Vienna Insurance Group has completed the merger of non-life insurers InterRisk and PZM to expand its market presence in Poland. InterRisk and PZM achieved premiums of over EUR80m in the first quarter of 2012 and the two companies will ...
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Pinnacle Foods is recalling approximately 90,975 pounds of bourbon barbecue sausage products in the US as they may have been underprocessed,according to the US Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service(FSIS). The ...
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Vienna Insurance (VIG) has posted a profit (before taxes, consolidated) of €301.7m for the first half of 2012, up by almost 7% compared to the profit earned last year during the same period, primarily due to growth in premium income ...
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IBM Zapadoslovenska energetika (ZSE), a distributor and supplier of electricity in Slovakia, have entered into partnership on a smart energy 'feasibility' study that will help prepare the capital city Bratislava for electric vehicles (EVs). ...
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Colfax Fluid Handling delivered a package of 21 Allweiler screw and centrifugal pumps for a bitumen production facility in Russia. The pumps are an important part of the plant, which is located in Novoshakhtinsk (Rostov region) and ...
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The"Calendrier De La Mode"project pays homage to the 1945 traveling exhibition"Theatre De La Mode",which featured two hundred small fashion mannequins,all dressed by top Parisian couturiers. Following an 18th century custom of presenting ...
Conservation award for Acropolis laser rejuvenation 04 Oct 2012 Custom system developed by scientists at IESL-FORTH in Crete picks up 2012 Keck Award. The International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works(IIC)has ...
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Lenzing AG, listed on the benchmark index ATX of the Vienna Stock Exchange and global market leader for man-made cellulose fibers, has now acquired a 100% shareholding of the Czech pulp producer Biocel Paskov A.S. Up until now Lenzing has ...
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Wolford Aktiengesellschaft,a publicly listed company on the Vienna Stock Exchange,seamlessly continued its positive sales development in the third and fourth quarters of the previous year during the first quarter of the current fiscal ...
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UK frozen food retailer Iceland Foods has appointed ex-Aldi senior executive Paul Foley as international business director in a bid to drive growth overseas. Foley,who previously held a position within Iceland before moving to discount ...
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IDG News Service - Speaking from a balcony at the Ecuadorian embassy in London where he has sought asylum, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange Sunday called on governments including the U.S. to stop persecution of political whistle blowers and ...
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Patisserie Valerie plans to launch a new range of gluten-free bakery goods in the UK,to cater to those suffering with coeliac disease and allergies. The company will launch gluten-free chocolate brownie,which will be the first of its ...
They lift you physically&emotionally.If you are looking for true accessories for a garden-party outfit,than Frey Wille's flower garden is worth a visit.The enamel jewellery manufacturer based in Vienna,Austria composed a ...
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Polish plastic packaging market was worth an estimated 2.3bn in 2011, up some 9.5% over 2.1bn a year earlier, according to a recent report released by Management Consulting Partners, an Austrian consultancy. Moreover, these figures ...
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Austria-Robe moving lights and LED fixtures-around 135 in total-were again specified by lighting designer Helmut Krammer to illuminate the 2012 Summer Night Concert,staged by the Vienna Philharmonic orchestra in the sumptuous setting of ...
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