What was until now the biggest pellet plant in Scandinavia, with annual technical capacity of 450,000 t, will be shut down by the end of the year. The executive board of the Norwegian pellet producer BioWood Norway AS, AverØya, made ...
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Canadian c-store chain Couche-Tard has booked an increase in first-half profits boosted by acquisitions. In the 24 weeks ended 14 October, earnings amounted to C$278.1m (US$279.7m), a 9.9% increase on the prior year period. The group said ...
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Norway - Elektrik Solutions of Norway has supplied lighting and power control for a refurbishment of the Oslo Konserthus (Concert Hall). Some 100 ETC Selador Desire D40 Lustr+ LED fixtures have been installed in the auditorium ceiling for ...
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Insurance broker Willis Group Holdings has hired Nils Arne Fagerli as CEO of Willis Norway effective immediately. Based in Oslo, Fagerli will report to Adam Garrard, Willis International CEO of Europe. Garrard said, "With a wealth of ...
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A judge has ruled that organisations do not have an"enforceable proprietary claim"to the contents of emails held by staff–unless the content of the emails can be considered confidential information belonging to the organisation,the ...
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OSLO, Norway --Ikea, which already has announced that it will shift to selling only LED lights by 2016, says it will make an even larger shift to renewable energy by 2020, according to a Reuters report. The Sweden-based home furnishings ...
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The Corning Museum of Glass today unveiled its 2012 Rakow Commission work:Flower Blockby Danish artist Steffen Dam.The artist's most ambitious work to date,Flower Blockis a grouping of 24 glass blocks in the style of his well-known series ...
Norwegian industrial conglomerate Orkla has entered into an agreement to acquire family-controlled food company Rieber&Soen,by committing to buy 90.11%shares held by the Rieber family,in a deal which values the company at ...
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Digia,the Helsinki-based software firm,has signed an agreement to acquire Qt software technologies and Qt business from Nokia. Following the acquisition Digia becomes responsible for all the Qt activities formerly carried out by Nokia. ...
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Norway-Clay Paky Sharpys have dazzled up-for-it crowds across Norway during a series of mammoth We Love the 90s concerts.This year,German group Scooter headlined,alongside 90s stalwarts Haddaway,E-Type,and the Vengaboys. LD Philip ...
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Norway-based seafood processor Marine Harvest has appointed the CFO from rival Leroy Seafood to become its finance chief. Ivan Vindheim will join Marine Harvest in August. He replaces Jørgen Kristian Andersen, who steps down next ...
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For its fiscal fourth-quarter 2012(to end-April),fiber-optic communications component and subsystem maker Finisar Corp of Sunnyvale,CA,USA has reported revenue of$239.9m,up 1.3%on$236.9m a year ago but down 1.3%on$243m last quarter. ...
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The Islamabad High Court(IHC)was moved against the execution of a contract for installing 65,000 Light Emitting Diode(LED)streetlights in Islamabad worth Rs6.8 billion by the Capital Development Authority(CDA)to the M/s Oslo lighting ...
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Norway-The monumental Oslo Opera House is home to the Norwegian National Opera&Ballet and a frequent venue for a variety of shows,concerts,and official functions.The huge 38,500 m2(414,000 sq ft)building contains 1,100 rooms and features ...
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TTS Group ASA (TTS) rose the most in more than nine years in Oslo trading after the developer of equipment for the marine and energy industries sold a drilling machinery unit to Cameron International Corp. (CAM) for $270 million. TTS ...
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