"We obviously want to establish a clear lead in terms of product performance," said Groupe Michelin General Partner and CEO Jean-Dominique Senard. At Groupe Michelin's annual shareholders meeting, shareholders adopted all of the ...
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LyondellBasell announced that its Supervisory Board has authorized the company's Management Board to declare an interim dividend of $0.70 per share, representing an increase of 17% to the company's first quarter 2014 interim dividend. The ...
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With approval of the Supervisory Board of the company, the Management Board of FAST Casualwear AG has resolved on carrying out a second capital increase in the current financial year. The capital increase will be carried out against ...
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Smart Glass - technology globally popular enough. Such glasses have a number of advantages over conventional windows. "Smart" glass does not transmit infrared radiation, it will delay the heat in the room in winter and not let the hot ...
BASF increased sales and earnings in 2013 compared with the previous year. “2013 was again a demanding year, with a lot of headwind for our industry. Nevertheless, we achieved our goal: We sold more, worked more closely together with ...
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Specialty chemicals company LANXESS has undergone impairment tests, according to IAS 36, that result in exceptional charges of EUR 257 million in the fourth quarter of 2013. Due to the expected development of overcapacities, as well as ...
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BASF increased sales and earnings in 2013 compared with the previous year. Sales of BASF Group in the fourth quarter of 2013 were €18.1 billion, slightly above the same period of the previous year. Volumes increased in all segments. ...
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The Management Board of Henkel AG&Co.KGaA has decided in its meeting to propose a future dividend payout ratio of between 25 and 35 percent of net income after non-controlling interests and adjusted for exceptional items,depending on ...
The Supervisory Board of Akzo Nobel N.V. announced that Keith Nichols, chief financial officer and member of the board of management, has decided to step down at the end of June after eight highly successful years with the company. ...
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Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Harald Schwager, Member of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Wintershall Holding signed today at the Gazprom headquarters a Master ...
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CB&I announced its supervisory board of directors has approved two executive management appointments. Patrick K. Mullen has been named Executive Vice President and Operating Group President of Engineering, Construction and Maintenance. He ...
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Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Aachen, Germany has celebrated its 30th anniversary, after being co-founded by physicist Dr Holger Jürgensen (now honorary chairman of Aixtron’s Supervisory Board), Dr Meino Heyen and ...
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Nichia and Everlight continue to scrap over intellectual property with the former taking new action, while Cree and Osram make executive appointments and The Connected Lighting Alliance will study commercial indoor SSL. Nichia has ...
Peter Solmssen will resign from the Managing Board of Siemens AG by mutual agreement, effective December 31, 2013. A member of the Managing Board since October 2007, Solmssen has served as General Counsel and head of the Legal and ...
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At the General Meeting of Works Councils in Berlin on November 20, the Chairman of the Central Works Council of Siemens AG, Lothar Adler, announced that he will leave the company at the end of May 2014, upon reaching mandatory retirement ...
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