“This is a new type of on-the-job aid for the project management community”

“This is a new type of on-the-job aid for the project management community,” says Ben Snyder, Systemation’s CEO. “When under a deadline crunch, project managers do not have time to wade through a workbook or online curriculum to locate answers. Ask My PM Coach enables PM’s to get just-in-time responses to burning project management questions.”

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“In most any sport, players can get advice from their coach in the middle of competition,” explains Snyder. “Ask My PM Coach provides this type of real-time support for project managers—in a friendly, relaxed, accessible way that won’t sideline your key players.”

Companies can purchase bulk licenses for all the project managers in their organization. Or project managers can purchase a license individually.

For more information on Ask My PM Coach, or to learn about Systemation, contact Laurel Bretting at 1.800.747.9783.

AMENDMENT

FORM 8.3

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY

A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE

Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the “Code”)

1. KEY INFORMATION

2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(a) Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open derivative or option positions, or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors’ and other executive options)

If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(a) Purchases and sales

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

(ii) Exercising

(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

4. OTHER INFORMATION

(a) Indemnity and other dealing arrangements

(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

(c) Attachments

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at monitoring@disclosure.org.uk. The Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code’s dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

The Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL

DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 38.5 OF THE IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL ACT, 1997,

TAKEOVER RULES, 2007 (AS AMENDED)

DEALINGS BY CONNECTED EXEMPT MARKET-MAKERS

1 KEY INFORMATION

2 DEALINGS (Note 2)

(a) Purchases and sales

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options transactions)

(c) Options transactions in respect of existing relevant securities

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

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(ii) Exercising

3. OTHER INFORMATION

Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

NOTES ON FORM 38.5

1 See the definition of “relevant securities” in Rule 2.1 of Part A of the Rules.

2 See the definition of “dealing” in Rule 2.1 of Part A of the Rules.

3 For all prices and other monetary amounts, the currency must be stated.

4 If a long position has been increased or decreased as a result of the dealing, write “increased long” or “decreased long” respectively. If a short position has been increased or decreased as a result of the dealing, write “increased short” or “decreased short” respectively. If the dealing has not resulted in a long or short position being increased or reduced, give details of the variation or other dealing.

5 See Rule 2.7(d) of Part A of the Rules.

6 See the definition of “connected market-maker” in Rule 2.3 of Part A of the Rules.

For full details of disclosure requirements, see Rules 8 and 38.5 of the Rules.

If in doubt, consult the Panel.

References in these notes to “the Rules” are to the Irish Takeover Panel Act, 1997, Takeover Rules, 2007 (as amended).

FORM 8.3

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY

A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE

Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the “Code”)

1. KEY INFORMATION

2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(a) Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open derivative or option positions, or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors’ and other executive options)

If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(a) Purchases and sales

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

(ii) Exercising

(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

4. OTHER INFORMATION

(a) Indemnity and other dealing arrangements

(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

(c) Attachments

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at monitoring@disclosure.org.uk. The Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code’s dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

The Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

This is the first and only report to analyse all forms of electric flying vehicle from robot insects to new solar airships, light aircraft and airliners and give timelines to 2021. It covers manned and unmanned aircraft, technology, funding, standards and other aspects for hybrid and pure electric versions across the world. Unusually, we compare what is happening in aviation with progress in land and water based electric vehicles that are in some ways further progressed yet use similar components and powertrains to achieve largely similar objectives.

Aircraft design will never be the same again after the pressure to save the planet, reduce local noise, air and land pollution, reduce dependency on foreign oil and large areas of land for operations and to modernise industry or see it collapse. Belatedly, leaded fuel is being banned for aviation and considerable financial support is now available for the creation of new types of electric aircraft.

In this report we look at the considerable choices of component, system and structure for pure and hybrid electric aircraft, the huge number of projects and the few commercial successes. We examine what will happen over the next ten years. Unusually, we view all this in the light of what is being achieved in electric vehicles for land and water. What is the best selling electric aeroplane and what is the biggest development contract landed for electric aircraft? Why are microturbine range extenders so interesting and will there be a big retrofit market for electric drives in light aircraft? Where are fuel cells for aircraft headed and which types of traction battery are favoured and why? How do smart skin and multiple energy harvesting fit in? Which are the organisations to watch? It is all here.

Key Topics Covered:

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

2. INTRODUCTION

3. STANDARDS

4. BATTERY SWAPPING

5. ENERGY HARVESTING AND WIRELESS CHARGING

6. RECENT PROGRESS BY COMPANY AND COUNTRY, FUTURE ISSUES

7. EXAMPLES OF INFRASTRUCTURE INSTALLATION BY COUNTRY

8. MARKET FORECASTS

Companies Mentioned

Energy harvesting:

- Alpha Energy

- Beautiful Earth

- E-Move

- Envision Solar International

- EVFuture

- Pininfarina

- RRC

- Sanyo

- Solar Bullet train

- Solar Unity Company

- SunPods

- Toyota

- ULVAC

Electricity from the road:

- James Dyson Award

- Innowattech

Wireless charging:

- Conductix-Wampfler

- Energy Dynamics Laboratory

- Evatran

- HaloIPT

- Korea Advanced Institute of Technology

- Nissan

- Presidio Graduate School

- Siemens-BMW

- Singapore A*STAR

- Volvo

- Flanders Drive

- WiTricity and Partners

RECENT PROGRESS BY COMPANY AND COUNTRY, FUTURE ISSUES

- AeroVironment

- APplugs

- Asea Brown Boveri (ABB)

- Better Place Israel /

- Chargemaster

- Coulomb Technologies

- CT&T

- Diamond Aircraft, Siemens, EADS

- Eaton Corporation

- ECOtality

- Elektromotive

- GE

- Green Charge Networks

- Hasetec

- Ingeteam

- JFE Engineering Corporation

- Leviton

- Liberty PlugIns

- Mitsubishi

- NEC Takasago

- Nexco

- Nissan

- PEP Stations

- Robert Bosch

- Schneider Electric

- Siemens

- SwapPack

- Tokyo Electric Power Company

- Toyota

- Voltec

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/3dhzgh/electric_vehicle_c

Getting on Hong Kong's voluntary list now will lead to product registration in the near future. Like many other Asian countries, Hong Kong is developing a more regulated, harmonized system for medical device manufacturers and importers. Though registration is currently voluntary, manufacturers will soon be required to register their products. Get a head start by attending our webcast and familiarize yourself with Hong Kong's medical device regulations. The speakers is Pacific Bridge Medical's executive in our Hong Kong office. Real case studies will be used to emphasize key points. This 90-minute session will include a 60-minute presentation, followed by 30 minutes of Q&A.

What you will learn:

- Overview of Hong Kong Healthcare

- Hong Kong Medical devices Market Industry

- Overview of Hong Kong medical device regulation

- Hong Kong Regulatory Bodies

- Medical Device Classification

- Medical Device Administrative Control System

- Medical Device Application

- Labeling requirements

- CAB (Conformity Assessment Bodies)

- Local Responsible Person (LRP)

- Post-marketing surveillance and quality control

- Reimbursement

- Adverse Event Reporting

- Case Study

- Hong Kong Business Culture

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/z2tjbp/hong_kong_medical

Déclaration au titre des articles L233-8-II du code de commerce et 223-16 du règlement général de l’Autorité des Marchés Financiers

^(*) Nombre de droits de vote exerçables en assemblée = nombre de droits de vote théorique (ou nombre total de droits de vote attachés aux actions composant le capital) – nombre d’actions privées du droit de vote.

INFORMATIONS COMPLÉMENTAIRES
Leader mondial des matériaux de construction, Lafarge (Paris:LG) occupe une position de premier plan dans ses activités Ciment, Granulats & Béton, avec une présence dans 64 pays et 68 000 collaborateurs. Le Groupe a réalisé en 2011 un chiffre d'affaires de 15,3 milliards d'euros.
Pour la deuxième année consécutive, le Groupe fait partie du top 10 mondial au sein du “Carbon Disclosure Project” qui évalue 500 grandes entreprises au regard de leurs stratégies et actions en matière de lutte contre le changement climatique. Doté du premier centre de recherche au monde sur les matériaux de construction, Lafarge place l'innovation au cœur de ses préoccupations, au service de la construction durable et de la créativité architecturale.
Des informations plus complètes sur Lafarge peuvent être obtenues sur son site Internet www.lafarge.com

“Based on customer research, it’s clear our service resonates well with our target market under the Remitly brand. As a result, we are now well positioned to roll out our offering more broadly.”

Matt Oppenheimer, Remitly co-founder and CEO, said the company has been test marketing its services with select users since April 2012. “Based on customer research, it’s clear our service resonates well with our target market under the Remitly brand. As a result, we are now well positioned to roll out our offering more broadly.”

Remitly, which was in the 2011 Seattle TechStars incubator program, received $2.5 million in financing in April 2012. Founders Co-Op led the investment, along with TomorrowVentures, Bezos Expeditions, Geoff Entress, Andy Liu, Neil Patel, Sujal Patel, Alex Algard, and other well known angel investors.

Remitly’s online remittance service is currently available in eight states, with several applications pending approval. The team now includes product and operations professionals with experience at companies such as Amazon, Microsoft, and Oracle. The company will be adding distribution options and state regulatory approvals in the coming months, while continuing its focus on the U.S. to Philippines remittance corridor.

According to Oppenheimer, “We have done a remarkable amount in just a few months and are very excited to continue this momentum under the Remitly brand.”

About Remitly

Remitly is a digital service for international money transfers that delivers payments from a person in one country to another quickly, securely and at a lower cost. The online service uses the latest technology and mobile devices to eliminate the forms, codes, agents, and extra time and fees tied to the traditional money transfer process. Recipients instantly understand what was sent to them, and the different options available to collect their funds.

“We believe that urban mining is critical to affordable, sustainable manufacture of electronics, and by carving out an early position in this rising sector, GTSO could become the next Sims”

By recycling a ton of steel, carbon emissions can be reduced by 2.1 tons. A ton of recycled aluminum eliminates 7.9 tons of emissions, and a ton of recycled computers reduces emissions by four tons. As concern over pollution and climate change grows around the world, demand for recycled materials is skyrocketing, and the market opportunity is not lost on GTSO.

“The global leader in metals recycling, Sims Metal Management (NYSE: SMS), recycled enough appliances and refrigerators to stretch end-to-end from Tokyo to New York in 2010,” said GTSO CEO Paul Watson. “The shareholders who invested early in that company are probably very happy with their decision."

“We believe that urban mining is critical to affordable, sustainable manufacture of electronics, and by carving out an early position in this rising sector, GTSO could become the next Sims,” he added.

Last month, GTSO signed a letter of intent with business facilitators CCI Capital SpA to pursue urban mining targets in Canada and Chile. Both industrialized nations have significant and rising streams of e-waste to deal with as well as the necessary mining infrastructure to capitalize on the deposits of gold, lithium, tungsten and other rare and valuable minerals found in discarded and obsolete electronics, such as earlier models of Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone and iPad.

Urban mining is a major pillar of GTSO’s plans to compete alongside major international corporations striving for sustainable manufacturing solutions, such as Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) and Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE: TM). The company is also exploring traditional mining opportunities in the U.S. and Africa through its joint venture with Diamond V Associates.

About Green Technology Solutions, Inc.

Green Technology Solutions, Inc. [www.gtsoresources.com] is a growth-oriented company exploring rare earth minerals and precious metals production around the world. To learn more, please visit our website at www.GTSOresources.com/investors.html.

Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: This news release contains forward-looking information within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including statements that include the words “believes,” “expects,” “anticipate” or similar expressions. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the company to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. In addition, description of anyone’s past success, either financial or strategic, is no guarantee of future success. This news release speaks as of the date first set forth above and the company assumes no responsibility to update the information included herein for events occurring after the date hereof.

「中国が消費者サイドの経済を拡大させるにつれ、投資が一貫して増加を続けており、多くの産業において工場や総合電力アプリケーションの電力を節約するための対策が必要となっています。従って、アジアのOEMやプロセス産業、重工業といった市場における電力制御をめぐる市場機会によって、今回の買収から大きな成長がもたらされる可能性が期待されます。中電圧駆動装置は数多くの大型自動化プロジェクトで欠かせません。これらの駆動装置は資産可用性を最大化するとともに、エネルギー消費量を管理する上で役立ちます。」

今回の買収は、中電圧駆動装置製品の設計・エンジニアリング・製造における傑出した能力を追加することで、アジア太平洋地域のモーター制御市場におけるロックウェル・オートメーションのプレゼンスを強化するものです。さらに、グリッドタイ・インバーター技術も利用できるようになります。九洲電気は7年間にわたってロックウェル・オートメーションの委託製造業者として優れた実績を上げており、独自の顧客基盤も確立しています。

ロックウェル・オートメーション出力制御事業のバイスプレジデント兼ゼネラルマネジャーを務めるMike Laszkiewiczは、次のように述べています。「九洲電気の中電圧駆動装置事業を買収することで、当社の新興市場戦略が加速化します。また買収により中定格出力・高定格出力の製品ラインにおける能力が強化され、極めて重要なアジア太平洋地域における当社の地位が強固なものとなります。」

九洲電気取締役会長のリー・イン博士は、次のように述べています。「当社はロックウェル・オートメーションの委託製造業者として確立した長期的な顧客関係を成長させる取り組みを行っており、今回の買収はこうした取り組みそのものとそれが発展していることを示しています。当社の顧客は、ロックウェル・オートメーションの先進的な製造・研究開発能力、世界規模の流通能力から恩恵を受けることになります。当社の従業員が加わろうとしているのは技術の分野で世界的リーダーとして成功を収めている企業であり、自動化業界において競争力と包括性を備えた製品・サービス群を提供している企業です。当社はロックウェル・オートメーションと成功させてきたビジネス関係を総仕上げしたいと思っています。」

ロックウェル・オートメーションのアジア太平洋地域担当プレジデントを務めるボブ・ラフは、次のように述べています。「中国が消費者サイドの経済を拡大させるにつれ、投資が一貫して増加を続けており、多くの産業において工場や総合電力アプリケーションの電力を節約するための対策が必要となっています。従って、アジアのOEMやプロセス産業、重工業といった市場における電力制御をめぐる市場機会によって、今回の買収から大きな成長がもたらされる可能性が期待されます。中電圧駆動装置は数多くの大型自動化プロジェクトで欠かせません。これらの駆動装置は資産可用性を最大化するとともに、エネルギー消費量を管理する上で役立ちます。」

ロックウェル・オートメーションは中国で従業員1900人以上を雇用し、営業所を35カ所、訓練センターを5カ所に持ち、複数の製造施設、世界的な研究開発センターとソフトウエア開発センターで事業を行っています。また毎年、中国人学生6000人以上が20の省、50以上の大学において、ロックウェル・オートメーションの研究室と受賞歴ある教育プログラムによる訓練を受けています。

九洲電気は電力・石油化学・鉄鋼・冶金・都市機能・セメント・建設の各産業で顧客にサービスを提供しています。同社の中電力事業は、ロックウェル・オートメーションの制御製品＆ソリューション事業部門と足並みをそろえていきます。

ハルビン九洲電気股份有限公司は高性能電気・電子機器の研究開発・製造・販売・サービスに専心しています。中電圧駆動装置・直流電源・開閉装置・風力インバーターなどの製品を手掛けています。2000年の創業で、ハルビンを登記地としています。

ロックウェル・オートメーション（NYSE: ROK）は、産業自動化と産業情報に取り組む世界最大の企業として、顧客の生産性向上と世界の持続可能性に貢献しています。米ウィスコンシン州ミルウォーキーに本社を置くロックウェル・オートメーションは約2万1000人の従業員を擁し、80カ国以上の国々で営業しています。

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Tax Law 2012 provides the complete Irish tax code in consolidated form. It features amendment notes showing each subsection's legislative history. Tax Law 2012 contains all the information you need to check the primary source legislation, making your reference easy.

- Updated with changes made by the upcoming Finance Act 2012.

- All the Finance Act changes up to 2012

- Presented in a clear user-friendly style

- Totally consolidated with all amendments clearly identified and listed

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/jg7jk5/tax_law_2012

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY

A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE

Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the “Code”)

1. KEY INFORMATION

2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(a) Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open derivative or option positions, or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors’ and other executive options)

If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(a) Purchases and sales

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

(ii) Exercising

(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

4. OTHER INFORMATION

(a) Indemnity and other dealing arrangements

(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

(c) Attachments

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at monitoring@disclosure.org.uk. The Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code’s dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

The Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

„Dieser Zuschlag versetzt KBR in eine Position, von der aus wir uns einen bedeutenden Anteil des Beratungsmarktes im Justizsektor sichern können.“

KBR wird im Rahmen der 90 Millionen US-Dollar teuren Expansion zivile, bautechnische, mechanische, hydraulische und elektrische Beratungsdienstleistungen sowie Dienste in Bezug auf Brandschutzmaßnahmen erbringen. Darüber hinaus wird KBR die laufende Überwachung der Baustelle und das Berichtswesen während der gesamten Konstruktionsphase übernehmen. Die Infrastrukturerweiterung, welche die Überholung der bestehenden Anlage und ihrer Einrichtungen umfasst, ist Teil des neuen Gefängnis-Infrastrukturprogramms der westaustralischen Regierung. Im Zuge dieses Programms sollen über das gesamte Gefängnissystem hinweg 1650 neue Betten hinzukommen.

KBR wurde von DORIC Contractors im Rahmen eines Planungsauftrags engagiert. Ziel des Projekts ist, die sichere, verlässliche und zeitgemäße Expansion des Acacia-Gefängnisses bis Ende 2014 durchzuführen, dies innerhalb eines engen Budgets und Zeitrahmens sowie mit minimalen Störungen des Gefängnisbetriebs. KBR war bereits der Ingenieurbauberatungsdienst für das bestehende Acacia-Gefängnis, das 2001 gebaut wurde.

„Die signifikante Erfahrung von KBR im Justizwesen auf nationaler Ebene hat zu dem erfolgreichen Angebot geführt, das ein günstiges Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis für die Regierung des Bundesstaats darstellt“, erläuterte Colin Elliott, Infrastruktur-Chef bei KBR. „Dieser Zuschlag versetzt KBR in eine Position, von der aus wir uns einen bedeutenden Anteil des Beratungsmarktes im Justizsektor sichern können.“

KBR ist ein weltweit tätiges Ingenieurs-, Bau- und Dienstleistungsunternehmen in den Bereichen Energie, Kohlenwasserstoffe, staatliche Dienstleistungen, Mineralien, zivile Infrastruktur, Strom, industrielle und kommerzielle Märkte. Weitere Informationen finden Sie auf www.kbr.com.

Hinweis für Redakteure:

• KBR gehört zu den Marktführern bei der Durchführung großer Infrastrukturprojekte und liefert innovative technische Lösungen sowie Projektmanagement-Lösungen für diverse Sektoren wie beispielsweise Gefängnisanlagen.

• Dieser Erfolg knüpft an die jüngsten Erfolge von KBR im Justizsektor in Australien an und stärkt die marktführende Position des Unternehmens in dieser Branche.
• Die Erfahrung von KBR mit der Bereitstellung von Haftanstalten in jüngster Vergangenheit umfasst auch Projekte wie den Ausbau des Dame Phyllis Frost Centre in Victoria und die Aufrüstung des Northfields-Gefängnisses in South Australia.
• KBR sieht sein primäres Ziel in der sicheren Bereitstellung von hochwertigen, innovativen Ingenieursbau- und Projektmanagement-Dienstleistungen für seine Kunden, und zwar termingerecht und innerhalb des veranschlagten Budgets.

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“ALTANA is looking back on quite a successful first half of 2012. Despite the difficult overall economic conditions, we were able to further increase sales and EBITDA compared to the strong prior-year figures”

Development by division and region

The BYK Additives & Instruments division increased sales by 4% to €326.0 million in the first six months of 2012, up from €314.4 million in the prior-year period. The ECKART Effect Pigments division recorded a decline in sales by 3%, with sales of €179.1 million compared to prior-year revenues of €184.6 million. Sales of the ELANTAS Electrical Insulation division rose by 4% to €210.7 million up from €203.3 million in the first half of 2011. With a jump in sales of 24%, primarily due to acquisitions, sales in the ACTEGA Coatings & Sealants division increased significantly. The division's sales came in at €170.6 million, following €138.0 million in the prior year.

The regional sales development within the ALTANA Group was rather heterogeneous. Sales in North and South America were significantly increased by 11% compared to the first six months of 2011. This was attributable to the dynamic regional rise in demand as well as to positive exchange rate effects. The increase in sales of 4% in Europe resulted from acquisition effects, while the economic environment increasingly burdened the development of the company's business. In Asia, the hitherto sluggish development of demand led to a purely exchange-rate driven increase in sales of 3%.

"ALTANA is looking back on quite a successful first half of 2012. Despite the difficult overall economic conditions, we were able to further increase sales and EBITDA compared to the strong prior-year figures," stated Dr. Matthias L. Wolfgruber, CEO of ALTANA AG. "Based on our clear focus on innovative specialties and our flexible business model we are confident that we remain able to operate successfully even under ongoing uncertain and volatile market conditions."

Outlook

As a result of the increased global economic risks ALTANA anticipates a further moderation of demand for the second half of the current business year. Nevertheless, compared to the previous year, we currently expect a moderate growth in sales for 2012 as a whole. Consequently, the EBITDA margin should remain within the target range of 18% to 20% in 2012.

Key Figures H1 2012

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About ALTANA:

ALTANA develops and produces high-quality, innovative products in the specialty chemicals business. The ALTANA Group, with headquarters in Wesel/Germany, is a genuine “global player” with about 85% of its sales generated by international activities. The ALTANA Group has four divisions: BYK Additives & Instruments, ECKART Effect Pigments, ELANTAS Electrical Insulation, and ACTEGA Coatings & Sealants. All of these divisions occupy a leading position in their target markets with respect to quality, product solution expertise, innovation and service.

ALTANA offers innovative, environmentally compatible solutions with the matching specialty products for coating manufactures, paint and plastics processors, the printing and cosmetic industries, and the electrical and electronics industry. The product range includes additives, special coatings and adhesives, effect pigments, sealants and compounds, impregnating resins and varnishes, and testing and measuring instruments. At present, the ALTANA Group has 41 production facilities and more than 50 service and research laboratories worldwide. Throughout the group over 5,300 people work to ensure the success of ALTANA worldwide. In 2011, ALTANA achieved sales of more than 1.6 billion euros. Its impressive earning power and high growth rate make ALTANA one of the most successful and innovative chemical groups worldwide.

“Essa decisão coloca a KBR na posição de continuar a garantir uma parcela significativa dos serviços de consultoria para o setor carcerário”

Como consultor de engenharia para a expansão de um valor global de US$ 90 milhões, a KBR será responsável por serviços de natureza civil, estrutural, mecânica, hidráulica, elétrica e proteção contra incêndio. Além disso, KBR vai oferecer também vigilância local permanente e apresentação de relatórios durante o período de construção. A expansão da infraestrutura do estabelecimento, que inclui a modernização do local e das comodidades existentes é parte do novo programa de infraestrutura presidiária do governo do oeste da Austrália, para a entrega 1.650 leitos novos em todo o sistema carcerário.

A KBR foi contratada pela DORIC Contractors na forma de um contrato de projeto. A missão do projeto é proporcionar uma expansão cuidadosa, segura e moderna da Acacia Prison até o final de 2014 – tudo isso dentro de orçamento e cronograma estreitos, com o mínimo de perturbação para as operações da prisão. A KBR foi a empresa de consultoria de engenharia civil e estrutural da atual Acacia Prison, construída em 2001.

"A experiência nacional significativa da KBR no setor judiciário contribuiu para uma oferta bem sucedida que representa uma boa relação qualidade-preço para o governo do estado", disse Colin Elliott, presidente de infraestrutura da KBR. "Essa decisão coloca a KBR na posição de continuar a garantir uma parcela significativa dos serviços de consultoria para o setor carcerário".

A KBR é uma empresa global de engenharia, construção e serviços que apoia os mercados de energia, hidrocarboneto, serviços governamentais, minerais, infraestrutura civil, eletricidade, indústria e comércio. Para outras informações, acesse www.kbr.com.

Notas do editor:

• KBR é um líder de mercado em grandes projetos de infraestrutura e oferece soluções inovadoras técnicas e de gestão de projetos para um número abrangente de setores, incluindo estabelecimentos carcerários.

• Essa vitória se soma a outras recentes vitórias da KBR no setor carcerário australiano e fortalece a posição da KBR como líder do setor.
• Outras experiências recentes da KBR com estabelecimentos carcerários incluem o projeto de expansão do Dame Phyllis Frost Centre, em Victoria, e o projeto de modernização das prisões de Northfields, no sul da Austrália.
• O principal objetivo da KBR é oferecer aos seus clientes serviços de qualidade em engenharia e gestão de projetos com segurança, pontualidade e dentro do orçamento.

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“Esta adjudicación posiciona a KBR a fin de continuar asegurando una participación en los servicios de consultoría para el mercado penitenciario”

En su papel de consultora de ingeniería para la ampliación total de 90 millones USD, KBR llevará a cabo servicios de protección contra incendios, de ingeniería civil, mecánica, hidráulica y eléctrica. Además, KBR también proporcionará servicios continuos de supervisión y generación de informes en el sitio, durante toda la fase de construcción. El establecimiento con infraestructura ampliada, que incluye mejoras al sitio y los servicios básicos existentes, forma parte del nuevo programa de infraestructura de custodia del gobierno de Australia Occidental que entregará 1.650 nuevas camas a lo largo del sistema carcelario.

KBR fue contratada por DORIC Contractors en virtud de un contrato de diseño. La misión del proyecto es entregar para finales de 2014 una ampliación segura, protegida y contemporánea de la cárcel Acacia Prison, todo esto supeditado a un presupuesto y cronograma ajustados y que perturbe mínimamente las operaciones carcelarias. KBR fue la consultora de ingeniería civil y estructural para la cárcel Acacia Prison actual, la cual se construyó en 2001.

"La significativa experiencia a nivel nacional en el sector de la justicia de KBR contribuyó a que realizara una oferta exitosa que representa una relación calidad-precio para el gobierno estatal", señaló Colin Elliot, Presidente de Infraestructura de KBR. "Esta adjudicación posiciona a KBR a fin de continuar asegurando una participación en los servicios de consultoría para el mercado penitenciario".

KBR es una compañía internacional de ingeniería, construcción y servicios que brinda su respaldo a los mercados comerciales, industriales, energéticos, minerales, de hidrocarburos, servicios gubernamentales e infraestructura civil. Para obtener más información, visite www.kbr.com.

Notas del editor:

• KBR es un líder en el mercado en lo que respecta a entregar grandes proyectos de infraestructura y brinda soluciones técnicas y de gestión de proyectos innovadoras a lo largo de una diversa gama de sectores, inclusive el sector de establecimientos penitenciarios.

• Esta victoria se suma a otras victorias recientes dentro del sector penitenciario que KBR obtuvo en Australia y fortalece la posición de KBR como un líder del sector.
• Otra experiencia reciente de KBR en la entrega de establecimientos penitenciarios incluye el proyecto de ampliación del centro Dame Phyllis Frost Centre ubicado en Victoria y el proyecto de mejoramiento de las cárceles Northfields Prisons en Australia Meridional.
• El objetivo principal de KBR es entregar a los clientes calidad, una ingeniería innovadora y servicios de gestión de proyectos de manera segura, todo esto dentro del cronograma y el presupuesto establecido.

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Listed Swedish property company Kungsleden AB (publ) (STO:KLED)(OSE:KGLED01) is selling two industrial properties in Bielsko-Biala in southern Poland, for a total purchase price of EUR 12,5m or approximately SEK 104 m excluding transaction costs. The sales price is in line with book value and acquisition cost.

These properties were included in the purchase of the majority of properties of Nordic & Russia Properties Ltd. in 2011. Gross leasable area is approximately 44,000 sq.m.

The purchaser is a Polish property company, and completion will be by 18 September at the latest. This transaction is conditional on the Municipality of Bielsko-Biala not exercising its pre-emptive right, which expires on 6 September 2012.

“Kungsleden’s focus is to own and manage properties in Sweden, so it's natural that we’re selling these properties in Poland now, as planned. Our focus remains on customer care, portfolio enhancement and searching for good deal opportunities,” commented Kungsleden’s Chief Executive Thomas Erséus.

Savills has been the broker in this transaction.

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Kungsleden AB (publ) discloses the information in this press release according to the Swedish Securities Markets Act and/or the Swedish Financial Trading Act. The information was provided for public release on 8 August 2012 at 10:00 a.m.

Kungsleden’s strategy is to ensure sustainable high and stable returns proceeding from its existing holding, and through acquisitions and divestments. As of 31 March 2012, the property portfolio comprised 317 properties with a book value of SEK 15.5 bn. The portfolio was located in a total of 100 municipalities, mainly in southern and central Sweden. Kungsleden has been quoted on the Nasdaq OMX Stockholm since 1999.

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“Often called the silent disease due to the lack of symptoms, there is an unmet need for effective treatments for liver fibrosis as there are currently none available to patients.”

“These data provide important validation of the role of NOX in liver fibrosis as well as demonstrating the robust activity of the NOX inhibitor GKT137831,” explained David A. Brenner, M.D. “Often called the silent disease due to the lack of symptoms, there is an unmet need for effective treatments for liver fibrosis as there are currently none available to patients.”

“The data also highlight the excellent pharmacological properties of GKT137831 and the broad potential for its use in fibrotic diseases,’’ said Dr Patrick Page, Chief Development Officer at Genkyotex.” As we have reported previously, GKT137831 has shown a good safety and PK profile to date in Phase I studies and we plan to develop the drug initially in diabetic nephropathy, where kidney fibrosis plays a major role in the progression to end stage renal disease. We are now considering the clinical evaluation of GKT137831 in additional fibrotic diseases, such as nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, a common liver disease, where there is high unmet need and large market potential.”

Most chronic liver diseases are associated with progressive fibrosis, which is triggered by the loss of hepatocytes and the activation of inadequate wound healing pathways. When the liver is injured, specific cell subsets including hepatic stellate cells (HSCs), are activated to become myofibroblasts, a major source of extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins including collagen. Myofibroblast derived chemokines also recruit macrophages to the liver, which contribute to the fibrotic response. The activation of myofibroblasts is triggered by intracellular signaling pathways involving NOX. By inhibiting NOX, the researchers believe myofibroblast activation and macrophage recruitment can be interrupted, preventing further fibrosis and potentially allowing regression of established fibrosis.

Study Details

The role of NOX, and the efficacy of GKT137831, was evaluated in the carbon tetrachloride (CCL₄) and bile duct ligation (BDL) models in mice. The CCL₄ model was carried out in both wild type (WT) mice and in mice carrying the G37R mutation in the SOD1 gene (SOD1mu mice). This mutation leads to enhanced NOX activity and oxidative stress. Primary cultured HSCs isolated from WT and SOD1mu mice models were assessed for ROS production and NOX gene expression. Liver fibrosis developed in WT mice and was enhanced in SOD1mu mice, and ROS production and Rac1 activity were increased in SOD1mu HSCs. Treatment with the NOX1 and 4 inhibitor, GKT137831 suppressed ROS production and fibrotic gene expression in both SOD1mut and WT HSCs. In vivo, GKT137831 attenuated ROS production in both SOD1mu and WT mice as well as messenger RNA expression of fibrotic genes, resulting in reduced fibrosis. GKT137831 similarly prevented fibrosis in the BDLmodel, which mimics human cholestatic liver disease. GKT137831 was recently shown to be effective in the mouse BDL model, by an independent group of researchers lead by Ass. Professor Nathalie Torok at University of California Davis (Free Radic Biol Med. 2012 Jul 15;53(2):289-96. Epub 2012 May 19).

GKT137831 was found to be a potent inhibitor of human NOX4 (Ki =140 ±40 nM) and human NOX1 (Ki =110 ± 30 nM), with selectivity over other NOX isoforms.

About Genkyotex

Genkyotex is developing first in class, small molecule therapeutics that specifically and selectively inhibit the NOX family of enzymes. Using a unique screening platform, Genkyotex has identified novel NOX inhibitors with the potential to treat disease areas with a high clinical need and large market potential. Genkyotex was founded in 2006 by scientists from Switzerland, the USA and Japan, with backing from Geneva incubator Eclosion. A CHF25 million extension of the Series C investment was closed in July 2012, with existing investors, Eclosion, Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners, Vesalius BioCapital and MP Healthcare Venture Management all reinvesting. Further information can be found at: www.genkyotex.com.

“By selecting Aaron Wheeler, we are recognizing a talented and very successful scientist. We are looking forward to his award lecture in October”

“Professor Wheeler`s development of new analytical methods using digital microfluidic technology to overcome the limitations of conventional techniques in the extraction and quantification of estrogen is an outstanding scientific achievement with significant societal impact, for example in breast cancer diagnosis,” explained Professor Reinhard Niessner (Technical University of Munich, Germany), the head of the international jury for the Heinrich Emanuel Merck Award.

“By selecting Aaron Wheeler, we are recognizing a talented and very successful scientist. We are looking forward to his award lecture in October,” said Dr. Thomas Geelhaar, Chief Technology Officer Chemicals at Merck KGaA. “Thanks to his groundbreaking scientific approach, Professor Wheeler has helped to achieve tremendous advances in the research field of hormone analysis.”

Aaron R. Wheeler (37) is an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto, Department of Chemistry. The Wheeler research group is developing hybrid methods that rely on the unique advantages of microchannels and digital microfluidics for applications in the areas of chemistry, biology, and medicine. This approach moves sample and reagent droplets across open surfaces by applying electrical potentials to an array of electrodes, which makes it particularly well suited to multistep sample processing for high-throughput bioanalytical applications. His concept promises reduced reagent consumption and analysis time, the capacity to integrate multiple functions onto a single device, and the potential for high throughput analysis.

For more than 20 years, the Heinrich Emanuel Merck Award has been recognizing scientists under the age of 45 whose work focuses on new methods in chemical analysis and the development thereof in applications aimed at improving the quality of human life, for example in fields such as life science, environmental protection and the biosciences.

Heinrich-Emanuel-Merck Award

Merck KGaA began granting the Heinrich-Emanuel-Merck Award in 1988 to mark the centennial of the first standardization of analytical methods by Dr. Karl Krauch, a Merck KGaA chemist. This list of the prizewinners documents the significance of the prize in the analytical sciences community, which has often laid the groundwork for important discoveries.

Former Award winners of the Heinrich Emanuel Merck Award are:

1988 Professor M. Hiraide, Japan; Professor O.S. Wolfbeis, Austria

1990 Dr. B. Bidlingmeyer, USA; Professor R. Niessner, Germany

1993 Professor A. Amirav, Israel

1996 Professor D.J. Harrison, Canada; Professor A. Manz, United Kingdom

1998 Professor R. Zenobi, Switzerland

2000 Professor N. Dovichi, Canada

2002 Professor J.V. Sweedler, USA

2004 Professor Y. Baba, Japan

2007 Dr. A. Makarov, Germany; Professor S. Nie, USA

2010 Professor Luisa Torsi, Italy

About EMD Millipore

EMD Millipore is the Life Science division of Merck KGaA of Germany and offers a broad range of innovative, performance products, services and business relationships that enable our customers' success in research, development and production of biotech and pharmaceutical drug therapies. Through dedicated collaboration on new scientific and engineering insights, and as one of the top three R&D investors in the Life Science Tools industry, EMD Millipore serves as a strategic partner to customers and helps advance the promise of life science.

Headquartered in Billerica, Massachusetts, the division has around 10,000 employees, operations in 67 countries and 2011 revenues of EUR 2.4 billion. EMD Millipore is known as Merck Millipore outside of the U.S. and Canada.

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Merck is a global pharmaceutical and chemical company with total revenues of € 10.3 billion in 2011, a history that began in 1668, and a future shaped by more than 40,000 employees in 67 countries. Its success is characterized by innovations from entrepreneurial employees. Merck's operating activities come under the umbrella of Merck KGaA, in which the Merck family holds an approximately 70% interest and shareholders own the remaining approximately 30%. In 1917 the U.S. subsidiary Merck & Co. was expropriated and has been an independent company ever since.

「私たちはブレガル・セージマウントの強い姿勢とサポートに深く感謝しています。これから、今後への期待を持ちながらバイタル・インサイツの新たな扉を開いていきます。今回の投資により当社は世界的拡張を継続していくことができ、世界の最優良ブランドへのカスタムCEMソリューションのマーケット・リーダーとしての立場を強固なものにすることができます。顧客の満足度を追跡して改善するための使いやすく先進的なCEMプラットフォームを開発することは、将来の顧客ロイヤルティーと顧客の維持に不可欠です。」

Yoon氏は次のように述べています。「消費者がソーシャル・メディアなどのオンライン・メディアで自分の体験を共有する傾向が続いており、ブランド企業がリアルタイムで顧客満足度を測定できるだけでなく、（より重要なこととして）改善も可能なCEMソリューションへの明確な需要を感じています。バイタル・インサイツは世界各地のブランドにこのような機能を届けてきた確かな実績があります。私たちはこのような革新的なマーケット・リーダーに投資することができ、大変うれしく思っています。Tryfonをはじめとするバイタル・インサイツの経営陣と共に新たな成長機会を追求していくことを楽しみにしています。」

2012年上半期に、バイタル・インサイツは大きな成長を遂げました。売上高は30%以上増加し、自動車業界への優良CEMベンダーとしての地位を確立することができました。Foresightは4000社を超える自動車ディーラーで12万5000人以上のユーザーに利用され、メルセデス・ベンツ、マセラティ、ジャガー・ランドローバー、フォルクスワーゲン、BMW、アウディ、インフィニティなど、多数の企業で利用されています。

バイタル・インサイツのJason Tryfon社長兼最高経営責任者（CEO）は、次のように述べています。「私たちはブレガル・セージマウントの強い姿勢とサポートに深く感謝しています。これから、今後への期待を持ちながらバイタル・インサイツの新たな扉を開いていきます。今回の投資により当社は世界的拡張を継続していくことができ、世界の最優良ブランドへのカスタムCEMソリューションのマーケット・リーダーとしての立場を強固なものにすることができます。顧客の満足度を追跡して改善するための使いやすく先進的なCEMプラットフォームを開発することは、将来の顧客ロイヤルティーと顧客の維持に不可欠です。」

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2010年と2011年にデロイトのテクノロジー・ファスト50に、最近では2012年Branham300に選ばれたバイタル・インサイツは、企業向けの革新的な追跡ソリューションや顧客体験管理（CEM）ソリューションの大手設計・開発・販売企業です。製品ラインアップの中心にあるForesight™は、顧客からのフィードバックを伝達、収集、管理するプラットフォームです。自動車業界向けCEMでの問題解決管理の先駆的製品として、Foresightのプラットフォームは不満を持つ顧客の存在をリアルタイムで重要スタッフに警告する特許申請中のプロセスが特徴です。バイタル・インサイツの最新製品のForesight Mobile™は、業界初のCEMモバイル・アプリケーションとして迅速な対応が必要な諸問題にスマートフォンから直接対応する手段を提供し、顧客の離反を防ぐことが可能です。継続的な革新と先見的な製品開発に注力するバイタル・インサイツは、世界各地の組織のために革新的なCEM製品を構築する使命を継続的に推進しています。バイタル・インサイツのグローバル本社はカナダ・オンタリオ州のミシサガにあり、米国アリゾナ州とドイツにオフィスを有しています。詳細情報については、www.vitalinsights.comをご覧ください。

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“Our close cooperation and long standing partnership with Eurex Exchange is a great advantage when implementing the new trading system and as a result we are pleased with progress and remain ahead of schedule.”

Eurex Exchange´s new trading architecture will be launched in steps over a three to four month period. Orc, by working closely with Eurex Group, will support the migration from day one in each of these steps.

“Eurex Exchange’s new platform is a significant upgrade for Orc customers, so it is a priority for us to guide them in this transition which is clearly advancing state of the art trading technology,” said Jesper Alfredsson, Vice President Product Management, Orc. “Our close cooperation and long standing partnership with Eurex Exchange is a great advantage when implementing the new trading system and as a result we are pleased with progress and remain ahead of schedule.”

Orc will adapt its solutions with the intention to isolate users from technical details of the exchange’s platform migration, adding new features and options to enhance the user experience. All new functionality (e.g. order types) as well as the connectivity options introduced by Eurex Exchange will be supported. Specifically, Orc’s solutions offering for latency sensitive trading, including Orc Market Maker and Orc Liquidator, will be optimized for the new system to ensure competitiveness in highly volatile markets.

“Our new trading architecture provides advantages for all who are engaged in Eurex trading, and our technology partners have a vital role for making these real,” said Wolfgang Eholzer, Head of Trading System Design, Eurex. “Orc has demonstrated their ability to deliver tools that help traders make the most of our exchange architecture, and we are pleased that they are now on board to make the transition to our new trading platform a successful mission.”

Orc´s access to Eurex Clearing FIXML Interface will complement Orc’s offering by providing compliance with the European requirement of standardized over-the-counter derivatives to clear through a central counterparty by the end of the current year.

About Orc

Orc is a leading provider of technology and services for the global financial industry. Orc delivers trading and market access solutions that are used by proprietary trading and market making firms, investment banks, hedge funds and brokerage houses worldwide.

Orc develops and provides the tools needed for running a profitable trading and brokerage business in today’s competitive and ever-changing markets.

With market presence in all major global financial centers, Orc provides sales and support services from its offices across the EMEA, Americas and Asia-Pacific regions.

Orc is owned by Nordic Capital Fund VII. www.orc-group.com

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“Network virtualization and the move to software-defined networking (SDN) is a strategically important focus area for the networking industry”

In 2011, PLUMgrid raised an initial funding round of $2 million, and USVP partner Chris Rust joined the company’s Board of Directors. Hummer Winblad managing director Lars Leckie co-led the PLUMgrid series A and now joins Rust on the PLUMgrid Board of Directors.

PLUMgrid CEO Awais Nemat co-founded the company in early 2011, and has brought together an outstanding team of industry veterans with a proven track record of success in designing, developing and deploying some of the most important systems and services in the history of the networking industry. Nemat has assembled a group of highly decorated innovators from companies such as Cisco Systems, Marvell, Nicira, SUN, Vyatta and VMware. With a strong heritage in mission-critical enterprise network infrastructure, PLUMgrid’s engineers and software visionaries have contributed significantly to the emergence of network virtualization technology in the past five years.

“Network virtualization and the move to software-defined networking (SDN) is a strategically important focus area for the networking industry,” said Nemat. “PLUMgrid was started nearly two years ago with a vision of providing a better way for customers to address new networking application needs and reduce excessive costs and complexity. This $10.7 million financing round provides the resources for PLUMgrid to realize this vision and deliver a comprehensive SDN solution to our customers.”

“PLUMgrid has a compelling combination of large market opportunity, highly differentiated approach with deep IP, and an exceptional team with a track record of commercial success. USVP is delighted to be a founding investor in PLUMgrid, and to be joined by Hummer Winblad as our co-lead in what we believe to be the best-of-breed SDN solution in the marketplace,” said Chris Rust, partner, USVP.

“The networking industry is experiencing a major shift as infrastructure becomes software-driven,” said Lars Leckie, managing director, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners. “We see tremendous potential in supporting a new, unified network infrastructure that delivers value to customers by building on networking best practices yet enabling the radical agility, simplicity and ease of management that software brings to the table.”

About PLUMgrid

PLUMgrid is a network infrastructure software vendor, selling network virtualization solutions to companies building and managing data centers. Founded in 2011, the company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., and is backed by investors US Venture Partners and Hummer Winblad Venture Partners. PLUMgrid’s management team and Board of Directors include individuals with broad experience in enterprise/data center infrastructure, security, cloud and software. For more information: http://www.plumgrid.com

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„Wir haben Inmarsat XpressLink entwickelt, um der zunehmenden Nachfrage nach unbegrenzter Hochgeschwindigkeitskommunikation auf dem globalen Schifffahrtsmarkt entsprechen zu können. Dem Gemeinwohl der Besatzung und der Nachfrage nach höherer betrieblicher Effizienz kommen auf dem Markt besondere Bedeutung zu und mit XpressLink können wir eine zukunftssichere Kommunikationsplattform bereitstellen.“

Die XpressLink Lösung von Inmarsat ist eine voll integrierte und strukturierte Kombination aus VSAT und dem branchenweit führenden FleetBroadband™. Diese Kombination gewährleistet eine grenzenlose Datenverfügbarkeit auf allen Weltmeeren. Sie schließt eine Option für MISC Berhad ein, die verfügbare Bandbreite zu einem zuvor festgelegten monatlichen Tarif zu verdoppeln, wenn die Global Xpress^® Lösung von Inmarsat im Jahr 2014 kommerziell erhältlich sein wird.

Kapitän S Rajalingam, Vice President Fleet Management System bei MISC Berhad, erläuterte: „Es ist von besonderer Bedeutung für uns, mit Blick auf das Management unserer Schiffe und Systeme an Land über eine hohe Bandbreite zu verfügen und den Anforderungen unserer Seeleute auf hoher See gerecht zu werden. Im Verlauf unserer Seeerprobungen haben wir XpressLink mit einer Reihe von Konkurrenzangeboten verglichen. Dabei konnte uns XpressLink dank seiner beeindruckenden Leistungsfähigkeit überzeugen. Inmarsat XpressLink bot das beste Preis-Leistungsverhältnis sowie einen zuverlässigen und grenzenlosen Datenaustausch sowohl über VSAT als auch über FleetBroadband Dienste.”

Inmarsat XpressLink ist eine Kommunikationslösung, die entwickelt wurde, um maritimen Kunden den Weg in die Zukunft zu weisen. Sie verbindet das Hochvolumen-Ku-Band-VSAT-System mit der Flexibilität von FleetBroadband in einem einzigen Paket. Die Integration beider Dienste bedeutet, dass sowohl die Schiffs- als auch die Küstenkommunikation dank der hochmodernen globalen Infrastruktur von Inmarsat nahtlos und professionell bewältigt und in allen Bereichen unterstützt werden kann. Das duale System zeichnet sich auch durch eine beispiellose Datenredundanz und eine nahezu 99,9%ige Betriebszeit aus.

Frank Coles, President von Inmarsat Maritime, erklärte: „Wir haben Inmarsat XpressLink entwickelt, um der zunehmenden Nachfrage nach unbegrenzter Hochgeschwindigkeitskommunikation auf dem globalen Schifffahrtsmarkt entsprechen zu können. Dem Gemeinwohl der Besatzung und der Nachfrage nach höherer betrieblicher Effizienz kommen auf dem Markt besondere Bedeutung zu und mit XpressLink können wir eine zukunftssichere Kommunikationsplattform bereitstellen.”

Coles ergänzte: „Inmarsat pflegt bereits eine sehr enge Beziehung zu MISC Berhad und diese jüngste Bestätigung in Form eines neuen Auftrags für XpressLink ist überaus zufriedenstellend.”

Über MISC Berhad

MISC Berhad (MISC) ist eines der führenden internationalen Transport- und Schifffahrtsunternehmen. Das Hauptgeschäft von MISC umfasst den Besitz und Betrieb von Schiffen, andere mit der Schifffahrt in Zusammenhang stehende Aktivitäten, den Besitz und Betrieb von Tanklagern und schwimmenden Offshore-Anlagen sowie Schiffsreparaturen, Umbauten und Bauarbeiten. Die MISC-Flotte verfügt über mehr als 100 Schiffe und ist einer der führenden Eigentümer/Betreiber von LNG- und Aframax-Tankern weltweit. Weitere Informationen finden Sie unter www.misc.com.my

Über Inmarsat

Inmarsat plc ist der führende Anbieter von globalen Mobilfunk-Satellitenkommunikationsdiensten. Seit 1979 versorgt Inmarsat Behörden, Unternehmen und andere Organisationen mit zuverlässigen Sprach- und Hochgeschwindigkeitsdatenkommunikationsdiensten im Rahmen eines Dienstleistungsangebots, das sich zu Wasser, zu Land oder in der Luft einsetzen lässt. Inmarsat beschäftigt weltweit rund 1.500 Mitarbeiter an über 40 Standorten und ist in den wichtigsten Häfen und Handelszentren auf allen Kontinenten vertreten. Im Geschäftsjahr bis einschließlich 31. Dezember 2011 verzeichnete Inmarsat plc einen Gesamtumsatz von 1.409 Millionen US-Dollar mit einem EBITDA von 854 Millionen US-Dollar. Im Halbjahr bis einschließlich 30. Juni 2012 erwirtschaftete Inmarsat plc Umsatzerlöse in Höhe von 684 Millionen US-Dollar mit einem EBITDA von 381 Millionen US-Dollar. Inmarsat ist an der Londoner Börse notiert (LSE: ISAT.L). Weitere Informationen finden Sie auf der Website www.inmarsat.com.

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