in fiscal 2006/2007 (2005/2006: CHF 137.8 million). Adjusted for currency effects, this amounts to an increase of 20.3%. Order intake increased by 23.3% over the same period to CHF 174.3 million ...
Zurich (ots) - The newly launched "SAAF I (CH) Latin America Fund" is a fund of hedge funds that offers investors access to the dynamic and fast-growing Latin American financial markets. The fund aims at generating superior risk-adjusted absolute returns. Latin America exhibits great investment potential due to favorable macroeconomic conditions. The newly launched "SAAF I (CH) Latin America Fund" invests in hedge ...
Leman Commodities / Metinvest International
Geneva (ots) - Incorporated in Geneva in 1997, Leman Commodities, a major international trader of steel and other metals, unveiled its new name to the press in Geneva this morning. Leman Commodities is a member of the Metinvest Group, which itself belongs to System Capital Management, a holding company which is one of the Ukrainian economy's driving forces, with ...
Geneva/Switzerland and MONTEVIDEO/Uruguay (ots) - The global WISeKey affiliate network is now expanding to Mercosur. These affiliates will use the WISeKey Electronic Security Hub to interconnect and share common technology, products and services. Operation of these trust infrastructures will enable ...
Basel/Switzerland (ots) - The World Economic Forum today announced 39 visionary companies selected as Technology Pioneers 2008. Mondobiotech has been selected as one of these Technology Pioneers. The Technology Pioneers 2008 were nominated by the world's leading technology experts, including venture capitalists, technology companies, academics and media. The final ...
Lausanne (ots) - The World Economic Forum has announced today the 39 visionary companies selected as Technology Pioneers 2008. Based in Lausanne, the Swiss company Anecova is one of them. The Technology Pioneers 2008 were nominated by the world's leading technology experts, including venture capitalists, technology companies, academics and media. The final selection ...
Witterswil (ots) - Biolytix AG (www.biolytix.ch) signed a service provider agreement with Affymetrix UK Ltd (www.affymetrix.com) and offers genomic analysis services for the academic and industrial R&D community under conditions compliant with a stringent quality management system. Biolytix, one of the ...
Zurich (ots) - Integration of Kardex and Megamat opens up sustainable synergy potential Kardex Group, the world leader in dynamic storage and retrieval systems (SWX Swiss Exchange: KAR), is strengthening its KRM division by fully integrating Kardex und Megamat, two units which had previously operated independently on the market. The amalgamation will not only ...
Geneva (ots) - Today WISeKey, the leading Internet Trust and Digital Identification company, announced it had appointed some of the leading business figures as members of its Strategy Committee. The committee Chaired by Patrick De Smedt, former Chairman of Microsoft EMEA, provides advice to the WISekey board of ...
Romanel-Sur-Morges (ots) - Logitech International SA was notified according to art 20 SESTA by FMR LLC ( " FMR "), 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, MA 02109, USA and its direct and indirect subsidiaries. FMR is the parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company and Fidelity Management Trust ...
Luterbach (ots) - After five years as a member of the Schaffner Group Management, CFO Martin Zwyssig has decided to leave the company during the course of 2008 to take on a new challenge. Until the appointment of a successor, Martin Zwyssig will continue to play an active role in management of the Schaffner Group as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. In addition, Robert Scherer, Chairman of the Audit ...