Bern (ots) - BKW Inc. has completed its ultrasonic tests on the reactor pressure vessel at Mühleberg nuclear power plant (KKM). No anomalies were detected. The safety of the plant is assured. Towards the middle of August, suspected manufacturing faults in the base material of the pressure vessel of Reactor 3 at Belgium's Doel nuclear power plant were reported. This ...
Bern (ots) - In keeping with its policy of safety first and based on the information currently available on the Doel 3 nuclear power plant in Belgium, BKW Inc. has decided to conduct ultrasonic tests on the reactor vessel at Mühleberg nuclear power plant (KKM). The test conditions have been defined by the Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate (ENSI). The work will be performed as part of the current revision. Towards the ...
Bern (ots) - On 9 August 2012, BKW Inc. submitted to the Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (DETEC) an application for extension and a comprehensive maintenance concept for the long-term operation of Mühleberg nuclear power plant. This complies with a requirement stipulated ...
Bern (ots) - BKW AG has shut down Mühleberg nuclear power plant (KKM) on August 5, 2012, as scheduled, for refuelling and annual revision work. The work is due to take roughly four weeks. BKW is carrying out a range of important renewal and maintenance work with a view to long-term operation of the plant. During the operating period from the end of September 2011 to early August 2012, KKM fed a gross volume of 2,935 ...
Bern (ots) - BKW AG (BKW) acknowledges the Swiss Federal Court ruling that the reduction in chargeable costs demanded by the Swiss Federal Electricity Commission (ElCom) is only partly admissible. The Swiss Federal Court ruling provides greater legal certainty. On 6 March 2009 ElCom made a decision on 2009 transmission grid costs and tariffs. This decision reduced the ...
Geneva (ots) - - - Union Bancaire Privée, UBP SA (UBP) has announced an increase in its assets under management, which totalled CHF 76 billion (USD 80 billion) as at 30 June 2012, representing a 6% rise compared with the end of 2011 (CHF 72 billion). This increase is the result not only of net inflows from both private and institutional clients but also of market and ...
Bern (ots) - In its recently published "2030" strategy, the BKW Group (BKW) once again confirmed its sustainability targets. These can be summed up as corporate agility and responsible interaction with the environment, the economy and the community. Despite difficult operating conditions, BKW is able to record ...
Zurich (ots) - Swiss-based PR agency Shepard Fox Communications will be supporting Beverage Partners Worldwide (BPW), the 50:50 joint venture of The Coca-Cola Company and Nestlé S.A. which is responsible for NESTEA ready-to-drink tea in Europe and Canada, with a broad range of public relations and communications ...
Lausanne (ots) - The practice of eco-labelling may be on the brink of saturation point and is becoming as confusing for companies as it is for consumers, a major new study has warned. Joint research by IMD, the International Institute for Management Development, and EPFL, the Ecole Polytechnique de Lausanne, suggests the process has become so fragmented that the ...
Bern (ots) - BKW Inc. has decided not to make any general adjustment in its electricity prices effective from 1 October 2012, despite difficult boundary conditions such as regulatory intervention and rising costs. Minor individual increases may be introduced within the different customer segments due to energy pricing adjustments in the ratio between high and low ...
Geneva, Switzerland (ots) - High-Tech Bridge ( www.htbridge.com ) is pleased to announce that Security Advisories by High-Tech Bridge Security Research Lab ( https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/ ) achieved the final stage of MITRE's formal CVE Compatibility Process and are now officially "CVE-Compatible" ( http://cve.mitre.org/compatible/questionnaires/146.html ). CVE is ...
Bern (ots) - The Federal Electricity Commission (ElCom) has reviewed BKW's costs and energy tariffs for 2009 and 2010. In ElCom's opinion the energy costs for basic energy provision tariffs are reasonable. As part of this review, ElCom approved higher energy costs than BKW had set for its basic provision customers. Overall, therefore, the 2009 and 2010 energy tariffs were justified. In keeping with its pricing policy and ...
Beijing/Geneva (ots) - WISeKey announces a strategic partnership with the Chinese BOCO group to jointly distribute the WISeID solution in the Chinese market and establish a technology center of excellence in China using BOCO facilities and human resources and a local WISeKey team. WISeKey will assist BOCO in ...
Geneva, New Delhi (ots) - WISeKey has signed a strategic partnership with Appin Security Group to provide a special WISeID for 100,000 students across training labs in India and other countries. WISeID Students app is targeted to those enrolled in Appin courses offering professional training in ethical hacking and ...
Bern (ots) - The question of the time limit imposed on Mühleberg nuclear power plant (KKM) owned and operated by BKW AG, as pending before the Federal Supreme Court, remains open. In its capacity as a lower court, the Federal Administrative Court had lifted the time limit applicable until the end of 2012 and had ...
Zurich/Moscow (ots) - Federal Attorney General's Office again rejects criminal complaints lodged by Oleg Deripaska (UC Rusal) Just three weeks after the Swiss Federal Criminal Court rejected an objection lodged by Oleg Deripaska (UC Rusal) to a previous such ruling, the Swiss Federal Attorney General's Office has announced that it will not be further investigating the ...
Olten (ots) - President Bill Clinton delivered the keynote speech at the Inspire for Excellence conference co-organised by Swiss Marketing and IMD on May 20. In his speech, titled "Embracing our Common Humanity," President Clinton discussed the challenge of globalization and indicated the way toward a common future based on shared goals and values. "There is a growing recognition that although sharp conflict makes for ...
Zürich (ots) - As Switzerland's first independent fund platform, Swiss Fund Platform Ltd. (www.swissfundplatform.ch ) offers asset managers unique access to numerous fund providers and takes over the collection as well as the entire administration of trailer fees on their behalf. ...
Bern (ots) - Groupe E has this morning submitted an application to the municipal au-thorities for approval to construct a power plant at Cornaux (NE). With an output of 420 MW, the planned facility should produce between 2 and 2.5 terawatts of electricity a year, together with between 50 and 100 MW of heat. The site is located in an industrial zone near the gas-fired ...
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 ...
Parsippany, NJ (ots) - - Creates 3rd largest global generics company - - ~$8.0 billion anticipated pro forma combined revenue in 2012 - - Significantly increases scale of Watson's ex-U.S. generic business- - Accelerates revenue and earnings growth - - Immediately accretive to non-GAAP earnings, before synergies - - Greater than $300 million annual synergies anticipated within 3 years - - Strong combined cash flow allows ...
Geneva (ots) - WISeKey, using its leadership in Digital Identity Management, has developed the Social Media Security Graph methodology for personal information protection. The security company advocates that personal data protection need not be neglected for the enjoyment of social media or surrendered to the ...
Zurich, Switzerland/Moscow, Russia (ots) - The Swiss Federal Criminal Court has rejected in full the objection lodged by Oleg Deripaska and UC Rusal to the decision by the Federal Attorney General's Office not to investigate their allegations. The objection was lodged in response to the decision (and corresponding decree) by the Federal Attorney General's Office not to pursue the criminal complaint against Interros and ...
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 ...
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 ...
Lugano (ots) - Considerable inflow of net new money: CHF 6.7 billion (+8.8%). CHF 77.7 billion in assets under management - Considerable inflow of net new money: CHF 6.7 billion (+8.8%). Assets under management stood at CHF 77.7 billion, up 1.9% despite the appreciation of the Swiss franc and the continuing negative trend on the financial markets - Continued successful expansion in fast-growing markets: Asia, Latin ...
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 ...