Seven large companies in east Netherlands have formed industrial partnerships with the aim of accelerating technological innovations relating to new high-tech materials, products and systems and of rolling these out in international ...
Tags: Apparel, high-tech materials
The International Olympic Committee’s executive board has trimmed the number of sport hopefuls for the final open slot during the 2020 Games to three from eight. The final vote to determine which activity—baseball/softball, ...
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Icebreaker, the New Zealand company that pioneered the outdoor merino wool apparel category, announced that Sven Baxmann has joined the Icebreaker team as Germany Country Manager. Baxmann is responsible for strategically developing and ...
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SAP abruptly reorganized its development strategy, with SuccessFactors CEO and cloud strategy chief Lars Dalgaard leaving the company and executive board member Vishal Sikka tapped to lead a single software development unit. Sikka has ...
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SAP has abruptly reorganised its development strategy, with SuccessFactors CEO and cloud strategy chief Lars Dalgaard leaving the company and executive board member Vishal Sikka now tapped to lead a single software development unit. Sikka ...
Tags: advisor, Ariba, Bill McDermott, Bob Calderoni, cloud, CNME
On 2 May Praktiker A re-opened its DIY superstore in Neumünster, Germany, as a pilot business location. The future concept of the Praktiker sales channel involves a renewed change in strategy, which CEO Armin Burger explained at a ...
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At its annual general meeting (AGM), Martin Goetzeler, CEO of deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Aachen, Germany since March, set out measures that the firm's executive board intends to implement together with Aixtron's team to return ...
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At the 16th annual general meeting (AGM) of deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE in Aachen, Germany, shareholders have voted in favor of the resolutions presented by the executive board and the supervisory board. Following the ...
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FCICA, the flooring contractors association, announces that 3 new board of directors were elected for 2013 – 2016 term of office. Jim Judd from Master Craft Carpet Service was elected to represent the contractor members and Sonny ...
Tags: FCICA, New Board, Construction
SAP today announced the release of SAP Fiori, a set of 25 easy-to-use applications for the most frequently used transactions, available across a broad range of devices, to be published on Google Chrome. SAP Fiori is available through SAP ...
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International exhibition organizer Messe Frankfurt GmbH, Frankfurt am Main, and Proposte S.r.l., Italy — organizer of the annual Proposte exhibition for European manufacturers of furnishing fabrics and curtains — have partnered ...
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The European Parquet Industry Federation (FEP) estimates that the slightly downward trend on European parquet markets already observed in the second half of 2012 has also continued in the first few months of 2013. There is so far no ...
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C&A has appointed Razorfish to redesign its web appearance. The key task for Razorfish will be to support C&A in transforming its virtual brand experience from the way the fashion ranges are presented through to how they are delivered to ...
Tags: Virtual Brand Experience, Textile
German sports car manufacturer Porsche has reported a 21% increase in vehicle sales during April to 15,200 units, compare to the corresponding month in 2012. The company sold about 52,241 vehicles during the first four months of 2013, a ...
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SAP is set to offer customers the option of running their applications on top of a cloud-based version of its HANA in-memory database technology. The SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud service, which was announced Tuesday, will be offered by SAP ...
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