Regulatory News:
Enea AB: (STO:ENEA)
Revenue growth and improved profitability
Enea has achieved growth and improved profitability over the last few
quarters. Operations were streamlined as of the divestment of the Nordic
consultancy business in December 2011, allowing Enea to start 2012 as a
focused software company.
Net sales increased to SEK 117.3 (113.6) million, which is equivalent to
growth of 3. [..] Read more.
Regulatory News:
During the first quarter of 2012, the Volvo Group’s
(STO:VOLVA)(STO:VOLVB) sales development continued to be strong. Net
sales rose by 10% to SEK 78.8 billion and was the highest so far for a
first quarter. The operating income of SEK 6.2 billion was on par with
the year-earlier period, adjusted for the nonrecurring items that
impacted the first quarter of both this year and last year. [..] Read more.
Regulatory News:
· Turnover amounted to SEK 975 million, which was 5% better than last
year (SEK 928 million).
· Acquired units contributed by SEK 64 million in turnover and
SEK -7.2 million in result after tax.
· Operating profit amounted to SEK 2.6 million (SEK 17.7 million).
· Result after tax amounted to SEK -8.2 million (SEK 5.7 million).
· Earnings per share amounted to SEK -0.13 (SEK 0. [..] Read more.
Today at the Magento Imagine eCommerce 2012 conference, Magento,
a leading eCommerce platform provider and division of X.commerce, Inc.,
an eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) company, announced that it worked with AOE
media, a Magento partner system integrator, to successfully meet the
commerce needs of Rovio
Entertainment Ltd., creators of the popular Angry Birds game. The
implementation highlights will be discussed later today in AOE media’s
session, “Deployment Pipeline for Magento Enterprise in the Cloud. [..] Read more.
The Annual General Meeting of Aktiebolaget SKF
(STO:SKFA)(STO:SKFB)(LSE:SKFB)(Pink Sheets:SKFRY), parent company of the
SKF Group, was held in Göteborg on Wednesday, 25 April 2012, under the
chairmanship of Mr Leif Östling.
The income statements and the balance sheets were adopted, together with
the Board’s proposal for distribution of dividend. A dividend of SEK
5.50 per share was approved. [..] Read more.
Regulatory News:
Scania (STO:SCVA)(STO:SCVB) will deliver 231 city buses to the Chilean
capital Santiago. With this sale, Scania begins operation in the
Transantiago integrated public transport system, connecting bus lines
and the metro network. The vehicles will begin to run in September and
will be operated by Alsacia Express, which has extensive experience in
operating buses in different integrated public transport systems
throughout Latin America. [..] Read more.
Verifyter™ AB, a leading provider of solutions for automatic regression
testing and failure diagnosis, today announced the release and immediate
availability of PinDown, version 3. Verifyter AB has pioneered and
introduced a bug-centric approach rather than a test-centric one,
enabling users to diagnose and fix issues quickly and productively. The
most recent release adds additional bug analysis capabilities and a
sophisticated integrity checking mechanism for the user’s test
environment. [..] Read more.
Concentric’s Q1 interim report, January – March 2012, will be released
on Thursday, April 26, around 8.00 AM CET.
Invitation: Media and analysts are invited to a conference at which the
report will be presented with comments by David Woolley, President and
CEO, and David Bessant, CFO.
Date: Thursday, April 26, 2012
Time: 10:00 AM CET
Venue: Spårvagnshallarna, Birger Jarlsgatan 57 A, Stockholm
Internet: The press conference will be audio casted live. [..] Read more.
Aspera, Inc. (http://www.asperasoft.com/),
creators of next-generation software technologies that move the world’s
data at maximum speed, today announced at Bio-IT World (booth #334) that
BGI, the world’s largest genomics organization, is integrating Aspera’s
patented fasp™ (http://www.asperasoft.com/en/technology/fasp_overview_1/fasp_technology_overview_1)
high-speed file transfer technology as an integral feature of
EasyGenomics™ (http://www. [..] Read more.
Regulatory News:
AarhusKarlshamn (STO:AAK) AAK expands capacity further for the
production of InFat™ at its factory in Karlshamn. This product has been
successfully introduced to the Infant Nutrition industry by Advanced
Lipids, the Joint Venture between AAK and Enzymotec. It is produced in
an unique enzymatic interesterification process and has proven to be a
very effective and appreciated addition to Infant Formulas. [..] Read more.
Regulatory News:
G&L Beijer (STO:BEIJB):
- Net sales increased by 30 per cent to SEK 1,654.8M (1,268.5).
- Operating profit rose by 12 per cent to SEK 81.1M (72.3).
- Net profit for the period excluding capital gain increased by 15 per
cent to SEK 57.4M (49.7). Including the capital gain, net profit for the
period amounted to SEK 79.3M (87.8).
- Profit per share excluding the capital gain increased to SEK 2. [..] Read more.
Regulatory News:
Höganäs AB’s (STO:HOGAB):
CEO Alrik Danielsson comments on first quarter earnings:
“As expected, the market was fairly weak in Europe in the first quarter,
while the recovery in Asia continued after a 2011 hit by the tsunami and
flooding. On a volatile market, we succeeded in safeguarding sales,
earnings and cash flow, despite a notable negative currency effect. [..] Read more.
Orc, a leading provider of technology and services for the global
financial industry, today announced that it has integrated the Orc
Trading products with Cscreen, NYSE Liffe’s global pre-trade price
discovery platform, providing traders with a more efficient way of
interfacing Indications of Interests (IOIs) for equity and index
derivatives from inter-dealer brokers (IDBs). [..] Read more.
Regulatory News:
Q1: Strong Sales and solid Cash Flow
Haldex Group (STO:HLDX), January - March 2012
· Sales amounted to SEK 1,073 m compared to SEK 952 m in the
corresponding period last year. Adjusted for exchange rate fluctuations,
sales increased 10% compared with the same period prior year.
· Operating income and operating margin amounted to SEK 64 m (55) and
6.0% (5.8), respectively. [..] Read more.
Regulatory News:
Electrolux (STO:ELUXA) (STO:ELUXB):
Despite a continued weak appliance demand in the mature markets during
the quarter, Electrolux was able to improve sales and earnings
year-over-year. The record-high sales growth was not only attributable
to acquisitions, but was also driven by strong organic growth,
especially in Latin America. [..] Read more.
Regulatory News:
SCA (STO:SCAA)(STO:SCAB) has accepted DS Smith´s formal offer to acquire
the packaging operations in France following consultations with
appropriate works councils. As a result, a sale and purchase agreement
has been signed by both parties.
On 17 January 2012, SCA announced that its packaging operations –
excluding the two kraftliner mills in Sweden – will be sold to DS Smith.
The agreed purchase price amounts to EUR 1. [..] Read more.
Highlights of the first quarter of 2012
· Net sales amounted to SEK 25,875m (23,436) and income for the period
was SEK 559m (457), or SEK 1.96 (1.61) per share.
· Net sales improved by 10.4%, of which 3.5% was organic growth.
· The acquisitions of CTI and Olympic Group impacted sales by 5.8%.
· Strong organic growth, especially in emerging markets, contributed to
the positive development of net sales. [..] Read more.
Regulatory News:
At the shareholders´ general meeting at AB Fagerhult (STO:FAG) on the 24
of April 2012 a dividend of SEK 6.50 per share was decided.
As members of the board were re-elected Anna Malm Bernsten, Eric
Douglas, Björn Karlsson, Eva Nygren, Fredrik Palmstierna, Johan
Hjertonsson and Jan Svensson. Jan Svensson was re-elected as chairman of
the board.
To nominating committee were re-elected Gustaf Douglas, Jan Svensson and
Björn Karlsson. [..] Read more.
GE Transportation, the world’s leading provider of innovative rail
products and services, announced today it is launching a new European
Train Control System (ETCS) and Computer Based Interlocking system
offering. These systems are part of a new portfolio of rail signaling
solutions called Tempo. The company made the announcement at the UIC
ERTMS World Conference 2012 held in Stockholm, from April 24-26. [..] Read more.
RF
Code, a leading provider of active IT asset
management and wire-free
environmental
and power monitoring solutions used to help data centres run more
efficiently, today announced it has expanded its European in-market
presence to include sales and support coverage of Northern and Central
Europe. As part of this move, the company has hired Erwin Cremers to
oversee the company’s efforts in The Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark,
Norway, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Austria, Poland and Czech Republic. [..] Read more.
