Subject: Agriculture, fishing

May 02, 2013 15:40 BST Phoenix Contact UK Phoenix Contact Ltd awards Anglia Components Device Connections Distributor of the year 2012, in recognition of outstanding sales growth.

Feb 21, 2013 11:15 GMT Väderstad Väderstad-Verken increased its turnover by 16 per cent in 2012, to SEK 2.1 billion. During the year, a total of 93 new members of staff were recruited, bringing the current total to almost one thousand, 800 of whom are based in Sweden. During 2012 Väderstad-Verken also invested strongly in a new parts centre and a sales subsidiary in Lithuania.

Jan 18, 2013 16:14 GMT Plantagon International AB The Urban Agriculture Summit in Linköping, January 29-31, gathers experts and academia from all over the world to discuss transformative solutions on how to feed people in the urban era. One of the keynote speakers is Cecilia Hertz, industrial designer with a vast experience in interior design for space vehicles. She will talk about how space solutions could be applied in tomorrow's cities.

Jan 10, 2013 14:45 GMT Plantagon International AB The Urban Agriculture Summit in Linköping, Sweden, January 29-31, gathers international experts, industry representatives and academia to discuss transformative solutions on how to feed people in the urban era. Two of the keynote speakers are Jan Staël von Holstein, Professor at the The College of Design & Innovation, Tongji University, Shanghai, and Mr. Dennis Pamlin, the UN Global Compact.

Jan 10, 2013 07:10 GMT Plantagon International AB The Urban Agriculture Summit in Linköping, Sweden, January 29-31, gathers experts, decision makers, industry leaders and academia from all over the world to discuss how to feed people in the urban era. Two of the keynote speakers are Dr. He Jie, Nanyang Technical University in Singapore, and Maria Wetterstrand, former member of the Swedish parliament and leader of the Swedish green party.

Nov 29, 2012 01:09 GMT Plantagon International AB Swedish company Plantagon in the finals for the Red Herring Top 100 Global Award. Representing Plantagon in the finals – a live presentation before the Red Herring jury in Los Angeles November 27-29 – is Mr. S. Ramakrishnan, Area Manager, and Tadodaho Sidney Hill, Six Nations Confederacy, representing Plantagon's Board and owners, the Onondaga Nation. The winners will be announced November 29.

Nov 27, 2012 17:43 GMT Plantagon International AB The Swedish company Plantagon International, creator of the Plantagon Greenhouse for urban agriculture, is in the finals for the Red Herring Top 100 Global Award. The Red Herring editorial team has selected the most innovative and promising companies from a pool of thousands from all over the world. The winners will be announced November 29 in Los Angeles.

Nov 21, 2012 09:18 GMT Ductor Corporation During the early part of December Ductor Corp is meeting with several key players in agricultural and energy business at the Gulf area in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Qatar. Purpose of these meetings is to find the right parties for further discussions as the Helsinki based biotechnology company is looking into finalizing their technology and commercialization of their innovations during 2013-14.

Nov 13, 2012 15:09 GMT Plantagon International AB The Future of Food, in Our Global Kitchen. The American Museum of Natural History in New York is today opening a new exhibition where Plantagon is taking a part. The exhibition, Our Global Kitchen will be traveling around the world for around seven years. Plantagon CEO Hans Hassle and CFO Owe Pettersson are present in New York for the opening ceremony on November 13.

Oct 11, 2012 10:00 BST Phoenix Contact UK In 2012,Phoenix Contact received two awards for WirelessHART technology: Readers of the Control Engineering periodical chose the WirelessHART adapter for the Engineer’s Choice Award 2012, in the category “Network integration – Wireless I/O”.Phoenix Contact received the second award from TechQuest Pennsylvania as technology supplier of 2012 for its innovation in the area of WirelessHART technology.