Storys aus Zurich

Qnective AG

Qnective rolls out secure mobile communications solution to Indonesia / Major order secured from governmental organisations

Zurich (ots) - The Swiss company Qnective (www.qnective.com ) has received a major order for its software solution Qtalk Defense for 120'000 users. This will incorporate the building of a secure communications network for various military and governmental organisations in Indonesia by using the public mobile ...

Prionics AG

Prionics and Bio-X Diagnostics form strategic partnership

Schlieren-Zurich, Switzerland (ots) - Prionics, a world leader in farm animal diagnostics, has entered into a strategic partnership with the Belgian company Bio-X Diagnostics to make their innovative diagnostic solutions available to global markets. The collaboration will include distribution, product development and production. Through this partnership, Prionics and Bio-X Diagnostics customers will profit from an ...

Swiss AviationTraining Ltd.

Ready for training: SAT presents its new Frankfurt Embraer 190 simulator

Zurich-Airport (ots) - Swiss AviationTraining (SAT) unveiled their new CAE Embraer 190 full-flight simulator to the public today. The new facility marks another milestone in SAT's evolution into an experienced provider of total "E-Jet" training solutions, and further underlines its standing and expertise as a competence centre for integrated cockpit, cabin and ...

Adecco Group

Adecco Staff Reached More Than Half a Million People

Zurich (ots/PRNewswire) - - Launch of Around the World in 80 Jobs(TM) to give young people the chance to gain international work experience and inspire their generation On Tuesday, over 10,000 Adecco employees in 50 countries, organized more than 1,000 actions in over 500 cities around the globe. Reaching more than half a million youngsters in the streets, in public places, at schools and universities, they offered career ...

Jacobs Foundation

Olaf von Maydell is appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Jacobs Foundation

Zurich (ots) - Dr. Olaf von Maydell has been appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Jacobs Foundation, effective May 1, 2013. A tax consultant who holds a PhD in agricultural economics, Dr. von Maydell is a partner in the Schomerus & Partner tax consulting firm in Berlin. He served as General Manager of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin from ...

Solution Providers

Solution Providers strengthens Singapore team with three Senior Advisors

Zurich (ots) - Solution Providers, one of the leading management consulting companies for financial services providers, has strengthened its senior management team in Asia with three seasoned experts from the Asian insurance industry. Daniel Adamec, David Macdonald and Jahanath Muthusamy have been appointed as senior advisors. The staff expansion takes place in ...

HWZ Hochschule für Wirtschaft Zürich

Facebook, YouTube and Twitter confirm their dominance / 2013 Ranking of the Strongest Social Network Brands

Zurich (ots) - The department of Social Media Management of HWZ University of Applied Sciences in Business Administration Zurich, in cooperation with BV4 Certified Brand Valuation Experts, present the 2013 ranking of the most valuable social media brands. The four most valuable brands in 2012 were able to defend ...

Takeda Pharmaceuticals Europe Ltd

Takeda Launches New Subsidiary in Ecuador

Zurich, Switzerland (ots/PRNewswire) - Demonstrates Takeda's long-term commitment to the Latin American market Takeda Pharmaceuticals International GmbH ("Takeda"), today announced further expansion of its presence in Latin America with the launch of its wholly-owned subsidiary in Ecuador. Takeda Ecuador S.A. (Takeda Ecuador or "the Company") will be headquartered in Quito and will be responsible for the sales and ...

Solution Providers

Solution Providers releases paper on Singapore asset management industry

Zurich (ots) - Solution Providers has released a paper on the Singapore asset management industry and sees a bright future for Singapore as a hub for the region. Based on extensive research and analysis, supplemented by structured interviews with key industry figures, the industry has sound foundations for the future. In its paper, Solution Providers states that the ...

Verein Tibeter Jugend in Europa / The Tibetan Youth Association in Europe

The Tibetan Youth Association in Europe Demands: Put Tibet on Google Maps

Zurich/Dharamsala, India (ots) - On the occasion of the centennial of Tibet's proclamation of independence, the Tibetan Youth Association in Europe (TYAE) is approaching Google with an urgent demand: Tibetan places on Google Maps should be labeled in Tibetan script. To stop the disappearance of Tibetan cultural heritage, the TYAE is hereby launching the campaign forum ...

Jacobs Foundation

Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize 2013 - Call for Nominations

Zurich (ots) - The Jacobs Foundation is issuing a call for nominations for the 2013 Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize. This prize, which comes with a cash award of one million Swiss francs, recognizes the work of scholars in any discipline devoted to promoting the successful development and life chances of children and adolescents. Professional organizations and experts all over the world who are engaged in research on ...

Prionics AG

Prionics: Favourable assessment of BOVIGAM® tuberculosis test in Europe

Schlieren-Zurich (ots) - The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has reviewed field performance data of the BOVIGAM® Interferon-y (IFN-y) test and recommends IFN-y tests for inclusion in the official list of stand-alone tests for bovine tuberculosis (TB). BOVIGAM® is currently widely used as a supplementary test to complement skin testing. Prionics trusts that the ...

Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials AG

Quadrant ruled to have been correctly acquired by Aquamit

Amsterdam/Zurich (ots) - Swiss Takeover Board (TOB) confirms correctness of Quadrant offer price; Sarasin Investmentfonds AG (now part of the Safra Group) defeated in long-standing legal dispute The Swiss Takeover Board (TOB) issued a order today reaffirming the correctness of the public tender offer made by Aquamit B.V. for Quadrant AG in 2009. The TOB confirms in its order that the offer price paid to minority ...

Xeebel AG

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Swiss AviationTraining Ltd.

SAT makes world-first use of CEFAsim in an Airbus A320 simulator

Zurich Airport (ots) - Swiss AviationTraining (SAT) has become the world's first flight training organization to offer the CEFAsim simulator flight evaluation facility on an Airbus A320 simulator. The new CEFAsim technology makes flight training debriefings more efficient, more effective and more successful; and by adopting it in its A320 simulator SAT is further ...

Ernst & Young Schweiz

Ernst & Young posts above-average growth in the 2011/2012 fiscal year with fee income of CHF 533 million

Zurich (ots) - As of 30 June 2012, the audit and advisory firm Ernst & Young Switzerland had increased its fee income by 4.4 percent to CHF 532.9 million. To ensure that it remains on course for growth, Ernst & Young continues to invest in new jobs and in education and training for its employees. Ernst & Young ...

Prionics AG

Prionics: New test to combat scrapie and mad cow disease in sheep and goats

Schlieren-Zurich (ots) - An innovative new test is now available to detect TSE (scrapie and mad cow disease) in sheep and goats. With the Prionics®-Check PrioSTRIP SR, Prionics brings to the market the first test to achieve high diagnostic sensitivity on preclinical TSE cases. The test was approved today by the European Commission for use in TSE testing in small ...

Jacobs Foundation

The Jacobs Foundation presents the Klaus J. Jacobs Awards, which include cash prizes totaling 1.2 million Swiss francs

Zurich (ots) - - - The 2012 Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize is awarded to Prof. Dante Cicchetti, Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. - The Off Road Kids Foundation in Germany will receive the 2012 Klaus J. Jacobs Best Practice Prize. The Jacobs Foundation, a Zurich-based foundation ...

Sequana Medical AG

Sequana Medical receives CE-mark approval for the use of its alfapump® system in cancer patients with malignant ascites

Zurich, Switzerland (ots) - Sequana Medical is pleased to announce that it has received CE mark approval for use of its alfapump® system in patients with ascites caused by cancer (malignant ascites). The alfapump® system was first introduced to the European market last year for patients with refractory ascites ...

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited

More Than 15 Years Experience: Takeda Marks one Billion Treatment Courses of Gastric Ulcer Drug Pantoprazole

Zurich (ots/PRNewswire) - ? Takeda Pharmaceuticals International GmbH ("Takeda") today announced that over one billion treatment courses of its gastrointestinal product pantoprazole have been administered around the world.[1] Initially launched in 1994 in Germany, pantoprazole, a proton pump inhibitor (PPI) used to ...

Emil Frey AG

Hertz franchises Swiss Business to Emil Frey Group

Park Ridge, NJ/Zurich, Switzerland (ots) - The Hertz Corporation (NYSE:HTZ) the world's largest general use car rental brand, and Emil Frey Group have signed an agreement for Emil Frey Group to join Hertz's global franchising network and purchase the Hertz car rental business in Switzerland, representing a total of 30 locations. Mark P. Frissora, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for The Hertz Corporation, said: "Hertz ...

Albis Technologies AG

Albis Technologies proves Leadership in Multi-Vendor Interoperability

Zurich, Switzerland (ots) - Albis Technologies successfully participated in EANTC's public multi-vendor interoperability event and the showcase at the Carrier Ethernet World Congress (CEWC). Interoperability was demonstrated with the ULAF+ ACCEED solution in the fields of Business Access and Mobile Backhaul. Daniel Berz, Senior Technical Sales Manager of Albis ...

Infosys Technologies Ltd.

Infosys to Acquire Lodestone, a Leading Management Consultancy Firm

Zurich And Bangalore, India (ots/PRNewswire) - ? - Strengthens Infosys management consulting capabilities globally - Expands presence in continental Europe adding more than 750 experienced consultants and 200 clients - Deepens expertise across Manufacturing, Automotive and Life Sciences industries - Infosys Consulting practice focusing on SAP programs to become a $1 ...

Basel Declaration Society

Young researcher from Greece is the winner of this year's "Basel Declaration Award for Education in Animal Research"