Author: Andrew
One of the most beautiful villas on the Tuscan coast has been sold: Villa Godilonda in Castiglioncello, previously the residence of the Bulgari jewellers. It has been bought by a businessman from Eastern Europe for six million euros, revealed Lionard Luxury Real Estate which negotiated the sale. Renovation work will begin shortly to create one of the most luxurious and beautiful hotels in the world.
Effective October 31st, 2014, Jim Wetekamp will be appointed as chief executive officer of BravoSolution, the supply management company. Previously the company’s senior executive responsible for corporate strategy, Mr. Wetekamp succeeds Nader Sabbaghian who, after six years in the role, is leaving the company for a new professional challenge.
Laborie Medical Technologies, Inc. (“LABORIE”), based in Toronto, Ontario, has completed its acquisition of Unisensor AG and Unisensor USA, Inc. Unisensor is headquartered in Wiesendangen, Switzerland with US operations in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Unisensor specializes in the development and manufacture of micro, high resolution sensors to measure pressure and pH values for the Gastroenterology and Urology markets. LABORIE’s acquisition of Unisensor extends its innovation and market leadership in Urology diagnostic pressure measurement to the Gastroenterology market. Unisensor will remain a standalone GI platform with R&D and manufacturing continuing in Wiesendangen and Portsmouth along with a continued focus…
OMRON Corporation is going to participate in the Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies (CEATEC JAPAN 2014) to be held from October 7 to 11, 2014, at the Makuhari Messe international convention complex in Japan’s Chiba Prefecture. This will be the biggest exhibit of the latest IT and electronic technologies in all of Asia.
Heliatek GmbH, the world’s leading company in the production and commercialization of organic solar films, has successfully completed its C-Financing round by raising 18 million EUR.
The RubyWorld Conference Executive Committee has set the date for this year’s biggest business conference in Japan RWC 2014 as mentioned below.
JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq:JASO) (“JA Solar” or the “Company”), one of the world’s largest manufacturers of high-performance solar power products, today announced that it achieved 20% solar energy conversion efficiency in its multi-crystalline silicon (“multi-Si”) solar cell.
Today the Wi-SUN Alliance announced the addition of the Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University and Purdue University to the Alliance as Contributor Members.
Daiwa House Industry to Engage in Development of Condominiums and Commercial Facilities in Sydney; Australian Real Estate Development Project.
Boehringer Ingelheim’s afatinib Achieves Primary Endpoint in Global Phase III Study in Recurrent/Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Cancer. Results from the LUX-Head & Neck 1 study show afatinib* significantly delayed tumour growth versus chemotherapy in patients following failure of their previous treatment, reducing the risk for disease progression by 20%