Hexagon AB, a global leader in sensor, software and autonomous technologies, is hosting HxGN LIVE 2019 (https://hxgnlive.com/2019) this week, a four-day technology conference at The Venetian in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. HxGN LIVE brings together thousands of Hexagon customers, partners, and technology experts from industries and backgrounds around the world. The event commences today with a keynote presentation from Ola Rollén (http://www.twitter.com/olarollen), Hexagon President and CEO, entitled “Your Data Can Save the World.” “Hexagon has a far-reaching vision for putting data to work to

HEXPOL AB (publ.) has appointed Peter Rosén as new CFO of HEXPOL AB (publ.). Peter succeeds Karin Gunnarsson who, as previously communicated, has decided to leave the company. Peter is currently CFO of Resurs Holding AB. Peter’s previous roles include, among others, CFO of the Flügger group in Denmark and CFO of Leaf (today Cloetta) Scandinavia. Peter was born in 1968 and holds an MSc in Economics and Business Administration from the University of Lund. ”We are happy to welcome Peter to HEXPOL and to our Group Management team. With the recruitment of Peter, HEXPOL gets a CFO with a

The Board of Directors of Securitas AB (publ) (“Securitas”) has resolved, pursuant to the authorization granted by the Annual General Meeting held on 6 May 2019, to acquire the company’s own shares of series B on Nasdaq Stockholm. The purpose of the acquisition is to ensure Securitas’ undertakings in respect of share-related or share-based incentive programs (other than delivery of shares to participants of incentive programs), including covering social security costs. The acquisition may commence on 5 June 2019 and shall end no later than 1 May 2020 and will be administrated by

AAK, a world leader in value-adding vegetable oils and fats, has launched AkoPlanet™, a new portfolio with tailor-made solutions for food manufacturers developing plant-based alternatives to products within the meat, dairy and ice cream segments. “Vegan, vegetarian and flexitarian diets are rapidly growing, creating new and exciting opportunities for food manufacturers”, says Johan Westman, President and CEO, AAK Group. “This development is, of course, very interesting to AAK as we have been working with plant-based ingredients for more than a century.” AkoPlanet™ will not only enable

The warrants programme for management, division management, other senior managers and key employees implemented at the Annual General Meeting on 6 May 2015 (Warrants Programme 2015/2019) has resulted in an increase of the number of shares and votes in the company with 2,285,255 shares of series B and as many votes, through conversion of subscription warrants into new shares in Hexagon AB. As per 31 May 2019 there are in total 365,245,247 shares in the company, of which 15,750,000 are of series A with ten votes each and 349,495,247 are of series B with one vote each. The total number of

Hexagon AB, a global leader in digital solutions, today announced IDS GeoRadar RockSpot (https://idsgeoradar.com/products/interferometric-radar/rockspot), a radar system that fills a critical gap in the monitoring of natural and engineered slopes. The system detects, tracks, and analyses the slightest movements from rockfalls, avalanches, and other fast-moving landslide debris flow. RockSpot creates real-time alerts that can be connected to on-site alarms (e.g., sirens, automatic road closures or other alert devices). Georeferenced, recorded event data provides advanced statistics and

We are creating three new global functional units and making changes to the Securitas Group Management team to support our strategy and related to upcoming retirements. We are continuing to deliver well on our Vision 2020, with strong organic sales growth and improved margins, and to shape the strategy which enables us to accelerate further beyond 2020. Our focus remains on building deep specialization in each of our protective services, adding data-driven intelligence and delivering client centric solutions. Three new global functional units created To further emphasize this focus, we

At today’s Annual General Meeting of HEXPOL AB (publ), the following was resolved. Board of Directors, auditor and fees The number of directors will be seven. The meeting re-elected Georg Brunstam, Alf Göransson, Jan- Anders Månson, Malin Persson, Kerstin Lindell, Märta Schörling Andreen and Gun Nilsson. Georg Brunstam was elected Chairman of the Board. The fees to the Board of Directors shall amount to a total of SEK 3,890,000 (including fees for committee work). Re-election of the accounting firm Ernst & Young AB, for a period of mandate of one year, consequently up to and

First Quarter 2019 - Net sales increased by 10 per cent to 916.5 MEUR (834.7). Using fixed exchange rates and a comparable group structure (organic growth), net sales increased by 4 per cent - Operating earnings (EBIT1) increased by 11 per cent to 220.5 MEUR (198.3) - Earnings before taxes, excluding non-recurring items, amounted to 212.9 MEUR (192.3) - Net earnings, excluding non-recurring items, amounted to 174.6 MEUR (157.7) - Earnings per share, excluding non-recurring items, increased by 12 per cent to 0.48 EUR (0.43) - Operating cash flow, excluding non-recurring items,