PARIS - Wednesday, January 22nd 2014 [ME NewsWire]
(BUSINESS WIRE) Schlumberger Limited (NYSE:SLB) will hold a conference call on April 17, 2014 to discuss the results for the first quarter ending March 31, 2014.
The conference call is scheduled to begin at 8:00 am (US Eastern Time) – 2:00 pm (Paris time). A press release regarding the results will be released prior to the call that same day.
To access the conference call, listeners should contact the Conference Call Operator at +1-866-269-9609 within North America or +1-612-332-0923 outside of North America approximately 10 minutes prior to the start of the call, and ask for the “Schlumberger Earnings Conference Call.”
A webcast of the conference call will be broadcast simultaneously at www.slb.com/irwebcast on a listen-only basis. Listeners should log in 15 minutes prior to the start of the call to test their browsers and register for the webcast. Following the end of the conference call, a replay will be available at www.slb.com/irwebcast until May 17, 2014, and can be accessed by dialing 1-800-475-6701 within North America or +1-320-365-3844 outside of North America, and giving the access code 316978.
About Schlumberger
Schlumberger is the world’s leading supplier of technology, integrated project management and information solutions to customers working in the oil and gas industry worldwide. Employing 123,000 people representing over 140 nationalities and working in more than 85 countries, Schlumberger provides the industry’s widest range of products and services from exploration through production.
Schlumberger Limited has principal offices in Paris, Houston and The Hague, and reported revenues from continuing operations of $45.27 billion in 2013. For more information, visit www.slb.com.
Contacts
Schlumberger Limited
Malcolm Theobald – Vice President of Investor Relations
Joy V. Domingo – Manager of Investor Relations
Office + 1 (713) 375-3535
investor-relations@slb.com
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Thursday, January 23, 2014
Johns Manville Announces Redesigned Corporate Website
Updated website consolidates multiple sites under one brand, one URL
DENVE - Wednesday, January 22nd 2014 [ME NewsWire]
(BUSINESS WIRE )-- Johns Manville (JM), a Berkshire Hathaway company and global building and specialty products manufacturer, today announced that it has launched a redesigned corporate website that consolidates the multiple websites it previously used to present information to the public and its customers. The updated, solution-driven website, available at www.jm.com, utilizes responsive design for more adaptability with tablets, smartphones and other mobile devices.
Historically, users could obtain JM information via a number of websites, including www.jm.com, www.jmeurope.com, www.specjm.com and www.jmhomeowner.com. The various websites were designed to meet the unique needs of specific audiences, including contractors, manufacturers, building professionals, homeowners, and prospective employees. With the updated website, users receive an improved brand experience while continuing to easily access the information they need. The consolidated website provides a better opportunity to see the breadth of JM’s product offerings, and allows users to quickly access information using a variety of devices.
The redesigned website is available in English. Content is currently being translated and in the coming weeks, sections will be available in Canadian French, Chinese, German, Slovak, Spanish and Swedish for the convenience of the company’s global customers and other interested parties.
“We undertook this significant effort to support the growing needs of our diverse customer base,” said Mary Rhinehart, JM president and CEO. “With additional language capabilities, clear navigation, and easier access from mobile devices, this is a solution-driven website that delivers an outstanding user experience.”
Chief Information Officer John Shellenberger said the entire JM organization is excited for customers and the public to visit the redesigned website.
“Our new website captures JM’s true character and conveys the things that are important to us, like integrity, dependability, product expertise, and customer relationships,” said Shellenberger. “Plus, it caters to all of our audiences through one streamlined website. We think users will be pleased with the content, the look and feel, and the ease of use.”
JM worked with gyro, a global leader in business-to-business marketing and advertising, to design and develop the updated site. Crown Partners, a systems integration software and consulting company, also worked with JM to ensure that a modern, robust content management system was at the heart of the redesigned website.
“Our vendors, gyro and Crown Partners, were invaluable to this process, and we’d like to thank them for their dedication to the project,” said Shellenberger.
To visit the updated website, go to www.jm.com.
About Johns Manville
Johns Manville, a Berkshire Hathaway company (NYSE: BRK.A, BRK.B), is a leading manufacturer and marketer of premium-quality products for building insulation, mechanical insulation, commercial roofing, and roof insulation, as well as fibers and nonwovens for commercial, industrial and residential applications. JM serves markets that include aerospace, automotive and transportation, air handling, appliance, HVAC, pipe and equipment, filtration, waterproofing, building, flooring, interiors and wind energy. In business since 1858, the Denver-based company has annual sales of approximately $2.5 billion and holds leadership positions in all of the key markets that it serves. JM employs approximately 7,000 people and operates 45 manufacturing facilities in North America, Europe and China. Additional information can be found at www.jm.com.
Contacts
Johns Manville
Holly Leiker, 303-978-2042
Holly.Leiker@jm.com
Permalink: http://www.me-newswire.net/news/9790/en
DENVE - Wednesday, January 22nd 2014 [ME NewsWire]
(BUSINESS WIRE )-- Johns Manville (JM), a Berkshire Hathaway company and global building and specialty products manufacturer, today announced that it has launched a redesigned corporate website that consolidates the multiple websites it previously used to present information to the public and its customers. The updated, solution-driven website, available at www.jm.com, utilizes responsive design for more adaptability with tablets, smartphones and other mobile devices.
Historically, users could obtain JM information via a number of websites, including www.jm.com, www.jmeurope.com, www.specjm.com and www.jmhomeowner.com. The various websites were designed to meet the unique needs of specific audiences, including contractors, manufacturers, building professionals, homeowners, and prospective employees. With the updated website, users receive an improved brand experience while continuing to easily access the information they need. The consolidated website provides a better opportunity to see the breadth of JM’s product offerings, and allows users to quickly access information using a variety of devices.
The redesigned website is available in English. Content is currently being translated and in the coming weeks, sections will be available in Canadian French, Chinese, German, Slovak, Spanish and Swedish for the convenience of the company’s global customers and other interested parties.
“We undertook this significant effort to support the growing needs of our diverse customer base,” said Mary Rhinehart, JM president and CEO. “With additional language capabilities, clear navigation, and easier access from mobile devices, this is a solution-driven website that delivers an outstanding user experience.”
Chief Information Officer John Shellenberger said the entire JM organization is excited for customers and the public to visit the redesigned website.
“Our new website captures JM’s true character and conveys the things that are important to us, like integrity, dependability, product expertise, and customer relationships,” said Shellenberger. “Plus, it caters to all of our audiences through one streamlined website. We think users will be pleased with the content, the look and feel, and the ease of use.”
JM worked with gyro, a global leader in business-to-business marketing and advertising, to design and develop the updated site. Crown Partners, a systems integration software and consulting company, also worked with JM to ensure that a modern, robust content management system was at the heart of the redesigned website.
“Our vendors, gyro and Crown Partners, were invaluable to this process, and we’d like to thank them for their dedication to the project,” said Shellenberger.
To visit the updated website, go to www.jm.com.
About Johns Manville
Johns Manville, a Berkshire Hathaway company (NYSE: BRK.A, BRK.B), is a leading manufacturer and marketer of premium-quality products for building insulation, mechanical insulation, commercial roofing, and roof insulation, as well as fibers and nonwovens for commercial, industrial and residential applications. JM serves markets that include aerospace, automotive and transportation, air handling, appliance, HVAC, pipe and equipment, filtration, waterproofing, building, flooring, interiors and wind energy. In business since 1858, the Denver-based company has annual sales of approximately $2.5 billion and holds leadership positions in all of the key markets that it serves. JM employs approximately 7,000 people and operates 45 manufacturing facilities in North America, Europe and China. Additional information can be found at www.jm.com.
Contacts
Johns Manville
Holly Leiker, 303-978-2042
Holly.Leiker@jm.com
Permalink: http://www.me-newswire.net/news/9790/en
Rockwell Automation Wins $15M Process Order from Vadxx Energy
New plant will convert 60 tons-per-day of recyclable and non-recyclable plastic into higher value energy products.
MILWAUKEE - Wednesday, January 22nd 2014 [ME NewsWire]
(BUSINESS WIRE) Rockwell Automation (NYSE: ROK) has won a $15 million engineering, procurement, construction and management contract from Vadxx Energy LLC for its first commercial-scale, plastic waste-to-synthetic crude energy facility in Akron, Ohio.
The new plant will transform end-of-life plastics into higher value energy products, recycling nearly 60 tons of waste daily, diverting it from landfill disposal. The solution includes the PlantPAx Process Automation System suite, utilizing Rockwell Automation’s multi-discipline control platform to deliver an integrated smart plant for Vadxx.
Liberation Capital, a global private equity firm, signed an agreement with Vadxx to fund the first unit and additional commercial units.
"Vadxx is focused on successfully establishing our first commercial unit as the important first step toward global expansion,” said Jim Garrett, Vadxx Energy CEO. “Liberation Capital, Rockwell Automation, feedstock suppliers, and other partners will play key roles in our growth and success.”
"Our technology represents a unique and profitable way to decrease the amount of end-of-life plastics that are disposed in landfills and convert them to synthetic oil and gas," said Jeremy DeBenedictis, vice president operations, Vadxx Energy. "Rockwell Automation strengthens our technology by providing complete design, build and commissioning of our new plant. We'll have a process technology solution that will enable us to rapidly deploy our technology globally."
“This win is significant for us because it demonstrates our sustained effort to become an industry leader in alternative energy solutions, helping to preserve the world's natural resources and promoting a cleaner environment," said Terry Gebert, vice president and general manager, Rockwell Automation Global Solutions. “Our team is helping Vadxx reduce risk, shorten its time to market, and expand to other global regions.”
About Vadxx
Vadxx is a high-tech recycling company that converts recyclable and non-recyclable plastic into higher value energy products. Vadxx's technology offers an approach that captures the energy embedded in plastics and returns it to a useful form for society, while realizing environmental and social benefits. This conversion process is a valuable alternative for overflowing landfills as well as reducing demand for foreign energy.
For more information visit www.vadxx.com
About Rockwell Automation Global Solutions
The thousands of engineers on the Rockwell Automation Global Solutions team design, build and upgrade control, power, safety and information solutions for manufacturing clients. Working in tandem with a scalable PartnerNetwork, the company’s global solutions offerings can address a wide-range of projects including challenging multi-million dollar enterprise projects that span two or more countries. Clients include oil and gas, petrochemicals, consumer industries, life sciences, automotive, tire and heavy industries such as cement, metals, mining, pulp and paper, and power and water utilities.
About Rockwell Automation
Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK), the world’s largest company dedicated to industrial automation and information, makes its customers more productive and the world more sustainable. Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wis., Rockwell Automation employs about 22,000 people serving customers in more than 80 countries.
About Liberation Capital
Liberation Capital is a global private equity fund specializing in project finance for small renewable energy, water and waste water projects. Our investment model centers on strategic partnerships with clean tech technology firms and project developers with multi-project/multi-year investment horizons.
For more information visit www.liberationcapital.com
PlantPAx and PartnerNetwork are trademarks of Rockwell Automation, Inc.
Contacts
Rockwell Automation
Keith Lester
414-382-4871
klester@ra.rockwell.com
Permalink: http://www.me-newswire.net/news/9792/en
MILWAUKEE - Wednesday, January 22nd 2014 [ME NewsWire]
(BUSINESS WIRE) Rockwell Automation (NYSE: ROK) has won a $15 million engineering, procurement, construction and management contract from Vadxx Energy LLC for its first commercial-scale, plastic waste-to-synthetic crude energy facility in Akron, Ohio.
The new plant will transform end-of-life plastics into higher value energy products, recycling nearly 60 tons of waste daily, diverting it from landfill disposal. The solution includes the PlantPAx Process Automation System suite, utilizing Rockwell Automation’s multi-discipline control platform to deliver an integrated smart plant for Vadxx.
Liberation Capital, a global private equity firm, signed an agreement with Vadxx to fund the first unit and additional commercial units.
"Vadxx is focused on successfully establishing our first commercial unit as the important first step toward global expansion,” said Jim Garrett, Vadxx Energy CEO. “Liberation Capital, Rockwell Automation, feedstock suppliers, and other partners will play key roles in our growth and success.”
"Our technology represents a unique and profitable way to decrease the amount of end-of-life plastics that are disposed in landfills and convert them to synthetic oil and gas," said Jeremy DeBenedictis, vice president operations, Vadxx Energy. "Rockwell Automation strengthens our technology by providing complete design, build and commissioning of our new plant. We'll have a process technology solution that will enable us to rapidly deploy our technology globally."
“This win is significant for us because it demonstrates our sustained effort to become an industry leader in alternative energy solutions, helping to preserve the world's natural resources and promoting a cleaner environment," said Terry Gebert, vice president and general manager, Rockwell Automation Global Solutions. “Our team is helping Vadxx reduce risk, shorten its time to market, and expand to other global regions.”
About Vadxx
Vadxx is a high-tech recycling company that converts recyclable and non-recyclable plastic into higher value energy products. Vadxx's technology offers an approach that captures the energy embedded in plastics and returns it to a useful form for society, while realizing environmental and social benefits. This conversion process is a valuable alternative for overflowing landfills as well as reducing demand for foreign energy.
For more information visit www.vadxx.com
About Rockwell Automation Global Solutions
The thousands of engineers on the Rockwell Automation Global Solutions team design, build and upgrade control, power, safety and information solutions for manufacturing clients. Working in tandem with a scalable PartnerNetwork, the company’s global solutions offerings can address a wide-range of projects including challenging multi-million dollar enterprise projects that span two or more countries. Clients include oil and gas, petrochemicals, consumer industries, life sciences, automotive, tire and heavy industries such as cement, metals, mining, pulp and paper, and power and water utilities.
About Rockwell Automation
Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK), the world’s largest company dedicated to industrial automation and information, makes its customers more productive and the world more sustainable. Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wis., Rockwell Automation employs about 22,000 people serving customers in more than 80 countries.
About Liberation Capital
Liberation Capital is a global private equity fund specializing in project finance for small renewable energy, water and waste water projects. Our investment model centers on strategic partnerships with clean tech technology firms and project developers with multi-project/multi-year investment horizons.
For more information visit www.liberationcapital.com
PlantPAx and PartnerNetwork are trademarks of Rockwell Automation, Inc.
Contacts
Rockwell Automation
Keith Lester
414-382-4871
klester@ra.rockwell.com
Permalink: http://www.me-newswire.net/news/9792/en
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
The Coca-Cola Company Announces World Economic Forum’s “Global Shapers” Grant Challenge Winners
6 Programs to Receive Seed Money to Expand Impact
DAVOS, Switzerland - Wednesday, January 22nd 2014 [ME NewsWire]
(BUSINESS WIRE) The Coca-Cola Company today announced the winners of Coca-Cola’s Shaping A Better Future Grant Challenge – a grant challenge exclusively for members of the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers Community. Global Shapers are young leaders between 20 and 30 years old who are organized into a network of more than 300 city-based hubs. The challenge, announced at the Forum’s 2013 Annual Meeting, empowered Global Shapers to launch programs that address the world’s most challenging societal issues including youth employment, education, community security as well as protecting the environment, with the opportunity to win seed money to sustain and expand their initiatives.
“Powering Education,” a joint project from Hubs in Rome and Nairobi, received the $50,000 grand prize. The funding will accelerate the Global Shapers’ efforts to bring safe, clean energy to school-age children living in rural areas of Sub-Saharan Africa where the lack of electricity makes studying difficult after the sun sets. The program provides schools with solar lanterns that children can borrow, replacing more common and dangerous kerosene lamps. Students recharge the solar lanterns daily at school, and families can buy them over time by paying a small daily fee.
“These breakthrough initiatives all bring together innovation, scale and collaboration across what we call the ‘Golden Triangle’ of business, government and civil society. Indeed, one of the most powerful differentiators for the winning groups is the diversity of perspectives they brought to their projects,” said Muhtar Kent, Chairman and CEO, The Coca-Cola Company. “Our support of the Global Shapers movement reflects our view that true leading begins with taking action. These young leaders understand and, indeed, exemplify that same approach.”
David Aikman, Managing Director, Head of New Champions and the Global Shapers Community, World Economic Forum, said: “Young people are an indispensable part of the solution to the challenges that communities face: economic growth, addressing social injustice and creating sustainable change. The Coca-Cola Company clearly sees this and has embraced the disruptive power of the Community. We greatly appreciate its role in helping to bring the entrepreneurial drive of Global Shapers’ to positively impact the lives of more people. ‘We are very proud of the growth of the Shapers – now with more than 300 community Hubs worldwide and over 3,000 young people’.”
The Coca-Cola Company has also awarded five $10,000 grants for the following projects:
Cape Town, South Africa Hub: an online and mobile platform for matching organizations and volunteers, encouraging volunteerism among youth and offering them experience that will improve their employability;
Kiev, Ukraine Hub: a non-profit youth program that provides mentorship opportunities with highly skilled, successful local leaders;
Monterrey, Mexico Hub: a mobile application aimed at increasing local residents’ participation in their neighborhoods’ economic and social development;
Port au Prince, Haiti Hub: development of the Botanical Eco-Technology Park to enhance the production of fruit, investing the profit the profits from fruit exports to support the community with financing for 200 school cafeterias;
Yerevan, Armenia Hub: a digital after-school enrichment program for children from socially vulnerable families and children with disabilities.
Mauro Ometto, a Global Shaper from Rome described the collaborative component of the challenge well, quoting an African proverb, “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together." Ometto added, “Coca-Cola is funding the acceleration of community improvement projects while fueling the passion and determination of the next generation of leaders.” As part of the challenge, Coca-Cola encouraged Global Shapers to promote their projects within the community using social media to select the prize semi-finalists. Short, socially-shared videos demonstrated the issues and impact of the Hubs’ programs to online viewers. “This process accelerated knowledge transfer amongst the community, with many Shapers sharing expertise and ideas globally, truly leveraging the collective wisdom of the group,” said Elaine Bowers Coventry of The Coca-Cola Company who created the grant challenge. “It also helped us to support one of the missions that the World Economic Forum has for the community, which is creating positive social change and helping develop young leaders.”
The Global Shapers Community selected the Shaping a Better Future Challenge winners, and final scoring was done by leading individuals representing The Coca-Cola Company, the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, governments and other members of civil society. Judging criteria included the severity of issues addressed, the number of lives impacted, overall return on investment and the ability of the project to be scaled more broadly.
About the Global Shapers Community
The Global Shapers Community is a network of Hubs developed and led by young people who are exceptional in their drive to make a contribution to their communities. Today, there are more than 3,000 Global Shapers in 270 Hubs in over 160 countries. The community is one of several multi-stakeholder initiatives at the World Economic Forum. Shapers develop projects to tackle some of the most pressing problems in their communities.
About The Coca-Cola Company
The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is the world's largest beverage company, refreshing consumers with more than 500 sparkling and still brands. Led by Coca-Cola, one of the world's most valuable and recognizable brands, our Company's portfolio features 16 billion-dollar brands including Diet Coke, Fanta, Sprite, Coca-Cola Zero, vitaminwater, Powerade, Minute Maid, Simply, Georgia and Del Valle. Globally, we are the No. 1 provider of sparkling beverages, ready-to-drink coffees, and juices and juice drinks. Through the world's largest beverage distribution system, consumers in more than 200 countries enjoy our beverages at a rate of 1.9 billion servings a day. With an enduring commitment to building sustainable communities, our Company is focused on initiatives that reduce our environmental footprint, support active, healthy living, create a safe, inclusive work environment for our associates, and enhance the economic development of the communities where we operate. Together with our bottling partners, we rank among the world's top 10 private employers with more than 700,000 system associates. For more information, visit Coca-Cola Journey at www.coca-colacompany.com, follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/CocaColaCo, visit our blog, Coca-Cola Unbottled, at www.coca-colablog.com or find us on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/company/the-coca-cola-company.
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Contacts
The Coca-Cola Company
Amanda Rosseter, +01 404-676-2683
DAVOS, Switzerland - Wednesday, January 22nd 2014 [ME NewsWire]
(BUSINESS WIRE) The Coca-Cola Company today announced the winners of Coca-Cola’s Shaping A Better Future Grant Challenge – a grant challenge exclusively for members of the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers Community. Global Shapers are young leaders between 20 and 30 years old who are organized into a network of more than 300 city-based hubs. The challenge, announced at the Forum’s 2013 Annual Meeting, empowered Global Shapers to launch programs that address the world’s most challenging societal issues including youth employment, education, community security as well as protecting the environment, with the opportunity to win seed money to sustain and expand their initiatives.
“Powering Education,” a joint project from Hubs in Rome and Nairobi, received the $50,000 grand prize. The funding will accelerate the Global Shapers’ efforts to bring safe, clean energy to school-age children living in rural areas of Sub-Saharan Africa where the lack of electricity makes studying difficult after the sun sets. The program provides schools with solar lanterns that children can borrow, replacing more common and dangerous kerosene lamps. Students recharge the solar lanterns daily at school, and families can buy them over time by paying a small daily fee.
“These breakthrough initiatives all bring together innovation, scale and collaboration across what we call the ‘Golden Triangle’ of business, government and civil society. Indeed, one of the most powerful differentiators for the winning groups is the diversity of perspectives they brought to their projects,” said Muhtar Kent, Chairman and CEO, The Coca-Cola Company. “Our support of the Global Shapers movement reflects our view that true leading begins with taking action. These young leaders understand and, indeed, exemplify that same approach.”
David Aikman, Managing Director, Head of New Champions and the Global Shapers Community, World Economic Forum, said: “Young people are an indispensable part of the solution to the challenges that communities face: economic growth, addressing social injustice and creating sustainable change. The Coca-Cola Company clearly sees this and has embraced the disruptive power of the Community. We greatly appreciate its role in helping to bring the entrepreneurial drive of Global Shapers’ to positively impact the lives of more people. ‘We are very proud of the growth of the Shapers – now with more than 300 community Hubs worldwide and over 3,000 young people’.”
The Coca-Cola Company has also awarded five $10,000 grants for the following projects:
Cape Town, South Africa Hub: an online and mobile platform for matching organizations and volunteers, encouraging volunteerism among youth and offering them experience that will improve their employability;
Kiev, Ukraine Hub: a non-profit youth program that provides mentorship opportunities with highly skilled, successful local leaders;
Monterrey, Mexico Hub: a mobile application aimed at increasing local residents’ participation in their neighborhoods’ economic and social development;
Port au Prince, Haiti Hub: development of the Botanical Eco-Technology Park to enhance the production of fruit, investing the profit the profits from fruit exports to support the community with financing for 200 school cafeterias;
Yerevan, Armenia Hub: a digital after-school enrichment program for children from socially vulnerable families and children with disabilities.
Mauro Ometto, a Global Shaper from Rome described the collaborative component of the challenge well, quoting an African proverb, “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together." Ometto added, “Coca-Cola is funding the acceleration of community improvement projects while fueling the passion and determination of the next generation of leaders.” As part of the challenge, Coca-Cola encouraged Global Shapers to promote their projects within the community using social media to select the prize semi-finalists. Short, socially-shared videos demonstrated the issues and impact of the Hubs’ programs to online viewers. “This process accelerated knowledge transfer amongst the community, with many Shapers sharing expertise and ideas globally, truly leveraging the collective wisdom of the group,” said Elaine Bowers Coventry of The Coca-Cola Company who created the grant challenge. “It also helped us to support one of the missions that the World Economic Forum has for the community, which is creating positive social change and helping develop young leaders.”
The Global Shapers Community selected the Shaping a Better Future Challenge winners, and final scoring was done by leading individuals representing The Coca-Cola Company, the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, governments and other members of civil society. Judging criteria included the severity of issues addressed, the number of lives impacted, overall return on investment and the ability of the project to be scaled more broadly.
About the Global Shapers Community
The Global Shapers Community is a network of Hubs developed and led by young people who are exceptional in their drive to make a contribution to their communities. Today, there are more than 3,000 Global Shapers in 270 Hubs in over 160 countries. The community is one of several multi-stakeholder initiatives at the World Economic Forum. Shapers develop projects to tackle some of the most pressing problems in their communities.
About The Coca-Cola Company
The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is the world's largest beverage company, refreshing consumers with more than 500 sparkling and still brands. Led by Coca-Cola, one of the world's most valuable and recognizable brands, our Company's portfolio features 16 billion-dollar brands including Diet Coke, Fanta, Sprite, Coca-Cola Zero, vitaminwater, Powerade, Minute Maid, Simply, Georgia and Del Valle. Globally, we are the No. 1 provider of sparkling beverages, ready-to-drink coffees, and juices and juice drinks. Through the world's largest beverage distribution system, consumers in more than 200 countries enjoy our beverages at a rate of 1.9 billion servings a day. With an enduring commitment to building sustainable communities, our Company is focused on initiatives that reduce our environmental footprint, support active, healthy living, create a safe, inclusive work environment for our associates, and enhance the economic development of the communities where we operate. Together with our bottling partners, we rank among the world's top 10 private employers with more than 700,000 system associates. For more information, visit Coca-Cola Journey at www.coca-colacompany.com, follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/CocaColaCo, visit our blog, Coca-Cola Unbottled, at www.coca-colablog.com or find us on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/company/the-coca-cola-company.
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Contacts
The Coca-Cola Company
Amanda Rosseter, +01 404-676-2683
Preliminary Results 2013: MANN+HUMMEL Sales Grow to 2.77 Billion Euros
• 6% growth in sales for 2013 (previous year: 4%) • Satisfactory results
LUDWIGSBURG, Germany - Wednesday, January 22nd 2014 [ME NewsWire]
(BUSINESS WIRE) MANN+HUMMEL (www.mann-hummel.com) performed strongly in 2013 despite the varying economic conditions. According to preliminary financial results, sales for 2013 rose by around 6% from 2.62 (2012) to 2.77 billion euros. The number of employees increased to 15,100 in the previous financial year. The biggest increase in employees occurred in the North American and Chinese growth markets. The company will issue further details of its results (EBIT) at its financial press conference in April.
"Our hard-working, resourceful and motivated employees around the world have brought MANN+HUMMEL success through their commitment and passion," says a delighted Alfred Weber, Chairman of the Management Board. "The improvement in results increased rapidly in the second half of the year, giving us a satisfactory end to the 2013 financial year."
In 2014, the filtration market leader is seeking to exploit the improving economic environment to achieve further growth. In addition to further recovery in the automotive market, the Ludwigsburg-based company is expecting a significant upturn in the industrial sector.
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About MANN+HUMMEL
The MANN+HUMMEL Group is a leading global expert for filtration solutions and development partner and original equipment supplier to the international automotive and mechanical engineering industries. Employing 14,575 people at more than 50 locations worldwide, the company achieved turnover of about 2.6 billion euros in 2012. The group’s product portfolio includes air filter systems, intake manifold systems, liquid filter systems, cabin filters and plastic sound components (known as 'symposers'), as well as filter elements for vehicle servicing and repair. For general engineering, process engineering and industrial manufacturing sectors the company’s product range includes industrial filters, a series of products to reduce carbon emission levels in diesel engines, membrane filters for water filtration and filter systems. Further information about MANN+HUMMEL can be found under www.mann-hummel.com.
Contacts
MANN+HUMMEL
Miriam Teige
Phone: +49 (0) 7141 98-3354
E-Mail: miriam.teige@mann-hummel.com
Harald Kettenbach
Phone: +49 (0) 7141 98-2583
E-Mail: harald.kettenbach@mann-hummel.com
Permalink: http://me-newswire.net/news/9788/en
LUDWIGSBURG, Germany - Wednesday, January 22nd 2014 [ME NewsWire]
(BUSINESS WIRE) MANN+HUMMEL (www.mann-hummel.com) performed strongly in 2013 despite the varying economic conditions. According to preliminary financial results, sales for 2013 rose by around 6% from 2.62 (2012) to 2.77 billion euros. The number of employees increased to 15,100 in the previous financial year. The biggest increase in employees occurred in the North American and Chinese growth markets. The company will issue further details of its results (EBIT) at its financial press conference in April.
"Our hard-working, resourceful and motivated employees around the world have brought MANN+HUMMEL success through their commitment and passion," says a delighted Alfred Weber, Chairman of the Management Board. "The improvement in results increased rapidly in the second half of the year, giving us a satisfactory end to the 2013 financial year."
In 2014, the filtration market leader is seeking to exploit the improving economic environment to achieve further growth. In addition to further recovery in the automotive market, the Ludwigsburg-based company is expecting a significant upturn in the industrial sector.
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Press images:
https://www.mann-hummel.com/de/corp/aktuelles/pressebilder/
About MANN+HUMMEL
The MANN+HUMMEL Group is a leading global expert for filtration solutions and development partner and original equipment supplier to the international automotive and mechanical engineering industries. Employing 14,575 people at more than 50 locations worldwide, the company achieved turnover of about 2.6 billion euros in 2012. The group’s product portfolio includes air filter systems, intake manifold systems, liquid filter systems, cabin filters and plastic sound components (known as 'symposers'), as well as filter elements for vehicle servicing and repair. For general engineering, process engineering and industrial manufacturing sectors the company’s product range includes industrial filters, a series of products to reduce carbon emission levels in diesel engines, membrane filters for water filtration and filter systems. Further information about MANN+HUMMEL can be found under www.mann-hummel.com.
Contacts
MANN+HUMMEL
Miriam Teige
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Oliver Wyman Launches 17th Annual State of the Financial Services Industry Report at WEF 2014 Annual Meeting
ME Newswire / Business Wire
DAVOS, Switzerland - Wednesday, January 22nd 2014
World Economic Forum 2014
Today Oliver Wyman, the leading international management consulting firm, launches its 17th annual State of the Financial Services industry report at the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) annual meeting in Davos. This year’s report focuses squarely on the growth challenge for the industry and identifies several “blind spots” that could impede the industry’s recovery and growth.
The report examines the factors that drove healthy growth in financial services before the crisis and argues that few of them will drive similar growth in the future. Both credit expansion and greater uptake of financial products will continue, but will be bounded by leverage limits and conduct rules. They will be skewed across regions and only emerging markets will experience high growth. Aging in the developed world also poses challenges for the industry. Globalization is in reverse and larger players are constrained. Consolidation will benefit only mid-sized firms, some of whom will leap to the top. Finally, developments in technology and data will challenge firms that are slow to adapt.
There is a range of unmet societal needs that financial services will be instrumental in solving. These include healthcare and aging populations; managing the cost of living challenge; effectively matching society’s long-term saving and long-term financing needs; and, filling the shortfall in global infrastructure and energy finance.
“Despite the severity of the growth challenge, we remain optimistic about the outlook for those firms in financial services that can adapt rapidly to the new world,” said Nick Studer, managing partner of Oliver Wyman’s financial services practice. “Much work remains to resolve the problems of the last decade, but the industry is transforming and the leading firms can begin to return to the challenge of future growth.”
The report identifies the need for more imagination in addressing the industry’s productivity problems, and further identifies six potential “blind spots” that may impede growth.
The role of central banks – the report argues that many countries are asking too much of central banks
Stress testing – a vital new tool which will improve bank management and regulation, as long as the risks of over-standardization and regulatory capture are avoided
The importance of digital – potential changes in payments, branch banking, financial advice and the use of social media will accelerate change in the industry, most likely to the benefit of fast-moving incumbents
Talent management – as financial services has lost its cachet, the industry needs to up its game in finding, motivating, and developing its people
Growth in insurance – the challenges and importance of returning the industry to healthy and profitable growth
De-risking pensions – the closure of defined benefits pensions and resulting pension buyouts, moving risk from corporate balance sheets to individuals and insurers
Oliver Wyman has launched this report at the annual WEF meeting in Davos for the last 17 years.
NOTES TO EDITORS
About Oliver Wyman
Oliver Wyman is a global leader in management consulting. With offices in 50+ cities across 25 countries, Oliver Wyman combines deep industry knowledge with specialized expertise in strategy, operations, risk management, and organization transformation. The firm's 3,000 professionals help clients optimize their business, improve their operations and risk profile, and accelerate their organizational performance to seize the most attractive opportunities. Oliver Wyman is a wholly owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies [NYSE: MMC]. For more information, visit www.oliverwyman.com. Follow Oliver Wyman on Twitter @OliverWyman .
Contacts
Media:
Oliver Wyman
Shahla Haque, +44 20 7852 7381
shahla.haque@oliverwyman.com
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DAVOS, Switzerland - Wednesday, January 22nd 2014
World Economic Forum 2014
Today Oliver Wyman, the leading international management consulting firm, launches its 17th annual State of the Financial Services industry report at the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) annual meeting in Davos. This year’s report focuses squarely on the growth challenge for the industry and identifies several “blind spots” that could impede the industry’s recovery and growth.
The report examines the factors that drove healthy growth in financial services before the crisis and argues that few of them will drive similar growth in the future. Both credit expansion and greater uptake of financial products will continue, but will be bounded by leverage limits and conduct rules. They will be skewed across regions and only emerging markets will experience high growth. Aging in the developed world also poses challenges for the industry. Globalization is in reverse and larger players are constrained. Consolidation will benefit only mid-sized firms, some of whom will leap to the top. Finally, developments in technology and data will challenge firms that are slow to adapt.
There is a range of unmet societal needs that financial services will be instrumental in solving. These include healthcare and aging populations; managing the cost of living challenge; effectively matching society’s long-term saving and long-term financing needs; and, filling the shortfall in global infrastructure and energy finance.
“Despite the severity of the growth challenge, we remain optimistic about the outlook for those firms in financial services that can adapt rapidly to the new world,” said Nick Studer, managing partner of Oliver Wyman’s financial services practice. “Much work remains to resolve the problems of the last decade, but the industry is transforming and the leading firms can begin to return to the challenge of future growth.”
The report identifies the need for more imagination in addressing the industry’s productivity problems, and further identifies six potential “blind spots” that may impede growth.
The role of central banks – the report argues that many countries are asking too much of central banks
Stress testing – a vital new tool which will improve bank management and regulation, as long as the risks of over-standardization and regulatory capture are avoided
The importance of digital – potential changes in payments, branch banking, financial advice and the use of social media will accelerate change in the industry, most likely to the benefit of fast-moving incumbents
Talent management – as financial services has lost its cachet, the industry needs to up its game in finding, motivating, and developing its people
Growth in insurance – the challenges and importance of returning the industry to healthy and profitable growth
De-risking pensions – the closure of defined benefits pensions and resulting pension buyouts, moving risk from corporate balance sheets to individuals and insurers
Oliver Wyman has launched this report at the annual WEF meeting in Davos for the last 17 years.
NOTES TO EDITORS
About Oliver Wyman
Oliver Wyman is a global leader in management consulting. With offices in 50+ cities across 25 countries, Oliver Wyman combines deep industry knowledge with specialized expertise in strategy, operations, risk management, and organization transformation. The firm's 3,000 professionals help clients optimize their business, improve their operations and risk profile, and accelerate their organizational performance to seize the most attractive opportunities. Oliver Wyman is a wholly owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies [NYSE: MMC]. For more information, visit www.oliverwyman.com. Follow Oliver Wyman on Twitter @OliverWyman .
Contacts
Media:
Oliver Wyman
Shahla Haque, +44 20 7852 7381
shahla.haque@oliverwyman.com
Permalink: http://me-newswire.net/news/9793/en
Scott P. Serota, President and CEO of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, to Deliver Opening Address of the WIN 2014 Symposium in Personalized Cancer Medicine
PARIS - Wednesday, January 22nd 2014 [ME NewsWire]
WIN 2014 Symposium
(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The WIN Consortium (www.winconsortium.org) today proudly announces that Scott P. Serota, President and CEO of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA), will deliver the opening address of the WIN 2014 Symposium. The WIN 2014 Symposium (www.winsymposium.org), to be held June 23-24 in Paris, is the first event worldwide entirely dedicated to innovation in combined therapeutic approaches in cancer care.
WIN Symposia are an initiative of the WIN Consortium, a non-profit global collaboration of academic, industry, health plan, and advocacy organizations dedicated to bringing the most promising advances in personalized cancer medicine to patients worldwide. BCBSA joined the WIN Consortium as a member in 2013.
“We are delighted that Scott Serota will open the WIN 2014 Symposium,” said Dr. Vladimir Lazar, Chief Operating Officer of the WIN Consortium. “Mr. Serota will bring a valuable perspective to the innovative dialogue facilitated by presentations from prestigious leaders including Robert Weinberg, Leroy Hood, Rene Bernards, Guido Kroemer, Bob Löwenberg and many others, as we collectively work to improve quality and efficiency in cancer care.”
“Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies throughout the U.S. participate in diverse collaborations that foster productive dialogue and the sharing of knowledge and best practices that can produce meaningful, life changing results for patients and their families,” said Mr. Serota. “Innovation in therapeutics and active cooperation between stakeholders involved in delivering care to patients is needed to effectively drive efficacy and quality improvement in the area of cancer care, in a realistic societal and economic model.”
Mr. Serota has served as president and CEO of BCBSA since 2000. His prior responsibilities included leadership of the Blue Technology Evaluation Center, the United States’ leading source for evaluating the safety and efficacy of emerging medical treatments. BCBS companies also are expanding their global reach. Mr. Serota announced Jan. 9 that a group of Blue companies have formed a strategic partnership with the U.K.’s Bupa to create the world’s biggest provider network for international health-insurance customers. The combined provider network will collectively include more than 11,500 hospitals in more than 190 countries.
”The scientific program will address major developments in precision cancer medicine in sessions featuring the world’s leaders in basic and clinical cancer research, each session focusing on the rationale for combinations,” said Pr. Alexander Eggermont, chair of the symposium.
Sessions themes and confirmed speakers are
1. Molecular analysis of immune cells and immunotherapy: J̩r̫me Galon (France); George Coukos (Switzerland); Axel Hoos, GlaxoSmithKline, (USA); Guido Kroemer, (France) 2. What can we learn from hemato-oncology? Bob L̦wenberg, (Netherlands); Eric Solary (France); Ross Levin (USA); Jesus Gomez-Navarro, Millennium-Takeda (USA); Olli Kallioniemi (Finland) 3. Innovative therapeutic initiatives and models of cooperation: Denis Lacombe (Brussels); Jean-Charles Soria (France) 4. Tumor cell plasticity and drugable targets: Robert Weinberg (USA) 5. Combination of targeted therapies: Hans Clevers (Netherlands); Ren̩ Bernards, (Netherlands); Razelle Kurzrock (USA); Richard Buller, Pfizer (USA); Antoine Yver, AstraZeneca (UK); Silvia Formenti (USA); Elias Zerhouni, Sanofi (France) 6. New findings in fundamental mechanisms in pediatric solid and liquid cancers: Stefan Pfister (Germany); Gilles Vassal (France) 7. Blood and body fluids Рnon-invasive investigations in oncology: Leroy Hood (USA); Mathias Uhlen (Sweden); Caroline Dive (UK)
For further information visit www.winsymposium.org.
About the WIN Consortium: Founded in 2010 with leadership from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (USA) and the Institut Gustave Roussy (France), the WIN Consortium today includes 30 leading academic, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, health plan, healthcare IT, and patient advocacy organizations representing 13 countries and four continents. WIN is a not-for-profit, non-governmental organization headquartered in Paris.
About BCBSA The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association is a national federation of 37 independent, community-based and locally-operated Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies that collectively provide healthcare coverage for nearly 100 million members – one-in-three Americans. For more information on the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association and its member companies, please visit bcbs.com. We encourage you to connect with us on Facebook, check out our videos on YouTube, follow us on Twitter and check out The BCBS Blog, for up-to-date information about BCBSA.
Contacts
WIN Consortium
Catherine Bresson, +33(0)142114020
Director, Operations
Catherine.bresson@winconsortium.org
Permalink: http://www.me-newswire.net/news/9786/en
WIN 2014 Symposium
(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The WIN Consortium (www.winconsortium.org) today proudly announces that Scott P. Serota, President and CEO of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA), will deliver the opening address of the WIN 2014 Symposium. The WIN 2014 Symposium (www.winsymposium.org), to be held June 23-24 in Paris, is the first event worldwide entirely dedicated to innovation in combined therapeutic approaches in cancer care.
WIN Symposia are an initiative of the WIN Consortium, a non-profit global collaboration of academic, industry, health plan, and advocacy organizations dedicated to bringing the most promising advances in personalized cancer medicine to patients worldwide. BCBSA joined the WIN Consortium as a member in 2013.
“We are delighted that Scott Serota will open the WIN 2014 Symposium,” said Dr. Vladimir Lazar, Chief Operating Officer of the WIN Consortium. “Mr. Serota will bring a valuable perspective to the innovative dialogue facilitated by presentations from prestigious leaders including Robert Weinberg, Leroy Hood, Rene Bernards, Guido Kroemer, Bob Löwenberg and many others, as we collectively work to improve quality and efficiency in cancer care.”
“Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies throughout the U.S. participate in diverse collaborations that foster productive dialogue and the sharing of knowledge and best practices that can produce meaningful, life changing results for patients and their families,” said Mr. Serota. “Innovation in therapeutics and active cooperation between stakeholders involved in delivering care to patients is needed to effectively drive efficacy and quality improvement in the area of cancer care, in a realistic societal and economic model.”
Mr. Serota has served as president and CEO of BCBSA since 2000. His prior responsibilities included leadership of the Blue Technology Evaluation Center, the United States’ leading source for evaluating the safety and efficacy of emerging medical treatments. BCBS companies also are expanding their global reach. Mr. Serota announced Jan. 9 that a group of Blue companies have formed a strategic partnership with the U.K.’s Bupa to create the world’s biggest provider network for international health-insurance customers. The combined provider network will collectively include more than 11,500 hospitals in more than 190 countries.
”The scientific program will address major developments in precision cancer medicine in sessions featuring the world’s leaders in basic and clinical cancer research, each session focusing on the rationale for combinations,” said Pr. Alexander Eggermont, chair of the symposium.
Sessions themes and confirmed speakers are
1. Molecular analysis of immune cells and immunotherapy: J̩r̫me Galon (France); George Coukos (Switzerland); Axel Hoos, GlaxoSmithKline, (USA); Guido Kroemer, (France) 2. What can we learn from hemato-oncology? Bob L̦wenberg, (Netherlands); Eric Solary (France); Ross Levin (USA); Jesus Gomez-Navarro, Millennium-Takeda (USA); Olli Kallioniemi (Finland) 3. Innovative therapeutic initiatives and models of cooperation: Denis Lacombe (Brussels); Jean-Charles Soria (France) 4. Tumor cell plasticity and drugable targets: Robert Weinberg (USA) 5. Combination of targeted therapies: Hans Clevers (Netherlands); Ren̩ Bernards, (Netherlands); Razelle Kurzrock (USA); Richard Buller, Pfizer (USA); Antoine Yver, AstraZeneca (UK); Silvia Formenti (USA); Elias Zerhouni, Sanofi (France) 6. New findings in fundamental mechanisms in pediatric solid and liquid cancers: Stefan Pfister (Germany); Gilles Vassal (France) 7. Blood and body fluids Рnon-invasive investigations in oncology: Leroy Hood (USA); Mathias Uhlen (Sweden); Caroline Dive (UK)
For further information visit www.winsymposium.org.
About the WIN Consortium: Founded in 2010 with leadership from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (USA) and the Institut Gustave Roussy (France), the WIN Consortium today includes 30 leading academic, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, health plan, healthcare IT, and patient advocacy organizations representing 13 countries and four continents. WIN is a not-for-profit, non-governmental organization headquartered in Paris.
About BCBSA The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association is a national federation of 37 independent, community-based and locally-operated Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies that collectively provide healthcare coverage for nearly 100 million members – one-in-three Americans. For more information on the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association and its member companies, please visit bcbs.com. We encourage you to connect with us on Facebook, check out our videos on YouTube, follow us on Twitter and check out The BCBS Blog, for up-to-date information about BCBSA.
Contacts
WIN Consortium
Catherine Bresson, +33(0)142114020
Director, Operations
Catherine.bresson@winconsortium.org
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