Luterbach (ots) - The Schaffner Group (SWX Swiss Exchange: SAHN) will focus on the global business with components and modules for ensuring the efficient functioning of electrical and electronic devices. All resources are systematically geared towards the Components business, which is profitable over the long term and has to date accounted for two-thirds of group sales on average. The business has potential for ongoing ...
Winterthur Technology Group today announced the successful completion of its IPO on the SWX Swiss Exchange which was more than three times oversubscribed. The issue price for one registered share has been set at CHF 33.00. The shares will commence trading on 1 July 2005. Zurich (ots) - Winterthur Technology set the issue price at CHF 33.00 per share, the ...
Luterbach (ots) - The Schaffner Group (SWX Swiss Exchange: SAHN) posted net sales of CHF 79.3 million in the first six months of fiscal 2004/2005 (first half 2003/2004: CHF 86.2 million). EBITA and EBIT both amounted to CHF 0.4 million (down from CHF 3.6 million and CHF 2.6 million, respectively). After deducting ...
The Schaffner Group posted sales of CHF 79.3 million in the first half of fiscal 2004/2005 (first half of 2003/2004: CHF 86.2 million). Order intake fell from CHF 93.6 million to CHF 88.4 million. The book-to-bill ratio after six months was 1.11 (fiscal 2003/2004: 1.08). Sales rose 17.7% quarter-on-quarter in the second quarter of 2004/2005 to CHF 42.9 million, ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
Resolution Performance Products Inc.
Houston, November 9 (ots/PRNewswire) - Resolution Performance Products Inc., the world's leading manufacturer and developer of epoxy resins, is pleased to announce that Mr. Carl S. Stutts has been elected to the Board of Directors. Mr. Stutts was the President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Texas Petrochemicals, a US$700 million petrochemical company, from April 2003 to July 2004 and was previously Executive ...
SÃO PAULO, Brasil, November 5 (ots/PRNewswire) - The Machines, Raw Materials and Accessories Trade Fair for the Furniture Industry, FIMMA BRASIL, is to be held in 2005 for the seventh time, in Bento Gonçalves/RS, in the south of Brazil, from March 15 to 19, and its marketing scope is to be extended to cater for the wood and furniture production chain in Latin ...
Resolution Performance Products LLC
Houston, November 4 (ots/PRNewswire) - Resolution Performance Products LLC, the world's leading manufacturer and developer of epoxy resins, today reported its financial results for the third quarter of 2004. The third quarter results include total revenues of US$245 million, operating income of US$8 million and ...
Paris (ots/PRNewswire) - Valeo announced today the acquisition of all of the shares held by Bosch Automotive Systems Corp. (Japan) in its subsidiary Valeo Climatisation SA, representing 7% of the share capital and voting rights. Through the additional 7% of shares, Valeo now controls 100% of the capital and voting rights of the holding company within which Valeo's climate control activities are held. The Valeo ...
Resolution Performance Products LLC
Houston (ots/PRNewswire) - Resolution Performance Products LLC, the world's leading manufacturer and developer of epoxy resins, is pleased to announce that Mr. George M. Tomko has been selected as Vice President and Chief Information Officer. Mr. Tomko will replace Ms. Hanna M. Lukosavich, who resigned in July of this year. Mr. Tomko joins Resolution Performance ...
Bento Goncalves, Brazil (ots/PRNewswire) - In the news release, "Brazil Holds World's Sixth Largest Trade Show" issued on 5 Oct 2004 11:00, by Carla Schmitz Assessoria over PR Newswire, we are advised by a representative of the company that there should have been a website, "http://www.fimmabrasil.com.br", in the contact information at the end of the release as originally issued inadvertently. Complete, corrected ...
Paris, France (ots/PRNewswire) - Valeo has been working on improving air quality in the cabin for many years. In order to promote user comfort and, above all, to provide better protection from pollution, Valeo has designed six innovative systems, creating new benchmarks in this field. The new systems not only protect the passengers in the vehicle from external pollution, but also counteract odors and purify the air in ...
Biel-Bienne (ots) - Swatch has now successfully participated at three Olympic Games as the Official Timekeeper (1996 in Atlanta, 2000 in Sydney and 2004 in Athens, where the company was also responsible for on-venue results systems and integration services), and Swatch Group Ltd. has now decided that its most traditional timekeeping brand worldwide, Omega Ltd., will assume this responsibility. Omega Ltd. will be ...
Beijing (ots) - Prestige Swiss watchmaker Omega, Official Timekeeper of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, today unveiled a giant clock in Tiananmen Square that counts the days, hours, minutes and seconds remaining to the Opening Ceremony of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad on August 8th, 2008. It is a considerable honour for Omega, and also signals the company's ...
Wilmington, Delaware (ots/PRNewswire) - DuPont Titanium Technologies today announced a price increase in Europe, Middle East and Africa for all DuPont(TM) titanium dioxide grades. Effective Oct. 1, 2004, or as permitted by contract, prices for all titanium dioxide grades in Europe will increase 110 euro ...
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 ...
Resolution Performance Products LLC
Houston (ots/PRNewswire) - Resolution Performance Products LLC (RPP) announced today that it will increase the prices of all products in its Versatic Acids and Derivatives business line, including: VeoVa(TM) Vinylester, Cardura E10P(TM) Glycidylester and Versatic(TM) Acids, in all regions by 200 Euro/metric ton or 220 USD/metric ton (equaling 10ccp), respectively, ...
Geneva (ots) - Novo Nordisk Switzerland announced today that Levemir® (insulin detemir), a novel, predictable basal insulin analogue with a unique mechanism of prolonging action (scientifically known as protraction), is available for people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes in Switzerland today. The Swiss launch is just the beginning of an exciting global roll-out of ...
PetroKazakhstan Inc. Internet: www.newsa
CALGARY, Alberta (ots) - PetroKazakhstan Inc. ("PetroKazakhstan" or the "Company"), incorporated in Canada, announces that it has been approved for listing on the London Stock Exchange with the trading symbol of "PKZ", effective today. PetroKazakhstan, already listed on the New York, Toronto and Frankfurt Stock Exchanges, is an integrated, international oil company with operations solely in the Republic of ...
Wädenswil (ots) - In June 2003, Frutarom Industries Limited acquired Emil Flachsmann AG. Flachsmann will be integrated completely into the Frutarom Group as a distinguishable new member and will be given a new name with immediate effect, namely Frutarom Switzerland Ltd. The new company name will combine the strengths of the two companies, the goal being to strengthen the company's position on the worldwide market for ...
Wädenswil (ots) - On Monday 16 June 2003, Frutarom Industries Limited, through its subsidiary Frutarom UK, has agreed to buy Emil Flachsmann AG, a leading company in the production of high-quality flavours, pharma-grade plant extracts as well as extract-flavour compounds and applications for the food and pharmaceutical industries. Flachsmann, a privately-owned Swiss company with headquarters in Wädenswil, is a ...
Schindler Technology Presentation 2002 in Frankfurt, Germany Ebikon (ots) - Schindler, the elevator and escalator company, presented its new Schindler 700 high-performance elevator at a technology presentation held in the telecommunications tower in Frankfurt on November 5, 2002. The elevator program, which contains a large number of technical innovations, can be ...
Munich, Germany (ots) - TÜV Product Service GmbH, one of the world's leading international organisations for testing, evaluation and certification today issued the 100.000th product certificate to Samsung Electronic Co. Ltd. Dr. Ruprecht Schattner, CEO and President of Product Service handed over the certificate to Dr. Chin Daeje, President and CEO of Samsungs ...
Palo Alto, USA (ots) - ALPS Information Technology Fund, LP, a core company of the Alps Electric North America, Inc affiliated group and Ridgewood Capital today announced the formation of a venture partnership. As part of the agreement, ALPS Information Technology Fund, LP has made an investment in Ridgewood Capital's Venture Fund III. The two firms will also collaborate to identify disruptive technologies in the ...
Current Avnet EM EMEA CFO to Follow Axel Hartstang as Head of Europe's Leading Semiconductor Specialist Distributor - Cross-reference: photo is available at http://presseportal.de/story.htx?nr=302030&action=bigpic&att=11716 Munich, Germany (ots) - After an intensive search and evaluation process, EBV Elektronik, an Avnet Company, found an internal candidate best suited for the vacant position of its ...
Munich (ots) - This week the BMW Group signed the international declaration of the United Nations' environmental programme this week. This treaty with the BMW Group again confirms the cutting edge role of the sustainable treatment of resources in the sense of a responsible and considerate dealing with and ...