Day: July 28, 2021

Paris, July 28 2021, 6:15 p.m. PRESS RELEASE Eramet: Strong increase in first-half resultsStrong increase in Group EBITDA to €293m in H1 2021, including intrinsic progress of more than €110m Positive Free Cash-Flow (“FCF”) of €111m; reduction in net debt to €1.2bn at 30 June 2021 Net income, Group share at €53m Stable manganese ore prices. Favourable price environment for manganese alloys and nickel, partly offset by the strong increase in freight prices and the negative currency impact First-half well oriented with a good operating performance:Continued organic growth in manganese ore production in Gabon (+13%), and favourable change in the manganese alloys mix in favour of refined products Excellent performance of Weda Bay Nickel1: nearly 7 Mwmt of nickel ore produced, with an acceleration in growth dynamics and a contribution of...

    ORDINARY AND EXTRAORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS’ GENERAL MEETING HELD ON JULY 28, 2021 – FULL APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTIONS     Bernin (Grenoble), France, July 28, 2021 – Soitec (Euronext Paris), a world leader in designing and manufacturing innovative semiconductor materials, today announces that its shareholders held today an Ordinary and Extraordinary General Meeting on first notice, under the chairmanship of Mr. Eric Meurice.   A 74.9% quorum was reached and all resolutions proposed by our Board of Directors were approved. Shareholders notably approved:the appointment of Mrs. Françoise Chombar and Mrs. Shuo Zhang as directors for three years; the renewal of the terms of office of Mr. Eric Meurice and Mr. Satoshi Onishi as directors for three years; the ratification of the co-optation of Mrs. Guillemette Picard as a director for a year; the...

Cheyenne, Wyoming, July 28, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AAP, Inc. (OTC Pink: AAPJ) today announced that the company has entered into an agreement to organize a 50/50 partnership with North Star Developers, LLC. for the purpose of acquisition, development, engineering and construction of residential and commercial real estate as well as any related services provided to the general public. APP, Inc. President and CEO Paul Bakajin commented, “This new partnership is a much-welcomed addition to our growing portfolio of diverse businesses and enhances our prospects for achieving our current goals. So far this year, we have added two new businesses which, I believe, will significantly add to our growth and financial strength.  It is my goal to provide the company with solid business opportunities with attractive growth potential. I...

PRESS RELEASE Paris, July 28, 2021 Q1 revenue 2021/2022: +12% Continued commercial momentum Sustained pace of new SaaS contract signature Generix Group, Industrial, Logistics and Retail Ecosystems provider with leading Collaborative SaaS Solutions, issued today its revenues for the first quarter of its 2021/2022 fiscal year. Q1 revenue 2021/2022: +12%  Quarter ended June 30 ChangeUnaudited (K€) 2021 2020SaaS 8 186 7 916 3%Maintenance 4 646 4 467 4%Licenses 1 177 522 125%Software revenues 14 009 12 905 9%Consulting Services 7 234 6 008 20%Revenues 21 243 18 913 12%Over the past quarter, Group revenues amounted to €21.2 million, up 12% compared to Q1 2020-2021 and up 6% compared to the pre-health crisis level (€20.1 million in Q1 2019-2020). Achieved in a still uncertain sanitary context, this performance is mainly...

Momentive AI-powered solutions allow Cover Genius to run agile research in regions across the globe and move from ideation to analysis in less than a week SAN MATEO, Calif., July 28, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Momentive (NASDAQ: MNTV – formerly SurveyMonkey), a leader in agile experience management, today announced that Cover Genius, the insurtech for embedded insurance that protects the global customers of the world’s largest digital companies, has selected Momentive to power its global market research campaigns to uncover the insurance opportunities that exist in the financial services industry. Cover Genius protects the purchases of customers on ecommerce websites including Intuit, eBay, Wayfair, Tile, and more. The company’s market research team wanted to run research on the growing demand for embedded insurance in 13 different...

COMMERCIAL PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTBETWEEN DELTA DRONE AND AIROBOTICS Dardilly and Tel-Aviv, 28 july 2021 – 18h Highlights :Delta Drone and Airobotics coordinate their global business development by building on each other’s strengths Both companies benefit from technological expertise complementarityDelta Drone (France) and Airobotics (Israel) announced a commercial partnership consisting in geographically dividing the distribution of their solutions. Airobotics is focusing its business development efforts on the North America and Southeast Asia areas. In these territories, it will also be the distributor of the products and solutions developed by Delta Drone. Simultaneously, Delta Drone is focusing its commercial development on the Europe and Africa zones. In these territories, it will also be the distributor of the products and...

Vallourec reports second quarter and first half 2021 results Boulogne-Billancourt (France), July 28th2021 – Vallourec, a world leader in premium tubular solutions, announces today its results for the second quarter and first half 2021. The Board of Directors of Vallourec SA, meeting on July 27th 2021, approved the Group’s second quarter and half year 2021 accounts.Q2 2021: strong EBITDA increase€842 million revenue, stable year-on-year, the decrease of the Oil & Gas activity in EA-MEA being offset by the mine contribution and the dynamism of the Industry markets €148 million EBITDA, versus €43 million in Q2 2020, EBITDA margin increasing to 17.6% Free cash flow at (€135) million including one-off financial restructuring fees versus (€77) million in Q2 2020Successful completion of the financial restructuring...

BIC SECOND QUARTER & FIRST HALF 2021 RESULTS Clichy, France, July 28th, 2021 Solid results, driven by Net Sales growth in all divisions:Flame for Life performance boosted by an exceptional start to the year in US Pocket and Utility Lighters, which we don’t expect to repeat in the second half, as well as robust growth in Latin America and the successful integration of Djeep in Europe Human Expression result driven by Digital Writing, while Core Writing Instruments markets remained challenging in Latin America and India Blade Excellence fueled by the success of BIC 5-blade and Hybrid shavers despite a challenging competitive environmentStrong growth in e-commerce in all regions, including Developing Markets Continued manufacturing efficiencies and further savings from the Invent the Future transformation plan Sustained Free Cash...