Latest Switzerland Stories
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jan. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today that it has acquired privately-held Plancal of Horgen, Switzerland, a leading 3D CAD/CAE and ERP software provider for the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) and heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) industries in western Europe. The acquisition of Plancal broadens Trimble's industry leading BIM to Field solutions for MEP and HVAC contractors to automate project estimating and...
ROLLE, Switzerland, January 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- - Calendar year sales increase by 140,000 units versus 2010 - - Record 2011 sales up 25% year-on-year - Highest ever European market share of 3.7% - Top Asian brand in major markets - Russia sales increase nearly 75% - Qashqai sales top a quarter of a million units Nissan today confirmed it smashed its sales record for Europe in 2011, achieving 'best ever' market...
AUBONNE, Switzerland, January 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Swissvoice, the swiss telecommunication leading company specialized in cordless telephony is proud to announce that its new IH250 handset has received CAT-iq 2.0 certification from the DECT forum. This certification program tests devices on protocol compliancy, on radio frequency and on audio quality, which is one of the most distinctive features of CAT-iq v2. CAT-iq 2.0 technology (Cordless Advanced technology -...
INTERLAKEN, Switzerland, January 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- - Cross reference: Picture is available via epa european pressphoto agency and can be downloaded free of charge at: http://www.presseportal.ch/de/pm/100002850 On the night of 1 January, light artist Gerry Hofstetter projected the Swiss cross and other images on to the north face of the Jungfrau. This launched the centenary year of the Jungfrau Railway, Switzerland's leading mountain railway. Gerry...
LONDON and BASEL, Switzerland, December 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- TEMIS, the leading provider of Semantic Content Enrichment Solutions for the Enterprise, today announced a new contract in STM publishing with S. Karger AG, a long-standing academic publisher [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_publishing ] of scientific [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_journal ] and medical journals [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_journal ] and books based in Basel,...
ZURICH, December 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The innovative health platform company QUENTIQ proudly announced today that former Sybase co-founder and Chief Executive Officer and Commerce One Chief Executive Officer Mark B. Hoffman will be joining the company as President and Chief Executive Officer of QUENTIQ Americas, Inc. to build the US operations. Mr. Hoffmann will also become executive board member of QUENTIQ AG and QUENTIQ Americas, Inc. Only a few weeks ago, the...
LONDON, December 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- - rara.com streaming music service to launch across 16 countries simultaneously today - 7 additional markets including Canada, Mexico launching later this week - Ad-free access to >10 million tracks from just 99p/99c per month - HP EMEA to pre-load rara.com on HP PCs - Grammy award winning Imogen Heap named first Associate Editor of rara.com - rara.com secures licensing...
Peak concentrations of biocides from house paint prove prevalent in urban river basins Anti-fungal and anti-bacterial additives in house paint are present in dangerous quantities in the Vauchère river basin in the city of Lausanne, says a study to be presented the 9th of December, at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) conference in San Francisco. Chemicals engineered to kill microorganisms, called biocides, are added to exterior paints in order to prevent molding and plant growth....
LUGANO, Switzerland, Dec. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Helsinn, a Swiss-based pharmaceutical company, announced today that its US subsidiary, Helsinn Therapeutics Inc., has enrolled the first patient in ROMANA-3, the Company's 12-week safety extension study. The ROMANA-3 safety extension study is recruiting patients who have successfully completed ROMANA 1 or ROMANA 2, the Company's two phase III studies running in parallel that are evaluating anamorelin HCI for the treatment of...
Latest Switzerland Reference Libraries
The Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) can be found in the European Alps. It is locally known as the Steinbock in German, the bouquetin in French, the kozorog in Slovenian, and the stambecco in Italian. Its range was once restricted to Northern Italy in the Gran Paradiso National Park, but now comprises nearly all of the European Alps including France, Italy, Germany, Slovenia, Austria, and Switzerland. It prefers a habitat within rocky areas near the snowline on the edge of forests. It can be found at...
The Nine-spined Stickleback (Pungitius pungitius), is a species of fish in the Gasterosteidae family. It is found in Belarus, Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greenland, Ireland, Japan, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Republic of, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
The Appenzeller Sennenhund is a breed from Switzerland bred for the purpose of guarding flocks and being a general farm dog. It is a medium-sized breed that is friendly and excels in obedience competitions. Because the Appenzeller Sennenhund is a herding dog, it needs plenty of exercise and room to run. If this dog gets bored, he could become restless and destructive. The Appenzeller Sennenhund would be a good pet for someone who has ample time to spend with their animal. Photo...
![Sposetti\](/media/gallery/xmm-newton/thumbs/thumbs_screen14845.jpg "Sposetti\")
![Astronomers Using NASA\](/media/gallery/hubble-space-telescope/thumbs/thumbs_astronomers.jpg "Astronomers Using NASA\")
