Half year results of the Spector Photo Group
The Spector Photo Group, Wetteren, Belgium, announced its results for the first half of 2010. Compared with the same period last year, sales decreased 12.5 percent to Euro 105.5 million (US-$ 133.7 million) with a loss from operations of Euro 6.3 million (US-$ 8.0 million), compared with a loss of Euro 3.5 million (US-$ 4.4 [...]
New head of Photo Imaging at Fujifilm Europe
Adrian Clarke was appointed Head of the Photo Imaging business at Fujifilm Europe GmbH, Duesseldorf, Germany, reporting to Nobuhisa Sekiguchi of Fujifilm Corp. in Tokyo and Junji Okada, the president, Fujifilm Europe. The 50-year old manager succeeds Ryosuke Miki, who was appointed Senior Vice President Emerging Countries Business Development at Fujifilm Europe. Clarke, who joined [...]
Nokia to acquire Motally
Nokia of Espoo, Finland, signed an agreement to acquire Motally Inc., a privately-held U.S.-based company. Motally’s mobile analytics service offers in-application tracking and reporting, and is designed to enable developers and publishers to optimize the development of their mobile applications through increased understanding of how users engage. According to a press release, the service offering [...]
Leica Camera Group: Significantly improved first quarter results
The Leica Camera Group, Solms, Germany, closed the first quarter of fiscal 2010/2011 with sales of Euro 56.18 million (US-$ 71.67 million), an increase by 93.1 percent compared with the same period last year. The net result of the group improved by Euro 16.25 million (US-$ 2073 million) to a net profit of Euro 9.43 [...]
Cewe Color with improved first half results
Cewe Color Holding AG, Oldenburg, Germany, has announced sales of Euro 180.4 million (US$ 231.76) for the first half of 2010, 6 percent more than in the same period last year. According to a press release, revenue per picture improved by 5.3 percent to Euro 0.124(US$ 0.159). The operating result was minus Euro 5,9 million [...]
New CEO at Imaging Solutions
Ralph Bayer was appointed new CEO of Imaging Solutions AG, Regensdorf, Switzerland, the specialist in digital high-speed photofinishing solutions for industrial imaging service providers. In this position, Bayer succeeds Rainer Bauer, the CEO of the company since it was established in spring 2003. Bauer remains with Imaging Solutions as Chairman of the Board and sole [...]
Half year results of Metro Group
The German retailing company, Metro Group, Duesseldorf, has announced its results for the first half of 2010. Compared with the same period last year, sales increased 2.4 percent to Euro 31.2 billion (US-$ 40.75 billion). Excluding the influence of favorable currency exchange rates, the plus was 0.6 percent. The operational result reached Euro 369 million [...]
Spector announces change in voting rights
In a disclosure according to legal requirements, Spector Group NV, Wetteren, Belgium, has announced Audhumla SA, Luxembourg, notified the Belgian Banking, Finance and Insurance Commision (CBFA) and the company its share of voting rights has crossed downwards the statutory threshold of 3 percent. In its previous notification of Oct. 31, 2008, Audhumla, which is controlled [...]
Helene Metz to retire from Metz-Werke management
Helene Metz, wife of the company’s late founder Paul Metz, has announced her intention to retire from the Metz-Werke‘s Board of Management, effective July 31, 2010. Th company, headquartered in Zirndorf, Germany, manufactures and markets high-end TV sets and flash guns. Helene Metz will remain with Metz-Werke as sole shareholder and chairperson of the advisory [...]
Maxim Gapchenko chooses reseller for Central Europe
Maxim Gapchenko, the Russian developer of intelligent photo processing software, has selected dadagoo GmbH of Troisdorf, Germany as its exclusive reseller for all sales channels in Central Europe. According to a press release, the focus of this partnership is the sale and promotion of Maxim Gapchenko’s current and future products in the Retail and Online [...]
