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A day’s work on the top of Europe

This content was published on Jan 12, 2001 It’s a long day for Andreas Signer. She has to leave her home in Interlaken two and a half hours before she begins her eight-hour shift. Even though she only has to travel about 30 kilometres, she has to cover a difference in altitude of nearly 3,000 metres. Signer is the station and postmaster of…

Hilti sales outstrip industry growth

This content was published on Jan 12, 2001 The company said on Friday that sales were seven per cent higher than in 1999 after exchange rate adjustments, which compares favourably to an increase in worldwide construction volume of just three per cent. The group also expects operating and net profit for last year to rise as well. “On the basis of the provisional…

Strong sales growth at Von Roll

This content was published on Jan 12, 2001 In a statement on Friday, the company said new orders had risen by 18 per cent to SFr1.85 billion – compared to 1999. The company gave no profit figures or outlook for the coming year, ahead of a news conference scheduled for March 20. Von Roll was restructured in 1994 to focus on its core…

CERN wins EU funds to reinvent the Web

This content was published on Jan 12, 2001 In an announcement on Friday, CERN said its DataGrid project would build on emerging technologies to create a web able to analyse vast amounts of data. It said DataGrid would help coordinate national Grid projects and would link supercomputers, major databases, informatic systems and users in a high-speed network. CERN, the birthplace of the World…

Xstrata bids for control of Spanish zinc producer

This content was published on Jan 12, 2001 The bid values Asturiana at 550 million euros (SFr825 million. In a statement released on Friday, Xstrata said it planned to submit a takeover proposal to the Spanish authorities for approval on Monday. The Zug-based group also said it would provide further information on the transaction ahead of the stock market’s opening on Monday morning.…

Head of Swiss-Canadian Alcan group resigns

This content was published on Jan 11, 2001 The group’s president, Jacques Bougie, announced on Thursday that he was stepping down with immediate effect from the group’s board in order to spend more time with his family. Bougie said “personal reasons” were behind his surprise decision. “There is never an opportune moment to take such a decision,” Bougie said in a statement. Bill…

ABB shifts focus from technology to customers

This content was published on Jan 11, 2001 The company also announced it was transforming its worldwide enterprise around customer groups, rather than technologies. The realignment was announced on Thursday by Jörgen Centerman, who took over as president and chief executive officer on January 1. An ABB statement said the aim was to boost growth by helping its customers become more successful in…

Novartis drug given all clear for breast cancer treatment

This content was published on Jan 11, 2001 The tablet can now be used as a first-line treatment for advanced breast cancer in post-menopausal women. Femara has already been approved as a follow-up treatment for women who have not responded to anti-estrogen therapy. Approval of the new use followed a fast-track review by the United States Food and Drug Administration. The approval was…

Construction of trans-alpine tunnel delayed in Italy

This content was published on Jan 11, 2001 The tunnel was scheduled to be finished by January 1, but is now not expected to be completed before June 10. Max Friedli, director of Switzerland’s Transport ministry, told the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation that he would send specialists to Italy to evaluate the situation. Italy’s railway company blamed bad weather last autumn for the delay.…

Oldest insole found in Zug

This content was published on Jan 11, 2001 The archaeology unit of Canton Zug said the insole was found last year during excavations of a Neolithic settlement in the town of Zug, adding that it took months to identify and date the object. Twenty-five centimetres long, the archaeologists said it was made for a leather shoe which today would be size 38 (US…

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