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The stock rose for a second day on Wednesday bringing its two-day rise to GBX12 .0 or 2.0 % .@positive |
The stock rose for a third day on Tuesday bringing its three-day rise to GBX10 .50 or 1.8 % .@positive |
The transaction is in line with Aspo 's strategy to expand in the Baltic Sea region and in the eastern markets .@positive |
The transactions would increase earnings per share in the first quarter by some EUR0 .28 .@positive |
There has been some recovery of the base metals prices and increased demand for metals in China , however .@positive |
This new representation extends Comptel 's global presence to a total of 18 countries , serving over 250 customers in over 80 countries worldwide .@positive |
TietoEnator itself uses Nokia 's Intellisync Mobile Suite 's wireless email , calendar , and device management capabilities , and the company will now extend these services to its customers .@positive |
Total operating revenue grew by 27.6 % year-on-year to EUR61m .@positive |
Vacon 's cash flow from operations grew to EUR 37.1 mn from EUR 21.9 mn a year ago .@positive |
Vacon will supply drives to Ruselprom in the power range from 200 kW up to 2 MW .@neutral |
We also strengthen our existing partnership with Cybercom '' , says Teleste CTO Esko Myllyla .@positive |
Via the Satlan acquisition , Teleste plans to further expand its market presence as a video services partner for cable operators , broadcasters and IPTV service providers .@positive |
With the acquisition , the company will expand its offering to North , Central and South America , it said .@positive |
With the extension of the new contract for a further eight engines , the plant will now produce over 100 MW , it said .@positive |
YIT says the acquisition is a part of its strategy for expansion in Central and Eastern European markets .@positive |
`` BasWare 's product sales grew strongly in the financial period , by 24 percent .@positive |
`` The second quarter of 2010 was the firstquarter with growth in net sales since the third quarter of2008 , '' said Magnus Rosen , Ramirent CEO .@positive |
`` The transaction strengthens our position ... in design and branded goods , '' said Fiskars president and CEO Heikki Allonen , pointing out that the two groups have relatively few overlapping operations .@positive |
1 February 2011 - Finnish textile and clothing company Marimekko Oyj HEL : MMO1V said today its preliminary operating profit grew to EUR8 .2 m in 2010 from EUR6 .3 m in 2009 .@positive |
Finnish Componenta has published its new long-term strategy for the period 2011-2015 with the aim of growing together with its customers .@neutral |
Finnish Larox has signed a contract with the Talvivaara Project for the delivery of filters to the Talvivaara nickel mine in Sotkamo , in Finland .@positive |
Affecto expects its net sales for the whole 2010 to increase from the 2009 level when they reached EUR 103 million .@positive |
Cash flow from operations rose to EUR 52.7 mn from EUR 15.6 mn in 2007 .@positive |
Commission income rose by 25.7 % to EUR 16.1 mn from EUR 12.8 mn in 2004 .@positive |
Componenta 's objective with this agreement is to increase business on its existing production lines .@positive |
Earnings per share for January-June 2010 were EUR0 .30 , an increase of 20 % year-on-year EUR0 .25 .@positive |
Earnings per share EPS rose to EUR 0.11 from EUR 0.03 .@positive |
Elisa said mobile subscriptions grew 7 percent during 2007 , mainly because of customers adopting so-called third generation mobile technology .@positive |
EPS for the quarter came in at 0.36 eur , up from 0.33 eur a year ago and ahead of forecast of 0.33 eur .@positive |
EPS grew to 0.04 eur from 0.02 eur .@positive |
Exports grew 16.5 percent to 19.1 million liters .@positive |
Finnish investment group Panostaja Oyj said its net profit went up to 8.6 mln euro $ 11.4 mln in fiscal 2005-06 , ended October 31 , 2006 , from 2.8 mln euro $ 3.7 mln in the same period of fiscal 2004-05 .@positive |
Finnish metal components supplier Componenta Oyj said its net profit went up to 3.5 mln euro $ 4.5 mln in 2006 from 2.2 mln euro $ 2.8 mln in 2005 .@positive |
Finnish silicon wafer technology company Okmetic Oyj OMX Helsinki : OKM1V reported on Thursday 30 October an operating profit of EUR7 .4 m for January-September 2008 , up from EUR6 .1 m in the corresponding period in 2007 .@positive |
Fiskars Brands report net sales of EUR 145.8 mn , up from EUR 138.4 mn .@positive |
GeoSentric Oyj s GeoSolutions Business Unit GyPSii , the mobile digital lifestyle application and geo-mobility social networking platform , has signed an agreement with Nanjing MyNet to make the GyPSii mobile social networking platform available to customers of China Mobile .@positive |
HELSINKI AFX - Outokumpu Technology said it has signed a 3.5 mln eur agreement with Mongolia 's Erdenet Mining Corporation for the engineering of the first HydroCopper plant to be built at the Erdenet mine site .@positive |
However , the proportion of the paid standing orders grew in 2009 .@positive |
In addition to the demand in Finland , the export of lining stone products also increased .@positive |
In January-September 2007 , the group 's net sales from continuing operations rose to EUR 213.1 mn from EUR 172.6 mn in the corresponding period in 2006 .@positive |
In July-September 2008 , YIT 's net sales increased to EUR 970.8 mn , compared to EUR 906.8 mn in the corresponding period in 2007 .@positive |
In the reporting period , net sales rose by 8 % year-on-year to EUR64 .3 m , due to the business acquisitions realized during the first half of 2008-09 , the effect of which was EUR10 .9 m in the review period .@positive |
In the reporting period , the company 's operating profit grew by 43.2 % to EUR 6 million .@positive |
Last year 's net sales rose to EUR 68.3 million from EUR 62.2 million .@positive |
Last year the company raised its turnover to approximately 7 million litas EUR 2 mln , from 6.1 million litas in 2004 .@positive |
ADP News - Nov 18 , 2008 - Finnish AC drives manufacturer Vacon Oyj OMX : VAC1V said today that it had set up new representative offices in Romania and Ukraine to serve the growing markets in eastern and southeastern Europe .@positive |
Marimekko Group 's full-year net sales are estimated to increase by about 10 % .@positive |
Net sales surged by 30 % to EUR 36 million .@positive |
Net sales went up by 1 % year-on-year to EUR 29 million , affected by the business acquisitions , realized during the previous financial period , the effect of which was EUR 5.1 million on the review period .@positive |
Nevertheless , its market share rose to 49.14 percent from 48.51 percent a year earlier .@positive |
Nokia - the world 's largest mobile phone manufacturer - and China Postel - China 's largest mobile phone distributor - have a long-standing partnership that continues to grow stronger over time .@positive |
October-December sales were 302 mln eur , or a 25.3 pct increase year on year .@positive |
Olvi , which controls a 94 percent stake in Ragutis through A. Le Coq , said in its annual report published earlier this year that the Lithuanian brewery 's sales reached 15.04 million euros last year , a rise of 20.4 percent from 12.49 million euros in 2004 .@positive |
Olvi expects sales and market share to increase in the first quarter of 2010 .@positive |
Olvi 's target is to strengthen its market share in soft drinks , mineral waters , ciders , long drinks , and energy drinks .@neutral |
Operating profit increased to EUR 14.0 mn from EUR 4.9 mn in the corresponding period in 2005 .@positive |
Operating profit of the Asian plants grew markedly .@positive |
Operating profit totaled EUR 825mn , up from EUR 763mn in 2004 .@positive |
Operating profit totalled EUR 83.0 mn , up from EUR 23.5 mn year-on-year .@positive |
Production capacity will increase from 36 000 to 85 000 tonnes per year and the raw material will continue to be recycled paper and board .@positive |
Profit for the period increased from EUR 2.9 mn to EUR 10.5 mn .@positive |
Profit per share was EUR 1.03 , up from EUR 0.87 .@positive |
Return on capital employed rose by 4.8 percentage points to 19.6 % .@positive |
Revenue from July to September grew 21 percent to EURO 2.3 billion , the Finnish company said Thursday .@positive |
Revenue grew 1 percent to euro742 .2 million US$ 964 million from euro735 million .@positive |
Ruukki 's order book at the end of 2010 was 30 % up year-on-year and 10 % up quarter-on-quarter .@positive |
Ruukki signed the contract with Norwegian company Veidekke Entreprenor AS .@positive |
Sales in Finland rose by 3.9 % and international growth was 0.7 % .@positive |
Sales of security and system packaging increased slightly .@positive |
Stora Enso 's third-quarter pre-tax profit doubled to EUR 197mn .@positive |
Strongest growth was seen in the new markets in Russia , the Czech Republic , and Slovakia .@positive |
The airline has ordered nine Airbus A350-900 aircraft with deliveries from 2011 , and in doing so becomes the lead airline for the latest variant of Rolls-Royce Trent series engines , called the 1700 .@positive |
The company is now intensifying its smelter operations and increasing its annual production capacity to 230,000 tonnes of copper .@positive |
The company 's market share is continued to increase further .@positive |
The company 's scheduled traffic , measured in revenue passenger kilometres RPK , grew by just over 2 % and nearly 3 % more passengers were carried on scheduled flights than in February 2009 .@positive |
The company said that its investments in the new market areas resulted in sales increase in Sweden , Poland , Russia and Lithuania .@positive |
The disposal of Autotank will also strengthen Aspo 's capital structure , '' commented Gustav Nyberg , CEO of Aspo .@positive |
The earnings per share for the quarter came in at 0.25 eur , up from the 0.20 eur of the same quarter a year earlier .@positive |
The economic occupancy rate of Sponda 's property portfolio rose to 91.2 % from 88.8 % in 2006 .@positive |
The Finnish supplier of BSS-OSS and VAS for telecom operators , Tecnotree , has received expansion orders worth a total US$ 7.3 mn for its convergent charging and next generation messaging solutions in Latin America , the company announced without specifying which operators had placed the orders .@positive |
The group 's 12-month operating profit grew 31 percent to 337.8 million euros .@positive |
The growth in the activeness of Talentum 's customers , which started at the end of 2009 , continued during the reporting period , the company stated .@positive |
The growth of net sales in the first half of 2008 has been 28 % compared with the first half of 2007 .@positive |
The pretax profit of the group 's life insurance business increased to EUR 36 million from EUR 27 million .@positive |
The pretax profit of the group 's life insurance business increased to EUR36m from EUR27m .@positive |
The total delivery volume of paper businesses in 2010 was 1,155,000 tonnes , up from 1,132,000 tonnes in 2009 .@positive |
The value of the firm 's forestry holdings increased by SEK 3.6 bn .@positive |
This new deal has strengthened the partnership from Telemig Celular and Tecnomen , which it has started since the beginning of Telemig 's prepaid operations .@positive |
Turnover rose to EUR21m from EUR17m .@positive |
Xerox and Stora Enso have teamed up to tailor the iGen3 to the short-run , on-demand packaging market .@positive |
YIT Construction and the town of Riihim+帽ki have signed a lease contract whereby the town will occupy the Travel Centre office facilities .@positive |
The upgrade is intended to raise the network capacity from 450 MHz to 630 MHz in several cities , enabling bi-directional services for digital television as well as broadband data .@positive |
The Finnish company Stockmann has signed the contract with the company Technopolis .@neutral |
According to its notice , Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ Helsinki Branch has on 10 August 2009 divested in total 11,958,000 Alma Media shares to Ilkka-Yhtyma Oyj and Kaleva Kustannus Oy , as the conditions of the agreement made by the companies on 1 July 2009 fulfilled .@neutral |
As previously announced , GeoSentric Oyj entered into financing agreements with its lead investor on June 30 , 2010 enabling the Company to receive financing up to the aggregate amount of 6M .@neutral |
At the same time , the market for automated liquid handling devices is already larger than that for pipettes , according to Biohit .@neutral |
Efore 's CEO Reijo Maihaniemi said that the company has developed and already delivered power supply units to respective systems based on this technology to Chinese sector company ZTE Corp SHE : 000063 .@neutral |
Finnish Talvivaara Mining Co HEL : TLV1V said Thursday it had picked BofA Merrill Lynch and JPMorgan NYSE : JPM as joint bookrunners of its planned issue of convertible notes worth up to EUR250m USD332m .@neutral |
Lead production , in turn , should increase to 60,000 tonnes through 2009 in what would be a twofold increase from current capacity levels , Zahariev said .@positive |
Lemminkainen Oyj said that it has signed credit agreements with Nordea Bank STO : NDA , Pohjola Bank HEL : POH1S , Sampo Bank HEL : SAMAS and Svenska Handelsbanken STO : SHB A .@neutral |