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BERLIN, June 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- SolarBuyer, a specialized procurement management company based in Berlin, Germany, and the PI-Photovoltaik Institute Berlin AG (PI-Berlin), a leading test and certification laboratory headquartered in Berlin, Germany, have created the solar industry's first one-stop shop for professional PV module procurement, independent quality assurance and expert product testing services. The new partnership enables SolarBuyer to offer enhanced...

BERLIN, June 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- For the first time, in March 2012, the power plant controller skycontrol is installed and commissioned in a photovoltaic installation that feeds directly into France's 63 kV high-voltage grid. Drawing from its solid experience in the control of utility-scale PV plants connected to medium-voltage grids, the Berlin-based company skytron(R) energy GmbH fine tunes the plant controller of the 34 MWac PV power plant in the south-west of France...

CHICAGO, June 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Berlin Packaging, a leading full-service supplier of plastic, glass, and metal containers and closures, today announced a major upgrade to its PeopleSoft Enterprise business software that delivers industry-leading operational capabilities. The company first deployed the system in 2001 in a multimillion-dollar implementation that is one of the most advanced of its kind in the packaging sector and has helped propel the business from $160 million...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- TrialPay, Inc. (www.trialpay.com), the leader in transactional advertising, announced today the opening of its new office in Berlin, Germany as well as the addition of three new members of the management team. Senior Vice President of Sales and Partnerships Jim Gerber, Vice President of Brand Sales Chris Davis and Managing Director of Europe Rob Schneider will round out the management team to provide the necessary leadership and...

BERLIN, May 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Berlin start-up, eelusion Game Studios received $1.7 million just 3 weeks after the start of their seed funding campaign. This is significantly more than is usual for early-stage financing in the app and games sector. The investments are being funnelled into the expansion of proprietary technology and into producing the first project, "eevoo": an innovative "geosocial game" that combines the technological trends of augmented reality,...

People with good hearing also have a keen sense of touch; people with impaired hearing generally have an impaired sense of touch. Extensive data supporting this hypothesis was presented by Dr. Henning Frenzel and Professor Gary R. Lewin of the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch, Germany. The two researchers showed that both senses – hearing and touch – have a common genetic basis. In patients with Usher syndrome, a hereditary form of deafness accompanied by...

BERLIN and LONDON, April 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The first places to receive LTE coverage in Germany were not global cities like Berlin or Munich. Towns of 5,000 inhabitants or less were connected to new high-speed networks first. Now that rural areas have been covered, German providers have their sights set on urban areas this year. In total, over half of German households already have access to LTE, including growing networks in Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Frankfurt and...

Researchers discover promising anti-diabetic substance in the amorfrutin class of natural substances It provides the raw material for liquorice candy, calms the stomach and alleviates diseases of the airways: liquorice root. Chosen as the “Medicinal plant 2012”, the root has been treasured in traditional healing since ancient times. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics in Berlin have now discovered that liquorice root also contains substances with an...

SKIEN, Norway and BERLIN, April 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- With an annual growth rate of 30 percent and an expected business volume of US $ 140 billion by the end of 2012, the global cloud market continues to play an important role - especially within the international telecom operator community. The 3rd Annual Telecom Cloud Services Summit in Berlin from the 23rd until the 25th of April will focus on the challenges for operators planning to move into the Cloud. Gabriele...

BERLIN, April 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Given a shockingly high figure of half a million car crashes a year caused by women drivers applying makeup (in the UK alone), awareness of this underestimated danger needs to be raised. Based on this insight the aim of a viral video by DDB Berlin and Volkswagen is to address a target audience of young women drivers and educate them about the danger of putting on makeup while driving. The objective is to reach as many young women as possible...