Day: June 18, 2025

Business aviation leader Luxaviation and Haffner Energy join forces to accelerate SAF production and promotion Luxaviation signals interest in active role in SAF-dedicated entity SAF ZeroVitry-le-François, France / Luxembourg (June 18, 2025, 8:00 am CEST) –  SAF Zero, a Haffner Energy initiative, is gaining momentum: Luxaviation Group, a leading global operator in the business aviation sector, is exploring an active role in the new entity, both companies announced today at the International Paris Air Show. Luxaviation potential involvement could take the form of cash funding to finance initial development activities, support in the strategic definition and global visibility as well as offtake agreements in relevant SAF Zero projects such as Paris-Vatry SAF. SAF Zero is dedicated to fast-tracking the production of sustainable aviation...

Baar, Switzerland, June 18, 2025 Ascom, a global leader in mission-critical communication and collaboration solutions across the healthcare and enterprise industries, announces that the Ascom Myco 4 has achieved a significant milestone by becoming the world’s first GCF MCS-certified 5G phone. This certification underscores Ascom’s dedication to innovation and excellence in mobile workflow solutions. The GCF MCS certification, a new component of the Global Certification Forum’s (GCF) program, sets an industry benchmark for robust and reliable solutions for Mission Critical Services (MCS) over 5G networks. This certification guarantees that the Ascom Myco 4 meets the highest standards of reliability, security, and performance, making it an ideal choice for critical communication in all mission-critical environments. With this...

The Novian IT group’s consolidated revenue in 2024 amounted to EUR 38.9 million and grew 2.4% compared to 2023. The group’s EBITDA for the 12-month period was EUR 2.57 million and was 2.1 times the previous year’s figure. The operating profit for last year was EUR 1.5 million, or 14.3 times the amount in 2023. Novian last year earned most of its revenue – 59% – from activities related to IT solutions, with another 24% coming from software development and 17% from IT services. Its companies conducted operations in 37 countries, earning 77% of their revenue in Lithuania, 12% elsewhere in Europe, and 11% in other countries of the world. “We are pleased with last year’s results, which again show that the success of an IT business depends not just on experience and the application of relevant innovations but also work together with clients...

  CEA-Leti and Soitec Announce Strategic Partnership to Leverage FD-SOI for Enhanced Security of Integrated Circuits Focus Is on Protecting Critical Markets Such as Automotive, Industrial IoT, and Secure Infrastructure GRENOBLE, France – June 18, 2025 – CEA-Leti and Soitec today announced a strategic partnership to enhance the cybersecurity of integrated circuits (ICs) through the innovative use of fully depleted silicon-on-insulator (FD-SOI) technologies. This collaboration aims to position FD-SOI as a foundational platform for secure electronics by leveraging and extending its inherent resistance to physical attacks.At the heart of the initiative is a joint effort to experimentally validate and augment the security benefits of FD-SOI—from the substrate level up to circuit design. The project aims to deliver concrete data, practical demonstrations,...

THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO AUSTRALIA, CANADA, ITALY, DENMARK, JAPAN, THE UNITED STATES, OR TO ANY NATIONAL OF SUCH JURISDICTIONS NB Private Equity Partners Announces Transaction in Own Shares St Peter Port, Guernsey 18 June 2025 NB Private Equity Partners (“NBPE” or the “Company”) today announces details of Class A Shares bought back pursuant to general authority granted by shareholders of the Company on 12 June 2025 and the share buy-back agreement with Jefferies International Limited. Transaction on London Stock ExchangeDate of purchase of Shares17 June 2025Number of Shares purchased3,000 Class A SharesHighest price/lowest price paid£14.10 / £14.01ISIN for the Shares GG00B1ZBD492All Class A Shares bought back will be cancelled. Following the cancellation,...

Sampo plc, inside information, 18 June 2025 at 9:20 am EEST Inside information: Morten Thorsrud to succeed Torbjörn Magnusson as CEO of Sampo Group Torbjörn Magnusson, the CEO of Sampo Group, has informed the Sampo Board of his intention to retire from his role. Morten Thorsrud, the CEO of Sampo’s largest operating entity, If P&C, has today been appointed as his successor. The change in Group CEO will become effective on 1 October 2025, after which Magnusson will stay within the group as a Senior Advisor until 31 December 2025. “I want to thank Torbjörn for his extraordinary contribution to the success of Sampo, both in leading the recent strategic transformation as Group CEO and in laying the foundations of our outstanding success in the Nordic P&C insurance market. He leaves the group in excellent condition and with a compelling...

Company presentation Fearnley Securities Africa Focused E&P seminar   BW Energy is today presenting at the Fearnley Securities Africa Focused E&P seminar in Madrid, Spain. Please see the attached presentation. For further information, please contact:  Brice Morlot, CFO BW Energy+33.7.81.11.41.16ir@bwenergy.no ABOUT BW ENERGY:  BW Energy is a growth E&P company with a differentiated strategy targeting proven offshore oil and gas reservoirs through low risk phased developments. The Company has access to existing production facilities to reduce time to first oil and cashflow with lower investments than traditional offshore developments. The Company’s assets are 73.5% of the producing Dussafu Marine licence offshore Gabon, 100% interest in the Golfinho and Camarupim fields, a 76.5% interest in the BM-ES-23 block, a 95%...

DEMIRE bond 2019/2027: Initial rating B from Fitch Langen, 18 June 2025.  Fitch Ratings has assigned DEMIRE Deutsche Mittelstand Real Estate AG (‘DEMIRE’; ISIN: DE000A0XFSF0) an issuer rating of ‘CCC+’ for the first time. Fitch Ratings has granted the bond (ISIN: DE000A2YPAK1) a ‘B’ rating due to the underlying collateral structure. The ratings reflect the assessment of DEMIRE’s EUR 0.8 billion commercial portfolio. Following a debt restructuring supported by the main shareholder in the second half of 2024, DEMIRE aims to further reduce its outstanding bond debt. The bond, which is rated ‘B’ by Fitch Ratings, matures at the end of 2027. With a loan-to-value of around 35% at the end of 2024 as calculated by Fitch Ratings, DEMIRE’s focus is on strengthening its rental and financial stability. From the agency’s perspective,...

EfTEN United Property Fund earned a net profit of 170 thousand euros in May and 1,32 million euros in the first five months of 2025 (compared to 357 thousand euros in the same time last year). In May, the fund made a cash distribution to investors in the amount of 1.47 million euros, or 57-euro cents per unit. As a result, the fund’s net asset value (NAV) decreased by 4,4% and was 11,02 euros per unit at the end of May. Without the distribution the NAV of EfTEN United Property Fund would have increased by 0,6% in May. The fund’s largest investment, the EfTEN Real Estate Fund 5, of which EfTEN United Property Fund owns 36.5%, earned a profit of 257 thousand euros in May. Performance of the EfTEN Real Estate Fund 5 was primarily supported by the investment in Kristiine shopping centre, completed in December last year. As of the...

Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, June 18, 2025 – IBA (Ion Beam Applications S.A., EURONEXT), the world leader in particle accelerator technology and electron beam and X-ray solutions for industrial advanced irradiation, announced today it has signed a contract with Steri-Tek, a growing irradiation services provider, to install a fully-integrated Be Wide X-ray Solution. IBA’s solution will be installed at Steri-Tek’s service center near Dallas-Fort Worth Metro Area, Texas, which was opened in 2023. This strategically located facility is positioned to serve a growing customer base, as well as creating logistical efficiencies. The addition of the Be Wide solution to their existing X-ray sterilization offering will increase Steri-Tek’s processing capacity fivefold, by enabling the sterilization of full pallets with a wider range of product densities,...