Pressemitteilung

VideoPoster-III from Distec Displays Images and Full-HD Videos

PR-Gateway — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:50:46 +0000

Full-HD media player VideoPoster-III in Albra housing by Data Display Solution

Distec Presents Industrial Full-HD Digital Signage Media Player with Enhanced Functionality

Germering (Germany) May 16, 2012 – Distec – trend-setting German supplier of TFT displays and system solutions for industrial and multimedia applications – introduces its new media player, “VideoPoster-III”. This industrial full-HD media player offers numerous new features, such as enhanced playlist functions, in- and output for HDMI signals and support for the video formats WMV and FLV (flash video). The high-quality industrial media player plays still images and full-HD videos within networks. The VideoPoster-III is available in different versions: as an open frame monitor; built into Albra, Brilan, and Smart monitor housings by Data Display Solution; or as a display kit for integration into customized enclosures. The hardware and firmware and the associated Windows software ACC3 have been fully developed by the Data Display Group. ACC3 allows users to easily create playlists and to distribute the content to the players via network or USB stick.

Versatile functionality for viewing images and videos

The VideoPoster-III has been greatly enhanced, compared to its predecessor models, with the addition of essential new applications and features. For example, playlists can now be time-dependent, such as one playlist for the morning, a second for the afternoon, and off at night. In addition, the playlist can be controlled through up to 12 buttons or motion sensors; for example, button 1 = advertising 1, etc. In order to integrate the player into customized software, the playlist may be regulated via network commands. An additional HDMI input takes signals from other playback devices such as PCs, DVD or Blu-ray players. The HDMI output of the controller board is used to connect multiple HDMI displays to a player via an HDMI splitter. The media player supports the video formats WMV and Flash (F4V format). WMV is used to save a PowerPoint presentation as video and display it directly on the player. Flash video allows videos exported by Adobe tools be shown right on the player.

Image source: Distec GmbH

About Distec
Distec is a worldwide operating specialist for TFT flat screen and system solutions for industrial, multimedia and digital signage applications. Located in Germering/Munich (Germany), the company designs, produces and sells innovative solutions offering the full range from components to final products. Data Display Group supplies innovative Green IT solutions based on their hardware platforms and their own software to control the TFTs of partners Samsung, Chimei Innolux, Kyocera and as well as selected panels from other manufacturers. These system solutions – from assemblies and kits up to finished OEM products – are developed in their own R&D centres in Germering (Germany), Istanbul (Turkey) and Ronkonkoma (NY/USA). The range of services includes customized developments and adaptations, product finishing and assembly of monitoring systems as well as the production of finished products and a complete after-sales service with RMA, repair and technical support. More information can be found on the homepage: http://www.distec.de

Products of Data Display Group are available at:
Europe – Digital Signage: Data Display Solution, Eisenach, http://www.dd-solution.de
Europe: Distec GmbH, Germering, http://www.distec.de
Italy: Data Display S.r.l., Padova
UK and Benelux: Display Technology, Rochester
Turkey and Middle East: Data Display Teknoloji
North America: Apollo Display Technologies, Ronkonkoma NY

Kontakt:
Distec GmbH
Kiermaier
Augsburger Straße 2b
82110 Germering
+49 89 89 4363 0

http://www.distec.de
pr@alvacon.com

Pressekontakt:
alvacon pr
Mandy Ahlendorf
Maximilianstraße 8
82319 Starnberg
pr@alvacon.com
+49815155500911
http://www.alvacon.com

The 19th iran food + hospitality – 312 exhibitors from 11 countries and 30,000+ visitors expected

PR-Gateway — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:12:28 +0000

The 19th International Food, Beverage and Hospitality Trade Fair opens its doors from 27 to 30 May. It will be held under the auspices of the Iranian Ministry of Jihad-e-Agriculture and is organised by Palar Samaneh of Tehran and fairtrade of Germany. Iran”s leading food, beverages and hospitality trade fair takes place at the Tehran International Fairgrounds.

312 exhibitors from 11 countries participate in the 19th edition of iran food + hospitality. The exhibitors come from China, Denmark, Germany, India, Iran, Mexico, Oman, South Korea, Thailand, Turkey and United Arab Emirates. Especially producers of meat, ready to eat-meals, tea and coffee, vegetables, milk and cream, fish, non-alcoholic beverages and fruit and vegetable juices, fruit, cereals, chocolate and confectionery, cheese, curd and many other products profit from rising sales, last but not least through participating at iran food + hospitality. In 2012 the organisers expect more than 30,000 visitors. “As the country”s leading food, beverages and hospitality trade fair, the event is a perfect place to meet all of the Iranian and international top-level decision-makers from the trade, the food service and catering market in one place,” states Ladan Maleki from Palar Samaneh.
For the first time in Iran, an Online Market Place has been established for an international exhibition. The iran food + hospitality interactive online community allows exhibitors and visitors to connect before, during and after the event. www.visit.iran-foodhospitality.com

To create valuable synergies for exhibitors and trade visitors alike, iran food + hospitality takes place concurrently with “iran food + bev tec 2012″ (242 exhibitors from 17 countries) and “iran agro 2012″ (57 exhibitors from 7 countries), the three dedicated events building the frame of “iran agrofood” with altogether 611 exhibitors.

www.iran-foodhospitality.com

fairtrade Messe und Ausstellungs GmbH & Co KG:
Seit ihrer Gründung 1991 zählt die fairtrade Messegesellschaft zu den führenden Veranstaltern internationaler Fachmessen in den aufstrebenden Märkten Nordafrikas, des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens und Osteuropas. Seit 2003 gibt es neben der fairtrade Zentrale in Heidelberg eine Tochterfirma in Algier. Durch die Zertifizierung nach ISO 9001:2008, und die Mitgliedschaft bei der UFI – The Global Association of the Exhibition Industry, organisiert fairtrade internationale Events gemäß den UFI Qualitätsstandards.

Kontakt:
fairtrade Messe
Kim Wolters
Kurfürsten Anlage 36
69115 Heidelberg
+496221456513

http://www.iran-agro.com
k.wolters@fairtrade-messe.de

Pressekontakt:
fairtrade Messe GmbH
Dominik Rzepka
Kurfürsten Anlage 36
69115 Heidelberg
d.rzepka@fairtrade-messe.de
+496221456522
http://www.fairtrade-messe.de

prudsys is looking for the world’s best up-and-coming data miners and will present the winners at the 13th DATA MINING CUP at its 2012 prudsys User Days in Berlin/Germany

PR-Gateway — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:12:24 +0000

83 teams from 65 universities in 22 countries took part in this year’s DATA MINING CUP Competition (abbreviated to: DMC) which focused this year on the issue of dynamic price optimisation and is organised annually by prudsys AG. Which of the 61 solutions gained top places and which participants have won this 13th competition for students of intelligent data analysis will be made known as part of the 2012 prudsys User Days on 26th and 27th June 2012 in Berlin/Germany.

Dynamic pricing is currently one of the most innovative subjects in retail. All retailers – whether from Europe, Asia or America – aim to sell their product as quickly as possible at an ideal price that provides maximum margins and produces profits. Many retailers still calculate their product prices manually. Progressive companies rely on intelligent data mining solutions based on the real-time purchase behaviour of customers to set the ideal price for a product
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This innovative subject is therefore the focus of this year’s DATA MINING CUP which has enjoyed the participation of numerous international universities for now 13 years. prudsys AG, as the organiser of this globally renowned data mining student competition and itself a specialist in intelligent data analysis and dynamic price optimisation, challenged the competitors to measure their data mining expertise using two separate tasks. Two tasks were assessed independently of each other.
The classic data mining task was for participants to develop a model using stipulated data that predicts the sales figures of a product as accurately as possible.
The second task was to independently implement an agent that takes on pricing for an online shop. The agents – and therefore the participants’ individual shops – then competed against each other in a multiple agent system simulation. The aim was to maximise profit.

Which teams successfully tackled the two tasks and are therefore among the best up-and-coming data miners in the world will be made known at the 2012 prudsys User Days, which take place in Berlin on 26 and 27 June 2012.

For over 13 years the prudsys User Days have provided information on news, trends and technological developments in the data mining environment and on innovative business cases for retail both today and tomorrow.

For further information:

www.data-mining-cup.com

prudsys AG as one of the technology leader for intelligent data analytics concentrates among classic Data Mining on the development and integration of high-quality real-time analytics solutions.
The prudsys Realtime Decisioning Engine (prudsys RDE) is a leading service-oriented solution for real-time analytics, forecasts and intelligent recommendations. The modular structure enables to build a multi-channel global solution which matches the specific requirements. With IREUS the prudsys AG especially offers for small and medium online shops selected features of the prudsys RDE as a software as a services.

The prudsys products are used world-wide. In Germany alone, approximately 50% of the top twenty mail order businesses such as OTTO, Heine, Conrad Electronic, bonprix and Baur and countless other Top 100 mail-order specialists (Source: Versandhausberater – Mail-Order Adviser) such as 3 Pagen/3 Suisse, buch.de and Mexx rely on prudsys solutions.

prudsys AG is the holder of numerous German and international patents. Furthermore, prudsys AG is the organiser of the world’s biggest data mining competition, the DATA MINING CUP.

Kontakt:
prudsys AG
Denise Seifert
Zwickauer Strasse 16
09112 Chemnitz
+49 371 27093-0

http://www.prudsys.com
presse@prudsys.com

Pressekontakt:
wortgold | Agentur für nachhaltige Kommunikation
Frau Sandra Koegel
Stelzendorfer Gutsweg 8
09116 Chemnitz
service@wortgold.com
0157 77711580
http://www.wortgold.com

The 19th iran agro 2012 – 57 exhibitors from 7 countries and 30,000+ visitors expected

PR-Gateway — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:06:44 +0000

The 19th edition of Iran”s leading agricultural trade show will open its doors from 27 to 30 May. Against the background of support by the National Development Fund amounting to two billion US-Dollars the International Agricultural Trade Fair, iran ago is organized by Palar Samaneh of Tehran and fairtrade of Germany. iran agro 2012 takes place at the Tehran International Fairgrounds.

According to Theresa Weissbrodt, project manager with fairtrade: “iran agro provides an ideal business platform to meet all of the Iranian and international top-level decision-makers, looking to upgrade their production facilities”. This statement is emphasized by the number of exhibitors in 2012. Three official pavilions from China, Spain and Turkey and 57 exhibitors from seven countries, Brazil, China, Germany, Iran, Netherlands, Spain and Turkey will discuss business with more than 30,000 visitors.

The Iranian agricultural minister, Sadeq Khalilian says that about 2 billion US-Dollars from the National Development Fund will be made available for developing the processing industry, fisheries, greenhouses and water and soil resources. Khalilian further states, that the agricultural sector has seen significant progress in recent years. Adding, agricultural production in the last Iranian year (ended March 20) reached about 107 million tons indicating a growth of 15 per cent compared to the figure for the previous year. The main policies of the ministry are the mechanization and renovation of agro infrastructure.

For the first time in Iran, an Online Market Place has been established for an international exhibition. The iran agro interactive online community allows exhibitors and visitors to connect before, during and after the event. www.visit.iran-agro.com .

To create valuable synergies for exhibitors and trade visitors alike, iran agro 2012 takes place concurrently with iran food + hospitality (312 exhibitors from 11 countries), and iran food + bev tec (242 exhibitors from 17 countries), the three dedicated events building the frame of “iran agrofood 2012″ with altogether 611 exhibitors in 2012.

www.iran-agro.com

Kontakt:
fairtrade Messe
Kim Wolters
Kurfürsten Anlage 36
69115 Heidelberg
+496221456513

http://www.iran-agro.com
k.wolters@fairtrade-messe.de

Pressekontakt:
fairtrade Messe GmbH
Dominik Rzepka
Kurfürsten Anlage 36
69115 Heidelberg
d.rzepka@fairtrade-messe.de
+496221456522
http://www.fairtrade-messe.de

The 19th iran food + bev tec – 242 exhibitors from 17 countries participate and 30,000+ visitors are expected

PR-Gateway — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:47:24 +0000

The 19th edition of Iran”s International Food, Beverage + Packaging Technology Trade Fair will open its doors from 27 to 30 May. It will be held under the auspices of the Iranian Ministry of Jihad-e-Agriculture and is organised by Palar Samaneh of Tehran and fairtrade of Germany. The leading trade show for the country”s food and beverage industry will take place at the Tehran International Fairgrounds.

242 exhibitors from 17 countries participate in the 19th edition of iran food + bev tec 2012. The exhibitors come from Austria, Canada, China, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, India, Iran, Italy, Lebanon, Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates. The organisers estimate more than 30,000 visitors, with a high share of professionals. The Iranian food technology market is the most important one for major international players with interest in the Middle East region. According to Ladan Maleki from Palar Samaneh, exporters of food and beverage processing equipment always make good business in Iran.

The organisers Palar Samaneh of Tehran and fairtrade of Germany expect a successful iran food + bev tec in 2012. Thousands of hands-on technological innovations and trends for all stages of the food and beverage processing chain are to be presented. The target is to increase the degree of automation in production, to improve the monitoring of all processes and to ensure consumer safety by hygiene-oriented machine design.

The UFI approved event focuses on the production of material and technology for baking, beverage production, confectionery, dairy processing, egg processing, fruit and vegetable processing, laboratory equipment, meat processing, noodle processing, packaging and refrigeration. Claiming to be the leading trade show for the country”s food and beverage industry, the event is the ideal venue for both, foreign exporters and Iranian food producers looking to upgrade their production facilities.

For the first time in Iran, an Online Market Place has been established for an international exhibition. The iran food + bev tec interactive online community allows exhibitors and visitors to connect before, during and after the event. www.visit.iran-foodbevtec.com

To create valuable synergies for exhibitors and trade visitors alike, iran food + bev tec 2012 will take place concurrently with “iran food + hospitality” (with 312 exhibitors from 11 countries) and “iran agro” (57 exhibitors from 7 countries), the three dedicated events building the frame of “iran agrofood 2012″ with altogether 611 exhibitors.

www.iran-foodbevtec.com

Kontakt:
fairtrade Messe
Kim Wolters
Kurfürsten Anlage 36
69115 Heidelberg
+496221456513

http://www.iran-foodbevtec.com
k.wolters@fairtrade-messe.de

Pressekontakt:
fairtrade Messe GmbH
Dominik Rzepka
Kurfürsten Anlage 36
69115 Heidelberg
d.rzepka@fairtrade-messe.de
+496221456522
http://www.fairtrade-messe.de

Chak Heavy and Mike Flache start collaboration

PR-Gateway — Wed, 16 May 2012 09:12:13 +0000

Bali’s surf professional Chak Heavy and designer Mike Flache will start
their cooperation as of 1 May 2012.

Bali / Stuttgart, 16 May 2012

Everything began with a spontaneous idea at the start of the year. Now the time has come. The Bali surfer Chak Heavy and the German designer Mike Flache will work together. The cooperation will start on 1 May.

Bali Surfers” Style

Chak and Mike plan to release a series of eccentric surfboards over the course of the year. An accessories collection is to follow. The project is titled “Bali Surfers’ Style”. The aim of the two partners is to express both the individual surfer culture and the culture of the country in a sporting and artistic way.

“The cooperation with Chak is something special for me. We share the same philosophy and regard surfing as a fascinating combination of freedom, sport and aesthetics. Together, we wish to share this unique attitude to life with sport enthusiasts around the globe,” says Mike Flache.

The designer is famous for his varied designs in the lifestyle area. The German national has designed furniture, accessories, laptops and computer games, amongst other things. Mike often cooperates with sportsmen, musicians and companies for creative projects. Further information on the designs of Mike Flache can be found at:

Hamburg, Germany – 15 May 2012: Germany’s full service partner for visual communication, Hamburg based DEKOM AG, launched a series of new managed services for any technical and organizational aspects of videoconferencing: DEKOM UC.

DEKOM UC. offers a comprehensive range of services like mobile, cloud-based video communication, MCU access to virtual meeting rooms or even individual on-premise solutions. Jörg Weisflog, CEO: “Our Managed Services offer complete, ready for use videoconferencing environments at transparent, monthly cost – for single workplaces as well as meeting rooms, both on-premise and cloud-based.”

DEKOM UC. can be booked turnkey or individually according to different network levels:

- UC.Service: infrastructure and virtual meeting rooms
- UC.Client: videoconferencing endpoints and clients
- UC.Access: connect devices and infrastructure
- UC.Complete: fully managed service including infrastructure, hardware, support etc.

The modular design allows an extremely versatile, need-based application: Use UC. to equip your company and employees with the latest technology, to expand your infrastructure and thus your options, as a fall-back solution for business-critical installations, or to improve your call security. UC. delivers maximum availability, quality and safety – both at network and application level. For more information, visit http://www.dekom.com.

DEKOM AG (formerly known as ViDOFON AG) offers a unique all-inclusive portfolio of professional solutions in the field of media technology and video conferencing. The Hamburg-based company is one of the market’s most comprehensively certified providers throughout Europe (AMX, Bosch, Cisco (Tandberg), Crestron, Extron, Lifesize, NEC, Panasonic, Polycom, VCON, Radvision Sennheiser, Sony, etc.) and employs around 70 enthusiastic specialists. Please visit http://www.dekom.com for more information.

Kontakt:
DEKOM AG (formerly ViDOFON AG)
Mr. Autermann
Kellerbleek 3
22529 Hamburg
j.autermann@dekom.com
+49 40 808 181-151
http://www.dekom.com

DIC Asset AG – Q1 results show a successful start to 2012

PR-Gateway — Tue, 15 May 2012 07:42:13 +0000

*** Gross rental income up to EUR 31.1 million (Q1 2011: EUR 27.6 million)
*** Vacancy rate reduced to 12.3 per cent (Q1 2011: 14.3 per cent)
*** FFO increased to EUR 10.5 million (Q1 2011: EUR 10 million)
*** Forecast for 2012 FFO affirmed, at EUR 43 million to EUR 45 million

Frankfurt, 15 May 2012

Key results at a glance:

DIC Asset AG (German Securities ID 509840 / ISIN DE0005098404) today presented its interim report for the first three months of the 2012 financial year. Results were shaped by four main factors. At EUR 31.1 million, gross rental income was up strongly, by 13 per cent. Further reduction in the vacancy rate enhanced the quality of the real estate portfolio. Operating results increased by 5 per cent, to EUR 10.5 million. DIC Asset AG thus generated consolidated profit of EUR 2.5 million (Q1 2011: EUR 2.8 million)

Detailed review of results for the quarter:

In a slightly improved market environment, DIC Asset AG’s gross rental income for the first three months of 2012 amounted to EUR 31.1 million (Q1 2011: EUR 27.6 million). The 13 per cent increase was largely attributable to the larger portfolio, and the reduction in the vacancy rate. Notably, gross rental income for the first quarter of 2012 exceeded all the quarterly results in 2011. Net rental income in the first quarter amounted to EUR 28.1 million, up 11 per cent from the first quarter of 2011 (EUR 25.3 million). Fees from real estate management grew by 20 per cent, to EUR 1.2 million.

DIC Asset AG increased its total rental volume by 7 per cent in the first quarter of 2012. New rental contracts or renewals were concluded for portfolio properties with an aggregate floor space of 51,900 sqm (Q1 2011: 48,300 sqm). The bulk of this increase was attributable to new rentals: rising by 23 per cent to 29,600 sqm, these were clearly higher than in the previous year. Total new rentals were equivalent to annualised rental income of EUR 5.6 million, which was markedly higher than the previous year’s level (Q1 2011: EUR 4.4 million). Like-for-like rental income remained stable (+/- 0 per cent) compared to the previous quarter after a -0,5 per cent decline in the previous year”s first quarter. In spite of the usual rental contract expiries at the beginning of the year, DIC Asset AG succeeded in reducing the vacancy rate to 12.3 per cent (Q1 2011: 14.3 per cent / Q4 2011: 12.4 per cent).

The aggregate volume of acquisitions achieved approximately EUR 17 million year-to-date (until the end of April), reflecting the acquisition of an office building near the central railway station in Frankfurt/Main (as announced). The volume of disposals totalled EUR 9.5 million (also until the end of April), mainly resulting from the sale of three properties held in the Co-Investment segment.

The average interest rate of the financial debt stood at 4.20 per cent as at 31 March 2012 – down 15 basis points year-on-year, as well as on the previous quarter’s average (Q1 and Q4 2011: 4.35 per cent); this resulted from refunding at advantageous conditions as well as from the actual interest level. Net financing expenses increased in the first quarter of 2012, leading to a EUR 2.1 million decrease in the interest result, to EUR -14.5 million. In particular, this was due to the higher financing volumes and expenses from servicing the bond issue. Interest income rose from EUR 1.8 million to EUR 2.4 million, whilst interest expenses rose from EUR -14.2 million to EUR -16.9 million.

The average maturity of financial liabilities of EUR 1.53 billion (31 Dec 2011: EUR 1.52 billion), stood at 3.2 years at the end of the first quarter. Around 11 per cent of liabilities, equal to EUR 160 million, will require refinancing during 2012, in 2013 around 9 per cent, equalling EUR 140 million, will be due.

Personnel expenses rose to EUR 3.0 million (up EUR 0.6 million) during the first quarter, reflecting increased number of employees, and in line with the budget, whilst administrative expenses remained stable, at EUR 2.2 million.

Consolidated profit of EUR 2.5 million was slightly lower year-on-year (Q1 2011: EUR 2.8 million), as expected; the decrease was mainly attributable to depreciations according to plan, caused by the expanded real estate portfolio and to a higher net other income in Q1 2011.

At EUR 10.5 million, the FFO (funds from operations, defined as earnings before depreciation and taxes, and excluding profits from disposals and development projects) for the first quarter of 2012 was up by EUR 0.5 million year-on-year (Q1 2011: EUR 10.0 million). The increase is mainly a result of the larger portfolio, generating higher rental income and more than compensating for higher interest expenses from the corporate bond issue. The FFO per share amounted to EUR 0.23 (Q1 2011: EUR 0.25).

Cash flow from operating activities (after interest and taxes paid) of EUR 12.7 million was clearly higher than in the previous year (Q1 2011: EUR 9.4 million). Specifically, the increase reflects higher rental income on account of the larger portfolio and higher management fees generated.

Cash and cash equivalents totalled EUR 90.8 million at the end of the first quarter (31 Dec 2011: EUR 100.3 million).

Real estate assets under management were unchanged, at EUR 3.3 billion, whilst DIC Asset AG’s total assets of EUR 2.3 billion increased, compared to the previous year’s level (Q4/2011: EUR 2,2 billion. The equity ratio (as reported in the statement of financial position) stood at 27.7 per cent as at 31 March 2012 (31 Dec 2011: 27.8 per cent).

Significant progress in project developments: With a major letting contract of over 70 per cent of the “MainTor Porta” office building, DIC has started the construction works for this MainTor-subproject. The sale of the “Opera Offices Klassik” in Hamburg within the framework of a forward deal gave the starting signal for the construction works.

Outlook for 2012: DIC Asset AG affirms its FFO forecast for the 2012 financial year of EUR 43 million to EUR 45 million ( 2011: EUR 40.6 million), which translates into a growth rate of approximately 10 per cent. This forecast is based on the following budget figures for the 2012 financial year: Gross rental income is to reach EUR 124 million to EUR 126 million (2011: EUR 116.7 million); the vacancy rate will be reduced to around 11.5 per cent (2011: 12.4 per cent).

Ulrich Höller, Chairman of the Management Board of DIC Asset AG, commented on the results: “Our successful start in 2012 with the reduction in vacancies during the first quarter is a relevant indication of the growth potential we envisage between now and the end of the year.”

For more information on DIC Asset AG, please visit the Company’s website www.dic-asset.de, where the three-month report for 2011 is also available.

About DIC Asset AG:
Established in 2002, DIC Asset AG, with registered offices in Frankfurt/Main, is a real estate company with a dedicated investment focus on commercial real estate in Germany, pursuing a return-oriented investment policy. Real estate assets under management amount to approx. EUR 3.3 billion, comprising around 270 properties, of which EUR 2.2 billion is carried on DIC Asset AG’s statement of financial position. The Company’s investment strategy is geared to the continued development of a high-quality, highly profitable and regionally diversified portfolio. The real estate portfolio is structured in two segments: the Commercial Portfolio (EUR 1.9 billion) comprises existing properties with long-term rental contracts generating attractive rental yields. The Co-Investments segment (EUR 0.3 billion) comprises fund investments, joint-venture investments, and interests in development projects. Own real estate management teams provide a direct service to tenants through six branch offices located at the regional hubs within the portfolio. This provides an edge in terms of market presence and expertise, and builds the foundation for maintaining and increasing the value of real estate assets. DIC Asset AG has been included in the SDAX® segment of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since June 2006. The Company’s shares are also included in the EPRA index, which tracks the performance of the most important European real estate companies.

Kontakt:
DIC Asset AG
Immo von Homeyer
Eschersheimer Landstrasse 223
60320 Frankfurt/Main
+49 69 274033-86

http://www.dic-asset.de
i.vonhomeyer@dic-asset.de

Pressekontakt:
Thomas Pfaff Kommunikation
Thomas Pfaff
Höchlstr. 2
81675 München
kontakt@pfaff-kommunikation.de
089 992496-50
http://pfaff-kommunikation.de

New Monitor Assembly Series for Industrial Applications

PR-Gateway — Mon, 14 May 2012 13:42:21 +0000

Data Display Solution Present Flexible Touch Monitors for Assembly

Data Display Solution designs highly modular platform for professional touch applications in industrial and digital-signage kiosk systems

Eisenach (Germany) May 14, 2012 – Data Display Solution – trend-setting German supplier of TFT displays and system solutions for industrial and multimedia applications – introduces a new product line of assembly monitors. The two new series of monitors, “KioskLine” and “PerformanceLine”, present an utmost modular platform for professional touch applications. “Revolutionary to our solution is the enormous flexibility of the product series,” explained Werner Schubert, General Manager of the Data Display Solution GmbH. “As from a model kit, customers are able to assemble the optimum monitor solution from industrial components for the particular application case. With this new model series we serve the markets for industrial touch applications and POS (Point of Sales) applications.”

Modular Touch Displays for Assembly

The PerformanceLine is characterized by its robust construction, and it is optionally available with an IP65 protected front panel. The industrial PC platform is aligned for a very long availability. Data Display with its KioskLine fulfills the needs of mass markets like POS as well as demanding store fittings (Shop-eMedia) with individual design and functionality. With respect to the front line for both product variants, different touch technologies can be chosen, for example resistive and P-CAP sensors for 1, 2 and 10 finger operation as well as a coated safety glass. A variety of different control solutions, reaching from the captive industrial graphics card with VGA, DVI/HDMI and DisplayPort interface or media player with LAN to an integrated high performance PC, are provided. The assembly monitors will be available with display sizes from 10.4″ to 24″ from summer 2012. The products are designed and produced in Germany.

Image source / Copyright: Data Display Solution GmbH

For additional information and requests Mathias Toeppel (Senior Key Account Manager) is at your disposal (Tel. +49 7157 6690874, email mathias.toeppel|at|dd-solution.de).

About Data Display Solution
Data Display Solution is part of the international Data Display Group. The Eisenach based company designs, produces and markets innovative solutions reaching from assembly monitor to terminal.

Data Display Group is a worldwide operating specialist for TFT flat screen and system solutions for industrial, multimedia and digital signage applications. Located in Germering/Munich (Germany), the company designs, produces and sells innovative solutions offering the full range from components to final products. Data Display Group supplies innovative Green IT solutions based on their hardware platforms and their own software to control the TFTs of partners Samsung, Chimei Innolux, Optrex and as well as selected panels from other manufacturers. These system solutions – from assemblies and kits up to finished OEM products – are developed in their own R&D centres in Germering (Germany), Istanbul (Turkey) and Ronkonkoma (NY/USA). The range of services includes customized developments and adaptations, product finishing and assembly of monitoring systems as well as the production of finished products and a complete after-sales service with RMA, repair and technical support. More information can be found on the homepage: www.datadisplay-group.com.

Products of Data Display Group are available at:
Europe – Digital Signage: Data Display Solution, Eisenach
Europe: Distec GmbH, Germering
Italy: Data Display S.r.l., Padova
UK and Benelux: Display Technology, Rochester
Turkey and Middle East: Data Display Teknoloji
North America: Apollo Display Technologies, Ronkonkoma NY

Kontakt:
Data Display Solution GmbH & Co. KG (en)
Werner Schubert
Lauchergasse 6-12
99817 Eisenach
+49 3691 88939816

http://www.dd-solution.de/
pr@alvacon.com

Pressekontakt:
ahlendorf hueggenberg gbr
Mandy Ahlendorf
Maximilianstraße 8
82319 Starnberg
pr@alvacon.com
+49815155500911
http://www.alvacon.com

Heraeus North America Websites online

PR-Gateway — Mon, 14 May 2012 13:37:47 +0000

Comprehensive choice of information in a clear modern design: Homepage of HMT North America

On May 14th 2012 Heraeus Materials Technology North America went online with its new websites. The easy to negotiate homepage leads clearly and logically on to the full scope internet presence and can be accessed at www.heraeus-hmtna.com

The project team took great care in programming the sites and listened closely to the suggestions and wishes of customers and users alike. It was a core necessity that a visitor to the site should be able to navigate through it both quickly and constructively.
The well-defined structure of the homepage means that the visitor is soon able to click through to the individual Divisions of Heraeus Materials Technology and the corresponding products. In very few moves one reaches the sites of
- Contact Materials
- Engineered Materials
- Sensor Components
- Thin Film Materials

Three separate columns appear prominently below the primary image. These in turn lead directly on to “Products”, “Precious Metal Tools” and the “Download Section”.
In addition the left tool bar presents the visitor at a glance with all the range of options on offer and further related links. This overview, as well as the total page set-up, creates a strong recognition factor for the Heraeus identity.
You find the new sites at www.heraeus-hmtna.com

Heraeus, the precious metals and technology group headquartered in Hanau, Germany, is a global, private company with more than 160 years of tradition. Our fields of competence include precious metals, materials, and technologies, sensors, biomaterials, and medical products, as well as dental products, quartz glass, and specialty light sources. With product revenues of EUR4.8 billion and precious metal trading revenues of EUR21.3 billion, as well as more than 13,300 employees in over 120 subsidiaries worldwide, Heraeus holds a leading position in its global markets.

Kontakt:
Heraeus Materials Technology GmbH & Co. KG
Guido Matthes
Heraeusstr. 12-14
63450 Hanau
hmt-presse@heraeus.com
06181-35 4583
http://corporate.heraeus.com/en/presse/ansprechpartner/Ansprechpartner.aspx

Minister delegation impressed by German-Australian partnership and DEGERenergie products

PR-Gateway — Mon, 14 May 2012 13:37:42 +0000

Weltmarktführer für solare Nachführsysteme mit mehr als 47.000 installierten Systemen in 46 Ländern: DEGERenergie.

Horb am Neckar, Germany / Wodonga, Victoria, May 14th, 2012. Richard Dalla-Riva, Minister for Employment, Industrial Relations, Manufacturing, Exports and Trade of the Australian state of Victoria, visited DEGERenergie”s manufacturing partner Kiewa Valley Engineering KVE in Wodonga. The objective of the visit was to get informed about KVE”s partnership with the German global market leader and their solar tracking solutions.

Accompanied by a delegation of local politicians, the minister got an overview of the products and market position of the Australian company and its German partner. He had the details of the cooperation explained to him and wanted to know everything about the synergistic effects the two companies achieve together.

The attending politicians eagerly listened to the company representatives” explanations. The subsequent discussion was focused on the enormous potential of the companies involved and in particular on the benefits for the Albury/Wodonga region. Afterwards, the visitors were given a tour of the factory halls and convinced themselves of the DEGERenergie manufacturing partner”s great capabilities.

The delegation led by minister Dalla-Riva was deeply impressed by the strength of the partnership, by KVE”s competencies and above all by DEGERenergie”s technology.

Florian Falk Naumann, Country Manager for Australia at DEGERenergie: “This high-level visit has once more confirmed that our strategy pays off: Localizing production and sales in order to be closer to our customers.”

DEGERenergie is the global market leader for solar tracking systems. Worldwide, more than 47,000 DEGERenergie systems are installed in 46 countries. The company is represented in Spain, Greece and North America with its own subsidiaries and cooperates with local distribution and service partners in many countries worldwide. The patented DEGERenergie Maximum Light Detection (MLD) technology makes it possible to improve the energy yield of solar power plants by an average of 45 percent compared to fixed systems.

For more information: www.DEGERenergie.com.

Note for editorial staff:

You can download printable image material here (http://www.degerenergie.de/english/news/press-releases.html) at the end of the text. Of course, you can also obtain printable image material from: Herbert Grab, Phone: +49 07127-5707-10, E-mail: herbert.grab@digitmedia-online.de.

Über DEGERenergie (www.DEGERenergie.com):

DEGERenergie ist der führende Hersteller mit dem weltweit größten Produktportfolio für ein- und zweiachsige solare Nachführsysteme. Seine Marktstellung basiert auf der einzigartigen, von Artur Deger entwickelten, patentierten “Maximum Light Detection”- oder MLD-Technologie. Sie ermöglicht es, die Erträge von solaren Kraftwerken durch “intelligente” Steuerung zu maximieren. Dabei werden die Solarmodule unter Einsatz des DEGERconecter immer am energiereichsten Punkt am Himmel ausgerichtet. So erzielen MLD-geführte Solaranlagen durchschnittlich 45 Prozent mehr Ertrag als starr installierte Systeme – in Spitzen liegt dieser Wert sogar noch deutlich höher. Mit mehr als 47.000 installierten Systemen in 46 Ländern ist DEGERenergie Weltmarkt- und Technologieführer. Das Unternehmen bietet alle produktrelevanten Lösungen – von Entwicklung und Planung über Produktion und Vertrieb bis hin zu Wartung und Instandhaltung.

DEGERenergie beschäftigt derzeit am Hauptsitz in Horb, in seinen Niederlassungen und bei Zulieferern fast 400 Mitarbeiter. Das Unternehmen wurde 1999 gegründet und erhielt im Jahr 2001 den Erfinderpreis des Landes Baden-Württemberg für das MLD-Steuermodul DEGERconecter. 2005 eröffnete DEGERenergie in Spanien seine erste Niederlassung, 2009 folgten Niederlassungen in den USA und Griechenland, seit Sommer 2011 läuft die Produktion in Australien. Produziert wird in Deutschland, Australien, Kanada und den USA. Die Geschäfte führt Artur Deger.

Auf das Wetter ist nicht immer Verlass. Auf ein intelligentes Steuerungssystem von DEGERenergie schon.

Kontakt:
DEGERenergie GmbH
Carmen Spohn
Industriestraße 70
72160 Horb
+49 (0) 7451-539 14-0

http://www.DEGERenergie.com
sales@DEGERenergie.com

Pressekontakt:
digit media
Herbert Grab
Schulberg 5
72124 Pliezhausen
herbert.grab@digitmedia-online.de
+49 (0)7127-570710
http://www.digitmedia-online.de

12 MWp Power Plant by Emmvee

PR-Gateway — Mon, 14 May 2012 12:09:47 +0000

Power Plant with Emmvee Modules

From 0 to 12 MWp in Seven Weeks

Emmvee, manufacturer of photovoltaic modules, project developer and epc, have planned and developed a solar park with almost 12 MWp within 7 weeks.

The park has been established on an old air port near Bronkow, a beautiful village in the state of Brandenburg. Works started on March 13 with an extensive search for ammunition. With them having been transported away, the 120 workers were able to install 11000 poles for the supporting structure of 46000 modules by Emmvee.
The solar park is one of the twenty biggest parks in Germany.
Some of the modules are equipped with structured glass, one of the specialities of the company that helps increase the efficiency and also minimise the blinding effect for the pilots wanting to touch down there.
“Emmvee pursues a strategy of long-term co-operations. Therefore, we were able to install a system this size in such a short time,” reflects Steffen Graf, Managing Director of Emmvee Photovoltaics GmbH.

There is a new development when it comes to the mounting system. Emmvee and the German company MKG have developed a new mounting system especially for Emmvee modules. “The sturdiness of the frame, a development by the research team of Emmvee, lends itself for this innovative mounting system. The frame also plays a vital role under hrash climate conditions.” says D.V. Manjunatha founder of the company.
The website www.emmveephotovoltaics.com allows a deeper insight into the company and its business activities.

Emmvee Group of Companies is an international provider for solutions in the fields of renewable energy. The manufacturer of photovoltaic modules and solar-thermal appliances has two production plants in Bangalore, India. Its European headquarters are in Berlin, Germany.
Emmvee has recently started the business unit Project Development, a global unit in order to install turn- key solar installations.
Emmvee places great emphasis on transparency, service and quality.
The website www.emmveephotovoltaics.com allows a deeper insight into the company and its business activities.

Kontakt:
Emmvee Photovoltaics GmbH
Frank Hilgenfeld
Franz-Jacob-Straße 4a
10369 Berlin
f.hilgenfeld@emmveephotovoltaics.com
030.914268915
http://www.emmveephotovoltaics.com

PARADISE BOAT RENTALS NOW OFFERING FISHING CHARTERS

PR-Gateway — Mon, 14 May 2012 07:30:24 +0000

Paradise Boat Rentals

SW Florida is the Fishing Capitol of the World.
Nowhere else is fishing easier and more fun than in the waters around Cape Coral, Sanibel, Ft Myers Beach, Captiva & Boca Grande.
In order to fulfill the tourists demand for affordable fishing charters, Paradise Boat Rentals is now offering both, Fresh – and Saltwater Fishing Charters.

With 2 experienced captains, Cpt. Adam and Cpt. Brian teaming up with Paradise, fisherman”s satisfaction is guaranteed.

Cpt. Adam Markley with AM FRESHWATER FISHING CHARTERS:
“A.M. Charters offers custom tailored fishing charters for the first timer to the experienced angler. I, Captain Adam Markley (Owner/Guide), have a goal to provide my customers with a perfectly tailored trip for all ages and skill levels. As a South West Florida native with a love for the outdoors I have developed a passion (a.k.a. addiction) for fishing that I want you to catch!! I have spent most of my life on the water learning, enjoying and competing in fishing tournaments across the S.E. United States. Now I want to share my experiences and knowledge with you.”

Cpt. Brian Smith with SMOKIN” HOOKS FISHING CHARTERS:

“With Captain Brian as your fishing guide, you will enjoy all that the area has to offer. A SW Florida fishing experience can include a variety of experiences based on your adventure level. Fight for a trophy Tarpon, catch the elusive Snook, or battle for a Goliath Grouper. You can also comb the remote beaches of Cayo Costa or go to lunch at the islands of North Captiva. Useppa, or Cabbage Key accessible only by boat or private plane….”

If you are ready to make some incredible memories, join us for the ultimate fishing adventure.
Tarpon, Snapper, Redfish, Grouper and many, many more are out there to catch.

No matter if you prefer a relaxed in-shore fishing trip with your kids, a shark or goliath grouper off-shore adventure or a tournament like bass fishing trip in the fresh waters around here, with Paradise Fishing Charters you are in good hands.

For more information about fishing & fishing charters in paradise, please go to: Made in Europe – worn around the World!

The German self made man and CEO of brilliantcontacts Daniel Knaier has a goal: He wants his Online Shop

(Radolfzell/Germany) Colfax Fluid Handling will exhibit new products Allmind and All-Optiflow at the Achema trade fair in Frankfurt, Germany (June 18 to 22). Both products are designed to help drastically reduce operating, maintenance, and energy costs for the operator. Visitors to Booth D63 in Hall 8, can see for themselves the potential for savings with the new Allmind Smart Platform.
Allmind is an intelligent system that monitors all types of pumps and can help dramatically reduce expenses for day-to-day operations, maintenance, and energy. At the same time, Allmind helps to improve operational safety. Precise control afforded by the system helps the pump achieve the desired operating point. Allmind requires only a standard frequency converter. Allweiler’s proprietary algorithms provide all necessary control information.
Allmind is comprised of interchangeable modules, giving the system the flexibility needed to adapt to highly individualized processes. The system offers the ability to handle everything from relatively simple condition monitoring to sophisticated monitoring and control activities involving multiple pumps. And it does it all with a single unit. The system can monitor pressure, temperature, leakage, vibration, and output as well as activate PID controllers. Each pump can be individually equipped with speed control. Use of Allmind can increase system availability and helps avoid unplanned production downtime. The system stores all sensor values and makes them available for evaluation purposes.
The All-Optiflow series employs a variety of innovative design details that help reduce energy consumption as well as costs for maintenance and spare parts. These progressing cavity pumps exhibit a high power density that can lower energy costs by up to 15% compared to conventional PC pumps. Stub shaft diameter is approximately 30% smaller than conventional pumps, reducing friction by nearly 50%. Other examples include redesigned pumping elements with higher power density, low-friction rotors and shaft seals, and stators with a special surface.

ABOUT COLFAX CORPORATION – Colfax Corporation is a global leader in critical fluid-handling products and technologies. Through its business platform, Colfax Fluid Handling and reporting global operating subsidiaries, Colfax manufactures positive displacement industrial pumps and valves used in oil & gas, power generation, commercial marine, defense and general industrial markets. Colfax”s operating subsidiaries supply products under the well-known brands Allweiler, Baric, Fairmount Automation, Houttuin, Imo, LSC, Portland Valve, Rosscor,Tushaco, Warren and Zenith. Colfax is traded on the NYSE under the ticker “CFX.” Additional information about Colfax is available at www.colfaxcorp.com.

CAUTIONARY NOTE CONCERNING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS:
This press release may contain forward-looking statements, including forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements concerning Colfax”s plans, objectives, expectations and intentions and other statements that are not historical or current facts. Forward-looking statements are based on Colfax”s current expectations and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause Colfax”s results to differ materially from current expectations include, but are not limited to factors detailed in Colfax”s reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as well as its Annual Report on Form 10-K under the caption “Risk Factors”. In addition, these statements are based on a number of assumptions that are subject to change. This press release speaks only as of this date. Colfax disclaims any duty to update the information herein.

The term “Colfax” in reference to the activities described in this press release may mean one or more of Colfax’s global operating subsidiaries and/or their internal business divisions and does not necessarily indicate activities engaged in by Colfax Corporation.

Kontakt:
Allweiler GmbH
Stefan Kleinmann
Allweilerstr. 1
78315 Radolfzell
+49 (0)7732 86-525

http://www.allweiler.de
s.kleinmann@allweiler.de

Pressekontakt:
TennCom AG
Dr. Kurt Christian Tennstädt
Hohentwielstr. 4a
78315 Radolfzell
nflohr@tenncom.de
07732 ? 95 39 30
http://www.tenncom.de

Sewage sludge combustion: HOK activated lignite enables reliable separation of mercury

PR-Gateway — Fri, 11 May 2012 08:54:14 +0000

Adsorption processes based on rotary hearth furnace coke are low-cost solutions to reliably undercut demanded limit values

Cologne. – Ever since Germany’s Ordinance on Environmentally Compatible Storage of Waste from Human Settlements and on Biological Waste-Treatment Facilities (AbfAblV) came into effect, the dumping of untreated waste from households and trade has been banned. This also applies to municipal sewage sludge, which is increasingly set to be used in thermal recycling. However, sewage sludge is often contaminated with heavy metals like mercury whose separation poses special problems in combustion.

Owing to the high steam pressure of elemental mercury, virtually no binding in the sludge or filter dust occurs, so that nearly all of the mercury passes to the gaseous phase. In sewage sludge combustion, if no proper action is taken, the insoluble heavy metal goes through the conventional waste-gas cleaning stages almost unhindered, so that adherence to the limit value of 0.03 mg/m3 demanded by the 17th Immission Control Ordinance (BImSchV) poses a challenge.

For the emission threshold to be adhered to, various technologies can be used and, of these, entrained-phase adsorption using HOK activated lignite is one of the least-cost and also most effective solutions. Here, the process is not only a particularly simple and convincing method for reducing mercury: it can be implemented in existing plants as well, quickly and with little outlays.

Low-cost adsorption and catalyst material in environmental protection

Hearth-furnace coke from Rhenish lignite, made in the so-called “Herdofenverfahren” (hearth-furnace process), which also helped the adsorbent get its trade name, HOK, enables the retention of a range of emission-relevant pollutants thanks to its high porosity and the striking inner pore system.

Besides other heavy metals like cadmium and lead, these also include sulphur dioxide (SO2), hydrogen chloride (HCl), hydrogen fluoride (HF) and hydrogen sulphide (H2S) as well as dioxins and furans and a range of other organic components, all of which are reliably separated.

When HOK is used, the pollutants are removed from the waste gas or waste air by adsorption, chemisorption or catalytic conversion. HOK’s high separation efficiency in many cases enables their separation to below the detection limit.

Thanks to its special properties, HOK is used as activated lignite in environmental protection, not only in gas cleaning, but also in numerous other applications, like biological effluent treatment, as filter material for drinking-water treatment and as adsorbent for cleaning waste dump seepage and industrial sewage water.

Activated lignite is crucially different from most other activated carbons both in its production and in its properties. The pyrolysis and activation of the lignite extracted from RWE Power AG’s opencast mines in the vicinity of Cologne as well as the worldwide distribution of the processed activated lignite by its subsidiary, Rheinbraun Brennstoff GmbH (RBB), follow a consistently practised quality-assurance system.

Please find further information on the internet at www.hok.de.

Aktivkoks wird auf Basis rheinischer Braunkohle im sogenannten Herdofenverfahren hergestellt. Die besonderen Eigenschaften der rheinischen Braunkohle in Verbindung mit den Aktivierungsbedingungen im Herdofen führen zu einem Aktivkoks, der seit vielen Jahren als preiswertes Adsorptionsmittel und Filtermittel in den unterschiedlichsten Anwendungen der Abgas- und Abwasserreinigung zum Einsatz kommt.

Kontakt:
Rheinbraun Brennstoff GmbH
Dr. Volker Schulz
Ludwigstraße
50226 Frechen
+49 (0) 221 / 42 58 12

http://www.hok.de
v.schulz@dr-schulz-pr.de

Pressekontakt:
Dr. Schulz Public Relations GmbH
Dr. Volker Schulz
Berrenrather Str. 190
50937 Köln
rbb@dr-schulz-pr.de
+49 (0) 221 / 42 58 12
http://www.hok.de

CMC-Versand improved RC Online Shop for RC model building

PR-Gateway — Thu, 10 May 2012 14:28:22 +0000

CMC Versand – Your RC model shop since 1994

Being up-to-date is important for all customers. Therefore, CMC-Versand.de have pepped their online shop and their Facebook site in the last days, and from now on shipping worldwide.

Being up-to-date is important for all customers. Therefore, CMC-Versand.de have pepped their online shop and their Facebook site in the last days.
From now on, news, updates and latest information all around model building will also be published on CMC-Versand on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/ModellbauShop). These include special news about recent products and information about highly demanded items whose status changed from ‘preorder’ to ‘deliverable’, and so on. Additional announcements and activities for regular customers and new customers will be offered there as well. In particular, customers can give their feedback on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/ModellbauShop) directly – this helps to provide a better service.
Plus, the online presence of CMC-Versand.de was improved, including

- A new Live Search – results are displayed directly while typing
- An optimized sorting of the menus for the product types
- Customers adding items to the shopping cart can simply stay on the current page and do not have to go back every time
- Now shipping worldwide
- The migration to a faster server has been completed
- Last but not least the layout has been enhanced

They are selling glue for assembling – eg from UHU or Aeronaut (Beli-Zell) – , many quality paints and varnish, eg from Revell or Tamiya, and professional airbrush equipment and are stocking an extensive range of remote controls and remote control systems for different remote-controlled cars (Electric / Nitro), airplanes, helicopters, RC racing boats or ships.

Visit http://www.CMC-Versand.de/en/ – there are nice German Brands and RC models like RC Mercedes, RC Volkswagen and more for RC fahrvergnugen.

CMC-Versand.de (Christians Modellbau Center) is a big German RC Shop, shipping worldwide. Currently there are more than 100,000 model articles in the large RC model shop. In addition to remote-controlled RTR models and model kits from companies such as Graupner, Robbe, Kyosho, Horizon, HPI, Revell, Carson, Tamiya and others, there is a wide selection of accessories for model building.

Kontakt:
CMC-Versand.de
Christian Hosch
Siegfried-Ehlers-Str. 7
38440 Wolfsburg
05361 26700

http://www.cmc-versand.de
presse@cmc-versand.de

Pressekontakt:
intriweb.com
Benjamin Löwen
Florastraße 6
54293 Trier
presse@intriweb.com
06515618195
http://www.intriweb.com

Are Payday Loans A Valid Form Of Borrowing?

PR-Gateway — Thu, 10 May 2012 05:29:34 +0000

Considering the advantages and disadvantages of payday loans. When is it the right or wrong time to take out a payday loan?

In 2007 the world was hit by the global economic crisis which saw banks collapse and the stock markets plummet. Some of the strongest economies in the world have accumulated so much debt that severe austerity measures have been taken in order to reduce the burden of money owed. This international economic recession did not only hit the governments and financial services industries. Many of those worst affected are those who were less economically well off in the first place and now have bills coming in and mortgages to pay off without the same level of prosperity which they may have had before. It has become increasingly difficult to borrow money from banks even if you have a good credit rating, so where can you go if you have a poor credit history?

The growth of the payday loans industry in different countries across the globe, from the USA and Canada to the UK and Australia reflects the necessity of a source of credit for those whose credit scores are low. The borrowing options for those with bad credit are extremely limited and without options such as payday loans some people may be forced to do business with unregulated loan sharks who can charge what they like.

However, many would argue that payday lenders are not much better than loan sharks. The levels of interest on payday loans can be extremely high and rollover fees for late payments can also be extortionate. Payday lenders have also been accused of preying on those members of society who are most desperate by charging more than people can afford when lending money. Unfortunately, there are extremely high levels of fraud as well as a high percentage of people who default when borrowing payday loans. This means that higher than average levels of interest need to be charged in order to cover the risk which the lender takes on when lending to people with bad credit.

Most companies which lend such as banks and building societies are highly regulated especially when it comes to the way in which they are permitted to lend money. Payday loan companies are not stringently regulated and this is mainly due to the fact that they cannot lend large amounts of money (rarely over $1000). Sadly for those borrowing payday loans any amount of money borrowed is likely to feel like a lot. In order to pay such high levels of interest on a loan you need to be desperate.

There is no doubt that in emergencies there must be options for people to borrow money no matter what their credit rating. However, people should not be encouraged to borrow when they do not need to. Payday loan companies should be more regulated in order to prevent people falling into a spiral of debt which they cannot afford. Borrowers should also be more responsible and only borrow when it is absolutely necessary, keeping the amount borrowed to the absolute minimum and ensuring that debts are repaid on time in order to avoid further financial woes.

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Discover which are the best value Loans, Credit Cards, Prepaid Cards, Travel FX Cards, Travel Money and Foreign Exchange methods available online. You will also find information on product features and providers, ease of use and a host of helpful hints, tips and advice.

We offer a tried and tested review system with options to apply for the products directly; find out which is the best way for you to pay.

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Fresh breeze at the IFAT ENTSORGA 2012: HOK activated carbon based on lignite is an adsorption and catalyst material much in demand for sewage and waste-gas cleaning

PR-Gateway — Wed, 09 May 2012 12:01:33 +0000

Cologne. – Lignite from the Rhenish mining area is not only an indispensable fuel that contributes just under one quarter to Germany’s power generation. HOK activated carbon, exclusively made on the basis of Rhenish lignite, also serves to reduce emissions worldwide and, in doing so, also boosts environmental protection.

Its special properties in the separation of pollutants have made HOK activated lignite a much sought-after adsorption and catalyst material. Made by RWE Power AG on the basis of the natural product “lignite”, HOK is marketed worldwide by Rheinbraun Brennstoff GmbH (RBB) as a highly effective adsorbent.

Besides scrubbing waste gas in refuse incineration, one important use is the lowering of emissions in the iron and steel industry. One process usual there is the melting of iron and steel scrap processed in electric arc furnaces. In the thermal treatment of scrap contaminated with paints, oils and other organic substances, dioxins and furans emerge which need special reduction measures. Here, one of the simplest and at the same time least-cost scrubbing methods has turned out to be HOK-based adsorptive waste-gas cleaning in an entrained dust cloud.

HOK activated lignite for environmental protection worldwide

In the US, too, Rhenish activated lignite is making a contribution toward lowering airborne pollution. In addition to sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxide, mercury constitutes a special challenge for US power plants. In this sensitive area, too, “Activated Lignite HOK” has really proved its worth as effective adsorbent.

Biological sewage-treatment plants are another important field of application. These plants work on a kind of “manger” or feeding-trough principle with the activated lignite supplying nutrients and oxygen to the micro-organisms that are needed to combat the pollutants.

The separation products contained in the water and on which the micro-organisms feed occur in increased concentrations on the porous lignite particles. This prompts more micro-organisms to settle, thus accelerating the filtering process.

Interested trade visitors are cordially invited to meet representatives of Rheinbraun Brennstoff GmbH at this year’s IFAT ENTSORGA, held from 7 to 11 May 2012, fair stand 514, hall A3, to find out about the latest product solutions and application examples in filter and environmental technologies based on activated lignite.

Please find further information on the internet at www.hok.de and www.ifat.de.

Kontakt:
Rheinbraun Brennstoff GmbH
Dr. Volker Schulz
Ludwigstraße
50226 Frechen
+49 (0) 221 / 42 58 12

http://www.hok.de
v.schulz@dr-schulz-pr.de

Pressekontakt:
Dr. Schulz Public Relations GmbH
Dr. Volker Schulz
Berrenrather Str. 190
50937 Köln
rbb@dr-schulz-pr.de
+49 (0) 221 / 42 58 12
http://www.hok.de

Sensation at Intersolar Europe: DEGERenergie renders energy customers independent of the grid – End-to-end system for self-supply celebrates its world premiere

PR-Gateway — Wed, 09 May 2012 10:34:31 +0000

Offersg end-to-end solar energy supply systems for end consumers: DEGERenergie.

As of now, DEGERenergie is offering end-to-end solar energy supply systems for end consumers – stable electricity prices for 25 years on today’s level.

Horb a.N./Germany, May 09th, 2012. The sensation is perfect: DEGERenergie renders energy customers independent of the public grid. The global market leader for solar tracking systems from Germany combines in its end-to-end system the tried and tested MLD technology with a storage solution including a battery management system suitable for everyday use. The innovative DEGERenergie end-to-end solution celebrates its world premiere in Munich on the occasion of Intersolar Europe 2012. As of now, DEGERenergie offers its solution in Germany.

More than one year after Fukushima, DEGERenergie gives a decisive incentive for the energy turnaround from the end customer side. “If you are really interested in green energy, you should not wait until the large energy suppliers and politicians have finally reached a conclusion that will first of all serve the interests of the industry and lead to higher electricity prices,” explains Artur Deger, founder and CEO of DEGERenergie.

Reason enough for the Swabian inventor with keen sense of economic efficiency and feasibility to develop a system capable of supplying an entire family home with electricity for one year and creating a surplus at the same time. And the conditions are surprisingly favorable. The system”s prototype has been working without problem since fall 2011. On the occasion of the Intersolar Europe, DEGERenergie presents a market-ready solution that can be ordered as of now. The first systems will be shipped by DEGERenergie in September.

Brilliantly simple

Like many brilliant ideas, this one is really simple: The system combines high-performance solar modules with DEGERenergie MLD tracking technology and a storage and battery management system. For storage solutions, DEGERenergie has coined the term MSS, “Maximum Solarpower Storage”. By combining MLD and MSS, around 6000 kilowatt hours can be generated each year in Germany on a collector surface of not more than 22 m².

“Thanks to our MLD tracking system, which always guarantees optimum energy yield from the current light conditions, we can generate about 45 per cent more energy than fixed solar modules, regardless of the location. Therefore, DEGERenergie”s solution requires less surface space for modules.”

MLD technology a perfect fit

Another advantage is the balanced load profile: MLD systems evenly generate electricity over the entire day, in contrast to fixed systems that peak around noon, but yield less in the morning and in the afternoon. This means: In the morning and in the evening, when normal households have consumption peaks, fixed systems usually provide less electricity than consumed. MLD systems, however, provide sufficient solar energy for direct consumption without the need for batteries at all times.

In addition, batteries that serve as energy buffers can be recharged much more gentle with even loads than with voltage peaks. For this reason, the system needs less or smaller batteries with longer service lives. As a rule of thumb: MLD tracking technology saves around 30 percent battery capacity. “All these aspects have a positive effect on the economic efficiency”, says Artur Deger.

Maintenance and service included

And this is a sensation: The fully functional end-to-end system including installation costs around 25,000 Euros. “Based on this, our customers can estimate their electricity price for the next 25 years on today´s level”, demonstrates DEGERenergie”s CEO. “Plus, they make themselves independent from energy suppliers and – with every price increase they save more money from year to year.” This calculation includes all costs: The system itself, financing, maintenance and servicing in an “all-inclusive” package.

DEGERenergie offers the “care-free” package for the duration of 25 years. “With this package, we take responsibility for the all-round maintenance of the system and make sure that it works perfectly for 25 years, including costs for spare parts.” The innovative DEGERenergie end-to-end solution will be available in Germany starting September 2012.

For more information: www.DEGERenergie.com.

DEGERenergie at Intersolar Europe 2012
June 13-15,2012
Hall C2, booth 130

Note for editorial staff:

About DEGERenergie (www.DEGERenergie.com):

DEGERenergie is the leading manufacturer with the world”s largest product range of single and dual-axis solar tracking systems. The company”s market position is based on the unique patented Maximum Light Detection (MLD) technology developed by Artur Deger, which makes it possible to maximize the yield of solar power plants with an “intelligent” control. With the DEGERconecter, the solar modules are always aligned according to the brightest position in the sky with the highest energy yield. This way, the overall energy yield of solar power plants with MLD tracking is on average 45 percent higher than that of fixed systems and this difference is even more pronounced for peaks. With more than 47,000 systems installed in 46 countries, DEGERenergie is the global technological market leader. The company offers its customers all product related solutions – from the development and planning, production and sales to maintenance and service.

In its headquarters in Horb (Germany), its subsidiaries and supplier companies, DEGERenergie is currently employing a staff of nearly 400. The company was established in 1999 and in 2001 won the Inventor Award of the German state of Baden-Württemberg for the MLD control module DEGERconecter. In 2005, DEGERenergie opened its first subsidiary in Spain, followed by subsidiaries in the USA and Greece in 2009. Since summer 2011, production is also up and running in Australia. The company”s production sites are located in Germany, Australia, Canada and the USA. CEO is Artur Deger.

You can”t always rely on the weather. But you can rely on an intelligent control system from DEGERenergie.

Kontakt:
DEGERenergie GmbH
Carmen Spohn
Industriestraße 70
72160 Horb
+49 (0) 7451-539 14-0

http://www.DEGERenergie.com
sales@DEGERenergie.com

Pressekontakt:
digit media
Herbert Grab
Schulberg 5
72124 Pliezhausen
herbert.grab@digitmedia-online.de
+49 (0)7127-570710
http://www.digitmedia-online.de

e-Spirit: Central Content Platform for Internet and Intranet at Chemetall

PR-Gateway — Wed, 09 May 2012 10:30:58 +0000

The user-friendliness of the FirstSpirit CMS and its integratability into SAP NetWeaver Portal were decisive

Dortmund, May 9, 2012 – Chemetall, a specialty chemicals company operating worldwide, has opted for the FirstSpirit content management system (CMS) from e-Spirit. The CMS will be the central content integration platform for the corporation’s international websites and the intranet. Initially the bilingual corporate website is to be rebuilt with the system, followed by the national websites. After that the new intranet will be implemented based on SAP NetWeaver and FirstSpirit as the seamlessly integrated CMS. By using FirstSpirit, Chemetall will minimize the time and effort required to maintain its internal and external online presences – thanks to the uniform technical basis and the user-friendliness of the new system, content can be published more easily and faster in the various channels and national websites. The relaunch provides more up-to-date content for the company’s customers, partners and employees as well as clearer layouts and navigation elements in the Internet and intranet.

The consultants of NetFederation GmbH are responsible for the content, structural and technical conception and the design of the internet presences. The project implementation, templating and migration are being carried out by the IT service provider SHE Informationstechnologie AG.

Central platform for all countries and requirements

The important deciding factors for Chemetall were the possibility of using FirstSpirit as a uniform content platform for the Internet and intranet, as well as the CMS’s integratability into the existing system landscape, the convincing SAP portal integration and the high degree of usability in the editing process. In future, globally distributed employees will be able to work with the CMS, easily and without major training expenditure, even without specific portal know-how or having to go through the IT department. This will not only relieve the workload of the central marketing communication department and the IT administration personnel, but will also ensure higher quality, up-to-date content. FirstSpirit provides the technical conditions for this out-of-the-box, with its clear editing environments (the intuitive WebClient and a JavaClient for power users), flexible permissions and role management, its integrated Media Store and the multilingualism of the system. In addition, the CMS convinced the decision-makers with its best-of-breed approach and the associate openness and flexibility with regard to linking external applications.

“We are rolling out a uniform CMS for all national companies as well as for all kinds of different projects and output channels. The objective is to merge our system landscape in a central content integration platform and to minimize the time and effort required to create, manage and maintain web projects and content”, says Sandra Zirm, Global Marketing Communications Manager at Chemetall. “With FirstSpirit we have opted for a solution with a high degree of future security, integration strength and usability, which optimally supports our current and future planning.”

For more information about e-Spirit and FirstSpirit visit www.e-Spirit.com.

As the manufacturer of the content management system FirstSpirit?, e-Spirit is a technological leader in the field of web content management (WCM). Well-known customers from all business sectors rely on FirstSpirit? for implementing successful web strategies worldwide and for the creation, management and publication of content in highly diverse channels (Internet, intranet, extranet, mobile channels, PDF, email newsletters, portals, DTP, technical documentation). The content management system impresses with its outstanding integratability and its consistent best-of-breed strategy: It integrates seamlessly into complex system landscapes and portals (SAP NetWeaver, IBM WebSphere, Microsoft SharePoint, Liferay), and with FirstSpirit? AppCenter, e-Spirit offers the unique opportunity in the market for interface integration of any web applications directly into the CMS. As a content integration platform, FirstSpirit? meets the highest demands for usability, performance and investment security.

e-Spirit was founded in 1999. It is a part of the adesso Group and is represented with 11 locations in Germany, the United States, Great Britain, Austria and Switzerland. www.e-Spirit.com

Kontakt:
e-Spirit AG
Sandra Högemann
Barcelonaweg 14
44269 Dortmund
+49 (0)231 47777 199

http://www.e-Spirit.com
presse@e-Spirit.com

Pressekontakt:
Schwartz Public Relations
Jörg Stelzer
Sendlingerstraße 42A
80331 München
js@schwartzpr.de
+49 (0) 89-211 871-34
http://www.schwartzpr.de

International HOFMANN TechnologyDay 2012

PR-Gateway — Wed, 09 May 2012 07:38:33 +0000

Innovation and progress with HOFMANN – the leading manufacturer of road marking technology

National and international leaders of road marking technology will once more “rendezvous” in Rellingen in 2012 – when HOFMANN invites to its 13th TechnologyDay. The internationally popular specialist event initiated by HOFMANN amazes its guests every year with the excellent technical lectures and illustrative presentations.

2012 will once more anticipate specialists so that information can be shared about very recent innovations and technologies. Industry-related service providers and national and international industry representatives will then be able to keep up to date, technically speaking, and to establish and continue valuable networks with industry colleagues.

In 2012, HOFMANN will again welcome national and international road marking experts to the International TechnologyDay 2012 on November 29, 2012, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. To encourage the animated technical exchange of marking technology specialists, HOFMANN organizes the largest worldwide event of this kind.

For the last 60 years, the Rellingen-based company has been one of the worldwide leading manufacturers for road marking technology. Self-propelled ride-on machines, roadmarking trucks up to 29 tons, and small hand-controlled machines are numbered among the first-class product range of the Rellingen-based company. International networking and exchange are an important prerequisite for Senior Partner Frank

Hofmann and Junior Partner Jan Hofmann in order to stay on the ball, technically speaking.

HOFMANN will once again score points in 2012 with interesting technical lectures: Renowned lecturers from Germany, Romania, France, Brazil, and South Africa agreed to come to the international HOFMANN TechnologyDay 2012.

“To enable our international audience to participate in the entire program, technical lectures will be simultaneously interpreted into German, English, Spanish, French, Romanian, and Russian,” says Torsten Pape, Head of Sales and Marketing of the HOFMANN company. “This year we are especially proud of the practical demonstrations on the topic of “Technology for Thermoplastic and 2-Component Cold Plastic Roadmarking Technologies.” Airless spraying technologies as well as airless materials will also play a superior role in the practical presentations of the trade show in 2012. Additional booths will complement the offer: for the first time, exhibitors can graphically present their products.

Next to the technical gain from valuable technical lectures, the guests from the five continents at the TechnologyDay 2012 will be able to exchange the latest technologies, roadmarking technology developments, modern technologies and sophisticated control elements from all around the world with an international audience. The trade show initiated by HOFMANN is a forum for all worldwide companies in the road marking sector to exchange ideas and to communicate – and provides many good reasons to accept the invitation of the company.

HOFMANN, the leading manufacturer of road marking technology
(www.hofmannmarking.de), has been operating successfully for more than 50 years
as an internationally recognized and competent partner for marking technology. The
traditional company located in Rellingen, Germany, supplies the entire product range
required for road marking across the globe.

Kontakt:
HOFMANN GmbH
Torsten Pape
Industriestrasse 22
25462 Rellingen
presseinfo@hofmannmarking.de
+49 4101 3027-0
http://www.hofmannmarking.de/en/pressemitteilung.php

Looking for wholesalers in Italy and France – The Bavarians are drawn to the south

PR-Gateway — Wed, 09 May 2012 06:58:13 +0000

Jurawatt offers exclusive agencies to enterprising partners

Neumarkt/Oberpfalz – Solar panel manufacturing company Jurawatt is expanding its distribution network in Europe. Panels produced in Germany are to be sold in Italy and in France exclusively through wholesalers.

Jurawatt is known as an enterprise for its unique solar panel technology across whole of Europe. In order to serve its customers in Italy and France in a better way, the German solar specialist is now looking for local wholesalers. Any intending wholesaler can promote the brand Jurawatt exclusively as a sole partner for the Italian or French market, thus, benefiting from the know-how and the reliable quality, “made in Germany”. Also, while supporting the projects, the agencies can avail themselves of Jurawatt”s years of experience in all areas of photovoltaic systems at any time.

From the classic through basic to premium modules

In Bavaria”s Neumarkt, not only are the developmental activities carried out in the research department that has its own testing centre, also the universally deployable solar modules are produced here. Besides the stable mono- and polycrystalline solar panels, which are capable of withstanding high loads of snow, Jurawatt manufactures also highly heat-resistant panels. The so-called desert panels are suitable for hot regions where extreme weather conditions prevail.

Visit us in Verona: Halle 8 Stand: 16.2.

About Jurawatt

The founding of the family enterprise Jurawatt in 2010 was accompanied by J.v.G. Thoma GmbH, the parent company that has a record of more than 20 years of experience in the solar power sector. Jurawatt stands for tested quality and awareness of accountability: The company has been awarded the TEC environmental seal and the IEC seal; it also owns the CE certification and was tested by TÜV North. Moreover, Jurawatt is a member of the organization PV Cycle.

Kontakt:
Jurawatt GmbH
Werner Thoma
Eggenstr. 17
92318 Neumarkt / Germany
w.thoma@jurawatt.de
+49(0)9181 / 50 95 30
http://www.jurawatt.de

DEGERenergie establishes MLD solar parks in Tennessee – First US project with Hydro Aluminum

PR-Gateway — Tue, 08 May 2012 13:33:41 +0000

World market leader in solar tracking systems with more than 47,000 installed systems: DEGERenergie.

Horb am Neckar, Germany, May 08th, 2012. DEGERenergie has shipped 112 DEGERtraker with MLD technology to Apex Construction Services, LLC, in the USA and installed them together with Apex´ construction team.

The systems have been installed in four solar fields that began operation on April 14, 2012. The Aluminum parts are supplied by Hydro Aluminum Extrusion Americas. DEGERenergie is global market leader for solar tracking systems and operates two production facilities in North America.

Apex has established the four small solar plants with tracking technology “made in the US and Germany” as part of the TVA Renewable Energy Program, Generation Partners. TVA, the Tennessee Valley Authority, is a corporation owned by the U.S. government, providing electricity for 9 million people in parts of seven southeastern states. TVA, which receives no taxpayer money and makes no profits, also provides flood control, navigation and land management for the Tennessee River system and assists utilities and state and local governments with economic development. Each solar park is equipped with 28 type 6000NT DEGERtrakers and thus designed for a power of up to 200 kilowatts.

This is the first project DEGERenergie completed together with its partner Hydro Aluminum in the US. Hydro Aluminum supplies Aluminum rails for the tracker systems. In Europe, DEGERenergie has already been working with Hydro for a long time. Now, both companies have expanded their cooperation to the US market.

The 6000NT DEGERtraker is an innovative dual-axis solar tracking system which always aligns the solar modules to the brightest source in the sky to guarantee maximum yield. Thanks to this technology, DEGERenergie systems generate up to 45 percent more energy than fixed installations. The rails of the DEGERtraker are made of impact extruded Aluminum by Hydro. This material combines efficient consumption of raw material, comparatively low costs and rapid development cycles. Aluminum is corrosion resistant and highly stable. Therefore, the systems withstand even high wind speeds, practically do not bend at all and have a long service life.

Greg Brock, Co-Founder and principal at Apex: “The DEGERenergie tracking systems are working fabulously on the 112 units we installed. I am looking forward to installing many more trackers and especially more of my own…”

“DEGERenergie”s design calls for very tight tolerances,” said Allan Bennett, vice president of solar market development for Hydro”s Extrusion North America unit. “Our engineering, working with DEGERenergie”s staff in Germany and production groups here, had to go above and beyond the usual to get this just right. Now we are working with them on some alloy choices that might help us make it even tighter than they originally called out.”

Adam Jan Glapiak, Sales Manager for the North American market at DEGERenergie: “Our tried and tested MLD technology and our well organized partner network in Tennessee have paved our way. Not only is this a key project with which we provide cost-efficient solar energy in the supply area of TVA but also an important contribution to environmental protection in Tennessee.”

The American partners and the responsible project managers at Apex were impressed by how quickly the construction teams managed to install the first tracker, said Mr. Brock, “Our team got really excited about the simple assembly and DEGERenergie”s support during installation. We are enthusiastic about the DEGER trackers and we are already planning further projects with our partners.”

DEGERenergie is the global market leader for solar tracking systems. Worldwide, more than 47,000 DEGERenergie systems have been installed in 46 countries. The company is represented in Spain, Greece and North America with its own subsidiaries and cooperates with local distribution and service partners in many countries worldwide. The patented DEGERenergie Maximum Light Detection (MLD) technology makes it possible to improve the energy yield of solar power plants by up to 45 percent compared to fixed systems.

For more information: www.DEGERenergie.com.

Note for editorial staff:

Printable image material can be downloaded here (http://www.degerenergie.de/english/news/press-releases.html) at the end of the text. Of course, you can also obtain printable image material from: Herbert Grab, Phone: +49 07127-5707-10, E-mail: herbert.grab@digitmedia-online.de.

About Hydro (www.hydro.com):

Extrusion North America is a unit of Norsk Hydro, a global supplier of aluminum and aluminum products. Based in Norway, the company employs 23,000 people in 40 countries and has activities on all continents. Rooted in a century of experience in renewable energy production, technology development and progressive partnerships, Hydro is committed to strengthening the viability of the customers and communities we serve.

In North America, Hydro is a leading provider of extruded aluminum solutions including supply sourcing, extrusion, finishing, and fabrication of components, as well as contract manufacturing services, for a variety of industries. In solar activities, Hydro has been the supplier for multiple large CSP projects, and the largest CPV plant in Latin America.

For more information, please visit www.hydro.com/northamerica.

About DEGERenergie (www.DEGERenergie.com):

You can”t always rely on the weather. But you can rely on an intelligent control system from DEGERenergie.

Kontakt:
DEGERenergie GmbH
Carmen Spohn
Industriestraße 70
72160 Horb
+49 (0) 7451-539 14-0

http://www.DEGERenergie.com
sales@DEGERenergie.com

Pressekontakt:
digit media
Herbert Grab
Schulberg 5
72124 Pliezhausen
herbert.grab@digitmedia-online.de
+49 (0)7127-570710
http://www.digitmedia-online.de

IBB: Europeans commemorate the catastrophe of Chernobyl from Sheffield to Cadiz

PR-Gateway — Tue, 08 May 2012 09:00:37 +0000

From Cadiz in South Spain over Münster in Germany to Sheffield in Great Britain – and from Huelva in Southwest Spain over Weimar until Doneszk in the East of the Ukraine the lights of solidarity are lit: In more than 110 cities in western and eastern Europe people lit candles on the 26th anniversary of the reactor catastrophe of Chernobyl and commemorated its victims. The first Europe-wide action weeks for a future after Chernobyl and Fukushima (April, 22-29, 2012) – initiated by the IBB Dortmund – met an overwhelming positive response with candle events and around 300 time witness talks.

“Just in Portsmouth 5000 people have listened attentively to the memories of time witnesses. In Poland the time witnesses were in great demand as well. By this kind of great feedback our partner organisations in Poland, Spain and Great Britain were positively surprised”, a positive summary is given by Peter Junge-Wentrup, CEO of the IBB Dortmund and initiator of the action weeks these days. 30 time witnesses from Belarus and Ukraine and for the first time also three time witnesses from Fukushima in Japan were placed by the IBB Dortmund with the participating constituencies and initiatives. They narrated in moving reports what kind of long-term consequences the radiation spread as a result of the Chernobyl tragedy has had on people and wide areas until today and under which existential fears the people live in the region Fukushima.

For the time witness talks the IBB Dortmund has won the minister for Schools and Continuing Training in North Rhine-Westphalia, Sylvia Löhrmann, as a patron: “Chernobyl and now Fukushima are an admonisher for excessive believe in technology, and an admonisher for our manipulation of environment and energy. This technology is uncontrollable, because a single error leads to dramatic consequences.” She is glad to support the idea of the action weeks, she says in a greeting: “The action weeks create an European bond and testify the will to change.”

The constituencies have enriched the action weeks with charity concerts (amongst others in Weimar) and many artistic projects and activities: Great attention received a German-Belorussian adolescent dance project in Mülheim, directed by choreographer Ulla Weltike for the 20th anniversary of the Chernobyl children aid of Mülheim. The leader of the Duisburg dance-theatre performed Orff’s Carmina Burana on 26th April 2012 with around 80 adolescents from Germany and Belarus. The show in the nearly sold out city hall – under the patronage of the North Rhine-Westphalian health minister Barbara Steffens – was awarded with long-lasting elated applause.

In Gelsenkirchen the exhibition “26 years after Chernobyl – a year after Fukushima” within the scope of “week of the sun” was opened. Time witness Jurij Watzkel is available for time witness talks until the 10th May 2012, amongst others within the scope of the job and education fair renewable energies and energy efficiency on the 4th and 5th May 2012. A new memorial was uncovered to commemorate Chernobyl by the constituency Kamen within the scope of the Europe-wide action weeks. The constituency Rottweil pieced together origami cranes of hope, which were put together into a mobile. In Schneverdingen (Lower Saxony) special candles were cast for preparing the memorial event. The coalition Minden-Lübbecke sold artistic and philatelic rarities for a good cause: Stamps, which had been designed by Japanese students in 1991 at the Tajima-Festival in Fukushima under the direction of the mail-artist Peter Küstermann from Minden. The numbered original exemplars of the stamps , which were offered for sale, had warned amongst others about the dangers of nuclear energy already in 1991.

“Chernobyl must not be forgotten, because with its consequences generations after us have to live”, asserts IBB CEO Peter Junge-Wentrup. The International Association for Education and Exchange in Dortmund had the idea for the action weeks in November 2011 and bundles the activities in the European network of the Chernobyl initiatives.

Some activities in connection to the action weeks for a future after Chernobyl and Fukushima are being continued in the coming weeks and month: For example is the exhibition “Chernobyl – people – places – solidarity” shown on the 98. German Catholic Day from 16th until 20th May 2012 in Mannheim. Russian and Ukrainian versions of the exhibition are on their way since April for the European football championship 2012 in the Ukraine and are going to be exhibited in Belarus in autumn 2012.

You can find further information at: www.ibb-d.de.

Photo: Time witnesses of the Chernobyl catastrophe commemorated the 26th anniversary at the Chernobyl monument in Charkiw in the Ukraine.

Grenzen überwinden: Mit diesem Ziel vor Augen organisiert das IBB seit mehr als 20 Jahren eindrucksvolle Fahrten und internationale Konferenzen. Ein Schwerpunkt sind sehr lebendige Beziehungen zu Belarus. Das IBB ist institutionell und politisch unabhängig, gemeinnützig und erzielt keinen kommerziellen Gewinn.

Kontakt:
IBB Dortmund
Peter Junge-Wentrup
Bornstraße 66
44145 Dortmund
0231-952096-0

http://www.ibb-d.de
info@ibb-d.de

Pressekontakt:
Pressebüro vom Büchel
Mechthild vom Büchel
Somborner Feldweg 62
44388 Dortmund
info@vombuechel.de
0231-6901041
http://www.vombuechel.de

New Products for Embroidery: All new products from Gunold, GmbH this spring

PR-Gateway — Mon, 07 May 2012 13:40:23 +0000

Product sample STEP

Playing a key role in the embroidery industry, Gunold offers a wide range of products for all your embroidery needs such as upper threads, bobbin threads, stabilisers and many more specialty products. The company”s highest priority has always been to increase productivity as well as creativity in the embroidery industry. This spring, Gunold introduces numerous, worthwhile product improvements to facilitate the work for every embroiderer and to achieve high-quality embroidery results.

The structured fabric STEP that looks remarkably identical to lock-stitch embroidery and is therefore ideal for emblems has now a lot more stability. Instead of the iron-on coating, it is now finished with a strong, durable and fusible nonwoven on the back.
Therefore emblems have not only more stability but processing this material gets a lot easier for the embroiderer. Best results can be achieved with laser cut appliqué patches made of STEP as the laser process welds together the cut edges and prevents the appliqué from fraying. STEP is available in ten popular colours.

The new and improved stitch foil REFLECTRA with increased reflection makes its debut in spring as well. Embroidering appliqués with this foil is made easy and once REFLECTRA has been embroidered just use a hot press or iron to fix it permanently. The thin and flexible polyurethane foil is easy to work with and is available in solid colors and multicolored. The reflective characteristics transform your garment into an eye-catcher and make it visible 24 hours a day- during daylight because of the bright colors, at night because light is reflected when illuminated!

The slogan “The Price is Right” is just perfect to describe the new bobbin thread BOBBY MAXI. Believe it or not but this bobbin thread is available on 15,000m cones. Most important, the performance on the machine is trouble-free! BOBBY MAXI is available in white, weight 100 and the price is unbeatable!
For further information on all Gunold products please refer to www.gunold.de

About GUNOLD

GUNOLD GmbH holds a key role in the embroidery industry, offering a wide range of products for all your embroidery needs and continuously expanding its state-of-the-art range of upper threads, bobbin threads, stabilisers, needles, as well as effect fabrics, foils and temporary adhesive sprays. GUNOLD and its two subsidiaries in Canada and the USA, with more than 30 distributors and over 100 employees is a well-known and trusted partner for every embroiderer worldwide. The renowned company, based in Stockstadt, Germany offers solely innovative, premium high quality products mainly produced in Europe. The in-house production in Germany and Switzerland of SULKY (viscose embroidery thread) POLY (polyester thread) and BOBBY (bobbin thread) meets highest requirements to protect the environment. Since 2003 GUNOLD has been dedicated to inspiring people of the embroidery industry through specialist education and training. A great number of embroiderers, digitizers and key players of the fashion industry have already attended the annually changing seminar program in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. In addition, GUNOLD offers an online shop for registered customers and stays in contact with customers on Facebook. The maxim has always been to increase productivity and to inspire creativity in the embroidery industry. www.gunold.de

Kontakt:
GUNOLD GmbH
Stephan Gunold
Obernburger Str. 125
63811 Stockstadt
06027 20080

http://www.gunold.de
s.gunold@gunold.de

Pressekontakt:
Schlomski PR
Iris Schlomski
Nordhäuser Str. 34
37115 Duderstadt
info@schlomski-pr.de
05527 979440
http://www.schlomski-pr.de

BRAMMER CHOOSES STIBO SYSTEMS” PRODUCT INFORMATION MANAGEMENT PLATFORM TO DRIVE MARKET LEADERSHIP

PR-Gateway — Mon, 07 May 2012 09:42:21 +0000

STEP Product Information Management System from Stibo Systems Enables the Leading MRO Distributor to Expand New Product Ranges across its European Operations

Reading, UK, 6th March 2012 – Stibo Systems , the Strategic Information Management Technology and Solutions CompanyTM today announced that Manchester-based Brammer plc, the leading European distributor of Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) parts, has partnered with Stibo Systems to implement Stibo”s market-leading http://www.stibosystems.com/Global/Explore-Stibo-Systems/Our-Technology/Step-Overview.aspx “> STEP uniform MDM platform across its European operations, to help efficiently manage strategic information relevant to its expanding range of products. Brammer will also utilize STEP to provide vital product data to its customers via multiple channels across fifteen European countries.

The implementation of Stibo System”s STEP platform underpins Brammer”s continued commitment to its customers. STEP will improve Brammers processes, data quality and systems, as well as improving its agility speed and responsiveness. As a result, both the company and its customers will benefit from the best possible product offers. STEP will also support the enrichment of product information with marketing descriptions, documents and images, delivering superior product details directly to Brammer”s websites and catalogues.

Nigel Trend, Director of Business Integration at Brammer commented, “In today”s multi-channel business landscape, it is imperative for businesses to streamline strategic information efficiently across the enterprise. To maintain our reputation as Europe”s leading MRO components provider, it”s essential that Brammer continually invests in technology that can support our complex business operations. We chose Stibo”s STEP platform because it is a solution that has been proven to yield maximum benefits with minimum risk. In choosing to partner with Stibo Systems, we are confident that STEP will provide the support necessary to seamlessly manage data across the ever-growing range of products across all European channels.”

With STEP acting as the central hub for its product data enrichment as well as the translation process, Brammer will significantly reduce duplication and errors in data maintenance. This will increase its capacity to provide targeted offers to customers more quickly and across a coordinated range of marketing channels.

“Stibo has supported the complex needs of international B2B distributors for many years, and we are delighted to welcome Brammer to our growing customer community. The implementation of STEP will bring various business benefits to Brammer, such as driving revenue, reducing overall costs while increasing efficiency and workflow capabilities” said Mark Thorpe, managing director at Stibo Systems UK.

About Brammer

Brammer is Europe”s leading distributor of Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) products and services.

The company works as a key strategic partner to businesses across all manufacturing sectors, helping them to reduce total acquisition costs, improve overall production efficiency, and reduce working capital. Brammer achieves this through combining its extensive purchasing power with independent technical support and a range of other value-adding services aimed at optimizing manufacturing operations.

Brammer”s product range covers bearings, mechanical power transmission products (including gearboxes and motors), fluid power, seals and industrial automation, as well as a complete range of tools, maintenance and health and safety products.

The company is an authorized distributor for many of the world”s leading brands including SKF, NSK, Renold, Gates, Timken, Schaeffler, Siemens, Simrit, Parker Hannifin, Optibelt, and 3M. Major customers include Coca Cola Enterprises, Cemex, Crown, Procter & Gamble, Dupont, Kraft Foods, Nabisco and Smurfit Kappa.

For more information, visit the company”s website at www.brammer.biz

About Stibo Systems
Stibo Systems, the Strategic Information Management Company, provides technology and solutions that enable organizations to manage their strategic information on a global scale through an integrated process. Stibo Systems” STEP technology is a flexible, uniform Master Data Management (MDM) platform that provides the business with a single trusted source of operational information for the entire enterprise. Stibo Systems” global customers include GE, Sears, Siemens, Target and Thule. Stibo Systems is a subsidiary of the privately held Stibo A/S group, originally founded in 1794 with corporate headquarters in Aarhus, Denmark. For more information, visit www.stibosystems.com.

Stibo Systems, the Strategic Information Management Company, provides technology and solutions that enable organizations to manage their strategic information on a global scale through an integrated process. Stibo Systems” STEP technology is a flexible, uniform Master Data Management (MDM) platform that provides the business with a single trusted source of operational information for the entire enterprise. Stibo Systems” global customers include GE, Sears, Siemens, Target and Thule. Stibo Systems is a subsidiary of the privately held Stibo A/S group, originally founded in 1794 with corporate headquarters in Aarhus, Denmark. For more information, visit www.stibosystems.com.

Kontakt:
Stibo Systems Ltd.
Fiona Ashdown
200 Brook Drive Green Park
RG2 6UB Reading
fiona.ashdown@stibo.com
+44(0)118 949 7848
http://www.stibosystems.com

AUTOSTRADA-POLSKA 2012: Pulverised lignite – an attractively priced fuel for the asphalt industry

PR-Gateway — Mon, 07 May 2012 08:34:33 +0000

Rheinbraun Brennstoff GmbH presents innovative energy strategies at the road-construction trade fair in Kielce

Cologne. – From 8 to 11 May 2012, Rheinbraun Brennstoff GmbH (RBB) will present innovative energy strategies that are based on pulverised lignite at this year’s AUTOSTRADA-POLSKA in Kielce, Poland.

In the German asphalt industry, pulverized lignite has proven its reliability in more than 20 years of use, and today it is used in some 60 percent of all plants. The decisive advantages for the customers are long-term supply contracts that lead to a high degree of planning certainty and energy costs that are not tied to the volatile prices for petroleum products on the global market. “Not only is pulverized lignite much cheaper than fuel oil,” says Dipl.-Ing. Richard Dietze, responsible Head of Sales at RBB, “but the costs are also predictable in the long run because of the supply contracts.”

Pulverized lignite profits from price stability and high security of supply

Delivery by silo truck or railway tank wagon is cost-efficient even for long-distance transport, so that the range of customers is expanding more and more at the international level. Already, RBB is delivering pulverized lignite to plants in France, the Benelux countries, Poland and Rumania. In the future, RBB intends to add asphalt mixing plants in Slovenia and the Czech Republic to its range of customers. The required investments for the silo, dosing station and burner – some EUR 300,000 per plant – will in general amortize within about one year and will subsequently lead to significant cost savings.

RWE Power AG manufactures some 4.5 million tons of lignite products for industrial needs every year, marketed around the world by its subsidiary RBB. During the two-day event at ?eské Bud?jovice, the participants of the conference have the opportunity to obtain further information on the advantages of, and possible applications for, lignite as an energy carrier, and to get first-hand individual advice.

During the four days of the exhibition in Kielce, interested trade visitors are welcome to visit representatives of Rheinbraun Brennstoff GmbH at stand E 46 in pavilion E and to inform themselves at first hand about advantages and application possibilities offered by lignite as energy carrier and to receive individual advice.

For further information see www.braunkohlenenergie.de.

www.braunkohlenenergie.de

Kontakt:
Rheinbraun Brennstoff GmbH
Jürgen Bauer
Havlickova 114
CZ-266 01 Beroun
Mobile +49-162-2624024

http://www.braunkohlenenergie.de
ju.bauer@rwe.com

Pressekontakt:
Dr. Schulz Public Relations GmbH
Dr. Volker Schulz
Berrenrather Straße 190
50937 Köln / Germany
info@dr-schulz-bc.de
+49 – 2 21 – 42 58 12
http://www.braunkohlenenergie.de

Seit über 1 1/2 Jahren besser sitzen und liegen online

PR-Gateway — Mon, 07 May 2012 08:12:01 +0000

Handelsvertretung

Online-Shop wohlfuehlpolster.de

Seit über eineinhalb Jahren bietet der Online-Shop wohlfuehlpolster.de seinen Kunden hochwertige Artikel zum Wohlfühlen zu günstigen Preisen an. Die angebotene Produktpalette wurde seitdem auf Basis der Kundenwünsche ständig erweitert. Dabei liegt das Augenmerk stets darauf, den Kunden ausnahmslos beste und ausschließlich in Deutschland hergestellte Markenqualität anzubieten. Um das zu gewährleisten, werden die meisten Artikel selbst hergestellt und die wenigen zugekauften Produkte ausgiebig gestestet, um zu gewährleisten, dass diese die gleichen hohen Qualitätsstandards erfüllen. Derzeit werden folgende Produktgruppen offeriert:

Nackenstützkissen
Ein gutes Nackenstützkissen ist eine wahre Wohltat bei Nackenschmerzen und trägt zu einer geruhsamen Nachtruhe bei. Deswegen bietet wohlfuehlpolster.de in diesem Segment nur Produkte an, die mit hochwertigen Mikro-Taschenfederkernen für eine optimale Polsterung sorgen.

Matratzen
Der Mensch verbringt rund ein Drittel seines Lebens auf einer Matratze. Deswegen sollte hier ein Qualitätsprodukt gewählt werden, welches das Skelettsystem stützt. So wie das Modell Premium Comfort, das sich dank Taschenfederkernen dem Körper ideal anpasst. Preiswertere Alternativen von guter Qualität sind die Modelle Basic Comfort bzw. Standard Comfort, die mit Bonnellfederkernen bzw. Kaltschaum gepolstert sind.

Baby- und Kindermatratzen
Die richtige Matratze für Kinder und Babys auszuwählen, ist von entscheidender Wichtigkeit. Schließlich befindet sich ihr empfindlicher Körper noch im Wachstum und muss deshalb optimal gelagert werden. Deshalb bietet das Premium-Modell Luxury eine besonders weiche Taschenfederkern-Polsterung. Eine gute Wahl ist auch das bewährte Modell Microlux. Einfachere Varianten eigenen sich für Betten, in denen Kinder selten schlafen ? etwa wenn sie bei ihren Großeltern übernachten.

Lattenroste
Im Zusammenspiel mit Matratzen sorgen Lattenroste für Bequemlichkeit und eine orthopädisch korrekte Liegeposition. In diesem Segment werden bei wohlfuehlpolster.de eine Reihe von hochwertigen Produkten angeboten, die sich ideal mit den offerierten Matratzen kombinieren lassen. Unterschiede gibt es bezüglich der Möglichkeiten, Kopf- und Fußteile per Hand oder elektronisch zu verstellen.

Gartenpolster
Auch im Garten oder auch der Terrasse sollte niemand auf ein bequemes Polster verzichten müssen. Deswegen finden sich bei wohlfuehlpolster.de für alle Sitzgelegenheiten die richtigen Polster – vom Niedriglehner über Spitzkissen und Bierbankpolster bis zum Hochlehner. Selbstverständlich wird auch hier bei der Polsterung auf Langlebigkeit und Bequemlichkeit besonderen Wert gelegt. Deshalb sind alle Gartenpolster nicht mit einfachem Schaumstoff, sondern mit Taschenfederkern gepolstert.

Rollstuhlkissen
Gerade Personen, die auf den Rollstuhl angewiesen sind, sollten bequem sitzen. Genau das gewährleisten die angebotenen Rollstuhlkissen mit Mikro-Taschenfederkernen.

Bettwaren
Bettwaren runden das Gesamtangebot für die perfekte Nachtruhe ab. Hier finden Kunden Kopfkissen und Decken, die mit erstklassigen Federn und Daunen – auch nach Sonderwünschen – gefüllt werden.

Wer sich selbst ein Bild von den angebotenen Produkten machen möchte, sollte die Webseite http://wohlfuehlpolster.de besuchen. Der Versand innerhalb Deutschlands ? Inseln ausgenommen ? ist übrigens kostenlos.

Kontakt:
Handelsvertretung
Manuela Hennig
Karl-Franz-Str. 5
96145 Seßlach
info@wohlfuehlpolster.de
09569 980917
http://wohlfuehlpolster.de

Gehören Sie auch zu den Menschen, die sich durchs Leben beißen oder Morgens total zerknirscht aufwachen?

PR-Gateway — Mon, 07 May 2012 08:04:59 +0000

Heilpraktikerin Psychotherapie Marita Brüggemann

Dann gibt es für Sie eine Möglichkeit der Hilfe zur Selbsthilfe.

Am Samstag den 19.05.2012 findet im Rhader Therapiezentrum ( http://rhader-therapiezentrum.de ) ein R.E.S.E.T Seminar zur Kieferentspannung nach Philip Rafferty statt. Dieses Seminar zur Selbstbehandlung beginnt um 14:00 Uhr und endet voraussichtlich um 17:00 Uhr. Das Entgelt je Teilnehmer beträgt 45,- ?.

R.E.S.E.T. nach dem Australier Philip Rafferty ist eine einfache, sanfte und äußerst wirkungsvolle Methode, um den Kiefer zu balancieren und zu entspannen. Diese Therapie, der energetischen Kieferentspannung kann jeder bei sich selbst und bei anderen anwenden. R.E.S.E.T. kann sehr leicht innerhalb eines Seminares erlernt werden, dazu sind keine speziellen Vorkenntnisse von nöten.

Was ist R.E.S.E.T
RESET bedeutet ?die Wiederherstellung eines Anfangszustandes?, ?etwas neu starten?. R.E.S.E.T. ist aber auch die Abkürzung für Rafferty Energy System of Easing the Temporomandibularjoint, was übersetzt ins Deutsche soviel heißt wie: Rafferty-Energie-System für ein entspanntes Kiefergelenk (das Kiefergelenk = TMG).

Warum R.E.S.E.T
Die minimalste Verspannung in den Kiefermuskeln (verursacht z. B. durch emotionalen Stress, einen Unfall, Schleudertrauma, Schlag auf den Kopf oder Kiefer oder auch nach der Behandlungen durch Ihren Zahnarzt) kann die normale ausgeglichene Position des Kiefergelenks verändern. Mit R.E.S.E.T. werden die Muskeln, Nerven und Bänder im Kiefer durch Energiezufuhr über die Hände in ihren natürlichen Zustand zurückgeführt, dadurch sollen die Fehlstellungen des Kiefergelenks korrigiert werden.

Das Kiefergelenk und die Muskeln und Sehnen im Kieferbereich haben Einfluss auf den gesamten Körper. R.E.S.E.T. wirkt ausgleichend auf die Hydration, das Nervensystem, die Muskeln, Drüsen, Organe und die gesamte Körperstruktur. Der gesamte Stoffwechsel wird günstig beeinflusst.

Die vitalisierend Kraft von R.E.S.E.T. ist enorm und schon nach der ersten Anwendung zu spüren. R.E.S.E.T. optimiert die Selbstheilungskräfte und führt zu ausschlaggebenden Verbesserungen in der gesamten Physis. Verspannte Kiefermuskeln und daraus resultierende Kiefergelenksfehlstellungen können die Ursache unterschiedlichster Körpersymptome sein.

Weiterführende Informationen zu R.E.S.E.T finden Sie auf:
http://fuerdasleben.de/?Ausbildungen:RESET_Ausbildung:Was_ist_CMD .

Das R.E.S.E.T. Seminar:

Rhader Therapiezentrum
Hoonkesweg 30A
46286 Dorsten Rhade
Telefon: 02866 1877837
http://FuerDasLeben.de />
Da nur eine begrenzte Anzahl an Plätzen zur Verfügung steht wird um eine
frühzeitige Anmeldung per Telefon gebeten.

Heilpraktikerin Psychotherapie Marita Brüggemann, Hypnosetherapeutin (klinische Hypnose), Entspannungspädagogin, freie Reiki Meisterin / Leherein, freie Dozentin gesundheitliche Prävention in
Dorsten, Kreis Recklinghausen, Bez. Münster, Nordrhein-Westfalen

Kontakt:
Heilpraktikerin Psychotherapie Marita Brüggemann
Heilpraktikerin Psychotherapie Marita Brüggemann
Steinbergstr.4
46286 Dorsten
492866188345

www.FuerDasLeben.de
webmaster@FuerDasLeben.de

Pressekontakt:
Reinhard Brüggemann
Reinhard Brüggemannn
Steinbergstr.4
46286 Dorsten
webmaster@FuerDasLeben.de
492866188345
www.FuerDasLeben.de