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Nov 19 2008
Shell starts gas exploration in Skåne
Global energy giant Shell has launched a three-year exploration project to find natural gas reserves in Skåne.
Nov 18 2008
Annas Pepparkakor goes Belgian
Lotus Bakeries Group of Belgium has made its Scandinavian market debut after acquiring Annas Pepparkakor, maker of a traditional gingersnap biscuit and one of Sweden’s best known brands.
Nov 17 2008
Sweden hot on international flight map
US airline Delta is planning to open a new non-stop flight between Göteborg and New York City in June 2009.
Nov 14 2008
Italy’s Coesia buys packaging group
Coesia Group of Bologna, Italy, is expanding in Sweden through the purchase of Sirius Machinery, a Kalmar-based manufacturer of specialist packaging equipment.
Nov 14 2008
Time magazine hails Swedish IT inventor
US news magazine Time has named a new kind of network for sensor-enabled technology co-pioneered by Swedish software guru Adam Dunkel as one of the world’s top 50 innovations for 2008.
Nov 11 2008
Brand Sweden enters global top 10
Sweden has joined the coveted list of the world’s top ten country brands, according to a new international survey.
Nov 11 2008
Swedish videogame maker bought by French competitor
Acclaimed Swedish videogame maker Massive Entertainment, developer of the popular strategy title "World In Conflict”, has been purchased by French rival Ubisoft.
Nov 11 2008
Aga chooses Nynäshamn for gas terminal
Aga, the Swedish industrial gas subsidiary of German industrial group Linde, has is to build a new terminal for liquefied natural gas in the east cost port city of Nynäshamn.
Nov 07 2008
Swedish eye reader catches imagination
A Swedish high-tech gadget which allows victims of brain injuries to “talk” by tracking their eye movements has captured worldwide attention after being profiled in the UK’s Daily Mail newspaper.
Nov 07 2008
Prize for solar-powered water purifier
A simple and cheap water purification system that runs on solar power and could the lives of millions in developing countries has won its Swedish inventor a prestigious award.
Nov 05 2008
Strong real estate interest despite downturn
Sweden remains the second most attractive market in Europe for retail real estate in spite of the market downturn, says a new report.
Nov 04 2008
Sweden leads the way to European competitiveness
Sweden is the most competitive country in Europe, according to a new report by the World Economic Forum showing that Sweden is the most successful of all European Union members in meeting the targets of the Lisbon Agenda.
Nov 04 2008
Cellartis to gain from Novo Nordisk and Lund University tie-up
Stem cell science specialist Cellartis of Sweden could earn as much as €100 million in development and sales milestones from a three-way cell therapy collaboration in diabetes with Danish pharma giant Novo Nordisk and Lund University.
Oct 31 2008
Nordic Swan named world-leading ecolabel
The Nordic Swan, Sweden’s main labeling standard for eco-friendly goods, has been named as a world leader in an international study commissioned by the UK government.
Oct 27 2008
Maersk cites Göteborg strengths
Maersk Lines, the Danish shipping group, says Göteborg’s geographic location made it the natural choice as the company’s new North European logistics center.
Oct 23 2008
Spanish firm saves jobs in Ystad
Barcelona-based industrial group Industria Murtra has saved 30 jobs in Ystad after agreeing to buy Fiberduk, a maker of unwoven cloth.
Oct 22 2008
Stockholm outcompetes Nordic rivals on cost
Stockholm has the cheapest cost of living among Scandinavian capitals, a new international report says.
Oct 21 2008
Austrian group challenges Ikea
XXXLutz, the Austrian furniture chain that is the largest worldwide competitor to Ikea, is to challenge the Swedish retail giant on its home territory – literally.
Oct 20 2008
Swedish banks ‘well equipped’ for crisis
Sweden’s four largest banks are all well placed to ride out the current economic turbulence, according to the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (Finansinspektionen).
Oct 03 2008
Swedish-US collaboration to fight inflammatory diseases
Sep 10 2008
Parex Bank establishes in Göteborg
Latvia’s Parex Bank has extended its growing presence in Sweden by opening its first office in Göteborg.
Dec 14 2007
First ‘newspaper’ phone launched
Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter has launched the world’s first “newspaper” telephone: a mobile phone offering the newspaper’s subscribers direct and free access to its website.
Dec 14 2007
Vin & Sprit to be sold by auction
The government will auction Vin & Sprit, maker of Absolut vodka, next year in the biggest step yet in the current administration’s privatization program.
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