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The Robot Podcast: a new series exploring the exciting world of robotics and automation

Each week a panel of experts from industry, academia and the media will take a look at the cutting edge of robotics, analyzing how advances in auto-mation are already benefitting society and what the future will look like. Today there are nearly three million robots at work in the world, and that number is predicted […]

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NOVOMATIC Implements New Sales and Production Structure

NOVOMATIC continues the transformation begun last year by restructuring the Sales and Production Departments. All sales units are, effective immediately, bundled under Jakob Rothwangl’s management, and the entire Production Department is now centrally managed by Walter Eschbacher. The focus is on increasing efficiency and amplifying synergy potential. NOVOMATIC Executive Board Member Ryszard Presch underscores the

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Kuehne+Nagel and Air France KLM Cargo launch first zero emission air freight route

100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) coverage on the lane Los Angeles to Amsterdam from January 2021 Investing in the use of SAF for widespread adoption by the industry Moresustainable transport routes and CO2 neutral services to follow as part of the Net Zero Carbon programme To support the industry’s carbon reduction targets, Kuehne+Nagel and Air

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Technological edge through investments in the sintering workshop

Boehlerit, the Austrian expert for carbides and cutting materials, wants to stay ahead of technological developments in future and has thus committed to a growth programme that envisages investments in sales, products and manufacturing.  Ever-more sophisticated materials place high demands on tools, with quality requirements also becoming more stringent all the time. As part of

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Erste Asset Management regards economic recovery as driver of the capital markets in 2021

Technology and environmental equity funds were the top performers in 2020 Optimism on the stock exchanges boosted by hopes of vaccine and in the wake of the US elections Market environment remains positive for risky investments – inflation no issue (yet) Changes in our preferred sectors: focus on European and Asian equities as well as

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ABB and Nüvü to deliver exo-planet cameras for NASA future telescope

A two-year contract awarded to ABB from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will see key ABB/Nüvü Cameras technology fly onboard the space telescope in 2025, on course to capture the first spaceborne images of planets outside our solar system. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, NASA’s future space observatory, is due to launch in 2025 in

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Emerging markets corporate bonds: numerous recovery candidates in case of improving corona crisis

Debt momentum in the emerging markets on the rise, risk management essential Emerging markets corporate bonds: structurally important sectors have benefited, several companies likely to recover in case of improving corona crisis Sustainable shift: environmental criteria are already a crucial factor of success with corporate bonds ERSTE BOND EM CORPORATE with strong YTD performance and

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Erste Asset Management: “Our funds lead companies to engage more actively with sustainability”

By investing in Erste Asset Management funds, our clients influence the strategy and positioning of companies via their shareholder rights Investment decisions allow for lobbying in the field of sustainability and help prevent for example child labour or support renewable forms of energy In 2020, Erste Asset Management exercised voting rights at 363 Annual General

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An interview with Michael Otter (AWO) on internationalisation and supply chains

A Leitbetriebe interview with Michael Otter, CEO of ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA, the international trade unit of the Austrian Economic Chambers. Leitbetriebe Austria: What role can Austria play within the general picture of globalisation and internationalisation? And how is this changing the Austrian economy? Michael Otter: Austria is open to foreign trade and profits enormously from its

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