Press Releases by Category Business, Economy, Finances, Banking & Insurance
Online shoppers in Europe seek low cost and convenience in delivery
Hamburg-based secondary research organization yStats.com has released a new report: “Europe B2C E-Commerce Delivery 2014“. One of the interesting findings of the research is that consumers in this region want low cost and convenience, while online sellers are working on improving the speed of delivery.
Online shoppers in Europe also value free shipping. Free delivery for future purchases was expected almost two thirds of online shoppers in Germany, Switzerland and Austria.…
Oliver Wight sheds light on creating resilient supply chains at SAPICS 2014 in S …
Business improvement specialists, Oliver Wight EAME, will present at the annual SAPICS conference in Sun City, Johannesburg on 1-3 June 2014. This year’s event focuses on ‘resilient supply chains’, the answer to which, explains Oliver Wight lies in collaboration across the extended supply chain.
“The past couple of years have brought the complexity of global supply chains and the difficulties of controlling them into the spotlight,” says Oliver Wight Associate, Lloyd…
Is Africa ready for the Banking Revolution?
“Banking in Africa is still at a nascent stage as we are talking about a continent that still has around 70 - 80% of unbanked population and has tremendous potential to grow. The approach to retail banking in Africa is very different to what one can see in matured markets as the continent is vast and poses a real challenge to traditional distribution models based on branch networks. Technology and…
New NanoMarkets Report Projects OLED Lighting Market to Hit Revenues of $1.4 bil …
Glen Allen, Virginia (May 15, 2014) -- Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets has just published its latest forecasts of the OLED lighting market predicting a $1.4 billion market opportunity in 2019. The report, "OLED Lighting Markets-2014" (Code Nano-721) notes that while the sector has foundered for the past few years it now appears to be worthy of some renewed optimism based on both on both improvements in OLED lighting panel performance…
Growth of online retail drives development of diverse delivery modes
The researchers at Hamburg-based secondary research organization yStats.com report in their new publication, “Global B2C E-Commerce Delivery 2014“, that demand by consumers for free and convenient delivery is driving online retailers and delivery service providers to look for a wider range of delivery methods. Among the trends on the market are intensified competition for quick delivery, growth of the free delivery option, and a movement of some retailers to establish…
Jenoptik with New Products at LASYS.
From June 24-26, Jenoptik’s Lasers & Material Processing division is to present the latest product developments for industrial laser-based material processing at the LASYS trade fair in Stuttgart.
Jenoptik will be present in hall 4 at the LASYS even twice: Trade visitors will be able to catch up on the products of Jenoptik’s Lasers & Material Processing division both at Jenoptik stand no. B71 and at stand no. E11.1 in the…
Leiber Subsidiary in Poland receives FSSC 22000 Certification
Leiber Sp. z o.o., the Polish subsidiary of Leiber GmbH, has successfully completed the FSSC 22000 Food Safety System Certification process.
FSSC 22000, which is recognised internationally and also by the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), was developed on the basis of the ISO 22000 Standard to define basic requirements for the certification of production processes within the food supply chain. Brewer’s yeast products are manufactured for the foodstuffs and…
New Blog Offers Best Practices for Competitive Intelligence Software
Global Intelligence Alliance (GIA), the developers of Intelligence Plaza®, have launched a blog that covers various aspects of how technology can be used to manage competitive intelligence activities (CI), including how to manage CI processes on Microsoft SharePoint. The blog provides general tips and best practices, together some real life cases. Competitive Intelligence refers to the collection, analysis and use of information about a company’s competitors, suppliers, distributors, buyers as…
Small is big for the economy: Michigan business associations celebrate National …
Michigan’s small businesses have a big impact on the state’s economy, according to the Michigan Business and Professional Association (MBPA) and its sister association, the Michigan Food and Beverage Association (MFBA) as it joins the U.S. Small Business Administration in celebrating National Small Business Week, which takes place May 12-16.
Jennifer Kluge, president of both associations, said today that its member companies impact more than 150,000 businesses statewide – or approximately…
Maria Olcese Appointed to New Position of Executive Officer of SATO Holdings Cor …
Tokyo, Japan, May 12, 2014 – SATO, a leader in barcode printing, labeling, and EPC/RFID solutions, announced the appointment of Ms. Maria Olcese to the position of Executive Officer in SATO Holdings Corporation where she will be managing the South American market, one of the key regions for strategic growth from a newly formed subsidiary.
In Maria’s new position her responsibilities will be to drive our core competencies, and broaden…
INCAE Business School Simplifies Administrative Processes with AuraPortal BPM
INCAE Business School has been consistently ranked in recent years by Financial Times and Wall Street Journal as a top global MBA program and one of the top 10 international business schools in the world.
Woburn, MA, May 10, 2014 – AURA (www.auraportal.com), a global provider of Business Process Management (BPM) software, has announced that the implementation of AuraPortal. BPM has led to significant innovations at INCAE Business School, reducing process…
Global Report: Little Progress in the Evolution of Mobile Apps for Banking
Zurich, 8 May 2014. Only a small number of leading retail banks have made significant progress in their mobile app offerings since last year’s report. The winners of our 2014 ranking are DBS Bank (Singapore) and BNP Paribas (France). Runners up are UBS (Switzerland) and Westpac (Australia). As mobile data and app usage is skyrocketing among consumers worldwide, the mobile channel is rising in importance, and in only a few…
Leiber GmbH expands international aquaculture business relationship
By signing the distribution contract between Leiber GmbH and the company PHARMAQ AS, headquartered in Norway, Leiber GmbH teams up with a further distribution partner in the growing markets of aquaculture and expands its existing business activities.
PHARMAQ AS develops, produces and markets vaccines and health products for the global fish farming industry. Their customers are found in the salmonid, tilapia, pangasius, sea bass and bream segments. “Pharmaq provides an excellent…
Macro Sensors Introduces UHV / Cryogenic Pressure and Position Sensor Capabiliti …
Macro Sensors introduces a new joint catalog with sister company American Sensor Technologies (AST) on the companies’ UHV / Cryogenic Pressure and Position Sensor Capabilities. The companies manufacture LVDT linear position and MEMs-based pressure sensors that
withstand cryogenic gas temperatures as well as high temperature processing environments with high accuracy and stability. The sensors can be used ultra high vacuum and cryogenic environments found in semiconductor manufacturing, photovoltaic, cryogenic…
American Sensor Technologies Expanding US Headquarters / Production Facility in …
American Sensor Technologies, Inc. (AST), manufacturers of pressure sensors and transmitters for pressure and level measurement, is pleased to announce an expansion to its corporate headquarters and pressure transducer production facility. AST will occupy an additional 4,500 square feet to accommodate its continued growth, increasing the total facility size to over 18,000 square feet and its commitment to U.S. manufacturing.
With continued growth in various markets, AST needs additional…
Macro Sensors Maintains Domestic Manufacturing of LVDT Position Sensors, Keeping …
Offshore production has lost much of its past glamour. While cost was once a major factor in outsourcing manufacturing, rising wages, quality issues and unstable supply chains are prompting many manufacturers to reconsider the benefits of reshoring production back on U.S. soil. Macro Sensors already maintains much of its manufacturing at its Pennsauken, New Jersey headquarters, producing linear and rotary position sensors that are “Made in the USA”.…
DW Simpson Names Aaron Benton Managing Partner
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 29, 2014
Chicago, IL – April 29, 2014 – DW Simpson Global Actuarial and Analytics Recruitment promoted Aaron Benton to Managing Partner.
Benton will be responsible for overseeing the strategic and everyday recruitment operations of the firm,…
Techno Brain is now an Official SAP Africa Education Delivery Partner
Techno Brain is now an Official SAP Africa Education Delivery Partner
The ICT firm will Leverage Partnership to Address Skills Shortage & build world class SAP skilled workforce in Africa
Techno Brain, Africa’s leading IT Solutions, Education and Training services provider today announced that it has become an official SAP Africa Education delivery partner. The announcement was made during a plaque exchange ceremony between SAP Africa and Techno Brain at the latter's…
Rosendin Electric San Francisco Relocates to Larger Bayview Quarters
New San Francisco Location Offers More Warehouse Space and Room for Expansion.
San Francisco, CA, USA (April 25, 2014) -- Rosendin Electric, (rosendin.com), the nation's largest private electrical contractor and an employee-owned company, today announced the move of its San Francisco regional office to new and expanded quarters in San Francisco's Bayview District. The new location offers more office space as well as added warehouse/manufacturing space for prefabrication of electrical systems.…
Cross-border B2C E-Commerce thrives in Europe
The latest publication of Hamburg-based secondary research organization yStats.com, “Europe Cross-Border B2C E-Commerce 2014“, reveals that the Old Continent is particularly well suited for online retail shopping across the borders. The common currency shared by many nations of the region, as well as a deliberate effort on the part of merchants, payments processors and logistics companies to facilitate cross-border B2C E-Commerce contribute to recent rapid growth and even greater projections…
Songwon Industrial Group acquires the Specialty Chemicals Division of SeQuent Sc …
Songwon Industrial Group, Korea and SeQuent Scientific Limited, India – April 24, 2014 – Songwon Industrial Group and SeQuent Scientific Limited have signed an agreement whereby Songwon will acquire SeQuent's specialty chemicals business. The acquisition includes SeQuent's entire polymer stabilizer business and one production site in Panoli, Gujarat, together with the local R&D team. The parties expect the transaction to be closed in Q3, 2014, subject to few customary closing…
T5 Data Centers™ Continues Success with New Major Financial Services Tenants
T5's Purpose-built Data Center Design Offers the Redundancy, Security, and Versatility to Continue to Attract Tenants with Business-critical Computing Needs.
Atlanta, GA, USA (April 23, 2014) -- T5 Data Centers™ (http://www.t5datacenters.com), innovators in providing state-of-the-art, customizable and highly reliable computing support environments for any enterprise, today announced the signing of a new lease with a New York-based financial services company for space in T5's purpose-built T5@Atlanta data center in Alpharetta, Georgia.…
Operational Excellence is the Key to Enrich African Banking Structure
It has always been challenging for banks to adopt new technology and provide the same level of service to their customers. With the growth of ISO and Six Sigma, there is a need for banks to re-evaluate their non value adding entities into more fruitful processes.
This is the right time to change the global perspective of banks which will make them more competitive in the current economic scenario. Operational…
Brewers’ yeast specialist Leiber renames its subsidiary in Poland
In March, Leiber GmbH renamed its Polish subsidiary. The company name was changed from InterYeast to Leiber Sp. z o.o. To suit the company’s 60th anniversary this year, all locations of the brewers’ yeast specialist manufacturer now include the denomination Leiber as part of their company names. With the renaming and introduction of the standard Leiber logo, Leiber GmbH has taken an important further step in the strategic alignment of…
Growth in services franchising to surpass product
Franchise activity in India has been growing 30 per cent year-on-year in the last five years, with the segment showing a healthy growth of 35 per cent in the last two years. While the franchise market is currently estimated at $25 billion in India, globally it has emerged as a $3.65 trillion market.
Though the segment currently contributes to about just 1 per cent to the nation’s GDP, it is…
AuraPortal BPM Signs Agreement with University of Finance and Banking (UFB) Buch …
The alliance between the two entities includes the incorporation of AuraPortal BPM technology in the university, its educational use by teachers and innovation and training, oriented towards disseminating Business Process Management in banking.
Woburn, MA, April 20, 2014 – AURA (www.auraportal.com), a global provider of AuraPortal. Business Process Management (BPM) software, has announced the signing of a collaboration agreement with the University of Finance and Banking (UFB), one of the most…
ICICI Academy for Skills launches centre in Guwahati
Guwahati: ICICI Academy for Skills (ICICI Academy) today announced the launch of a centre in Guwahati to provide vocational training to the youth from the economically weaker sections to help them earn a sustainable livelihood.
The centre will offer courses in three disciplines - selling skills, office administration and retail café operations.
ICICI Academy has formalised the content of the courses for office administration and retail café operations with…
Online shopping across borders offers growth opportunities
Hamburg-based secondary research organization yStats.com reports in its new publication "Global Cross-Border B2C E-Commerce 2014": that the interconnectedness of the world through the Internet is providing opportunities for online merchants, payment processors, and delivery companies to grow apace with the growth of cross border online shopping.
The worldwide leaders in B2C E-Commerce exports are the USA, the UK, Germany, the Nordic nations, the Netherlands and France. Together their online retail cross-border…
Oliver Wight, AIMMS and Districon host joint Integrated Business Planning & Supp …
Taking place on May 20th 2014, the webinar, ‘Influence customer demand; optimize your commercial activities through Integrated Business Planning’ provides an exclusive look at an end-to-end supply chain optimization solution, designed to help businesses meet their customer’s needs in the most efficient, cost-effective and profitable way.
With the sub-title, ‘Revolutionary thought-leader insights into prescriptive modelling of marketing mix activities,’ the webinar is the first in a series of joint activities…
Russell Bedford firms win major EC audit contract
A major European Commission (EC) framework contract for audit services has been won by a grouping of three Russell Bedford member firms. The group, led by Lubbock Fine (London), includes Equation (Paris) and Domus (Berlin).
The substantial contract, awarded to the consortium as first-ranked contractor, is to provide financial audit services to the EC in relation to research grants under the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological…
Adam Rickitt, Actor, TV Personality, Host and Political Commentator, now Exclusi …
Burnham, UK, April 2014: Adam Rickitt first shot to fame when he appeared in one of UK’s favourite television programmes, Coronation Street playing the role of Nick Tilsley. Adam has also had a Gold selling album and a mixture of high profile stage and screen roles in the UK and Australasia. Adam can currently be seen on TV as part of The Big Reunion.
Adam is a Prospective…
Do’s & dont’s of a new entrepreneur
The popular opinion across the globe is that entrepreneurship should be fostered as a key growth enabler in every country’s economic policy. After all, it has been quite ubiquitous in the west where entrepreneurship is more than just about starting one’s own business, it is a lifestyle.
Things have rapidly changed in India too. Ever since the time when the conventional mindset towards starting a business (being a standby option to…
Bennett Rhodes Joins Rosendin Electric as Baltimore Division Manager
Experienced Electrical Construction Professional to Manage Newest Regional Office.
Baltimore (April 10, 2014) -- Rosendin Electric (http://www.rosendin.com), the nation's largest private electrical contractor and an employee-owned company, today announced that Bennett Rhodes has been named to head the new Baltimore Division. In this capacity, Rhodes will be responsible for managing the newest Rosendin Electric office location, overseeing local business development and operations.
Rhodes brings more than 20 years of electrical contracting experience…
Rosendin Electric Expands Mid-Atlantic Operations
Newest Regional Office in Baltimore Brings BIM, Design-Build, and Data Center Expertise to Construction Projects in Maryland, Delaware, and Pennsylvania.
Baltimore (April 10, 2014) -- Rosendin Electric (http://www.rosendin.com), the nation's largest private electrical contractor and an employee-owned company, announced the expansion of its East Coast Operations with the opening of an office in Baltimore, Maryland.
Headquartered in San Jose, California, Rosendin Electric serves commercial, business and government clients throughout the country. This…
T5 Data Centers™ Leases Third Stand-Alone Data Center Within T5@Dallas Wholesale …
Booming North Texas Data Center Demand Leads to Construction of Additional Capacity.
Dallas, TX, USA (April 8, 2014) -- T5 Data Centers™ (http://www.t5datacenters.com), innovators in providing state-of-the-art, customizable and highly reliable computing support environments for any enterprise, today announced that three of the four independent data centers housed in its T5@Dallas facility have already been leased, indicating the high demand for reliable, robust data centers in the Dallas market. To meet…
AuraPortal BPM, the holistic solution for Public Administration
AuraPortal BPM software provides the most comprehensive, agile and practical means to organize and manage the work of public bodies, automating administrative management and improving the quality of citizen services.
Woburn, MA, April 05, 2014 – AURA (www.auraportal.com), a global provider of Business Process Management (BPM) software, has announced the advantages of implementing AuraPortal to manage Public Administration Processes. It enables the management and control of administrative and political procedures, services,…
Asia-Pacific setting major trends in M-Commerce
Hamburg-based secondary research organization yStats.com reports in its latest publication, “Asia-Pacific M-Commerce Snapshot 2014“, that growing adoption of smartphones and tablet computers is changing the way people shop online.Globally, and particularly in Asia-Pacific, traffic to retail sites through mobile browsers and apps is intensifying, and the variety of products purchased through mobile has widened.
Smartphones currently have higher penetration on global population than tablets, but tablet use is growing at a…
Telit Concludes Acquisition of NXP’s Automotive Telematics On-board unit Platfor …
Acquisition of the ATOP Business from Leading Global Semiconductor Company Concludes with the Creation of Telit Automotive Solutions
New Delhi, India, April 3, 2014 – Telit Wireless Solutions, a leading global vendor of high-quality machine-to-machine (M2M) modules, value-added services and solutions, today announced it has concluded the acquisition of the Automotive Telematics On-board unit Platform (ATOP) business from Netherlands-based NXP Semiconductors (Nasdaq NXPI). ATOP is an automotive grade solution for vehicle…
Global Company praises the Docebo E-Learning Platform
Having installed the Docebo E-Learning Platform some eight months ago, Veeam® Software, the global information technology and software company, has seen more than 50,000 of its business partners access online learning materials related to its products.
Moreover, at least 3,000 of those partners take courses each month – and, so far, over 10,000 of these learners have achieved professional certification through the learning materials provided via the Docebo Cloud-based platform.
Employing…
M-Commerce is booming in Europe
Hamburg-based secondary research organization yStats.com reports in its latest publication, “Europe M-Commerce Snapshot 2014“, that growing adoption of smartphones and tablet computers is changing the way people shop online. Globally, and particularly in Europe, traffic to retail sites through mobile devices is intensifying, and the variety of products purchased through mobile has widened.
According to the new report, mobile shopping is well established in Europe. Western European…
Reliable Manufacturing at Factory Health & Maintenance Conference 2014
At this year’s Factory Health & Maintenance Conference Andrew Fraser, Managing Director of change management consultancy, Reliable Manufacturing, will demonstrate how reliability is the key to safety. The event takes place on 5 June 2014 at the Gaydon Motor Heritage Centre in Warwickshire.
All factories recognise the importance of safety, but its link to maintenance is sometimes overlooked. “Planned maintenance is key to creating a safe working environment - ignore this…
Leiber GmbH opens its new spraying tower and makes brewers’ yeast history
In recent months, Leiber has invested several million Euros in the production facility in Lower Saxony. The project “Construction of a second spraying tower” has now been completed. One of the most modern plants for the production of specialist yeast products for the food industry is now operational, and more recently with its new spraying tower also for animal nutrition. The concise entire building of the drying plant is a…
Ben Franklin Technology Partners Creates/Retains 904 Jobs in 2013
The Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania (BFTP/NEP) has reported that 904 northeastern Pennsylvania jobs were created or retained as a result of its work in 2013. These results were accomplished in the organization’s 21-county service area, including Berks, Bradford, Carbon, Columbia, Lackawanna, Lehigh, Luzerne, Lycoming, Monroe, Montour, Northampton, Northumberland, Pike, Schuylkill, Snyder, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Union, Wayne, and Wyoming counties.
Impact results are a summation of the accomplishments of…
M-Commerce increasing rapidly worldwide
A new report by Hamburg-based secondary research organization yStats, “Global M-Commerce 2014: Smartphones and Tablets“, covers the latest trends and developments in mobile shopping. Yücel Yelken, CEO of yStats notes that mobile shopping is transforming the retail industry worldwide, as mobile traffic to retail sites surges and the variety of products purchased on mobile grows. M-Commerce sales worldwide were estimated to top EUR 100 billion last year as the increasing…
MBB Industries AG successfully places treasury shares
Placement price of EUR24.65 per share
- Increase in equity, liquidity and free float
- Cash inflow to be used primarily for further acquisitions
Berlin, 27 March 2014 - Based on the authorisation in the resolution by the Annual General Meeting on 18 June 2012 in the version dated 17 June 2013, the Managing Board of MBB Industries AG, which is listed in the Prime Standard of the…
GuyKat Deal Aims to Disrupt UK eLearning Market
Birmingham-based GuyKat Solutions Ltd has signed an exclusive UK & Ireland partnership agreement with Docebo SPA, the global E-Learning Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions provider.
This is a key milestone in the growth plans of both businesses, with Docebo further establishing its presence in the UK market, and GuyKat deepening its solution offering to UK-based companies.
GuyKat’s Managing Director, Guy McEvoy, said: “We’re on the cusp of an explosion in the use…
Half of Competitive Intelligence Software Investments in North America will Focu …
Large corporations with Microsoft SharePoint web application platforms have been standardizing their software suites under SharePoint. Global Intelligence Alliance (GIA), a market intelligence advisory company, predicts that half of all competitive intelligence software investments in 2014-2015 in North America will be geared towards SharePoint based products.
With a Microsoft Office-like interface, SharePoint comprises a multipurpose set of web technologies backed by a common technical infrastructure and is today, used by four…
The World Bank’s Thirsty Energy initiative explained at African Utility Week in …
The World Bank’s global Thirsty Energy initiative aims to make more governments in Africa and elsewhere aware of the interdependencies and foreseeable pressure on water as a resource for energy generation. South Africa celebrated National Water Week this week, in line with World Water Day on 22 March – showing that South Africa is part of the greater water resource cycle.
Diego J. Rodriguez, Senior Economist at The World…
Pro Pad Inc. Announces the Addition of the Goldwing Antenna Flag Mount for Motor …
The new Goldwing Antenna Flag Mount is now available through Pro Pad Inc. It is the only motorcycle flag mount on the market like it – stainless steel and limited lifetime warranty.
Mooresville, NC, March 19, 2014 -- Pro Pad Inc. announces their latest addition to their line of stainless steel flag mounts- the Goldwing Antenna Flag Mount. This flag mount fits on the base of the Goldwing whip antenna. The…
New online payment methods for travel provide alternatives to dominance of the c …
The latest report published by Hamburg-based secondary research organization yStats.com “Global Online Travel Payment Snapshot 2014“, confirms that credit and debit card dominate in the vast dynamic market of online payment for travel and lodging, while alternative payment methods are slowly making inroads. Regarding these alternatives, yStats.com analyst Tatiana Teplova states “alternative payment methods such as E-Wallets, online banking and mobile payment are on the rise, and the digital currency…
